Some people are confused. Neither England nor the UK field a team in the Olympics.
the Germans as usual
in jumping, the Germans should win as usual.
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Some people are confused. Neither England nor the UK field a team in the Olympics.[/QUOTE]
HA!!! Yes sometimes one feels the need to remind those that Great Britian, the UK, and England are not the same thing.
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It was my understanding that in order to “allow” as many countries to compete as possible, that the course was always designed more as a 3* instead of 4*. Which was one of the “explanations” as to why the Olympics is NOT the pinnacle of the sport.[/QUOTE]
you are absolutely correct though it will rate as a 4**** for future qualification purposes. Not that anyone makes a big official point of this fact.it will still be tough enough and ask some significant questions but eventing has to appeal to as many countries as possible to stay in the games. that why though the specs say they can build badminton or lexington if they want they actually wont. i have every faith that the CD this year will do a good job and in answer to my own question i cant see past team fredericks. Toddy will have to improve his dressage considerably to feature in the individuals on all that horse’ current form.
Weeeeell, since the official name of the place is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, aka the UK, or GB, or Britain, then yes, the UK is fielding teams for the Olympics. It’s called “Team GB.”
Here’s the “Team GB” eventing lineup: http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/TeamGB.aspx
All of them coincidentally born in England. 
I would most like to see Mary King, Mark Todd, Becky Holder, Mike Winter, and/or Gina Miles (for personal reasons) medal, but I realistically think we need to consider Ingrid Klimke and possibly Peter Thomsen (whose Ghost of Hamish has been improving and going well), Nicholas Touzaint, Phillip Dutton (always!), and Amy Tryon as well as Clayton and Lucinda, Sharon Hunt, and of course Fox-Pitt. Realistically, there are SO MANY people who could win it that it’s tough to pick. I don’t have a list of all the competitors, so it’s tough to even guess, but those people are all threats. Who knows–it could be a dark horse (no pun intended) who surprises us all! Alex Hua Tian may not be experienced, but he has the home crowd!
The Germans are fielding a strong overall team (veteran Andreas Dibowski, Thomsen, Klimke, Hinrich Romeike, and Frank Ostholt–the latter two have been going very well lately). The Aussies’ team has two strong leaders, but if Matt Ryan, who finished 8th at Badminton and has the miles, didn’t make the cut . . . their “rookies” must be pretty good! I’ve heard good things about Shane Rose, but I haven’t seen him go. New Zealand’s team is no slouch either–Toddy, Nicholson, Caroline Powell, Heelan Tompkins, and Joe Meyer. I think the US has a good shot in spite of the relative inexperience of some of its members.
There is no UK team in the Olympics.
There is Great Britain (England+Scotland+Wales) and there is Ireland (Rep of Ireland+N.Ireland).
That holds true in all equestrian sports, including racing, as well as most other sports in the Olympics.
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There is no UK team in the Olympics.
There is Great Britain (England+Scotland+Wales) and there is Ireland (Rep of Ireland+N.Ireland).
That holds true in all equestrian sports, including racing, as well as most other sports in the Olympics.[/QUOTE]
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you are a bitchy lot on here. any other brits want to comment before i do? obviously there is no team UK in the olympics but there is no need to be a smart arse. As it happens if it was called the UK team it would be equally correct because it is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. as any fool knows southern Ireland (Eire) is a separate country with a separate team. Geographically GB is a part of the UK. Politically it is the Kingdom of Great Britain which actually originally included ALL of Ireland before Eire’s independence. Northern Ireland for the information of any more smart areses is included in Team GB. Are we clear now and can we get back to the original question?
thank you Lucretia!
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you are a bitchy lot on here. any other brits want to comment before i do? obviously there is no team UK in the olympics but there is no need to be a smart arse. As it happens if it was called the UK team it would be equally correct because it is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. as any fool knows southern Ireland (Eire) is a separate country with a separate team. Geographically GB is a part of the UK. Politically it is the Kingdom of Great Britain which actually originally included ALL of Ireland before Eire’s independence. Northern Ireland for the information of any more smart areses is included in Team GB. Are we clear now and can we get back to the original question?[/QUOTE]
Ditto!
I believe that we should be looking for winners from within the top ten to twenty placings in dressage - and it will be a quick, small, and fit type that will last thru the two stadium rounds for medal placings. So…we are looking at the Headley Britannia, Poggio types – Lucretia, I am not as familiar with the look and style of the British/European type top event horses, are there any others on your team, or French/German teams that fit that description?
Having said that Connaught is such a careful jumper if he’s fit he could definitely be within medal reach. Altho not in the small category.
most of the german horses are quite big though ingrid klimke’s is real quality. the brits should be ok with the delightful miners frolic and spring along and tankers town and cavvy but Ed is a hulking great animal. the aussies and kiwis seem to have only chosen the smaller lightweight types most of them are over here so i have personally seen them. can i post pictures on here then i could show you?
and the ability to jump clear showjumping should not be discounted as the individuals will have to jump twice. usally the usa are very reliable in that phase.
I don’t believe you can unless you are a premium member, but if you could set some into a common photo page like Photobucket, and then post the link, we could see the horses. Very interesting point that only the lightweight types were selected!
Get a clue.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION… N. Ireland is most definitely NOT included in team GB. Which is the point I’ve being trying to convey, unsuccesfully it seems. For horse purposes, and for many other sports besides (i.e Rugby, Boxing, etc etc etc etc), Ireland, the island of, is a single sporting entity. The Irish Olympic Council has jurisdiction over the whole Ireland. Therefore there is no such thing as team “UK”, as for sporting purposes the teams do not follow international boundaries.
When an Irish team competes at the olympics, the WEG, in Nations Cups etc etc etc, it draws riders from both N.Ireland (Jessica Kuerten, Dermot Lennon, Eric Smiley, i.e people from part of the UK) and the Rep of Ireland.
Did Drvmb1ggl3 say something?
I love the “Ignore” feature!:winkgrin:
this person really is a butt head and clearly unable to read properly.where is the ignore button ? and give me a few moments and i will post you a link to pictures.
From http://www.olympics.org.uk/contentpage.aspx?page=127
"Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team. "
Found it! right here are some links to some recent pictures http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/lulukyriacou/barburysunday2078.jpg headley britannia
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/lulukyriacou/belton028.jpg tankers town
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/lulukyriacou/barburyxc073.jpg spring along
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/lulukyriacou/badminton006.jpg call again cavelier
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/lulukyriacou/20071026_2.jpg nicholas touzaint on hildalgo (at the moment third choice ride but good example of his type of horse)
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/lulukyriacou/barburysunday1026.jpg ben along time
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w79/lulukyriacou/barburysunday1011.jpg geoff curran for ireland
some more of my pictures though not particularly relevant are on www.redbubble.com/people/lucretia and i will load recent mark todd picture and william on Ed and post a link shortly.
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From http://www.olympics.org.uk/contentpage.aspx?page=127
"Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team. "[/QUOTE]
i rest my case.
You can put someone on your “Ignore List” by clicking on “User CP” up on the light blue bar, then scroll down and you will see “Buddy List” and “Ignore List.” Click on that and then you type in the first couple of letters of the poster’s name and the BB should find it for you.
Thanks for these pix! I’ll have to take a look!
