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Tokyo 2020 Olympic showjumping course designer Santiago Varela is aiming for courses that are fair for the horses, and that they can jump well.
The Spanish designer has just arrived in Tokyo where he will start preparing for the courses he will create for the eventing and showjumping Olympians, with riders with many different levels of experience.
“The course always needs to be fair for the horses. The modern horse is very clever and they are super athletes, but they need to be protected so we must always build a course that they can jump well,” Varela says.