![]() Just one example of how bloodlines, horse types and even riders styles have changed from 1978-2018 is that all four USA riders at Tryon were on board European imports: Clinta (OS), Cristalline (BAVAR), Eddie Blue (KWPN) and Zeremonie (HOLST).īack at the first team championship in Aachen, three of the four horses on the USA bronze-medal winning team were thoroughbreds: Balbuco, Jet Run and Tuscaloosa. ![]() ![]() This year, it reverts again to the World Championships with jumping, dressage, para dressage taking place in Herning, while the eventing and driving championships take place in Pratoni, Italy, in September. The crowd-pleasing, if somewhat contentious, format of the top four riders swapping horses was dropped before the most recent Games at Tryon, where the home team were victors. ![]() Another merger took place in 1990 when the World Equestrian Games (WEG) format of equestrian sports world championships was first held in Stockholm. ![]()
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