Poltroon,
he won with one stirrup too :eek:
His stirrup broke on like fence 8 or something and he finished the rest of the course with one stirrup. After a few fences, he cranked his leg up, jockey style, during the gallops. That was one of the best rounds ever.
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Poltroon,
he won with one stirrup too :eek:
His stirrup broke on like fence 8 or something and he finished the rest of the course with one stirrup. After a few fences, he cranked his leg up, jockey style, during the gallops. That was one of the best rounds ever.[/QUOTE]
Yep, but that was a different horse. 
As I said someplace else yesterday - these days, we don’t have a USET. We have a bunch of independent riders coached by their own coaches, coming together (in name only) every once in a while. And we’re NOT the better for it. In my not-so-humble opinion.
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I guess I think it’s too bad that after Teddy passed away, a rider like Karen couldn’t have been lent a top, top horse - or at least not a green one - a steady Eddy. Buck, Bonnie, and Phillip/Woodburn (reserves) and who else was on the short list?
Heck, there were some solid citizens who weren’t brilliant but went clear XC at Rolex that Buck or Karen could’ve ridden around. (I’m bad with names - sorry.)
Out of curiousity, could have the US taken one rider and a different horse on the reserve list?
Poltroon, I thought it was the same horse. Then again he won so dang much, I can’t keep track.
And I guess I was pointing out before that there are some horses that you do not want to catch ride. Like what if Phillip got Teddy for a ride :eek:
That would interesting. And I wouldn’t put a small person on Woodburn. That’s one strong sensitive sucker right there. And when he doesn’t like something, you’re a goner. Like you see pics of when he won the world cup and Phillip had the cooler wrapped up under his legs. Well, he did that for a reason. And catch riders wouldn’t know the half of it. Great horse but greatly quirky.
And we do see some catch riding. But it’s of the own free will that the ride/owner chooses who gets the ride based on ability and style of the rider. I think that was one major complaint on making the team. The riders/owners lost all control of their horse that they raised.
You only have to look at our eventing and dressage results in Hong Kong to see you are right.
