Many 120km endurance rides in the desert will have to run under FEI rules in future, unless organisers drastically reduce the number of foreigners invited.
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Format changes enabling more countries in Olympic equestrian events were not justified, especially when other sports don’t have to comply.
The future of the riding phase is in the balance, but suggestions for an alternative are unworkable within the shrinking Olympic format.
Horse people understandably see doping as abuse - but as long as equestrian is allied to WADA, heavy punishments will be rare.
Substitutions were to make up for abandoning the ‘drop score’ but high-profile withdrawals show that no rider wants to be the ‘fourth man’.
Hours before the June 21 deadline, riders from smaller dressage nations vied for Olympic spots as long-qualified Ireland decided not to go.
There is bewilderment over the scale of cancellations on the UK eventing calendar when the country's vaccine rollout is so advanced.
Lengthy bans for two well-known riders swamped the news last week, but minimal coverage of other cases undermines the deterrent effect.
The sporting world has no choice but to press on with its preparations, but the odds still seem stacked against the Olympics going ahead.
It is no surprise that an aggressive virus has finally ripped through the itinerant horse population of a multi-week jumping tour in Spain.