The paralympic games is overseen by the international paralympic committee (ipc), with british athletes competing for.

Paralympic equestrian riders uk. Equestrian was introduced as a paralympic event at the 1996 atlanta summer paralympics. In 2010, it was featured in the world equestrian games format for the first time, and. The british paralympic association (bpa) has announced the five equestrian athletes who will seek to maintain the impressive track record of british riders at the.

Britain enter the games as defending dressage. The grades range from grade 1 for the most impaired riders through to grade v for the least impaired riders. Para dressage has five grades, defined by the fei and adopted by the british equestrian federation (bef) for use in national competition.

Alongside great britain, the teams in medal. Whether you take up the reins for therapy with riding for disabled (rda) or you just. A trio of experienced british riders will carry the nation’s hopes in the team dressage competition at the tokyo paralympic games.

Para equestrian is one of the fastest growing areas in british dressage, and it's really easy to get started! The british paralympic association, in conjunction with the british dressage para selectors and performance manager georgina sharples, have made a change to the quartet. Lee pearson on zion (grade ib):

Advice for children and young people. Equestrian first appeared on the paralympic programme at the 1984 games held in stoke mandeville and new york, and have featured at every games since atlanta 1996. Para dressage is the equestrian competition that features in the paralympic games.

The british equestrian riders are on the edge of their saddles this week in hopes of being named to the team for london 2012. The british riders had done all they could. Grade i is for riders with the.