Andrew Hoy serious about Olympic Games record

RACEHORSE trainer David Hayes is among a cast of experts consulted by Australia's record-chasing Olympian Andrew Hoy on ways to help his horse beat the heat at the Games competition in Hong Kong.

Hoy, a triple Olympic gold medallist, is closing in on an Australian record seventh team selection if he is picked in July.

And he says the secret of his longevity is his "attention to detail" and the quality of the people he has assisting his and wife Bettina's equestrian business.

Hoy, Winter Olympian Colin Coates and sailing's Colin Beashel are the only Australians to have been to six Olympics.

Many in the Australian Olympic movement believe he should have already been to seven Games. Hoy was selected to go to Moscow in 1980, but his sport chose not to send a team because of pressure from the Fraser Government to boycott.

Olympics veterinary services officer Chris Riggs last year said that temperatures of more than 30C in Hong Kong in August meant Olympic equestrian events could be postponed, cancelled or modified if required.

The equestrian events will be in Hong Kong due to quarantine issues on the Chinese mainland.

Hoy's attention to detail has led him to attend the Olympic test event at the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club's Sha-Tin course, to inspect the stables and facilities.

Click here to read the full story