Athletes have started arriving - when do the horses get here?

oldvic said:
Yes. Everything is x-rayed and goes through security.
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And UPS being in sole charge from the moment of handover.

That's the sort of infrastructure that some people don't even think about.

Which Olympics was it where every rider's boots had to be de-mudded/haired/greased because of the potential risks?

TarrSteps said:
You joke. . . .
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It's what £10000 to fly a horse across the Atlantic isn't it?
 
teapot said:
Which Olympics was it where every rider's boots had to be de-mudded/haired/greased because of the potential risks?
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Sydney, perhaps? Although many Olympics have had very strict quarantines. In Sydney the main fear was bringing something in, in places like Seoul it's been carrying something out.


It's what £10000 to fly a horse across the Atlantic isn't it?
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They did two to a pallet, possibly 1 in the case of the largest horses, so in the $5k range but with many accompanying costs for quarantine, stabling etc.
 
TarrSteps said:
Sydney, perhaps? Although many Olympics have had very strict quarantines. In Sydney the main fear was bringing something in, in places like Seoul it's been carrying something out.




They did two to a pallet, possibly 1 in the case of the largest horses, so in the $5k range but with many accompanying costs for quarantine, stabling etc.
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Hate to say it but I think it's gone up quite a lot! It was more than 5000 a horse to go to Rolex!
 
It's costing the US para team over $35,000 in equine transport fees alone, not thinking about the athletes & associates or equipment (and of course the funding disparity...) so maybe we should look into snail-mail... :rolleyes:
 
oldvic said:
Hate to say it but I think it's gone up quite a lot! It was more than 5000 a horse to go to Rolex!
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Eep. I paid from the other end so perhaps that was cheaper. (The horse also did quarantine at home and shipped the airport privately.) And I guess the exchange rate isn't helping!

Mind you, it was already something like $125k for the Canadian horses to get to Seoul in '88 . . .
 
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