Equestrian 2019 Discussion Thread

[dcro 10,210]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

What's the 'breeding' about? That always makes me sound as if it's not about regular competition, but about who is the best at breeding a good horse  

 

I guess that's because there are a lot of stallions involved, especially in 5/6-year-old divisions. A lot of them never make it to the Olympics or something, but they usually have successful breeding careers.

[dcro 10,210]

Dressage World Breeding Championships for Young Horses (Ermelo, NED) - Final Medal Table

 

DEN,  1 / 2 / 2
GER,  1 / 0 / 0

ESP,   1 / 0 / 0
SWE,  0 / 1 / 0

NOR,  0 / 0 / 1

[hckošice 15,520]

@dcro Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones arrived suddenly yesterday to Šamorín and attended the Jumping event

 

https://www.facebook.com/pg/xbionicsphereslovakia/posts/?ref=page_internal

 

Spoiler

 

 

 

 

[intoronto 6,408]

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/sprucemeadows/eric-lamaze-olympic-show-jumping-spruce-meadows-1.5270948

Some unfortunate news about Eric Lamaze + his thoughts on team changes for 2020

[Olympian1010 8,230]

3 minutes ago, intoronto said:

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/sprucemeadows/eric-lamaze-olympic-show-jumping-spruce-meadows-1.5270948

Some unfortunate news about Eric Lamaze + his thoughts on team changes for 2020

I have to say that I don’t agree with his position, but I am sorry about his condition.

[dcro 10,210]

Still being butthurt I see. Ugh.

 

What he says is not only insensitive, but just wrong. People getting hurt? Jamaican bobsled team?? There are minimum requirements for crying out loud, and having 75 riders from 35 nations is still much smaller representation compared to what we see at the World Championships (where nobody gets hurt, surprise surprise...).

 

Also, someone ought to tell him that team jumping historically used to be held after individual jumping anyway.

 

[dcro 10,210]

Burghley Horse Trials have started, today we have cross-country.

 

Here is a live stream (blocked in GB and NZ). BBC is covering this event, so the production value is really high.

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

Eliza Stoddart royally embarrassed herself today...

[JoshMartini007 2,765]

My only concern with a 3 horse team is that it may turn the event into a lottery (especially in eventing) where winning a medal is more about out-lasting your opponents rather than being the best. In reality, it'll likely be more similar to relays in athletics where one, maybe two major contenders get disqualified, but that's part of the event.

[bestmen 2,903]

FEI Jumping World Challenge Final 2019 | Quito

 

Lina   finished 7 th with 14 points , i don't know if it is good or bad , anyone can explain ????