Olympic highlights - dressage day 1

[teapot]

are online now

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/live_action/7549722.stm

 

[icestationzebra]

Ooooh just found it. How many hours of dressage watching do you think I can clock up this evening? I did pretty well last night

 

[teapot]

it's addictive isn't it?

 

[icestationzebra]

Scarily so!
Just watching Comets test - didn't see this earlier. Lovely lovely horse, but what's with all the bouncing?! Some lovely lovely riding and a couple of shockers

 

[Rachel_M]

Tell us about it. It is hard to concentrate on the test when the rider is doing an impression of an Olympic Trampoline artist on top.

 

[PeanutButterDragon]

All the American riders just seemed overly bouncy actually lol

 

[icestationzebra]

Lol!

Why is it some riders can sit so still and quietly whilst others are swinging and bouncing all over the shop? Doesn't appear to be directly related to how big moving the horse is either

Also some riders appear to sit as light as a feather and others like a large spud!

 

[Rachel_M]

Some just don't put their weight in the right place and grip with the wrong parts of their bodies, meaning they are not absorbing the movement and bouncing off the back. They are probably having all the weight on the horses back, poor sod. (the horse not the rider)