Final Preparations Underway to Complete World Equestrian Games Show Grounds With Five Days to Opening Ceremony

TRYON, North Carolina, Sept. 6, 2018–Final preparations are underway to complete World Equestrian Games arenas for competition and spectators opening in five days and highlighted by spectacular structures for the seventh edition of the combined championships of eight international horse sports that may be the finale of the format.

Well over a quarter billion dollars have been spent developing the Tryon International Equestrian Center with most facilities built as permanent venues to create a legacy of year-round shows for horses and other animals, exhibitions and conventions in sparsely populated western North Carolina with the Blue Ridge Mountains providing a picturesque backdrop.

An armada of flights from Europe in the biggest airift of sport horses in history alng with other flights and trucks from across North America are projected to bring a total of more than 800 horses to the championships of dressage, driving, endurance, eventing, jumping, reining, vaulting and para-dressage beginning next Tuesday, Sept. 11 and running to Sept. 23.

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Article written by: KENNETH J. BRADDICK