skewbaldpony
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She looked more like a pole *dancer*.
I think it would all look better with clothes on!
I think it would all look better with clothes on!
Do Polevaulters need to wear bikinis?!
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Tulsi
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Maybe its a growing sporting trend - just think what the BSJA recently appeared to be promoting as acceptable wear around the stables for young lady riders...
skewbaldpony
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Thank heavens they didn't extend it to the actual team.
Saggy Y fronts would have been even worse!
Saggy Y fronts would have been even worse!
Super_Kat
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It's hot and they need to be able to move ALOT......But I agree, a ski suit would be much better.
christian
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its practical and theres fewer clothes to get in the way as they have to be flexible buttt i agree it seems a bit.. inapropriate. they all do it though!
haybales
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i think id be doing it naked in that heat!
skewbaldpony
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blimey they're only jumping over one pole at a time!
How on earth are the horses managing?! Not to mention the riders.
How on earth are the horses managing?! Not to mention the riders.
haybales
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but they have to be completely warmed up, like any other athlete... i dont think its any use comparing to riders, like chalk and cheese!
skewbaldpony
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I don't agree!
I think Team GB might do better if they thought of riders as athletes.
There are differences yes, but chalk and cheese? Riders don't need to be warmed up? No wonder we're rubbish!
I think Team GB might do better if they thought of riders as athletes.
There are differences yes, but chalk and cheese? Riders don't need to be warmed up? No wonder we're rubbish!
haybales
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no i was refering to their clothes, the topic of this thread i thought?! riders wear clothes for safety reasons, i do think the BHS once said something about how much it hurts if you fall off wearing only a bikini...
skewbaldpony
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Hmmm ... I wouldn't know. The polo grooms in Florida don't wear a lot more!
Seriously though, if a horse, wearing what a horse wears and carrying a rider, can get round a series of fences, multiple efforts, then I can't think that just making the vest meet the pants could make that much difference.
In another four years someone will have decided they have to be in an allinone from neck to ankles to cut resistance, it's just fashion.
I'm afraid I put myself off this thread by imagining that terrible, terrible BSJA shot posed by the actual team. I have also put myself off my supper!
Seriously though, if a horse, wearing what a horse wears and carrying a rider, can get round a series of fences, multiple efforts, then I can't think that just making the vest meet the pants could make that much difference.
In another four years someone will have decided they have to be in an allinone from neck to ankles to cut resistance, it's just fashion.
I'm afraid I put myself off this thread by imagining that terrible, terrible BSJA shot posed by the actual team. I have also put myself off my supper!
haybales
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are you seriously comparing a horse to a polevaulter????
skewbaldpony
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Oh look, I've lost the will to live.
I said I thought they'd look nicer in a vest.
You said but they're very hot and they have to jump.
I said blimey, only one pole at a time, horses have to do a lot more, surely a vest wouldn't kill them.
If that's comparing a horse to a pole vaulter yes.
If not no.
Don't really care that much, it was just a passing thought.
Happy to be beaten 30 lashes with a damp copy of H&H if it makes you feel better.
I said I thought they'd look nicer in a vest.
You said but they're very hot and they have to jump.
I said blimey, only one pole at a time, horses have to do a lot more, surely a vest wouldn't kill them.
If that's comparing a horse to a pole vaulter yes.
If not no.
Don't really care that much, it was just a passing thought.
Happy to be beaten 30 lashes with a damp copy of H&H if it makes you feel better.
haybales
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i think ive wandered into the world of the bizarre...