Pentathlon anybody? Showjumping schedule...

Ah catching up, they did say on the test ride with the Brazilian riders nothing would have made the time, I'm sure that doesn't help though they seem less gallopy as less space than London.
 
ester said:
Ah catching up, they did say on the test ride with the Brazilian riders nothing would have made the time, I'm sure that doesn't help though they seem less gallopy as less space than London.
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I think some of the horses are quite strong and some seem to be getting faster/stronger towards the end and I think some of the riders are also just kicking on without presenting the horses properly. Noticeably, some of the less experienced riders seem to be letting the horses just come into the fences as they like or just kicking on and aiming at the fence, which in some cases seems to be very fast.

I had to get dinner so am watching from where I paused it, on the Canadian rider who was sitting in 10th and her horse noticeably doesn't seem as 'gallopy' as some of the others, yet she appears to be a decent rider and a lot of the better riders don't seem to be as gallopy though.
 
yes but a tight time is going to make everyone think they have to keep moving, a bit too much than would be ideal/what these horses are used to. I wonder if being a bit more generous would encourage better riding.
 
I thought the horses were the best suited group I've seen - they really reminded of riding school horses - ride properly and they would be generous, drop them on the last stride and you're going up the neck/over the head. All of them looked like 120 was "easy" enough that if you were balanced and in a good rhythm they would sort out a less than ideal stride.

2 of the athletes who fell in London went clear/1 down here - the Mexican was flagged by the commentators and I remembered Clouvel because they said she'd not been riding long in London having been pushed from the swimming team and taught to fence/ride/shoot.

Would love to be good enough to compete - looks like a great challenge!
 
Well, at least the British and Irish girls showed some classy riding. The others however, not impressed and I feel for the horses. Some better riders also had a raw deal, being second to ride on horses that had had shocking pilots and been eliminated their first time round.
 
BBC breakfast were just discussing the Pentathlon and the expert (sorry, name escapes me) described the show jumping phase as a true lottery, "... if you get a bad horse..." he then quickly tried to say the horses were of a certain quality, but damage done :(
 
Kadastorm said:
Well, at least the British and Irish girls showed some classy riding. The others however, not impressed and I feel for the horses. Some better riders also had a raw deal, being second to ride on horses that had had shocking pilots and been eliminated their first time round.
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They really should have an official that can say no, that horse cannot go again it has lost it's confidence as well as if it is injured etc. It isn't a hard thing for most experienced horse people to judge. That bay horse was completely stressed out going in again and that girl looked like one of the more able riders (think she got gold in london) but hadn't a hope.
 
suffolkmare said:
BBC breakfast were just discussing the Pentathlon and the expert (sorry, name escapes me) described the show jumping phase as a true lottery, "... if you get a bad horse..." he then quickly tried to say the horses were of a certain quality, but damage done :(
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Well, to be fair, if I'd drawn Carpe Diem I'd be cursing under my breath.

And yeah, teapot has it right, they aren't going to change the whole sport and bring in their own horses!
The entire pentathlon is based on the idea of getting a message from A to B, and you have to cross a whole battlefield to do so. So you swim, fence, ride, run, and shoot your way through - so dressage definitely wouldn't fit in. TBH, it should probably be cross country instead of SJ, but someone clearly drew the line!
 
ester said:
They really should have an official that can say no, that horse cannot go again it has lost it's confidence as well as if it is injured etc. It isn't a hard thing for most experienced horse people to judge. That bay horse was completely stressed out going in again and that girl looked like one of the more able riders (think she got gold in london) but hadn't a hope.
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I think the girl who had the grey horse that the rider had the bad fall into the jump wing from also had problems as the horse had just completely lost confidence after that fall.

Do the men ride the same horse as the women?
I have to say, I thought a lot of the women rode much better than London. Whilst some were awful, the horses showed that most of the time. Most of them whilst they didn't look at home on a horse, at least looked like they had had some lessons and were just very novicey and not as bad as some of the riders in London.

Men's has started now, first one in has had two refusals but the rider didn't seem to be too bad.
 
I thought they weren't allowed military uniforms at the Olympics? That Hungarian bloke appears to be wearing one!
 
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