Around 247 horses will be participates in 6 events of 3 disciplines during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in addition to another 78 that will have their participation in the Paralympic Games, which will start after the end of the Olympics, on August 8.
The process of bringing the animals to Tokyo 2020 is one of the most organised, at least for the United States team, who had to move the entire organization that is normally contemplated in six months, and now they have to do it in six weeks.
The director of the United State of America equestrian team, Will Connell said to Forbes about the planning that it had to be accelerated, but that was not the only thing, since logistics in terms of economics were also affected.
Additional travel tranches because the group in Europe included reserve horses and staff members who were not expected to travel to Tokyo, all this added to about $ 30,000 that had to be spent on COVID-19 testing for people.
In itself, in normal conditions, taking horses from one place to another is a real relaxation, now with a pandemic and restrictions, just imagine. The animals are taken in a trailer from their farms to the airport, where they must pass a couple of tests to verify their soundness.
At the time of the flight, the horses must walk more or less 20 minutes for the circulation before the trip. At the airport, another trailer takes them to the export area almost seven hours before the plane leaves the place.
A rolling platform and a scissor lift are used to be able to take them on the plane to be able to take off. Two people accompany the horse on that same flight, the groom and the vet to feed the equine during the flight hours and control any unforeseen events.
