I think it’s great that there are so many older riders on the US and Canadian team. Everyone keeps talking about how Europe is breeding better showjumpers and possibly more well-rounded, competitive riders, while America’s breeding and rider development lags behind. Well, here we’ve proven we’re still doing something right. What worries me about the age of our teams (US and Canadian) is the absence of new, younger blood. It would be ideal to introduce younger riders ready for this level of competition while there are still very experienced members on the team. Just my opinion… someone else may have a more educated thought on the subject.
GO TEAM USA!!! Mad props to Laura Kraut and Monkey!!!
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GO TEAM USA!!! Mad props to Laura Kraut and Monkey!!![/QUOTE]
Aw, Cedric’s barn name is Monkey? That’s too cute!
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I think it’s great that there are so many older riders on the US and Canadian team. Everyone keeps talking about how Europe is breeding better showjumpers and possibly more well-rounded, competitive riders, while America’s breeding and rider development lags behind. Well, here we’ve proven we’re still doing something right. What worries me about the age of our teams (US and Canadian) is the absence of new, younger blood. It would be ideal to introduce younger riders ready for this level of competition while there are still very experienced members on the team. Just my opinion… someone else may have a more educated thought on the subject.[/QUOTE]
I’m not worried. We (CANADA anyways)have them coming up. In eventing we have a GREAT crop of youngsters with Jessie Phoenix and Waylon Roberts leading the way. Waylon could end up in the Jumpers as well as he has trained with the Whittakers (and lets face it, dressage hasn’t been his forte). Then there is Erin Ballard, she will get there I’m sure. Eric is young and Ian has said he isn’t going anywhere while he can still compete at this level. I think our future looks very bright. If our little country can keep them coming I’m sure the US has ten times the amount of young talent.
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I’m not worried. We (CANADA anyways)have them coming up. In eventing we have a GREAT crop of youngsters with Jessie Phoenix and Waylon Roberts leading the way. Waylon could end up in the Jumpers as well as he has trained with the Whittakers (and lets face it, dressage hasn’t been his forte). Then there is Erin Ballard, she will get there I’m sure. Eric is young and Ian has said he isn’t going anywhere while he can still compete at this level. I think our future looks very bright. If our little country can keep them coming I’m sure the US has ten times the amount of young talent.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I guess you’re right (I’m Canadian too 
… and American!!). It just seems like the other equestrian disciplines have these amazing young riders ready to take on the Olympics, and with all of the drama over hunters and the showing system and judging in America, I guess it just leads to paranoia about the state of h/j and therefore showjumping in America and what it’s producing in comparison to abroad. Maybe it’s just me!
That said, Helena Lundback’s horse (Sweden) would have been far better off doing that course without her. Perhaps it’s harsh or ignorant of me to say, but how did she get into the Olympics? I haven’t seen her go before, maybe she had better rounds, but my first thought was Wow, I bet she pisses off a lot of horses. The loose hair was the least of her troubles.
Eric was amazing. Love love love Eric.
Too bad about Nick Skelton… not the best ride by him, and Russell seemed to be struggling.
I’m in no position to say a thing about Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, but her rein length is driving me CRAZY!!!
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Yeah, I guess you’re right (I’m Canadian too … and American!!). It just seems like the other equestrian disciplines have these amazing young riders ready to take on the Olympics, and with all of the drama over hunters and the showing system and judging in America, I guess it just leads to paranoia about the state of h/j and therefore showjumping in America and what it’s producing in comparison to abroad. Maybe it’s just me!
That said, Helena Lundback’s horse (Sweden) would have been far better off doing that course without her. Perhaps it’s harsh or ignorant of me to say, but how did she get into the Olympics? I haven’t seen her go before, maybe she had better rounds, but my first thought was Wow, I bet she pisses off a lot of horses. The loose hair was the least of her troubles.
Eric was amazing. Love love love Eric.
Too bad about Nick Skelton… not the best ride by him, and Russell seemed to be struggling.
I’m in no position to say a thing about Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, but her rein length is driving me CRAZY!!![/QUOTE]
I’ve seen HL quite a bit in the FEI stuff from Europe and I have seen her ride better. Check some of the results on COTH…she belonged there more than many others I saw. I am WAY over hunter hair and you see the loose hair pretty regularly from the Europeans so I can’t get too excited about that. I have been known to sport the pony tail at schooling shows now and then but I also do appreciate good turnout for both horse and rider so I think if I made it to that level I would splurge on a hairnet.
Russell is always hit or miss but man do I love that horse! I have always liked Nick since I was a kid and tend to like all of his horses too (remember Apollo?).
MMB and I have the long rein thing in common and I guess that is where it stops! You would hate me at a schooling show…pony tail flying with my hands in my lap!!
I see what you are saying about the H/J system here in NA though. We absolutely do things differently but I think maybe the experience our riders have was the difference today. I would like to see 1/4 youth and 3/4 experience (nice way of saying old) on the team in a perfect world.
I think the picture sequence of Vincent Voorn (Netherlands) aboard Alpapillon-Armanie with that crash is crazy!
Are they both ok?
If memory serves me correctly, he stayed on, circled, and jumped the last fence.
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I just went and rewatched his ride.
Yep, they didn’t even come close to falling. The rail came down between the horse’s legs but didn’t trip him up or anything.
The photos made it look far worse than it was.
Feel badly for that AZE rider who fell off his chestnut and had to be half carried out of the arena. He was staggering and looked like he had no clue where he was or what day it was.
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Finally went back and watched the replay to see the medal ceremony. (They were just marching into the stadium for the awards when I had to leave to meet the vet this AM) The riders from all three teams looked thrilled and excited. Some of my favorite moments included one of the Norwegians checking out his medal and showing it to the person next to him on the stand, Authentic’s groom snapping photos (there is a great photo of that on COTH as well) and the riders apparently conversing about what order they were going to ride out on for the gallop (they reminded me of kids in a hunter teams class).
(note - maybe I’m late to the party, but figured out tonite that if you are viewing something that’s not live in Enhanced mode you can fast forward and backward with the slider so you can go to different parts)
I feel the need to point out that there was no crazy flyaway hair among the medal winners. So see, George Morris is right. Hairnets.
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Finally went back and watched the replay to see the medal ceremony. (They were just marching into the stadium for the awards when I had to leave to meet the vet this AM) The riders from all three teams looked thrilled and excited. Some of my favorite moments included one of the Norwegians checking out his medal and showing it to the person next to him on the stand, Authentic’s groom snapping photos (there is a great photo of that on COTH as well) and the riders apparently conversing about what order they were going to ride out on for the gallop (they reminded me of kids in a hunter teams class).
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I thought Laura was so adorable! She was holding back her tears, I could tell. And then she sang along to the National Anthem. SHE made me tear up a bit!!!
And yes, if you are viewing something not live you can for sure fast forward and rewind! It’s so awesome!:yes:
Did you notice when the camera followed her back into the chute after they left from their victory lap, Cedric got about 3 big hugs? Very cute. :yes:
It was killing me that the live feed was not “tivo-able”! I’ve become a bit too fond of that feature on my TV!!
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