Colleagues Henrik Ankarcrona and Bo Jenå have already piloted their teams to the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Jumpers Peder Fredricson, Malin Baryard Johnsson, Jens Fredricson and Henrik von Eckermann won Sweden's first WC team gold in style in Herning in August.

A few days earlier, Patrik Kittel, Juliette Ramel, Therese Nilshagen and Jeanna Högberg had secured the dressage team's participation in yet another Olympic Games by finishing fourth in the national competition.

Replaced the entire team

Now it's a question of whether the eventing grant ensures that Swedish equestrian sport once again has full representation under the rings in two years' time.

For that, a place in the top seven (in addition to the host nation France) in the World Cup is required.

Federation captain Fredrik Bergendorff has replaced the entire team since the failure in the Olympics in Tokyo last year.

Things went really wrong there, both individually and as a team.

Instead, it depends on what Frida Andersén/Box Leo, Aminda Ingulfson/Joystick, Malin Josefsson/Golden Midnight and Sofia Sjöborg/Bryjamolga perform in Pratoni del Vivaro.

Joystick had problems during the veterinary inspection, was put in a so-called holding box for further examination, where it was approved.

"These are four young riders with a future ahead of them.

After all, we have several talented riders at four-star level and not really any horses, but right now there is a bit of a generational change in the horses," says Bergendorff to ridsport.se.

"If all teams do their best, it's difficult to win a medal, if we get the chance we'll take it of course, but otherwise the goal is to maintain our level and see how far it goes."

Another chance next year

Niklas Lindbäck on Focus Filiocus participates in the individual competition and is also a reserve should something happen to one of the four crews.

If the national team is not successful in the Olympic qualifiers, they will be given another chance at the European Championships in Haras du Pin, France in August next year.

SVT broadcasts from the WC in the field competition on Saturday and Sunday.