Eventing: Showjumping Thread

teapot said:
Eventing used to be split into team and individual from the start of the dressage onwards though?
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I thought they abandoned that format because riders withdrew left right and centre once their team's chances were gone, which made viewing a bit rubbish? Also you need riders to have multiple horses or you need different combinations in the two competitions... I imagine riders preferring their better horses in the individual, which obviously isn't ideal for the team competition..
 
Lexi_ said:
I think I banged on about this sufficiently yesterday ! I reckon they were the best four and we just don't have enough strength in depth. I personally wouldn't have picked Zara or Tina over the ones in the team and we had very few other options when you rule out the injuries to Arctic Soul (not that anyone favoured him over this course anyway) and Izzy's horse and the relative lack of form of Nicola Wilson's 3/4* horses. And everyone was mooing about WFP being our dubious choice and he's the best result out of the four!!
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I was wondering if the showjumping had changed anyone's mind really. But I think you're right (though I would have put Tina Cook in there), and of course, on selecting on form, Gemma would have been the first name on the sheet and William wouldn't have been there. My first thought when the team was announced was that the selection was more about building for the future than about winning medals. I think we can be more positive about that, all four riders finished, William's back on form, Pippa's inexperienced horse looks really good...
 
So apparently WFP confirmed to one of the commentators "He's on for Tokyo". Can we stop talking about him retiring and start talking about which horse he could potentially ride there? :D
 
TheOldTrout said:
I was wondering if the showjumping had changed anyone's mind really. But I think you're right (though I would have put Tina Cook in there), and of course, on selecting on form, Gemma would have been the first name on the sheet and William wouldn't have been there. My first thought when the team was announced was that the selection was more about building for the future than about winning medals. I think we can be more positive about that, all four riders finished, William's back on form, Pippa's inexperienced horse looks really good...
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But you need to win medals in part to gain funding for the future...
 
Jo_x said:
So apparently WFP confirmed to one of the commentators "He's on for Tokyo". Can we stop talking about him retiring and start talking about which horse he could potentially ride there? :D
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Yoicks! Isn't his stable rider competing some seriously nice youngsters for him at the mo?

Oh well done Sam! He's been quietly efficient in all three phases.
 
Having held Beijing and London medals, they're so detailed you can't blame riders for staring at them.
 
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Isn't Astiers horse lovely so chilled just standing there half asleep

Think I'd probably cry with happiness the whole way through the ceremony if I'd won!
 
Mike rather got on my nerves today and I'm normally fairly tolerant of his ramblings but to reckon WFP was going to retire? He's fought back from the brink of his death bed to compete at Rio, does he really think that he'd retire after putting himself through all that??!!

Well done Michael and Sam. As for the British team, there will be other competitions. Focus now needs to be on producing riders and horses for the next few years to improve the squad.
 
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