Soledad O'Brien Got Some Riding In This Summer

YES, THAT'S SOLEDAD O'BRIEN

Germany wins Olympic Gold, Great Britain wins Silver and New Zealand gets Bronze in Team Eventing

Great Britain (l), Germany (c), New Zealand (r)

Jonelle Richards and Caroline Powell of New Zealand

Great Britain's Kristina Cook

Great Britain's Mary King

Italy's Vittoria Panizzon

 Jonelle Richards, Caroline Powell

 and the rest of the New Zealand team

INDIVIDUAL EVENTING MEDALISTS

Silver medallist Sara Algotsson Ostholt of Sweden, Gold medallist Michael Jung of Germany, and Bronze medallist Sandra Auffarth of Germany

Of course, most of the available photos are of the queen's granddaughter, Zara Phillips, who was part of Great Britain's Silver Medal winning team, thus making her the first member of the Royal family to medal in the Olympics. 

THE QUEEN'S GRANDDAUGHTER ZARA PHILLIPS COMPETED FOR GREAT BRITAIN IN THE OLYMPICS ON SATURDAY

Equestrian competition starts on Saturday at the Olympic Games

The competition runs from July 28th thru August 9th at Greenwich Park in London

Medals will be awarded in six events, individual and team dressage, jumping and eventing.

Dressage is where the horse and rider are expected to perform from memory a series of predetermined movements.

Jumping is self explanatory but scores are determined by whether the horse attempts to jump an obstacle,  clears it and finishes the course in the allotted time.

Eventing is the equestrian equivalent to a triathlon, comprising dressage, cross-country and show jumping.  

The most recognizable athlete in this Olympic event is certainly Zara Phillips, the grand daughter of Queen Elizabeth of England.  Zara has appeared on this blog before both in equestrian gear and 'civilian' clothing. 

SOME OF THE OTHER ATHLETES COMPETING IN THE OLYMPICS ARE:

Adelinde Cornelissen-Parzival of theNetherlands

Reiko Takeda of Japan

Vittoria Panizzon of Italy

Tiffany Foster of Canada

Sandra Auffarth of Germany

Adrienne Lyle of the United States

Jessica Michel of France

Penelope Leprevost of France

Sara Algotsson-Ostholt of Sweden

Tiana Coudray of the United States

Jessica Phoenix of Canada

20 year old Luiza Tavares de Almeida of Brazil is the 

youngest competitor in the Olympic Equestrian events

Camilla Speirs of Ireland

Siril Helljesen of Norway

Morgan Barbancon Mestre of Spain

Julia Hargreaves of Australia

Lyndal Oatley of Australia

Megan Jones of Australia

Kristina Sprehe of Germany

Emma Kanerva of Finland.jpg

STAY TUNED throughout the Olympics for continuing coverage of the Equestrian events. 

Remember we have the MOST Olympic Equestrian coverage of ANY Booted Newswomen Blog!!