Equestrian at the Summer Olympic Games 2016

[OlympicsFan 858]

Am 5.7.2016 um 18:39 schrieb dcro:

Great Britain Team  

 

Dressage

Fiona Bigwood (Orthilia)

Charlotte Dujardin (Valegro)

Carl Hester (Nip Tuck)

Spencer Wilton (Super Nova)

 

Eventing

William Fox-Pitt (Chilli Morning)

Kitty King (Ceylor)

Gemma Tattersall (Billy The Biz)

Isabelle Taylor (Allercombe Ellie)

 

Jumping

Ben Maher (Tic Tac)

Nick Skelton (Big Star)

John Whitaker (Ornellaia)
Michael Whitaker (Cassionato)

 

 

The average age of the jumping team is 51.75. Ben Maher is 33, but Skelton and Whitaker brothers 55+. Whitaker brothers actually won team jumping medal back in Los Angeles in 1984. John also won medals at the 1980 Alternative Olympics for boycotting nations. These two are like a great piece of history.

Brash and Mendoza ... ?

A lot of experience but on paper this team doesnt look too "frightening".

 

Edit: Sorry, just saw that both of Brash's horses are injured. Very sad for team GB to lose their best rider. 

Edited July 13, 2016 by OlympicsFan

[OlympicsFan 858]

Am 12.7.2016 um 19:04 schrieb dcro:

Belgium Team  

 

Dressage

Jorinde Verwimp (Tiamo)

 

Eventing

Karin Donckers (Fletcha van't Verahof)

Joris Vanspringel (Lully des Aulnes)

 

Jumping
Jerome Guery (Grand Cru van de Rozenberg)

Nicola Philippaerts (Zilverstar)

 

Donckers and Vanspringel going to their 6th and 4th Olympics, respectively. Philippaerts competed at first YOG in 2010.

Wathelet?

[OlympicsFan 858]

Am 29.6.2016 um 15:52 schrieb dcro:

USA jumping team has been selected.

 

Lucy Davis (Barron)

Kent Farrington (Voyeur)

Beezie Madden (Cortes 'C')

McLain Ward (Azur)

 

Laura Kraut and Zeremonie are the reserves. I'm surprised that Lucy Davis and Barron got selected again, not the most reliable combination in the World.

Sad that Bloomberg, Springsteen and Kessler didnt get selected, they wouldve added a lot of glamour, but probably good for their medal chances?

[dcro 10,210]

25 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Very sad for Ahlmann, he was in such a good shape recently. In the end we wouldnt have won a medal anyway, so this probably wont change much. I am also sad that Krieg and probably also Meredith wont make the team. We always compete with Beerbaum, Deußer, Ehning, Ahlmann and never win anything ...

 

Krieg was never a contender for selection. Apart from that a bit random World Cup qualifier win, he didn't show much.

 

23 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Brash and Mendoza ... ?

A lot of experience but on paper this team doesnt look too "frightening".

 

Edit: Sorry, just saw that both of Brash's horses are injured. Very sad for team GB to lose their best rider. 

 

Not too frightening, but GB was never a top favourite going into Rio (I would put NED, GER, USA and FRA ahead)... But note that Skelton and Big Star are back. Mendoza is a reserve.

 

20 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Wathelet?

 

Sold his horse. Even in an Olympic year he continued his long tradition of producing horses and selling them as soon as he can. I mean he's a great rider and all, but it's hard to take him seriously as a competitior with that attitude.

 

11 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Sad that Bloomberg, Springsteen and Kessler didnt get selected, they wouldve added a lot of glamour, but probably good for their medal chances?

 

Good for their medal chances. Bloomberg is the only one of those three that had a chance.

Edited July 13, 2016 by dcro

[intoronto 5,641]

Canada names its team tomorrow.

[dcro 10,210]

14 minutes ago, intoronto said:

Canada names its team tomorrow.

And I fear that there will be no Captain Canada this time...

[dcro 10,210]

This is a serious blow for Dutch dressage team now...

 

http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2016/07/13/edward-gal-withdraws-undercover-dutch-championships-and-most-likely-rio-contention

[heywoodu 15,142]

46 minutes ago, dcro said:

This is a serious blow for Dutch dressage team now...

 

http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2016/07/13/edward-gal-withdraws-undercover-dutch-championships-and-most-likely-rio-contention

Damn...

Also interesting that it's in Ermelo, a rubbish little town 10km from my own rubbish little town

 

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Damn...

Also interesting that it's in Ermelo, a rubbish little town 10km from my own rubbish little town

 

So you can go there and make some pictures. Or interviews since you like to contact the athletes.

[Adriano 590]

Brazil and Japan confirmed their quota (four)?

Edited July 13, 2016 by Adriano