Has anyone or any horse on our team been injured or gotten sick? When do they do the trot up? When will the start list be available?
don’t jinx them please
They haven’t started this yet. All information can be found on the fei site.
Jog:
http://score.normandie2014.com/results/eventing/EVE-PRI-IND-IL1.pdf
Entries:
http://score.normandie2014.com/results/eventing/EVE-PRI-IND-ENA.pdf
All US and Canadian horses have passed the jog!
What is the process by which people are selected for the team vs as an individual?
The Haras du Pin is such a beautiful facility and I am grateful to the local money which kept it in French hands…
Does anyone know if H & H or EN are doing the online commentary as they have done for Badminton and Burghley?
Have you guys seen the rider accommodations? Kinda funny but other than sleeping and showering they won’t spend any time in there I would imagine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j59kGgOSZYI
EN has 2 people there now but sounds like they are having internet issues. I think they were planning on doing the commentary like they generally do.
P.
They could always call someone in the States do the commentary by phone and broadcast it that way:) It would be mighty expensive but their commentary is worth it
Thanks FA! I can see I will get no sleep for the next week.
EN has XC fence photos here:
http://eventingnation.com/home/first-look-at-pierre-michelets-weg-cross-country-course/
Start List is up! I know I must be a bit thick, but I just figured out this morning that FEITV does NOT provide scores, or start lists. We must go to WEG website.
Buck is the lead off rider, and Boyd appears to be the anchor.
91 are entered.
Wow. Has anyone seen the complete set of course photos at EN and what do you think? I think it is beautifully presented, the jumps looks fabulous, very interesting to see many types of questions we’ve had presented in US competitions over the last two years (offset brush types, water questions, etc.) I think the size of the fly fences and the length of this course is simply without peer – it Does. Not. Let. Up. I think the fittest horse and rider are going to get as far as they can. Horses without top drawer knife edge fitness will not get around – I just can’t see anything that looks remotely like a gift fence, not even the first and second! Add heavy footing to this and I think we are going to see a tough, tough day on xc. But we shall see! Particularly the whole mess from 15 on to 19 – just WOW on that section. I am glad we have the riders we have there; I think we’ve sent the right horses and the right riders but we’ll know for sure by Sunday morning…whew…
The course looks like a breaker of horses and people who have not ever done a genuine 4* before. It’s very long, very complicated, and Michelet says that he used the hilly, bumpy terrain to the max. It looks to be just about maximum length.
I’m a Blood for eventing lover, and I can see where some of the less Blood horses might have problems getting to the end. Something similar happened at Lexington, if y’all remember.
I’m actually thrilled that it is a “real” 4* in difficulty and length. I just hope the horses and riders from places like Finland and Russia and such that don’t have 4* experience don’t come to grief. The Olympics was bad enough.
Time to start the good thoughts for safe runs.
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Wow. Has anyone seen the complete set of course photos at EN and what do you think? I think it is beautifully presented, the jumps looks fabulous, very interesting to see many types of questions we’ve had presented in US competitions over the last two years (offset brush types, water questions, etc.) I think the size of the fly fences and the length of this course is simply without peer – it Does. Not. Let. Up. I think the fittest horse and rider are going to get as far as they can. Horses without top drawer knife edge fitness will not get around – I just can’t see anything that looks remotely like a gift fence, not even the first and second! Add heavy footing to this and I think we are going to see a tough, tough day on xc. But we shall see! Particularly the whole mess from 15 on to 19 – just WOW on that section. I am glad we have the riders we have there; I think we’ve sent the right horses and the right riders but we’ll know for sure by Sunday morning…whew…[/QUOTE]
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The course looks like a breaker of horses and people who have not ever done a genuine 4* before. It’s very long, very complicated, and Michelet says that he used the hilly, bumpy terrain to the max.
I’m a Blood for eventing lover, and I can see where some of the less Blood horses might have problems getting to the end. Something similar happened at Lexington, if y’all remember.
I’m actually thrilled that it is a “real” 4* in difficulty and length. I just hope the horses and riders from places like Finland and Russia and such that don’t have 4* experience don’t come to grief. The Olympics was bad enough.
Time to start the good thoughts for safe runs.[/QUOTE]
There are a lot of options out there so hopefully the less experienced riders or slower horses take it easy. There was a young American first time rider at Rolex a couple of years ago on a pretty slow horse and they just really cantered around at a pace that was appropriate for the horse and he was still jumping well at the end. They had a ton of time faults but it was a good example of horsemanship and they looked perfectly safe going around.
H&H version; http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/weg/weg-eventing/walk-weg-2014-cross-country-course-pics/
It will get interesting pretty quickly I’m sure.
Cross country is what eventers live for but after that last few days of watching the dressage pros I’m super excited to watch the Fire Breathing Dragons strut their stuff 
