Equestrian FEI World Games 2018

[Monzanator 4,458]

3 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

 

No, he withdrew himself from the short list, citing that he won't be able to reach full fitness by WEG following an injury.

 

Even so, a billionaire with connections secures a main spot in the team? Tell me that's a coincidence?

[dcro 10,210]

3 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

Even so, a billionaire with connections secures a main spot in the team? Tell me that's a coincidence?

 

Well, then we would probably be seeing Gates, Bloomberg, Springsteen too, at least on the shortlist. The only thing they are really guilty of is buying a horse that is too good for Adrienne. A waste of talent.

 

Honestly, the American team seems to be considerably weaker than some previous years, with names like Jamie Barge and Lillie Keenan popping on the short list...

 

Spoiler

 

[dcro 10,210]

Entries are finally in!

 

Overview of the Olympic disciplines...

 

Dressage

Team -

Individuals only -

 

Eventing

Team -

Individuals only -

 

Jumping

Team -

Individuals only -

 

As expected, entries are smaller compared to the previous games in 2014, since many nations don't fancy flying over to North Carolina. Also quite a few nations that usually send teams now only have an individual or two (Austria ).

Quite interesting to see Bolivia entering two riders in jumping. Also Lebanon and Macedonia (possibly all of them making WEG debuts).

[Benolympique 2,398]

My pronostics

Dressage Team -

 

My pronostics

Eventing Team -

[thepharoah 2,405]

8 minutes ago, dcro said:

Entries are finally in!

 

Overview of the Olympic disciplines...

 

Dressage

Team -

Individuals only -

 

Eventing

Team -

Individuals only -

 

Jumping

Team -

Individuals only -

 

As expected, entries are smaller compared to the previous games in 2014, since many nations don't fancy flying over to North Carolina. Also quite a few nations that usually send teams now only have an individual or two (Austria ).

Quite interesting to see Bolivia entering two riders in jumping. Also Lebanon and Macedonia (possibly all of them making WEG debuts).

Iam really surprised that our only rider based in the US isn't participating here , which's Nayel Nassar

Edited August 17, 2018 by thepharoah

[dcro 10,210]

9 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

Iam really surprised that our only rider based in tge US isn't participating here , which's Nayel Nassar

 

Yeah, but it's still quite a nice team. And with Saudi Arabia dropping behind and Qatar not participating at all (??), Egypt is very much the best in the region at the moment.

[Monzanator 4,458]

6 hours ago, dcro said:

 

Well, then we would probably be seeing Gates, Bloomberg, Springsteen too, at least on the shortlist. The only thing they are really guilty of is buying a horse that is too good for Adrienne. A waste of talent.

 

Honestly, the American team seems to be considerably weaker than some previous years, with names like Jamie Barge and Lillie Keenan popping on the short list...

 

 

 

I read that Sternlicht's father owns a farm with 14 horses specifically for her Olympic training Guess we can predict one member for the US team in Tokyo already

[Bearas 521]

Only 69 countries overall. 6 less than in 2014

[dcro 10,210]

15 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

I read that Sternlicht's father owns a farm with 14 horses specifically for her Olympic training Guess we can predict one member for the US team in Tokyo already

 

Or, more likely, not.

 

Some pro riders ride up to 20 horses per day.

[dcro 10,210]

8 minutes ago, Bearas said:

Only 69 countries overall. 6 less than in 2014

 

FEI says it's 71. I haven't counted them myself though.

In any case, Kentucky 2010 should be more comparable being in North America and all. 58 countries competed then, so it's an increase of 11/13 countries.