Eventing will kick off the Paris Olympic Games equestrian competition Saturday, July 27, against the backdrop of the stunning Park at Versailles.

After two last-minute changes to the U.S. Eventing Team that saw Will Coleman, originally named to the team with Off The Record and direct reserve Diabolo, replaced before Friday’s jog, the United States will be represented by Olympic veteran Boyd Martin (Fedarman B) and Olympic debutantes Caroline Pamukcu on HSH Blake, her partner for Pan American Games (Chile) individual gold, and Liz Halliday on Nutcracker.

With Halliday’s move from reserve to the team, first alternate Sydney Elliott and Diamantaire are now the traveling reserve pair.

The field is stacked with talent, including the individual gold and silver medalists from Tokyo, though both will be mounted on different horses: Gold medalist Julia Krajewski, originally an alternate for these Games, will ride Nickel 21 after Sandra Auffarth withdrew earlier this week, and silver medalist Tom McEwen of Great Britain has brought JL Dublin. Double individual Olympic gold medalist Michael Jung will ride Chipmunk FRH. And don’t forget about World No. 1 rider Rosalind Carter of Great Britain, who will be riding her partner for her 2023 Mars Badminton CCI5*-L (Great Britain) win and 2023 FEI European Championships (France) individual gold, Lordships Graffalo.

You can see a full list of entries here, and check out Clayton Fredericks’ Olympic predictions here.

The order of go was drawn Friday, with Pamukcu going first for the U.S. at 10 a.m. local time (4 a.m. Eastern), Halliday second as the last rider before the lunch break at 6:54 a.m. ET and Martin at 11:03 a.m. ET.

When: July 27-29

Medal day: Monday, July 29 (team and individual)

Where: The Park at Versailles in Paris

How To Watch: PeacockTV.com will be streaming all equestrian sports live. (All times listed are Eastern).

Other networks will show replays:

• Dressage (team and individual), Part 1—3:30 a.m. Saturday on Peacock; Part 2—8 a.m. Saturday on Peacock; 4:30 p.m. Saturday on E!
• Cross-country (team and individual)—4:30 a.m. Sunday on Peacock; 10:30 a.m. Sunday on E!; 1 p.m. on July 28 on NBC; 7 p.m. Sunday on USA
• Show jumping (team and individual) and medals—5 a.m. Monday on Peacock; 7 a.m. Monday on E!; 9 p.m. Monday on USA

How Medals Are Decided: Like the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, there will be only three members on each team, with no drop scores. The team and individual competition will run concurrently, with 65 total entries (though with the elimination of Austria’s Lea Siegel and DSP Fighting Line, only 64 will start) starting with dressage, then cross-country, then the first jumping competition to determine the team winners.

The 25 best individual combinations will qualify to participate in a second show jumping round, following the team show jumping, to determine individual medals. (Individual athletes must also complete the team show jumping round to qualify for the individual final.) Team and individual medals will follow the individual jumping round.

Riders will complete the 2024 Olympic Games Dressage Test—a test considered to be five-star level but, at 3 minutes, 50 seconds, much shorter than the tests used at CCI5*-L competitions—on Saturday.

The Sunday cross-country is a 5,149-meter course with an optimum time of 9 minutes, 2 seconds, and with 28 numbered obstacles and 45 jumping efforts.

Show jumping takes place Monday, and the team course will have a maximum of 16 jumping efforts set at 1.25 meters. The individual show jumping course, also Monday, will be shorter—a maximum of 12 efforts—but set at 1.30 meters.

The Fine Print: For the team classification, if any pair doesn’t start or complete a phase, the rider will receive 100 penalties (for dressage and show jumping) or 200 penalties (for cross-country). Also, if a team rider is eliminated during the dressage or cross-country phase for technical reasons (such as errors of course or accumulation of jumping refusals, for example) the team will incur the penalty points listed above, and has the option to either let that rider continue on to the next phase or substitute in the reserve pair.

The reserve pair may also be substituted in for medical or veterinary reasons in any of the three phases. The substitution will incur a 20-point penalty for the team, and only one substitution will be allowed per team.

Substitutions aren’t allowed if a pair is eliminated for dangerous riding or abuse of horse. Substitutions are permitted if a horse is eliminated because of lameness or a fall. (If the substitution takes place up to two hours before dressage, including if it happens because a team horse doesn’t pass the first jog, no penalty is levied.)