Brett Parbery’s very personal account of an Olympic dream, staving off frostbitten fingers and toes in arctic European training conditions to keep selection hopes alive and what won’t be delivered in London.
Australia will have a team among the tussle for this weekend’s FEI Eventing Nations Cup event in Boekelo (NED), with riders selected including Andrew Hoy, Chris Burton, Emma Dougall and Paul Tapner.
Sam Griffiths and Paulank Brockagh were 7th in the CCI5*L, while Andrew Hoy and Vassily de Lassos finished on their dressage score for fifth in the CCI4*-L behind Julia Krajewski and Samourai du Thot...
Australian combination Andrew Hoy and Rutherglen - © Ginette Snow
Andrew Hoy and Rutherglen - © Ginette Snow
Andrew Hoy and Rutherglen heading into the lake - © Ginette Snow
Andrew Hoy and The Blue Frontier - © Ginette Snow
Andrew Hoy and The Blue Frontier, who were unfortunately eliminated later in the course - © Ginette Snow