Equestrian events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France are held at the Château de Versailles. There are eleven gender free events: ten individual events and one mixed team event. [1][2] Major competitions Paralympic Games The Paralympic games host a para-equestrian dressage competition, and have done so since 1996. [1][16] The Paralympic Games are the second largest equestrian event in the world, only behind the Olympic Games. [16] It is the only sport on the Paralympic program that includes a live animal. [15] Para dressage made its debut at the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games and it is the only equestrian discipline included in the Games. Men and women compete against each other equally within their specific grades, with riders competing on their own horses.
