Pentathlon anybody? Showjumping schedule...

Are we talking about the Japanese rider? Because although he didn't look like the most experienced rider at least he managed the round with hanging onto the horse's mouth the entire way!
 
Joe Choong didn't do badly for someone who has confessed they don't enjoy riding and looked petrified of the horse for most of his round.
 
Nice from Joe especially as he doesn't like the riding bit.

We obviously have a good riding coach - both lads good solid lower leg and riding all the way to the fence.

Next is Egypt bro 2, how will he do? Less heel jamming than his brother...
 
Shadowdancing said:
Did anyone hear the commentator say they don't have to ride in the final qualifiers for olympics or something.. something about the semis... didn't catch it.
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I can understand instead of having a competition like the SJ/eventing/dressage not including SJ, but if it was the actual events they needed to complete for their olympic qualification then I'm shocked.
 
sasquatch said:
I can understand instead of having a competition like the SJ/eventing/dressage not including SJ, but if it was the actual events they needed to complete for their olympic qualification then I'm shocked.
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Something about it coming down to swimming running and shooting... i wish I'd heard but i have a noisy houseful here.
 
teapot said:
Because it's luck of the random draw. Two x two min rounds is hardy hard work.
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I got that. Just seems a strange setup, particularly with enough horses to go around. As has been pointed out before the riders who went second on a horse involved in a fall easily had a disadvantage.

How many times can the same horse be drawn, then? Is the name thrown back into the pot after it has been drawn twice as well?
 
MargotC said:
I got that. Just seems a strange setup, particularly with enough horses to go around. As has been pointed out before the riders who went second on a horse involved in a fall easily had a disadvantage.

How many times can the same horse be drawn, then? Is the name thrown back into the pot after it has been drawn twice as well?
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If a horse ditches someone you can change, or at least appeal. Fairly sure they only jump twice unless needed as a back up. I guess it stems from the original rules that your cavalry horse may not be the best, or fit etc and you still have to ride it.
 
teapot said:
If a horse ditches someone you can change, or at least appeal. Fairly sure they only jump twice unless needed as a back up. I guess it stems from the original rules that your cavalry horse may not be the best, or fit etc and you still have to ride it.
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These last two riders swapped to reserve horses. Can't remember which horses they were supposed to have.
 
I think Dogue, the German lad was due to have one that lost its rider. Think it was the second of the military riders. I wonder if the Russian was supposed to have the horse that ditched its rider twice?
 
HashRouge said:
I think Dogue, the German lad was due to have one that lost its rider. Think it was the second of the military riders. I wonder if the Russian was supposed to have the horse that ditched its rider twice?
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I think they said the Russian was meant to have the first horse? not sure.

tbh, I think they should have the weaker riders riding round an easier/lower course for less points, and the more experienced riders riding for 300 with all riders assessed as to their ability by 3 judges on the flat and over fences say every 3 - 6 months, it may give the riders more motivation to at least attend weekly lessons. You could see the improvement in the French girl in 4 years, even for those who aren't natural riders or don't enjoy the riding, you want to be able to ride well enough to have as best a round as possible. I thought Joe Choong showed that you don't have to be a natural rider or even really enjoy the SJ phase to still have a decent enough position to be able to ride round efficiently.

I don't understand how the riding element can be so noticeably weak for some, yet they're able to qualify for the Olympics and compete and win pentathlon titles.
 
sasquatch said:
I think they said the Russian was meant to have the first horse? not sure.

tbh, I think they should have the weaker riders riding round an easier/lower course for less points, and the more experienced riders riding for 300 with all riders assessed as to their ability by 3 judges on the flat and over fences say every 3 - 6 months, it may give the riders more motivation to at least attend weekly lessons. You could see the improvement in the French girl in 4 years, even for those who aren't natural riders or don't enjoy the riding, you want to be able to ride well enough to have as best a round as possible. I thought Joe Choong showed that you don't have to be a natural rider or even really enjoy the SJ phase to still have a decent enough position to be able to ride round efficiently.

I don't understand how the riding element can be so noticeably weak for some, yet they're able to qualify for the Olympics and compete and win pentathlon titles.
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I've been thinking the same thing! If you're an elite sportsperson and 1/5 of your chosen discipline is riding, shouldn't you make a bit more effort to be good at it? Some of them honestly don't look they've bothered with any lessons or coaching!
 
Lexi_ said:
I've been thinking the same thing! If you're an elite sportsperson and 1/5 of your chosen discipline is riding, shouldn't you make a bit more effort to be good at it? Some of them honestly don't look they've bothered with any lessons or coaching!
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To be fair, I've seen people lose their ability riding horses they don't know on the flat, let alone around a course that 1m20 fences in...

Men's was definitely better standards wise though.
 
Czech rider was my absolute hero and I'd nominate him for a sportsmanship award... still smiling after two falls, still kind to the horse afterwards and really not a bad rider at all. I thought he was riding a lovely round up to the wall!
 
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