WEG Cross Country Thread

Alec Swan said:
Harry Mead, they show him going over the last two jumps. NOTHING else, except some spanish bloke called Albert, we saw the whole of his round, including his two refusals, he only got the bloody horse for Christmas, and no one in the world's ever even heard of him!!

Even Ian Stark said "Get Off the screen" to the Spaniard!! :D

Right, that's it. Next time there's an important International event, I'm putting in for the Director's job. Then we'll see some changes! :) :p

Alec.
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Alec, the French were in charge of the feed, we had no control over it.
 
Honey08 said:
I will be flying home, so won't see it or follow it tomorrow.
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You can wave as you fly over my workplace - I won't see it either.

I doubt Ingrid's score will be changed, i'm sure they'd have done it by now if they were going to. Still we can hope.

I don't think we will catch Germany given that they have 2 fences in hand. But you never know, especially before the trot up
 
PolarSkye said:
Willie and Chilli - I like that!

I would so like to see him win an individual medal . . . he DOES deserve it . . .

Yes he does and I do want him to win but I just love Nereo. Will make Nicholson an offer he can't refuse for that horse when I win big on the lottery lol :)
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armchair_rider said:
I doubt Ingrid's score will be changed, i'm sure they'd have done it by now if they were going to. Still we can hope.

I don't think we will catch Germany given that they have 2 fences in hand. But you never know, especially before the trot up
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I wasn't so sure we'd even be in medal contention at this stage so quite honestly I'd be delighted with a shiny silver medal for the team and Rio qualification in the bag.
 
If they did change her scores and gave her 20 pens it would be rather useful.

WFP deserves a gold. He's been the most up there rider for the last decade. I know he's bad, but I like AN, he can have silver, and Nicola can have bronze.

Right, off for some breakfast, only 7.30 here, going to be a long day, I fly home later this afternoon.
 
I think we've done really well to get 5 in the top 25. I hope all horses recover and trot up well. I'm working tomorrow so will be missing it as well.
 
Alec Swan said:
Harry Mead, they show him going over the last two jumps. NOTHING else, except some spanish bloke called Albert, we saw the whole of his round, including his two refusals, he only got the bloody horse for Christmas, and no one in the world's ever even heard of him!!

Even Ian Stark said "Get Off the screen" to the Spaniard!! :D

Right, that's it. Next time there's an important International event, I'm putting in for the Director's job. Then we'll see some changes! :) :p

Alec.
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Noone in the worlds heard of him hey Rude much!!!!!....well Alberto is a rather good friend of mine and rather delighted at his round being on the tellybox. Pretty sure he didnt put in a request to be shown above Harry Meade - heaven forbid!!

Also, we paid 65bucks to watch it in Australia, didn't show one second of Shane Rose's round. Then did you ever think how unfortunate it is for the other nations who follow a French person on course and not on free to air?
 
We are just great at xc, and if the course is tougher we do well,if it's easy others catch us..

But yes, really good for a team with a lot of novice horses. It makes the future very exciting.
 
Lexi_ said:
That'll do nicely!

Will be interesting to see if Ingrid Klimke's score gets changed. Everyone seemed pretty sure she'd crossed her tracks earlier on and if so, that would affect the team placings...
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I don't think she crossed her tracks BETWEEN the elements of a combination fence. So I reckon she's fine.

Ps. Jonelle's mare Classic Moet was stunning. Not even tired at the end of the fastest round :-).
 
khalswitz said:
Exactly - I'd have said our London team was much stronger and more proven, and yet we look on track for the same medal placing and a better individual result than we had there.
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Might not be an entirely fair comparison as i'm not sure about the relative strength of the opposition teams, but we are definitely in a good place. Though we do need to improve the dressage (or just get our better drassage horses fit) if we're going to beat Germany.

khalswitz said:
Just seen WFP's Facebook update - chill.i.am, best couple name for WFP and CM I've sene yet ;)
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That is brilliant
 
I wonder at what stage Chilli Morning's success, and so his value at stud, will direct him to his stud duties, for the sake of his safety. Risking top class competing stallions, at an Advanced level, and in a high risk sport, doesn't make for much economic sense, I'd have said.

Alec.
 
He seems to have been doing both successfully. He's got foals out of Hedley Brittania and Mary King's mare already, he seems to cover the really classy proven competing mares.


There are Horse and Country twitter reports that there were vet screens put up still the XC finish, but no details of why or what for. :-/
 
armchair_rider said:
Might not be an entirely fair comparison as i'm not sure about the relative strength of the opposition teams, but we are definitely in a good place. Though we do need to improve the dressage (or just get our better drassage horses fit) if we're going to beat Germany.

That is brilliant
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I think the NZL team were unlucky, or would have been better than us (certainly on paper). Germany looking as strong as ever. The US and Aus teams seemed to be missing some major players, including some Olympic riders IIRC...

I agree. We need to retrain Valegro and Nip Tuck to jump as well, then we'd beat those Germans. :)
 
Alec Swan said:
I wonder at what stage Chilli Morning's success, and so his value at stud, will direct him to his stud duties, for the sake of his safety. Risking top class competing stallions, at an Advanced level, and in a high risk sport, doesn't make for much economic sense, I'd have said.

Alec.
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There's surprisingly little money to be made from an eventing stallion. With a covering fee in the region of £600 and hardly a book of Frankel-esque proportions (ie. not 150 pa!). Though unlike racing sportshorses can do AI. I would say the financial risk is significantly lower than that taken by the owners of top 3yo racehorses who keep them in training at 4 and 5.
 
I think Chilli's owners are not short of a bob or two so hopefully they have the luxury of keeping him running and enjoying owning a top class competitive horse without worrying about income. The Stones do seem to be fantastic ownersand supporters of the sport.
 
BE's announcement:

t is with great sadness that we announce that Wild Lone, ridden by Harry Meade (GBR) and owned by Charlotte Opperman, died at approximately 16.15 today after completing the Cross Country at Haras du Pin (FRA) at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy.
The 13-year-old gelding had completed the Cross Country course clear with 26.4 time penalties to go into 25th place. The rider had just dismounted and shortly afterwards the horse tragically collapsed and died.
As per FEI Veterinary Regulations, a post mortem will be carried out to establish the cause of death.
Professor Yves Rossier, the Foreign Veterinary Delegate, reported that all other horses finished the course in good condition.
At every FEI event, the maximum consideration is given to the safety and welfare of horses and athletes.
 
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