The Equestrian competition at London 2012 is made up of three disciplines: Dressage, Eventing and Jumping. Each discipline requires different skills from the riders and horses competing.
Greenwich Park is London’s oldest Royal Park, dating back to 1433, and is part of the Greenwich World Heritage site and home to the Prime Meridian Line.
Women first participated in Olympic Eventing at the Helsinki 1952 Games.
At the Olympic Games horses must be at least eight-years-old for Dressage and Eventing, and nine-years-old for Jumping.
Canada’s Ian Millar won silver in the Team Jumping at the Beijing 2008 Games. The 61-year-old athlete was the oldest medallist at the Beijing 2008 Games.
The cross-country course in Eventing is between 5,700 and 6,840m long.
Equestrian is the only Olympic sport in which men and women compete against each other on equal terms.
A total of 200 athletes will compete for six gold medals in the sport of Equestrian during the 2012 Games.