First day and already a disaster :(

[FlaxenChestnut]

@Jealoushe

The FB page “2018 WEG Show” on is doing live coverage at the Endurance park. The owner of Horseware Ireland owns some horses? Or is he just Team Ireland…couldn’t quite hear. He is talking right now. He said the course is gorgeous but they screwed up the start.

Also on the many of National sport FB pages, I’ve followed so many not sure who was posting it lol

Looks windy and overcast.

Hardly any people watching dressage

The Horseware Ireland owner is a competitor. Things look even more unpleasant on the track now as the rain comes down.

[Jealoushe]

@FlaxenChestnut

The Horseware Ireland owner is a competitor. Things look even more unpleasant on the track now as the rain comes down.

ok thank you…wasnt sure if it was one or the other lol

[Xctrygirl]

I still liked the bit that the grand jury was in Washington, DC. Uhhhhh yea no… (insert headsmacking emoji)

Em

[belambi]

@Jealoushe

The FB page “2018 WEG Show” on is doing live coverage at the Endurance park. The owner of Horseware Ireland owns some horses? Or is he just Team Ireland…couldn’t quite hear. He is talking right now. He said the course is gorgeous but they screwed up the start.

Also on the many of National sport FB pages, I’ve followed so many not sure who was posting it lol

Looks windy and overcast.

Hardly any people watching dressage

Yes. Tom owns Horseware, and is competing as a member of our team. We went over to watch his group come in, and one can only admire the absolute professionalism displayed by Tom and all of the Team Ireland staff

[DownYonder]

@Tiramit

What a mess. Has it been determined who misdirected the riders?

According to anonymous sources at CNN, MSNBC, NYT, and WaPo, it was Donald Trump. LOL.

[DownYonder]

Very unfortunate and I am sure officials feel just awful about it, but it is hardly a disaster compared to what coastal Carolinians are facing from Florence.

[tabula_rashah]

@MHM

Reasons related to the initial mix up on the start? Or more normal reasons?

Without wanting to speculate too much as I haven’t seen anything official I believe they were pulled at the vet check- could be lame or not pulsing down to parameters within the time limit most commonly or any other reason the vets deemed the horses as unfit to continue. But again that’s just what I’ve seen posted on FB not anything concrete

[dr_j]

All logistics and errors aside, the UAE contingent, although the most knowledgeable contingent in endurance racing in the world…are certainly not the people to police any event. In fact the officials needed to have to be at the top of their game to police the UAE and obviously they are not. Exponential mess.

[LSMarnell]

I ride endurance and part of me isn’t sad over this. I wish we had no FEI Endurance here. If this Cluster is what it takes, so be it.

[Brown_Derby]

@LSMarnell

I ride endurance and part of me isn’t sad over this. I wish we had no FEI Endurance here. If this Cluster is what it takes, so be it.

I’m with you. I don’t think most of these people would last twenty miles in the Tevis. And what is the deal with not letting that chestnut drink?

[BigDarnHorse]

It’s rather ironic to hear a certain contingent complain about a lack of fairness and a concern about equine wellbeing.

[nutmeg]

@DownYonder

According to anonymous sources at CNN, MSNBC, NYT, and WaPo, it was Donald Trump. LOL.

According to this article about a Tryon Equestrian Partner, not so far-fetched. That being said, it was Giuliani

http://bluenc.com/content/tryon-equestrian-partner-fuel-massive-trump-propaganda-machine

[dr_j]

@BigDarnHorse

It’s rather ironic to hear a certain contingent complain about a lack of fairness and a concern about equine wellbeing.

Exactly. I am sure there is talk about it being some type of conspiracy … hmmmmmm. LOL And also the huge concern about rain. I guess it would be disconcerting if you were from the desert.

[tabula_rashah]

@LSMarnell

I ride endurance and part of me isn’t sad over this. I wish we had no FEI Endurance here. If this Cluster is what it takes, so be it.

I agree but… I also think we just made a huge mess out of what could have been a chance to showcase what endurance riding is here. Instead we just look like idiots (not just the endurance portion but the whole WEG setup so far)

[Jealoushe]

It was a 4* judge who was complaining…not a rider or team member

https://horse-canada.com/horse-news/chaos-weg-endurance/

Officials tried to stop the UAE 4* judge Ahmed AL Hammadi broadcasting his altercation with FEI officials on Facebook Live.

[Jealoushe]

Check out the posts on this FB page too

https://www.facebook.com/pisces.bobo?hc_ref=ARSjMVnFjidkW06AjH41iKzfPBroqdReVLeYIbrEELNYPCGQqWZxDJM3y6sIhNTJUKU&fref=nf

[LSMarnell]

@tabula rashah

I agree but… I also think we just made a huge mess out of what could have been a chance to showcase what endurance riding is here. Instead we just look like idiots (not just the endurance portion but the whole WEG setup so far)

Yes tabula rashah, but we both know it was never going to be like sending the riders over the Old Dominion course. That is what we should have showcased, but it would never happen in FEI. That’s why it doesn’t even belong here.

[MHM]

I don’t know anything about this discipline.

It sounds like they do multiple laps around the same loop? With a vet check in between laps, and at the end? Is that typical for this format? Or just at this location? How long does the whole thing normally take?

I’m sure more details will come out. But wow. It seems like pointing them in the wrong direction at the start is a pretty big debacle.

[MHM]

@Jealoushe

It was a 4* judge who was complaining…not a rider or team member

https://horse-canada.com/horse-news/chaos-weg-endurance/

He is a judge at this event? Or a judge who is at this event in a different capacity?

[skydy]

Water at the Endurance Vet area https://www.facebook.com/pisces.bobo/videos/pcb.10160859444410252/10160859418565252/