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FEI says it's 71. I haven't counted them myself though. In any case, Kentucky 2010 should be more comparable being in North America and all. 58 countries competed then, so it's an increase of 11/13 countries.

Or, more likely, not. Some pro riders ride up to 20 horses per day.

Yeah, but it's still quite a nice team. And with Saudi Arabia dropping behind and Qatar not participating at all (??), Egypt is very much the best in the region at the moment.

Entries are finally in! Overview of the Olympic disciplines... Dressage Team - Individuals only - Eventing Team - Individuals only - Jumping Team - Individuals only - As expected, entries are smaller compared to the previous games in 2014, since many nations don't fancy flying over to North Carolina. Also quite a few nations that usually send teams now only have an individual or two (Austria ). Quite interesting to see Bolivia entering two riders in jumping. Also Lebanon and Macedonia (possibly all of them making WEG debuts).

Well, then we would probably be seeing Gates, Bloomberg, Springsteen too, at least on the shortlist. The only thing they are really guilty of is buying a horse that is too good for Adrienne. A waste of talent. Honestly, the American team seems to be considerably weaker than some previous years, with names like Jamie Barge and Lillie Keenan popping on the short list...

No, he withdrew himself from the short list, citing that he won't be able to reach full fitness by WEG following an injury.

She is 11th ranked American right now, significantly in front of Georgina Bloomberg and Jennifer Gates.

American show jumping team. No idea how Sternlicht got a place. Not sure about Kraut either. Beezie is the reserve. McLain the top prospect. Devin continues his fairytale season.

I think the surprise result for Iran may come in eventing. Don't know much about Torabi, but he wasn't half bad in France a month ago! Although don't be surprised if he drops more than one rail in the show jumping stage... As for Litta Soheila Sohi, she has been posting some mediocre scores at best in Europe. Asian small tour format without piaffe should suit her though, since she usually loses a lot of points there. However she most likely won't be finishing in the top half anyway.

Apparently publishing the list of nominated entries is a complex socioeconomic activity that requires a great deal of analysis and planning... Too bad, since otherwise FEI is having quite comprehensive WEG microsite. Something we can only dream for with many other federations.

"Wild cards"

I'd pay to watch Nepal vs Maldives.

I'd be surprised if they don't have some Americans or Australians in the team.

Still less ridiculous than women's football tournament in 2014 when Hong Kong qualified for quarterfinals by virtue of losing both group matches 5:0.

And so goes the tennis.

Panama humiliating Germany. How often do you get to see that?

Still nothing from FEI... However a bunch of eventing teams have been named in recent days. http://eventingnation.com/brazil-names-final-squad-for-2018-fei-world-equestrian-games/ http://eventingnation.com/dutch-squad-announced-for-2018-fei-world-equestrian-games/ http://eventingnation.com/great-britains-announces-team-for-2018-world-equestrian-games/ http://eventingnation.com/australia-announces-squad-for-2018-world-equestrian-games/

Zootopia is definitely one of the best animated pictures I've watched in recent times.

It's the other way around actually. Enzo (Valentina's father) doesn't let Valentina and any other rider in their team to compete for Italy at championships... Italian federation got angry at Enzo for selling Eremo del Castegno (Valentina's top horse) right before Rio, even though the federation was paying them to keep the horse until Rio 2016. Enzo however claimed that they didn't break the deal because they still qualified for Rio on Eremo (and eventually competed with experienced Chablis)... Italian federation in fact sued Enzo, but apparently in the end the lawsuit was dropped and settlement outside court was made.

Yeah, looks like no team following withdrawal of Pia Laus-Schneider due to a riding accident. Also Valentina Truppa and Co. apparently continue their boycott of national team... At least having two individuals is better than having nothing like at Europeans last year. Progress.

WBSC youtube channel is broadcasting all matches.

Interestig to take a peak at some of the games. At times the plays look very amateuristic. Also I'm quite sure I've never seen U15 Worlds in any team sport.

Looks like something happened to Vittoria Panizzon. Too bad.

A lot of teams have been announced in the last 48 hours or so, but hopefully FEI will publish the nominated entries soon so that I can post them all at once.