Olympic showjumping

JCWHITE said:
I do live where I need a sun visor!!, have been fitted for a new SP 8, just waiting for the launch.

Back to the jumping!!!
Heres Flexible!
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either SmartPak Equine or Dover Saddlery do a velcro visor that will go onto any helmet so would suit you for riding at home anyway!! Or you could just stick the sun in the post and send it here...will trade you some grey clouds for it;-)
 
Valentina,you made Joss work so hard!
Thanks Amage you may have saved me some serious dosh!
Got to go, see you all tomorrow?
 
Well, what a turn up for the books! Must admit I was not expecting us to be so well in contention with 4 faults.

Think tomorrow will be very exciting...
 
I have just found online that only the top 8 teams go through to tomorrow. Does anyone know if this is really correct???? A different website says all teams go again tomorrow so I am really confused now...
 
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Mavis007 said:
I have just found online that only the top 8 teams go through to tomorrow. Does anyone know if this is really correct???? A different website says all teams go again tomorrow so I am really confused now...
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I think the situation is that only the top 8 teams will jump again tomorrow, along with the top 45 individuals after today's round.
 
Go GB I'm so glad they're through for tmrw, as I'd otherwise look pretty stupid in all my union jack stuff lol

Can't wait, bucks fizz on the train and a huge (yet not too huge!) picnic, yay, yippee, and woooooooo! :D :D
 
Wow - is that definate true? GB are actually in with a shout of a medal then - there are some surprises in the list of teams that are out aren't there!
 
Super upsetting to see the poor sportsmanship and animal cruelty exhibited by GERMAN rider Christian Ahlmann and USA rider Beezie Madden. Ahlmann was pulled from competition a few years back for doping charges (using capsaicin, a rub known to cause hypersensitivity in a horses legs which would cause the horse to avoid making contact with rails). When I watched Ahlmann lose his temper, spurring his horse and start banging on the horses mouth for refusing, I wanted to reach thru the television and grab the reins from him, take the whip out of his hands, then start whipping him on the butt. How is that cruelty just ignored by the Olympic judges? He should have been dropped from competition for that and quite clearly that horse has been doped before...did you see how frightened it was to make contact with the fence? What a jerk. No wonder the horse refused. Now lets talk about Beezie. Spoiled little US girl gives all of us Yanks a bad name. She came at the jump too sharp the first time, and set her horse up a second time for failure. I am sick and tired of seeing cry baby temper tantrum type behavior from Olympians when things don't go their way. We need to make sure we teach the next generation that we cannot control everything in the universe, and things will happen that take us away from our hearts desire but those moments teach us to persevere thru tough times. Why aren't these riders being removed from competition for cruelty to animals? Maybe in 4 years we will no longer see whips or spurs in the arena--thats what I call HORSEMANSHIP!!!
 
PALOMINOLUVR said:
Super upsetting to see the poor sportsmanship and animal cruelty exhibited by GERMAN rider Christian Ahlmann and USA rider Beezie Madden. Ahlmann was pulled from competition a few years back for doping charges (using capsaicin, a rub known to cause hypersensitivity in a horses legs which would cause the horse to avoid making contact with rails). When I watched Ahlmann lose his temper, spurring his horse and start banging on the horses mouth for refusing, I wanted to reach thru the television and grab the reins from him, take the whip out of his hands, then start whipping him on the butt. How is that cruelty just ignored by the Olympic judges? He should have been dropped from competition for that and quite clearly that horse has been doped before...did you see how frightened it was to make contact with the fence? What a jerk. No wonder the horse refused. Now lets talk about Beezie. Spoiled little US girl gives all of us Yanks a bad name. She came at the jump too sharp the first time, and set her horse up a second time for failure. I am sick and tired of seeing cry baby temper tantrum type behavior from Olympians when things don't go their way. We need to make sure we teach the next generation that we cannot control everything in the universe, and things will happen that take us away from our hearts desire but those moments teach us to persevere thru tough times. Why aren't these riders being removed from competition for cruelty to animals? Maybe in 4 years we will no longer see whips or spurs in the arena--thats what I call HORSEMANSHIP!!!
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I agree with you completley. Read an interview with christian ahlmann saying he was sorry and shouldnt of slapped him. Still inexusable to do so though.
A spokesperson for FEI said christian had no wrong doing because he only hit codex one once , it has to be a certain amount of times before you get a yellow card. Hopefully we will not see this behaviour again .
 
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