I think they also said today during the class that he was one of only two jumpers in Tokyo that had also been at Rio. I don’t think they mentioned who the other one was. Or if they did, I didn’t hear it.
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Clooney was in Rio
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never mind Europe, after Spruce Meadows are there any FEI level GPs on grass left in North America?
Hampton Classic, Deeridge in Wellington, although that one is over. I think the one in Ocala that also has a driving competition is on grass? Live Oak? Lake Placid if they make it FEI, which is under discussion.
There are probably others that I don’t know off the top my head, but maybe not a ton of them.
The $500,000 Rolex GP at WEF this year was on grass in the stadium. I don’t remember which ones, but I think other GP were held in the stadium over the winter
They do use that grass field a bit. But there are certainly a lot more classes at WEF that are not on grass.
Obviously not at GP level but when I lived in southern pines the arena was grass and I rode in all weather on that arena with three unshod horses, and also competed through 3’3” jumpers on grass pretty often at shows in the area. Unshod horses have ‘natural’ studs.
However, I always said nope when the grass was wet. Too much risk IMO even if you do have studs in.
Is The Evergreen Classic still held on grass? Years ago it was held in a big grass field down by the river. I saw some slips and slides there, though it was in the hunter ring.
Edit; Just looked it up and it’s not, just in a regular arena now. There was something so fun about it’s previous location on grass. I have fond memories of showing there in the big open field.
Aachen is on grass, that’s one of the biggest FEI GP shows in Europe.
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The main arena at Hickstead is grass. There are other arenas with a synthetic surface but the big classes are all on grass.
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There’s more than I thought! Yay for good old turf! Hampton and live oak are definitely FEI (live oak is typically turf but was not in 2020 because of all the flooding, so it got a sand base, I assume it will go back to turf since driving on sand is Not Fun and requires a lot of work for everyone involved but we didn’t have live oak in 21 so TBD). I didn’t think Deeridge was FEI?
The team is official:
I thought it was at least once, but I only attended that event over the years as a spectator, so I won’t swear to it.
Excuse this probably dumb question, but why is Kraut in the team competition instead of Farrington? Didn’t she have two rails in Individual as opposed to Farrington’s one rail?
Was it a question of horse fitness? Or another factor?
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I believe that had been the plan all along, although they could have changed it at the last minute if there had been some sort of major upset.
I’m pretty sure I heard one of the commentators mention it earlier in the week, so it must have been known in some circles even if it was not public knowledge ahead of time.
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In the other showjumping thread, someone pointed to a podcast where this had been discussed. At that time, the plan was that McLain would sub in for Kent.
Like others, I’m surprised, as I think McLain for Laura would be the more obvious choice. But I’m sure there’s all sorts of information that I’m not privy to.
I just watched Peder Fredericson’s qualifying round again and remember the first time being thrilled that All In is 1) relatively small, 2) nearly plain bay, 3) not a flashy mover at all, and 4) barefoot.
Love that horse.
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Are they leaving out the water for the qualifier?
Looks like it.
Is the course designer allowed to design the course for the team qualifier after seeing how the individual courses went, or are his courses written in stone for the teams earlier on in the competition?
