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Rowan
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Owl posted this in the showjumping
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/modern_pentathlon/7574994.stm
but I think it deserves it's own thread. I have never seen ANYTHING like the showjumping phase - not even at a pony club meet! It was hilarious... Pingping is without any doubt the star of the Games for me - this is his round:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/modern_pentathlon/7574507.stm
The women will be going today and will have the same horses. Some have criticised the horses as "not fit" for this level but the selectors say they were all fine and the weather and crowd scared them - in which case they should go better today.....
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This must be giving the event lots of publicity- I will definitely try and see it in 2012.
The thing is, there are some horses that do eventually realise that riders can flap and chirrup and slap them with a whip, but actually cannot physically make them do anything they don't really like the look of. A lot of riding school ponies ridden by tiny kids get wise to this.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:57 am Post subject: |
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Well, we haven't done so good in the draw - got Lele, the only horse in the field labelled "lazy", and Jingjing. Who I really hope isn't actually Pingping...
Aw, they're such lovely horses though...  |
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Rowan
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:58 am Post subject: |
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| Tagalie wrote: | This must be giving the event lots of publicity- I will definitely try and see it in 2012.
The thing is, there are some horses that do eventually realise that riders can flap and chirrup and slap them with a whip, but actually cannot physically make them do anything they don't really like the look of. A lot of riding school ponies ridden by tiny kids get wise to this. |
The draw was just on Freeview 302 and they're ready for the off.
Yesterday I saw a couple of people use a whip on horses that were running out... but not on the side the horse ran out to! If your horse is ducking left, ain't no point slapping him on the right! |
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Rowan
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:02 am Post subject: |
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| Oops.. 3 horses have been "ejected" so now each horse remaining will be riding three times... They've also changed the course slightly and lowered some of the fences after the farce that was yesterday... |
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Rowan
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It's worth it for Claire's commentary - she's already wanted to buy one horse and is blaming the riders (which is pretty much right).
Whoo! One off!
Honestly, why the heck don't these people learn how to ride? I wouldn't lend my horse out to this bunch of unbalanced mouth-hangers.... |
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| Rowan wrote: | It's worth it for Claire's commentary - she's already wanted to buy one horse and is blaming the riders (which is pretty much right).
Whoo! One off!
Honestly, why the heck don't these people learn how to ride? I wouldn't lend my horse out to this bunch of unbalanced mouth-hangers.... |
Aaah, I can't hear Claire at work. I did notice their appalling hands yesterday- clearly none of them have ever had a scary riding instructor yell at them to sit properly and stop using the reins to balance. Bit of "no hands" practice required!
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:32 am Post subject: |
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F**king hell, how could that stupid bird not FEEL how lame her poor horse was? He hobbled out of the arena there.
Claire not impressed... |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:37 am Post subject: |
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British bird did quite well there and goes into the lead.....
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| Brilliant ride by the German girl there. |
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Rowan
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| Aw - the youngest competitor (16!!) just got off and gave the horse a really big and happy pat - I think hardly anyone's done that. What a sweetie. |
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Oh.. poor horse fell - caught his legs in a pole. I can't believe she's going to get back on him and make him jump! He looks so tired!
Claire is being quite upset by that...
Oh, brave horse, jumped the last combination. He's cut himself too. Bless.
I don't care if the bint is sore!!!!! Grrr. |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:48 am Post subject: |
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| Tagalie wrote: | | British bird did quite well there and goes into the lead..... |
I don't think I've ever heard a female refer to a fellow female as a 'bird' before. Gotta love it  |
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| Owl of Minerva wrote: | | Tagalie wrote: | | British bird did quite well there and goes into the lead..... |
I don't think I've ever heard a female refer to a fellow female as a 'bird' before. Gotta love it |
I almost did but I settled for bint...
Aww, what a good horse just jumped, he tried really hard.
So far only two clears in the jumping from the men AND the women - both clears jumped by women.
Claire B's commentary is great. She's very schoolmarm about the riding and so empathetic towards the horses. Poor horses must be really tired by now. |
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Just posted about this on the showjumping thread
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