Former racehorses in the Olympics at SHA TIN!!!

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by FGFan

I saw that what a shame and Comet had a refusal.
9 riders were off their horses yesterday and DQ'd, including Alex Hau Tian with Chico. Very tough day and tough course for all.

Todays which I believe will be on Oxygen at 5 CST is the finals.

Hinrich Romeike for Germany takes the gold on his spectacular mount Marius.


The US gets a silver with a surprise from Gina Miles and Kristina Cook of GRB gets the bronze..Germany won the team gold.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/equestria...id=201332.html

I wasn't looking for the results until i watched it tonight.

My favorite mare in the eventing events was Headley Britannia, she got so tired at the end of the cross country but she is such a neat little jumper and was just awesome in the dressage.

http://www.efanational.com/image.asp...0312&display=6

http://www.efanational.com/default.asp?Page=17756

[FGFan]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

I wasn't looking for the results until i watched it tonight.

My favorite mare in the eventing events was Headley Britannia, she got so tired at the end of the cross country but she is such a neat little jumper and was just awesome in the dressage.

http://www.efanational.com/image.asp...0312&display=6

http://www.efanational.com/default.asp?Page=17756

I'm sorry!!! But I won't be on later, the watching olympics addiction. We had to get chinese food the other nite....

I became entranced with Marius the other day. And yes Britania what a cool little horse, did you see her jump the sand at the very end yesterday? Almost ran one of the volunteers over.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by FGFan

I'm sorry!!! But I won't be on later, the watching olympics addiction. We had to get chinese food the other nite....

I became entranced with Marius the other day. And yes Britania what a cool little horse, did you see her jump the sand at the very end yesterday? Almost ran one of the volunteers over.

She had places to go!

I can't recall the name of the horse, but that one German horse was SO big he looked to be going really slow, but was in fact one of the stronger times.

Horsies rule!

[FGFan]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

She had places to go!

I can't recall the name of the horse, but that one German horse was SO big he looked to be going really slow, but was in fact one of the stronger times.

Horsies rule!

ROR!!!!!!

Was it the gray one if so that is Marius, I meant to look up what he is.

It was a hard course.

OH yikes it's almost time....looking forward to tonight.

[Sightseek]

Gina was awesome!!!! I confess to wishing that Marius knocked a rail

Tina Cook's horse looked spectacular in the show jumping round.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by FGFan

ROR!!!!!!

Was it the gray one if so that is Marius, I meant to look up what he is.

It was a hard course.

OH yikes it's almost time....looking forward to tonight.

yeah I think it was him. He almost looks to have some draft in him when you look at his legs. Solid boy!

[Antitrust32]

I think Eventing is terrible... well not the jumping and dressage part but the cross country. On E-360 Last night (ESPN's show) they had a segment on eventing, 14 people have died during eventing (all in cross country and all by the horse pretty much flipping over the jump and landing right on the person) since 2006. I have no idea how that is allowed to happen without some major changes being made.

Supposedly, the Olympic Committee is the one who originally changed the cross country rules, making the courses much shorter but much more dangerous. The death toll is from since the rules were changed. I think its disgusting. But then again, whenever I watch a mother on tv having to talk about the death of her young daughter, I get outraged.

If I ever have a daughter and she wants to get involved in horse sports, I will say NO way Jose to everything except trail rides and dressage (eventhough I know accidents can happen then also). I have a friend who was a top Show Jumper and she was paralyzed from her waste down.. so I will not allow my future children to do that also!

[Sightseek]

I rode cross country so the eventing is my favorite....

Uncly Trust, I understand your objection to this event, but if you can't watch eventing how can you watch racing?

[FGFan]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

yeah I think it was him. He almost looks to have some draft in him when you look at his legs. Solid boy!

I looked him up he is a Holstein. I kinda wanted him to make a mistake too, but only because Gina would have gotten gold. If she wasn't in medal position I wanted Marius to win.

Trusty, I understand your position, but am kinda surprised. And this course only 9 riders fell off, no person or horse was injured.
Where was this ESPN? It's kinda like ESPN is becoming the mouth piece for the animal activists...hmmmmmm.


MY BIGGEST OBJECTION IS:

Why don't the horseys get a medal, only the rider gets one. How cool would that be for your horse to have it's own medal.

[Antitrust32]

Just at the Rolex event this year alone, two horses had to be put down and that Chimichanga guy was critically injured...

I love horses, dont get me wrong (and not in a sumitis type of way LOL), but when a person dies it affects me 100 times more than when a horse has to be put down. Just hearing 14 people died since these rule changes went into play really got under my skin.

The fact that nobodys doing anything to change that (how hard could it be to make the jumps safer - so they either explode when a horse hits it or fall off like show jumping) is what really pisses me off.

Now I realize why my company charges eventers a much higher insurance rate than other show horses...