USA team eliminated in Paris?

[Bogey2]

I’m hoping she tagged the wrong person, your comment was not negative.

[Rumorhasit93]

@Rackonteur

So … here’s a horse who’s been trained through GP dressage yet has not been trained well enough to behave under saddle in the presence of another horse?
What is the point of doing “dressage” – i.e., “training,” if the horse can piaffe and passage but is not well trained to have basic good, safe manners under saddle?
How do you spell IRONY?
Ironie?

This is a comment I’d expect to see on a non-horse publications FB comments…not CoTH.

Assuming everyone on this board has owned, ridden, trained, and/or competed themselves at some level and many amongst us AT this level, I’d expect more common sense regarding this particular instance.

I’d even argue that many high level horses are more sensitive and “flighty”. That’s what gives many of them a competitive edge.

[lazaret]

There is no such thing as a private warmup at the Olympics or any FEI event. There are specific designated areas with stewards and specific designated times those areas are accessible.

[Davignport]

Regarding the blood rule, it would seem to me that if certain competitors (we all know who) could have refrained from riding with bloody mouths and spur marks, the blood rule may have been a little different. I am all for horses being eliminated for blood, but the difference between a nick on the leg and a mouth full of blood is vastly different. I feel bad for Marcus but understand a rule is a rule.

[eightpondfarm]

Any chance any competitive horse has private-time w/trainers 24 hrs prior to entering the ring? I’ve seen styptic powdered slices leak under exercise a whole day after.

[PrairieRose]

Maybe we should allow brushing boots in dressage

[lazaret]

People can handle their horses privately, but anything medical that is administered is recorded with the vet. Nor would anyone using a styptic pencil, etc be something you’d need to be clandestine about.

[anonevent]

To my -admittedly galaxies away from being expert- eye, it looked like the cut happened from interference during the halfpass, immediately before they rang the bell.

[eightpondfarm]

Well, the good news is that there were probably a hundred cameras around! If ‘it’ happened around the ring somebody probably captured it.

[Carried_Away]

It reminds me of when Becky Holder and Can’t Fire Me were stopped on XC at Kentucky after he got a small scrape on his knee from some brush which looked much more serious than it was on his grey coat, especially after going through the water. He was absolutely fine, but she was eliminated.

[MHM]

@Bogey2

I’m hoping she tagged the wrong person, your comment was not negative.

Thanks. I concur. Lol.

[sparkygrace]

Sorry, I wasn’t clear about not referring to you. Your post was not negative. I should have done a “g” you. There was another poster who made some uniformed, unnecessary comments about “Jane.”

[sparkygrace]

I explained. It was a general comment about a previous poster, not MHM.

[Parkes]

There’s very interesting data about how horses see and process objects. Very different from
humans. We have binocular vision, while theirs is mostly monocular, so they need to see that “spooky” thing at the end of the arena with each eye going in different directions. They are also able to detect very rapid movement that we’re unable to see. They also are sensitive to the positioning of objects. If moved in anyway, it’s now a different object, not recognized previously. I’m sure it’s the prey animal hardwire and why they’ve survived for thousands of years

[sascha]

Yup! I get that and understand that, but it doesn’t stop me making silly jokes about it

[Angela_Freda]

@Rackonteur

So … here’s a horse who’s been trained through GP dressage yet has not been trained well enough to behave under saddle in the presence of another horse?
What is the point of doing “dressage” – i.e., “training,” if the horse can piaffe and passage but is not well trained to have basic good, safe manners under saddle?
How do you spell IRONY?
Ironie?

Horses at that level need spark, and that allows for their incredible performances, but can also backfire or mean they also spark when you don’t want them to.
Trained doesn’t mean dead.

[Bonnie2]

Absolutely. Why can’t you use leg protection in dressage? Because it has always been that way?! If a nick on the leg is serious enough to eliminate a horse, why not protect the leg in the first place? Dressage horses always work in wraps/boots. Time for the powers that be to actually do something for horse welfare and change the boot rules.

[Djones]

I’m skipping around in the replay to find Orlob. Meanwhile, my goodness at that lovely ride by Ireland’s Lyle. Just so soft and beautiful.

[2tempe]

Yes, I saw it this morning, it was lovely.

[DMK]

Nope. I watched my recorded event after reading what happened, so I was looking for it. You could see a tiny mark on that leg from as early on in the test as the camera gave the viewer the correct angle.

Now if I had not have known it was blood, I never in a million years would have guessed that it was.