The skill involved in dressage and show jumping is enormous. I’m not into either sport but the highlights I saw of the dressage in particular were amazing. For sportsmen and women in this field, the olympics is so important and it would a great shame if they were dropped. Moving horses internationally is not that difficult and is a necessity of international competition including horse racing. The bicyclists need to take their bicycles, the sailors their dinghies, the rowers their boats and the equestrians need their horses. I’m in favour of javelin and shot put too. Quite a skill to see how far things can be thrown. Great to see new records being broken for fastest sprint, highest and longest jump, furthest throw etc. These simple sports are at the very heart of the Olympics.