headley britannia!
I just looked at the start list:winkgrin: and think Lucindas’ mare will find the course \ours to her liking!:yes:
illiam foxpitt!
William iam foxpitt! ca never be never be counted out .:no:, though, which of his many 4 star horses, I don’t know:confused::no:
I was surprised to see that the Aussie team was so underrated with the exception of the UK based riders (Lucinda and Clayton). I guess that is because Australian eventing is off most peoples radar. The Australian based riders had to complete in two CCI selection trials - one in April (Sydney) and the other in June (Melbourne). The head of the ground jury at both events will be on the Olympics ground jury - in fact the head judge in Melbourne was Martin Plewa who is the President of the Ground Jury in Hong Kong. The results of the three Aussie based team members at each event were as follows. The Sydney cross country track (the Sydney Olympics course) was very wet and boggy.
Megan Jones
Sydney 2nd
Dressage 41.3
XC-Jump 0
XC-Time 10.8
SJ-Jump 4
SJ-Time 0
Melbourne 1st
Dressage 35.9
XC-Jump 0
XC-Time 0
SJ-Jump 0
SJ-Time 0
Sonja Johnson
Sydney 1st
Dressage 49.6
XC-Jump 0
XC-Time 3.6
SJ-Jump 4
SJ-Time 0
Melbourne 4th
Dressage 47.2
XC-Jump 0
XC-Time 0
SJ-Jump 0
SJ-Time 0
Shane Rose
Sydney DNF
Dressage 38.9
XC-Jump 0
XC-Time 0
Withdrawn at 3rd horse inspection. Minor overreach in cross country.
Melbourne 2nd
Dressage 39.6
XC-Jump 0
XC-Time 0
SJ-Jump 0
SJ-Time 0
Pretty good scores in all three phases I think you would agree.
Yep, totally agree. AND I saw all three horses do the 4**** test at the Sydney CIC just before going into quarantine for HK. They were all even better than at Sydney CCI. And Lucky can go even better than that.
But I can’t wait to see Becky and Courageous Comet again…and Clayton, and Lucinda, and Phillip - they are all fabulous. And I’ll be there in 48 hours or so! Too excitement!
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Bettina not compeating and apparently neither is Karen O C. Check out the Times post
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824409,00.html?xid=rss-topstories[/QUOTE]
Umm…what?
(http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...rss-topstories)
Well, that’s a grand piece of journalism but check the date…it is old news. Since Heidi and Bonnie both had to come home early, Karen and Mandiba are now in HK, preparing for yet another Olympic Games.
Lucretia, your photos are extraordinary. Thanks so much for posting them!
jealoushe, that article you are referring to is dated July 18. So that’s an old news article. Hopefully nothing has happened to Karen or Debbie’s horses in the last few days.
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jealoushe, that article you are referring to is dated July 18. So that’s an old news article. Hopefully nothing has happened to Karen or Debbie’s horses in the last few days.[/QUOTE]
Thanks, I was thinking I missed something in that article, and they were just re-telling what happened!
That was always my understanding also, and I have read it in more than one publication over a period of many years. The perception was that the Olympics were “dumbed down” because it attracted competitors from nations that didn’t necessarily have much actual eventing expertise, just so that they could experience the Olympics. I always thought Badminton and the World Championships were more meaningful to the competitors themselves, in terms of difficulty at least.
Take a look at the cross country course in Seoul (1988?). Not that the course is easy, it certainly isn’t, but some of the riders from lesser known countries are really pathetic, I remember one rider in particular almost getting unseated at every fence and literally landing on the neck frequently. :eek: My sister and I laughed hysterically watching those rides and being horrified that these people were actually competitors in the Olympic Games. In those days qualifying was less difficult than it is now though.
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