Olympic Thoroughbreds & Part-TBs

ElPrado · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:46 pm Post subject:

If the soccer ever finishes.

jellac · Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:11 pm Post subject:

...What El Prado said.......(even though I like soccor and enjoyed seeing Team USA get a win...I kept asking the TV "where's my dressage!?! Rolling Eyes

Where the USA stands at conclusion of today's Team Dressage (there will be more tomorrow on Sunday) :

Martin of Cochranville, Pa., had 50.7 penalty points on Otis Barbotiere ;

O'Connor of The Plains, 48.2 on Mr. Medicott; and

Coudray of Ojai, Calif., 52.0 on Ringwood Magister

The German riders and horses were - as expected - very impressive in their ability to ride with precision while asking for impulsion and elasticity and all the while staying within frame....I enjoyed watching Mary King for G.B. as well.

Riding Sunday for the United States are:
Will Coleman and Phillip Dutton (6:20 a.m. ET)

ElPrado · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:53 am Post subject:

It amazes me that they can schedule every other team sport and get it right. Put soccer on and toss the schedule up in the air. They screw it up every time. I think that's the main reason it never caught on that well in the US. TV here has never been able to get the scheduling right. They keep trying to cram a commercial in one more time.

jellac · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:10 pm Post subject:

I would have loved to see even a vido re-run of the Japanese rider who had best individual score in Dressage but could not find it on website Confused

And.....I *think* that Team USA went into today's Cross Country in 9th place overall after the Dressage Team scores were totaled. Hope the course wasn't made any more difficult or treacherous with all this rain but imagine that if this is a 'typical' British rain the ground's just rather 'deep' and springy as opposed to flooded, utterly sodden and slippery as grease on the approaches (as it would be if held in Houston during a downpour of our kind!).

Tried to get up early enough to actually see it on TV this morning as the schedule indicated it would be shown but instead found Slovenia vs. US volleyball going on. Confused

Fingers crossed for a good set of runs by Team USA riders/horses and prayers that all horses and riders complete safe and sound! Very Happy

jellac · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:03 pm Post subject:

From Reuters report on the web -

Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:00pm EDT

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Sweden and Britain won the cross
country phase of the equestrian team eventing competition with
3.2 points. The current leaders after this phase are Germany
with 124.70 points, Britain with 130.20 points and Sweden with
131.40 points

Results Table

1. Sweden
Linda Algotsson (La Fair)/Ludwig Svennerstal (Shamwari 4)/Sara
Algotsson (Wega)/Niklas Lindbaeck (Mister Pooh)/Malin Petersen
(Sofarsogood) 3.2 points
1. Britain
Nicola Wilson (Opposition Buzz)/Mary Thomson-King (Imperial
Cavalier)/Zara Phillips (High Kingdom)/Tina Cook (Miners
Frolic)/William Fox-Pitt (Lionheart) 3.2
3. New Zealand
Jonelle Richards (Flintstar)/Jonathan Paget (Clifton
Promise)/Caroline Powell (Lenamore)/Andrew Nicholson
(Nereo)/Mark Todd (NZB Campino) 5.2
4. Germany
Peter Thomsen (Barny 47)/Dirk Schrade (King Artus)/Ingrid
Klimke (Abraxxas)/Sandra Auffarth (Opgun Louvo)/Michael Jung
(Sam) 5.6
5. U.S.
Boyd Martin (Otis Barbotiere)/Karen O'Connor
(Mr.Medicott)/Tiana Coudray (Ringwood Magister)/William Coleman
(Twizzel)/Phillip Dutton (Mystery Whisper) 16.4

6. Ireland
Michael Ryan (Ballylynch Adventure)/Aoife Clark (Master
Crusoe)/Joseph Murphy (Electric Cruise)/Camilla Speirs
(Portersize Just A Jiff)/Mark Kyle (Coolio) 26.7
7. Belgium
Virginie Caulier (Nepal Du Sudre)/Carl Bouckaert (Cyrano
Z)/Marc Rigouts (Dunkas)/Joris Van Springel (Lully des
Aulnes)/Karin Donckers (Gazelle De La Brasserie) 46.8
8. Australia
Christopher Burton (Holstein Park)/Sam Griffiths (Happy
Times)/Andrew Hoy (Rutherglen)/Lucinda Fredericks (Flying
Finish)/Clayton Fredericks (Bendigo) 51.3
9. France
Denis Mesples (Oregon de la Vigne)/Aurelien Kahn (Cadiz)/Lionel
Guyon (Nemetis de Lalou)/Donatien Schauly (Ocarina du
Chanois)/Nicolas Touzaint (Hildago de I'lle) 54.8
10. Brazil
Marcio Carvalho Jorgo (Josephine MCJ)/Serguei Fofanoff
(Barbara)/Marcelo Tosi (Eleda All Black)/Ruy Fonseca (Tom
Bombadill Too) 98.8
11. Canada
Michelle Mueller (Amistad)/Hawley Bennett-Awad (Gin &
Juice)/Peter Barry (Kilrodan Abbott)/Jessica Phoenix
(Exponential)/Rebecca Howard (Riddle Master) 1023.3
12. Japan
Toshiyuki Tanaka (Marquis de Plescop)/Takayuki Yumira
(Latina)/Atsushi Negishi (Pretty Darling CD)/Kenki Sato
(Chippieh)/Yoshiaki Oiwa (Noonday de Conde) 1060.3
13. Netherlands
Tim Lips (Oncarlos)/Andrew Heffernan (Millthyme Corolla)/Elaine
Pen (Vira)
1082.2

jellac · Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:42 am Post subject:

CONGRATULATIONS To:

GERMANY (Team Gold!); Great Britain (Team Silver) and New Zealand (Team Bronze) after the show jumping final phase of Team Olympic competition.

(The Swedish team performed solidly throughout the Team competitions; Zara Phillips' show jumping ride was excellent and she was as surprised as many watching when she incurred a time penalty - have to believe that here wrist timer was off in some small way?)

Excerpt from the AP -

By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Germany has won its second consecutive Olympic gold medal in equestrian team eventing, beating out hometown favorite Britain with Zara Phillips riding before her royal family.

Britain won the silver and New Zealand the bronze.

deaky · Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:03 am Post subject:

My friend asked me to post a link to the article she wrote - which, I believe, has pretty much to say to this topic. Although written in Czech, I think it's easy to understand the main part, which is a list of thoroughbred sire lines and their ancestors competing in London Olympics.
Phrase "v mat. linii u" means tracing through damsire line.
Enjoy. Smile

http://www.equichannel.cz/plnokrevnici-na-olympijske-vsestrannosti