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NinjaPony

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I am really rather hacked off. The Olympia website says the coverage is being broadcast on the french eurosport channel instead of the british. What a total balls up.
 

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think its on now they have just apologised for the snooker over running! Looks like all we are getting is the jump off.
 

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think its on now they have just apologised for the snooker over running! Looks like all we are getting is the jump off.

OK the snooker over-ran on Eurosport HD, but it was just showing all that carp on Eurosport UK that it was also scheduled for. Surely they could have shown it at the correct time on at least the one channel.
 

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The year before last they showed it on sky sports and the coverage was excellent. They showed all the live show jumping and also had the pony club games, shetland grand national etc. It seems a real shame that they dont show all of it any more and now can't even be bothered to show all the live show jumping from tonight. Why is it as equestrian viewers we always seem to draw the short straw. Equestrian events are not shown enough on TV and then when we get a british high profile show like olympia they cancel it for snooker. I am really annoyed about this. Its about time something got done. I think there is an audience out there, we just do not get the opportunities to watch. Also why can't the bbc show more than it does. We should be promoting equestrianism through the media and as usual minimal coverage is given.
 

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The year before last they showed it on sky sports and the coverage was excellent. They showed all the live show jumping and also had the pony club games, shetland grand national etc. It seems a real shame that they dont show all of it any more and now can't even be bothered to show all the live show jumping from tonight. Why is it as equestrian viewers we always seem to draw the short straw. Equestrian events are not shown enough on TV and then when we get a british high profile show like olympia they cancel it for snooker. I am really annoyed about this. Its about time something got done. I think there is an audience out there, we just do not get the opportunities to watch. Also why can't the bbc show more than it does. We should be promoting equestrianism through the media and as usual minimal coverage is given.

*applauds* Yes! Very well said.
 

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Did any one else see Michael Whittaker say what lip read to
Me as **** when he finished his round. However the true proffesional that he is while saying this patted his horse and dropped the reins to relax the horse
 

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Must say I agree sky sports coverage has been great the last couple of years but eurosports needs a spanking!

I've been left feeling very unfullfilled :(
 

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To be fair to sky and dare I say it Eurosport ( although not tonight ) they do show a lot of show jumping it is usually on one of them weekly for at least an hour or has been lately, I use sky plus app on my phone to search it out if you look it is there.
Also BBC have decent coverage tomorrow and have shown plenty of Olympia via the red button which this year even includes the dressage.
 

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I honestly cannot say how dissappointed i am in Eurosport over the last few years.
I loved watching Olympia years ago when it would be on live for the whole evening and they would show all the build up entertainment like the household cavalry, dressage demonstration and so on and all the backstage interviews. now there seems none of that and it is about an hour and a half long programme which ends up being an hour long due to overunning programmes before.
The BBC have done a fantastic job the last couple of years however. but it is a shame that many of the less "fancy" classes have not been televised. one i love to see is the Renault Masters (where riders choose which fence to be made bigger).

watching Olympia isn't the same experience anymore. I am very dissappointed.
RANT OVER:eek:
 
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