Olympic showjumping

I think you could say that about quite a few riders!!

I take back what I said about easy clears. Maybe some of the big guns aren't taking it seriously enough?
 
PolarSkye said:
and, as I said before, it must be gutting for a rider like Ben Mayer to lose a potential Olympic horse.
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Ben part-owned Wonderboy with Quainton Stud - so he would have had a say in his being sold. Tripple X or Robin Hood were considered their Olympic horses.
 
TJP said:
IMO Beezie didn't give him a chance. Should be spoken to about lifting that stick.
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Agree with this . . . that was rider error in my opinion and if she was going to correct him she should have done it when it mattered - not after the fact.

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only saw it from about half way through as riding then at work then driving but....the stand out horse from the ones I saw was Meredith Michaels Beerbaum's. The space it was giving the jumps was amazing.

It is very interesting the different styles of horses, Peter Charles and Ian Miller's horses reminded me much of the older style of British show jumping horses perhaps as David Broome's went, then there is the more European for want of a better phrase style of jumping. The American horse ridden by Rich Fellers had a style all of its own but didn't half jump when it got the fences.

Go Nick and Ben!
 
PolarSkye said:
Agree with this . . . that was rider error in my opinion and if she was going to correct him she should have done it when it mattered - not after the fact.

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There was no need for a whip correction at all. She completely screwed-up the striding, and presented the horse (not once, but twice) at a virtually impossible angle. She and Christian Ahlmann should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves for using the whip in temper!
 
Just caught up on the SJ - an interesting first day I thought!

Was extremely unimpressed by the behaviour of Christian Ahlmann and Beezie Madden though. I am far from a fluffy bunny but neither of those wallops (and in CA's case, the spur jabbing and yanking on the rein) were justified. In both cases it was rider error, the horses really didn't have anywhere to go, and it's out of order to give a smack for that.
 
I was there, not a nice reaction from Christian Ahlmann, spurring the horse like that and not just once! Didn't see him but apparently he smacked him as well. Surely one smack would be enough.

Obv don't compete anywhere near that level but imo the Beezie Madden second refusal was rider error so her reaction wasn't pleasent and I'm not of the don't hit them ever group.

If they can do that in the ring hate to think what happened outside it.
 
I was there watching it live and beezie pulled the horse out the first time as she'd come on a crap line and was unseated. Second attempt she came on a crap line again!
 
Over2You said:
There was no need for a whip correction at all. She completely screwed-up the striding, and presented the horse (not once, but twice) at a virtually impossible angle. She and Christian Ahlmann should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves for using the whip in temper!
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Agreed, Beezie madden made a horses arse of both approaches, the horse should have been kicking her ass :mad:
 
Agree with the above, could not quite believe what I was watching!! Team GB did us proud today though with clears from Nick Skelton & Ben Maher. Wish it would record on the red button as will miss it tomorrow :(
 
pipsqueek said:
Agree with the above, could not quite believe what I was watching!! Team GB did us proud today though with clears from Nick Skelton & Ben Maher. Wish it would record on the red button as will miss it tomorrow :(
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If youve got sky itll be on the sky sport olympic equestrian channel up in the 400's you can record it there
 
Suzie86 said:
I was there watching it live and beezie pulled the horse out the first time as she'd come on a crap line and was unseated. Second attempt she came on a crap line again!
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Completely agree, she needed the smack, not her horse. Mind the German earlier wasn't much better, though at least he gave his horse a decent shot on the 2nd go.
 
Does anyone know what the bit one of the Jordanian (i think) horses had on? Had some weird bit of loose wire running around the front/ below the jaw which looked a bit like a head retainer my sister used to wear with her teeth braces!
 
Was there today, that American near the end rode the double horrendously and had the cheek to b*ollock her horse for it!! Don't really follow SJ so haven't a clue who she is/was?
 
I know we were there too poor horse :-( There were a few horses that got their riders out of a mess on the doubles for the second element. They were so honest..
 
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