Up up and away Australia's #Rio2016 Eventing horses depart Melbourne

Some of Australia's #Rio2016 Eventing horses departed Australia overnight bound for the UK. 

CP Qualified (ridden by Shane Rose), Parkiarrup Illicit Liaison (ridden by Sonja Johnson) and Stuart Tinney's horses Pluto Mio and Carlchen departed a cargo plane in Melbourne for a 30 hour flight which will involve stopovers in Singapore and the UAE.

Accompanying the horses is Australian Team Vet Dr Nathan Anthony as well as an IRT specialist groom. 

The horses will arrive in the UK ahead of the pre-Games staging camp which will begin in late July.

Before the camp CP Qualified and Parkiarrup Illicit Liaison will be part of Australia's FEI Nations Cup team which will travel to Aachen.

You can track the flight in real time here 

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