Comments on: How do the Olympic Equestrians get their horses from America and other countries to China? http://travel-2-china.com/how-do-the-olympic-equestrians-get-their-horses-from-america-and-other-countries-to-china Chinese Travel, Holidays, History and Culture Thu, 17 May 2012 21:52:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jenny C http://travel-2-china.com/how-do-the-olympic-equestrians-get-their-horses-from-america-and-other-countries-to-china/comment-page-1#comment-277 Jenny C Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:01:38 +0000 http://travel-2-china.com/how-do-the-olympic-equestrians-get-their-horses-from-america-and-other-countries-to-china#comment-277 The U.S. equestrian team’s horses arrived in Beijing about a week before the games, NBC reported. The horses probably have more frequent flyer miles than most people, as they travel approximately 30,000 miles by plane annually, according to Tim Dutta of Dutta Corporation, a horse transportation company. Horses must arrive at the airport 10 hours early and be monitored in quarantine for five hours. They travel in stalls similar to horse trailers you’d see on the road. They travel on passenger flights as well as cargo flights. A good article on this is here The U.S. equestrian team’s horses arrived in Beijing about a week before the games, NBC reported. The horses probably have more frequent flyer miles than most people, as they travel approximately 30,000 miles by plane annually, according to Tim Dutta of Dutta Corporation, a horse transportation company.

Horses must arrive at the airport 10 hours early and be monitored in quarantine for five hours. They travel in stalls similar to horse trailers you’d see on the road. They travel on passenger flights as well as cargo flights.

A good article on this is here

]]> By: lakeplacidgirl2001 http://travel-2-china.com/how-do-the-olympic-equestrians-get-their-horses-from-america-and-other-countries-to-china/comment-page-1#comment-276 lakeplacidgirl2001 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:29:35 +0000 http://travel-2-china.com/how-do-the-olympic-equestrians-get-their-horses-from-america-and-other-countries-to-china#comment-276 No, they fly their own horses there... I would guess they use mild tranquilizers to keep the animals calm during the trip. This is how they did it for the Sydney Olympics in 2000 No, they fly their own horses there… I would guess they use mild tranquilizers to keep the animals calm during the trip.

This is how they did it for the Sydney Olympics in 2000

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