yes and their top event rider is based in England. They had some similar issues with Rio (perhaps not as bad) so the center there was shut down before and disinfected. Horses were basically kept in quarantine from the time they landed until they went home.
personally…I have zero desire to send a horse to Tokyo…let alone go there during an Olympics.
Why does Japan have similar equine issues as China? I am personally very excited for the Olympics, I already have tickets with my family. I lived in Japan for 8 months during college, and compared to my year abroad in Europe; everything was way more efficient, clean, and everyone was much more polite. I think Tokyo will be one of the best olympics!
Why? What’s wrong with Tokyo?
Because it is just way too far (I would feel the same for a lot of locations). I wouldn’t want to ship a horse that far and expose them to the risks of shipping that far just for the olympics. Not worth it in either risks or expense For me. I get that others have that Olympic dream where it is a risk/expense worth it for them…and that’s total fine for them…it’s their dream. It’s just not mine. I don’t think people are cruel or anything like that to ship a horse that far…just not interested in doing it.
I have NO issue with me as a person going to visit Tokyo (but not during the Olympics—way too many people)…but again…time and money are a big limitation!
Yes, I can attest that the NY-Tokyo flight sucks even for people! That makes a lot of sense. I think I recall years ago one of the US Olympics had a story that one team brought their horses here and sold them b/c they didn’t have the funds to ship them back. I thought that was so sad for them.
New Zealand. They came to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics with plans to sell their horses in the U.S., rather than ship them home. As I understand it, this plan was well known and the horses found good homes in the U.S. But yes it does seem sad to not be able to bring your partner home with you after the Olympics.
New Zealand has had an historical model of shipping horses somewhere, for some purpose, and not bringing them back home, but planning ahead that the horses will make new lives at the destination. Part of the reason is expense, and part of the reason is the long quarantine requirements to return them to NZ.
Discussed on COTH previously … talk about good homes, the 1978 horses seem to have landed well in the U.S. & GB.
https://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/f…zealand-horses
During World War I, New Zealand shipped around 10,000 horses to the front. There was no plan to bring the survivors home, and it is said that only 4 horses belonging to officers ever made their way back home to NZ. By comparison, a fair number of British horses did eventually get back to GB (I’m sure not the majority, though). I have always thought that the fate of the NZ WWI horses was particularly moving.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/nz-fir…horses-from-nz
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/nz-fir…end-of-the-war
USEA press release from yesterday (10-29-2019) with some dates and detail about US eventing selection procedures for Tokyo.
https://useventing.com/news-media/news/2020-olympic-selection-procedures-announced
An incredibly detailed report from Tilly B. on EN. It looks like no hope for Canada unless they send individuals.
https://eventingnation.com/the-trail-to-tokyo-whats-the-deal-with-composite-teams/
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