The thread of all Olympic Threads

[SAS56]

Over now - refresh

 

[fidleyspromise]

hmmm, I'm still on interviews with other athletes

 

[SAS56]

hmmm, I'm still on interviews with other athletes

What are you watching it on?

 

[fidleyspromise]

discovery plus. Now got it back on Mexican rider in

 

[fidleyspromise]

It's been years since I've seen or read about equestrian disciplines and it shows as there are so many riders and horses I've not heard of.

 

[fidleyspromise]

Are the commentators trying to curse the riders? "x team not had a rail so far"

 

[Bellaboo18]

Shock for Sweden!

 

[SAS56]

It's been years since I've seen or read about equestrian disciplines and it shows as there are so many riders and horses I've not heard of.

Me too , used to love SJ andd competed a bit up to about 1.5 mtrs but gone off it a bit now. Fences are monstrously big and I just think the horses have too make too much of an effort. They don't seem to enjoy the jumping as much as the eventers. I was watching the video of Laura C jumping London 52 for the first time after Tokyo and he was bucking and squealing - it was fabulous.

 

[Crazy_cat_lady]

Some of these look like walking tack shops and you can barely see any face, hideous

 

[piebaldproblems]

Are the commentators trying to curse the riders? "x team not had a rail so far"

I was begging her not to say anything during this final Polish round, then she says "doing well so far" and next thing you know there are two poles down.

 

[SAS56]

Love a chestnut mare and nice riding from Mr France

 

[Kat]

Some of these look like walking tack shops and you can barely see any face, hideous

I've seen lots of snaffles too though, and a bitless bridle in the ring a second ago.

I'm not watching closely so don't know what the proportion is though. I'm a bit wary of some of the "look at all the metal" posts having recently seen a friend of a friend who show jumps getting crucified on social media due to "all that metal" when it was a snaffle and bitless with two reins. Looks a lot but is actually a pretty good set up for lots of horses, and is used by a few show jumpers.

 

[fidleyspromise]

Scott Brash now in

 

[fidleyspromise]

4 faults

 

[SAS56]

Jefferson is strong today

 

[Kat]

Jefferson looked a bit spicy! Hopefully he settles a bit over the next few days

 

[SAS56]

What a nice team of great horsemen we have for the UK. Messrs Charles, Maher and Brash are all terrific riders and some of the lesser riders could do worse than looking at their styles and horsemanship. Just lovely to watch.

 

[Crazy_cat_lady]

Loved how basic that German's tack was and he properly rewarded that gorgeous horse after

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

Loved how basic that German's tack was and he properly rewarded that gorgeous horse after

The horse made that look relatively effortless. It was a nice round to watch.

 

[Katieg123]

If a team qualifies for the finals are the scores from 0 or do they build on these scores?

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

If a team qualifies for the finals are the scores from 0 or do they build on these scores?

I think they ditch these scores and start again.

 

[Honey08]

I really, really wish th commentators would say when the lesser riders are out of their depth. The horse is not a machine, if fence after fence is down and the rider isn't seeing a stride, I couldn't less if he is only 23 or 63 he shouldn't be at this level ... by all means invite all countries to take part but not at the expense of horse welfare.

That’s kind of why I wonder whether horse sports belong at the Olympics. You sometimes see good horses bought by unknown countries and riders and not looking very nice going round.

 

[clinkerbuilt]

The horse made that look relatively effortless. It was a nice round to watch.

watching on a delay - what a LOT of jump.

 

[SAS56]

That’s kind of why I wonder whether horse sports belong at the Olympics. You sometimes see good horses bought by unknown countries and riders and not looking very nice going round.

Agreed, and with the dressage - I wonder how many of them are trained and ridden by others and handed back to the rider to compete ( A Pidgley and C Dufour!)

 

[fidleyspromise]

I'm in two minds as it's a shame for the more experienced riders but for the sake of the welfare of the horses I do think overall horses need to be dropped from the Olympics as some riders are out of their depth and ultimately it's the horses that pay the price.

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

UAE were well out of their depth and I think it's crummy to make the third horse go when they were so clearly not going to qualify.

 

[clinkerbuilt]

UAE were well out of their depth and I think it's crummy to make the third horse go when they were so clearly not going to qualify.

yes there really should be a cut-off provision active: qualifying for qualifying...

 

[SAS56]

So Brazil eliminted from the SJ and a Brazilian event rider given a warning for Rollkur in the arena - not doing so well are they

 

[Rowreach]

Does anyone else get anxious watching the group of horses galloping alongside the peloton in the filler bits?

 

[Bellaboo18]

Think Team GB are looking great. Roll on tomorrow