• Venue Information:The core venue for the Jumping and Dressage events is a 100-meter x 80-meter all-weather sand arena, with a capacity for 18,000 spectators. This venue will be converted from the Hong Kong Sports Institute and the Penfold Park. Apart from the main facilities, there will also be warm-up facilities for the horses. Other facilities include: an air-conditioned building on the side of the core venue, which will be used as the competition management headquarters, VIP reception area, and accommodation for the grooms; newly constructed stables making up four blocks of air-conditioned accommodation for up to 200 horses; a separate stable block for reserve horses.
• Competition Events: Jumping, Dressage
• Address: 25 Yuen Wo Road, Sha Tin, New Territories.

• Venue Information:The Cross-Country venue will be converted from the Beas River Country Club and the adjacent Hong Kong Golf Club. A 5.7-km temporary cross country track 10 meters in width will be constructed here. The venue will also include warm-up and cool-down areas and a temporary stable block for 80 horses.
• Competition Events: Cross-Country test of the Eventing competition
• Address: Beas River Country Club, Sheung Shui, New Territories

Practice Arena

• Venue Information:A number of training arenas will be converted from the Hong Kong Sports Arena and Penfold Park.
• Venue Facilities: There are 13 practice arenas for jumping and dressage, including: 3 general practice arenas (2 sand arenas and 1 grass arena); 4 jumping/dressage practice arenas; 1 jumping practice arena; 4 dressage practice arenas; 1 indoor air-conditioned practice arena. There are three training facilities for cross country, including: one 800-meter turf cross country training track; one 800-meter riverside galloping track; one 1,000-meter all-weather bridle path.
• Address: Sha Tin Racecourse, Sha Tin, New Territories.

Equestrian

Equestrian events were included in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1900 and then in 1912, in a format very similar to that which was used at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

In the past, the three-day event (Eventing) was restricted to military officers, while the jumping and dressage competitions were open to civilians, but only a handful of civilian riders competed up to 1948. Up to that time, the growth of modern sport had been rapid, but relatively few competitors were involved in international competitions. They all knew each other and the judges and were accepting of local variations to the fairly simple rules which existed. With the inclusion of the sport in the Olympic Games, it became obvious that some internationally recognised rules for the three Olympic disciplines were essential. In May 1921, delegates from 10 national equestrian organisations met in Lausanne to discuss the formation of an international federation.

Equestrian consists of three disciplines: Jumping, Dressage and Eventing (Three-Day Event). The equestrian events of the 29th Olympic Games will be held in Hong Kong, China from August 9-21. The jumping and dressage events will be held at the main venue in Shatin and the cross country competition will be held at Beas River.