Olympic pentathalon horses

Friend went with a couple of hers to the trials & literally hundreds of horses went. Some or all of it was at Hartpury and the lady who had asked her to come with the ten that she took was meant to inform her by the end of the following week...in reality it was a good 8 weeks of agonising before she hada vague idea that he would be going as a competition horse or purely as a back up if others failed the vet. Her horse is now thru the trials and seems to be selected to compete and tho she will apparently get paid quite nicely for it, she won't be allowed to go with her horse. This is where i would run a mile. The boundaries seemed to change from what the owners providing horses were told initially tho what has transpired so far has not been anywhere near as tempting. I would atleast expect to be allowed to go with my own horse, even if it was merely to look after it if i wasn't allowed to 'groom' for my own. Really pleased for her but I for one would find it incredibly uncomfortable..I'm not even sure from what she has said if she is aware it is most likely not a Brit who will be riding it...hope all come home unscathed mentally & physically!
 
The horses will be fine,even if they get a complete duffer riding. I have long suspected that horses in MP regard it as an easy day out with endless entertainment possibilities.
 
Mike007 said:
The horses will be fine,even if they get a complete duffer riding. I have long suspected that horses in MP regard it as an easy day out with endless entertainment possibilities.
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Ah..thinking of it this way, puts a whole new perspective on it! Will we be placing bets on random grazing opportunities..I know many an immaculately behaved competition horse with a hidden & wicked sense of humour..this must be the real translation of the rich rewards on offer!:D
 
PaddyMonty said:
Horses are allocated based on a simple draw, nothing else.
Riders then have 20 minutes to warmup and are only allowed to jump a maximum of 5 practice jumps before competing on the course.

Now I dont know about you lot but if I was handed a totally strange horse that I knew nothing about, had just 20 mnutes and 5 jumps to work it out and then had to jump a 1.20mtr (foxhunter) course I dont thing my riding would look too great either. :o
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Exactly !
 
not sticking totally to what you have all been saying but i like to think that i can get on most relatively well schooled horses and ride a nice novice dressage test which is all i can do on mine even tho she is better then that. i realise im a dressage rider at heart and not a show jumper but i suspect that they will in preparation be riding a lot of differant horses and altho you would do better with more time, horses are horses and if you ride to that horse then you may not have a perfect round but it cant be horrific if the horses are anything near a school master or mistress.

i love to see this section ( not the 2008, that was awful) as it can show how well the rider relates to horses and understands them.

as others have said i think even if i didnt get to go into warm up ring or see the performance i would want to be with the horse in the stables and for the time before and after. my horse is happier with me as company and i wouldnt want to add any stress to her life she didnt need.

good luck to all our riders and pentataloners :)
 
My friend was initially told about £2000 - £3000 for the three ish weeks he was needed... this was plus 4* hotel accommodation for her, tickets etc , all his show rugs numnahs boots etc plus his accommodation, feed,hay transport..i think they originally said works out about 200 a day give or take~i think this was to make up for expenses and work missed etc BUT gradually it decreased..to her not having tickets.. not having accommodation... her supplying feed, hay, so guessing the money will be more like £200 and that will prob have to be to cover transport... and she prob won't get to keep his rugs/ numnahs etc... this was for competing horses and those acting as standbys.... something tells me "none" is the correct answer to that question.. and she was told this simply to get her to donate the horse..I dare say SOMEONE will be getting all the lovely bonuses.. probably whoever is in charge of sourcing them. rather sad really..I certainly wouldn't be donating my horse for free at my expense if i wasn't allowed to go with him..feel rather sad for her as she took so much time off work to do the trials and really put herself out..much to the annoyance of her boss-now ex boss:(
 
I very much doubt anyone sending their horses is worried about getting paid.

Your one horse owner that sends their horse is probably just happy to be able to say they own an Olympic horse lol.....and a dealer that is sending horses is thinking about the extra value added to the horse so they can sell to someone saying it's an Olympic horse :)
 
Like Mike007 said our friend is supplying three horses they are all out competing BS and doing very well. I used to test jump them not easy when you have never ridden them before but thats what these athletes have to do. I still have some sponsor stuff given to me by an english rider who rode my horse in 2001 ;) Good luck to all the horses and riders x
 
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