Changes to Olympic equestrianism

You cant do 200 dressage in one day at that level and thats what has been stated is happening their trying to make it shorter and you are making it two days at least longer. Whatever you think, the cost of staging the equine is having a huge influence on if the horse events carry on or not as an Olympic sport along with if they can truely be classed as inclusive .
 
popsdosh said:
You cant do 200 dressage in one day at that level and thats what has been stated is happening their trying to make it shorter and you are making it two days at least longer. Whatever you think, the cost of staging the equine is having a huge influence on if the horse events carry on or not as an Olympic sport along with if they can truely be classed as inclusive .
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I never said that the cost was not a factor it obviously is, especially for countries where Eventing is not normally undertaken at 3* plus level. What I said was that the cost is in creating the facility in the first place not in running it for 1 day less or more.

Also I did not suggest that getting through 200 horses in one day was possible, on the number I gave you would be looking at getting through 64 in one single day and then 136 over 2 days. This could be utilising 2 arenas as the judging for the team and individual would not have to be the same judges as they would now be separate competitions.

You could also look at using these same arenas for the pure dressage and the pure SJ and the pentathlon. Depending on likely take up of the ticket numbers you could potentially overlap some of these events but this would also enable efficient use of the facilities and maximise the audience take up.

The whole point about the Olympics is meant to be about the participation and striving for excellence and you have to be careful that trading one for the other does not devalue it. If the XC & SJ elements get too watered down then it basically becomes all about the dressage and then you might as well not bother having this as a competition.
 
However its a cost to the olympics that they would rather not have. As for maximising audiences a lot of tickets had to be given away in RIO as unless you are in major equestrian countries you struggle to get people watching let alone covering the cost. I really think the next one in Japan will be do or die which is why they are trying a major change. If it wasnt for the para games I guess they would already be gone.
 
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