American Beezie Madden won the bronze medal in individual jumping. Canada's Eric Lamaze won the gold medal after a jump-off with Sweden's Rolf-Goran Bengtsson who took home the silver medal.
Four horses in the Olympic equestrian team jumping competition, including one from Norway's bronze-medal team, have been suspended for doping.
An aura of wealth surrounds Olympic equestrian sports, but the impression that riders can buy their way onto an Olympic podium is far from the reality.
After being disqualified in Athens, Germany's Ludger Beerbaum looks for redemption in today's show jumping event. Beerbaum will compete against Americans Beezie Madden and McLain Ward. The show jumping event starts at 7:15 a.m. ET.
Germany's Heike Kemmer has a commanding lead in the Olympic equestrian grand prix, while the Dutch and American teams are locked in a battle for silver. The second part of the grand prix starts at 7:15 a.m. ET.
After facing some challenges in eventing, team China is ready to make amends as it competes in the dressage grand prix today. China made its Olympic equestrian debut a couple of days ago at the start of the eventing competition.
The battle for equestrian team eventing gold between Germany and Australia came down to the final two riders, with Germany's Hinrich Romeike clinching the win with a jumping round that dropped just one rail. Great Britain finished with the bronze, while the U.S. team took seventh.
Germany's Hinrich Romeike finished in the top spot of the cross-country event. American Gina Miles finished strong in fifth place. Germany leads in the team standings followed by Australia and Great Britain.
Australia's Lucinda Fredericks holds the individual lead in the eventing event. Her score helped carry fellow team members into first place. Germany is in second place and the United States in third.
Australia's Lucinda Fredericks was in first place after the first two sessions of the dressage portion of eventing.
After a week of persistent smog and a tropical storm that roared through on Wednesday, the Olympic equestrian venue in Hong Kong is in the clear. The course conditions are now favorable to the horses.
With Beijing over a thousand miles away from Hong Kong, equestrian athletes had their own opening ceremony Friday night at the Olympic equestrian venue. The only thing missing from their ceremony were the horses.
American rider Amy Tryon's horse Poggio II used to carry camping gear up and down the Cascade Mountains. These days, the 16-year-old bay gelding prepares for his second Olympic Games. Tryon and Poggio compete in the eventing event on the first day of the Olympics.
Two dozen horses due to arrive in Hong Kong by plane Wednesday for the Olympic equestrian competition have been delayed by a severe tropical storm.
LEXINGTON, Ky.(AP) - Four-time Olympian Karen O'Connor will replace Heidi White on the U.S. Olympic equestrian team in eventing.
The first 32 of the more than 200 horses taking part in next month's Olympic equestrian events arrived in Hong Kong on Saturday to begin acclimatization to the city's tropical heat.