[QUOTE=Polydor;6477338]
Not sure what they are in feet but 1.40 to 1.60m
LOL a horse named Lunatic… can only imagine what he was like when he was younger!
P.[/QUOTE]
I belive he has been well behaved even at a young age. 
Just very happy when he jumps!
A picture of him and his friend (taken last summer I believe):
http://www.litovet.se/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/20110804-091735.jpg
Really happy that our Swedish team had 3 clear rounds but we are still waiting to hear how Lisen and Matrix are doing after the fall.
There has been a lot of unexpected things happening. Bezzie one of them but who would have thought that Christian Ahlmann would have 15 faults?? Or Pius and Carlina 2 down??
I woke up suuuuper early (3:30 MST) and watched the first 3 American’s ride but fell back asleep before Beezie’s round. What a bummer for her but hopefully she can put that behind her and put together 2 nice rounds for the team competition.
Rich and Flexible are on fire!! They’re one of my favorites for individual gold!
Jumps recycled? Are these the same jumps that they used for eventing show jumping? Just much higher?
Poor Beezie! It all went wrong.
Lamaze’s tack?
Have a question: I just saw a close-up photo of Eric and his GOOD mare. It looks she was wearing an extra bit, something skinny and high up in her mouth. I’m pretty certain this was an extra bit, and not just a part of the main (gag) snaffle, because I see a cheek piece going up from it. The whole thing - bit and hanger - is really, really, thin. The way it’s situated it actually reminds me of a Standardbred’s over- check, used in harness racing. Can anyone explain???
(Someone posted the photo in FB, unfortunately I don’t know where she found it)
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Did you see that MMB’s groom had a horse cookie waiting for her horse when they exited the ring? This is quite common in SJ.
I call it the “Will jump for cookies” training method.
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Noticed it for Antares and a lot of the others too. :yes:
training with treats
I always:yes: used cookies/ mints!
Curious, I thought it was illegal to use the whip after elimination. Didn’t Beezie do just that? Unfortunate turn of events, but there was no way that horse was getting out of the combo.
You still can’t let them think a stop is ok.
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Jumps recycled? Are these the same jumps that they used for eventing show jumping? Just much higher?[/QUOTE]
Some of them are (like the stonehenge and the boat I think) and some of them are new.
Anyone know what sites will have a replay up? I missed the first half. Does BBC put them up after the fact?
So USA is going 11th/15th which is better than I thought. Order for USA is McLain, Beezie, Reed, then Rich. Does GM get to decide the order? I know he did for the first round, can he change it for each round?
Interesting change up, not with Beezie second, Reed third, and Rich as the anchor. Makes sense though.
I love watching McLain Ward ride. He is such a classically correct, beautiful, subtle and effective rider.
[QUOTE=RiderWriter;6477759]
Have a question: I just saw a close-up photo of Eric and his GOOD mare. It looks she was wearing an extra bit, something skinny and high up in her mouth. I’m pretty certain this was an extra bit, and not just a part of the main (gag) snaffle, because I see a cheek piece going up from it. The whole thing - bit and hanger - is really, really, thin. The way it’s situated it actually reminds me of a Standardbred’s over- check, used in harness racing. Can anyone explain???
(Someone posted the photo in FB, unfortunately I don’t know where she found it)[/QUOTE]
looking at this is doesn’t look strange?
Ok, thanks to Ssacky’s link, I just figured out that the photo I saw was from another competition, not the Olympics. It’s a completely different setup; today, it looks like he put a full-cheek on with the gag, along with a figure-8. In the other photo, it’s the weird skinny bit and a regular noseband. Either way, I guess it takes two bits to control the horse. I’ve just never seen that done before!
(And I have to add, I prefer the look of that full-cheek to the other bit, which looked extremely severe.)
[QUOTE=mayhew;6477936]
I love watching McLain Ward ride. He is such a classically correct, beautiful, subtle and effective rider.[/QUOTE]
I certainly agree. He rides like he could go in Medal Finals tomorrow!
Does anyone know what Brazilian horse Maestro St Louis ridden by Jose Robert Reynoso Fernandez Filho was wearing around his saddle? It was a burgundy and black strap that went all the way around the saddle and his body where the girth should have been (still was?). It looked like it was made of elastic.
TIA
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Anyone know what sites will have a replay up? I missed the first half. Does BBC put them up after the fact?[/QUOTE]
If you can access NBC, it’s here:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/equestrian/jumping-individual-team-qualifying.html
[QUOTE=rwh;6478082]
Does anyone know what Brazilian horse Maestro St Louis ridden by Jose Robert Reynoso Fernandez Filho was wearing around his saddle? It was a burgundy and black strap that went all the way around the saddle and his body where the girth should have been (still was?). It looked like it was made of elastic.
TIA[/QUOTE]
Was it an overgirth like they use on racehorses?
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