Tanya Strasser-Shostak arrived in the US alone with three horses after Covid red tape kept her mother in Canada, but the community pitched in.

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.

Sues police for failing to intervene in dispute with student and her boyfriend, seeks compensatory damages for loss of income and distress.

Substitutions were to make up for abandoning the ‘drop score’ but high-profile withdrawals show that no rider wants to be the ‘fourth man’.

Competition calendar management is exhibit A on improvement with a “test run” amending the exemption rule for the '22 season in Florida.

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.

The travel and scheduling problems caused by Covid have actually helped this venture, which debuts this summer.