Arrival of athletes and horses

More than 80 riders with around 250 horses from 14 countries have traveled to St.Gallen today. Among them are Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) and Steve Guerdat (SUI), the Olympic champions of Athens 2004 and London 2012, both of whom have also won the World Cup Final three times each. In addition, with Harrie Smolders (NED), Yuri Mansur (BRA), Andreas Schou (DEN), Denis Lynch (IRL), Harry Charles (GBR) as well as Pius Schwizer and Martin Fuchs, seven of the top ten from the World Cup Final in Omaha (USA), which was held in April, are also taking part.