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2008 Beijing Olympics! (pg. 27)
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| KaiLee |
| quote: | Originally posted by barbina
They arent jockeys. They are riders. Jockeys are for horse racing.
And as a person who did Dressage/Show Jumping for almost 10 years its ing hard.Its one of the hardest sports Ive ever taken part in. Its all about control. Its seriously underestimated.. and usually by people who have never tried it. |
I second this one....I did Dressage for 8 years and it's extremely difficult. Not only does it work a lot of muscles but it takes a lot of mental effort as well as you are controlling such a huge animal to do some tricky stuff :) |
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| KaiLee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Adamo
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LOLOLOLOL I just fell out of my chair in tears from that! |
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| loca |
| quote: | Originally posted by MKpacha
Theoretically, you have no clue where you are coming from. Have you ever competed in show jumping? Have you ever even stood beside a jump of 6 feet+? Do you think a horse just naturally goes around a course every day for fun?
You need the horse to jump, obviously. However, the horse itself would not be able to jump any of these jumps at the height they stand without the physical training from the rider.
Most horses are unable to jump anything over 4 feet without the physical support of enough muscle in their hind end. This is developed through endless hours of endurance training (with a rider on top of the horse... a horse running around in a feild would not allow them to know how to balance or support themselves for muscle training). Like cardio, for a human.
You could not run a marathon with ease, without many months of training how to breath properly and how to hold your body, how to push when you need to, and relax certain areas in your body, you most likely would injure yourself or have great strain in your legs. You would not have the muscle ability or the knowledge to do so.
Riders attend the gym constantly working on their upper and lower bodies. Palates is very popular as it centers ones body and helps to create balance. When I used to ride, I could easily push double to triple my body weight in my legs. (YOU TRY HOLDING A 2000 LBS ANIMAL BETWEEN YOUR LEGS).
The horse is guided through a steady body, soft hands and solid support from the riders legs. You turn your head, the horse will feel it. You have to go pee, the horse will feel it. I will place you on an olympic trained horse and put you in a ring with jumps set at 1 foot (which is small enough for them to step over) gaurenteed you would be thrown from the horse in the first 10 seconds.
In tennis, the ball is hit over the net through the guidance of the players swing, through a raquette which they hold. The ball would have never made it to the other side with out that players guidance.
Just the same, the horse would never make it over the jump without the guidance of the rider. They work as a team.
A biker would never win the race without its bike, just the same, a horse would not go around a course without its rider. We are not talking about greyhound racing here. there is nothing to lour the horse to go as fast as it can around a jump with grace, skill, and stability. That comes from the rider.
I really wish not to argue about this, as I could go on for days, and it is almost pointless as there is no one else that shows at a compettive enough level as I once have to understand where I am coming from.
Horse jumping is 2 parts. The horse and the rider, together, they create a well oiled machine. They win the medal together...
You are naieve to think that riding is not a sport. You try it, at that level, and get back to me.
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Thank you. Holy , I can't believe people are that blind to what it takes to show jump. It's not just sitting on the horse's back and letting it do the work!
I would love to see you trying to put a horse through its paces in a show ring, Orko. Then maybe you could come back and say showjumping is like driving a car lol Ignorance at its best.
Extasie: It's not that the horse wouldn't complete the course as well without a rider on its back, it's that the horse would not complete the course full stop. Horses don't jump for the hell of it! The majority of the jumps set up in show jumping rings are scary to them, with weird colors and shapes. I think I have only once in my many years of competing and owning horses seen a horse jump on its own and it was in a paddock where the horse got spooked by a snake on the ground and jumped over the feed barrel out of fear. |
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| Jben |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cosmic Fur
Maybe I should watch an equestrian event then. |
Nah ive watched, its kinda boring. Good on the riders but imo its a bit of a snoozefest. Now if I was doing it would be dififferent
Riding horses > watching people ride em'
Again this is my opinion.
| quote: | Originally posted by Adamo
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Thats effin great! |
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| exstasie |
Woot...
Simon Whitfield pulled through and got us another Silver in the Men's Triathlon!
Good job! Up to 10 medals now!
Also, Alexander Despatie came in second in the 3m Semifinals! Finals are on in a few hours and is looking good for another medal!
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| ChemEnhanced |
| another silver on the trampoline. |
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
another silver on the trampoline. |
We're on fire! Despatie is in 2nd place as well after 4 of 6 dives!
Looking good for another Silver there as well and then we'll be tied for our overall medals last olympics...
and this is before all the kayak/canoing finals!
Looking Great :D
EDIT: Nice! Despatie got us the Silver in the Diving!
EDIT2: OMG...wow! Priscilla Lopes-Schliep some how managed to get a Bronze in the 100M Hurdles!! Way to GO!!
New Total: 13
Gold: 2
Silver: 6
Bronze: 5
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
New Total: 13
Gold: 2
Silver: 6
Bronze: 5 |
lol, still pretty lame!
to compare to Russia:
Gold: 10
Silver: 14
Bronze: 18
Total: 42
:p |
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| StereoPrincess |
| Go canada! |
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| She_Fitz |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
lol, still pretty lame!
to compare to Russia:
Gold: 10
Silver: 14
Bronze: 18
Total: 42
:p |
I think it is pretty good.. it beats our total number of medals won in Athens
Also, in comparison to population.. not so bad either.
141,377,752 people in Russia - 42 medals
33,390,141 people in Canada - 13 medals
301,139,947 people in the USA - 79 medals
1,321,851,888 people in China - 76 medals
Just a thought... :) |
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| timmyboy |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
lol, still pretty lame!
to compare to Russia:
Gold: 10
Silver: 14
Bronze: 18
Total: 42
:p |
unfortunately, russia isnt doing too hot either
if you compare population wise canada is doing extremely well...
30 mill vs 140 for russia (so they are almost even there)
but we have 1/10th the population of the states and only 1/7th of the medals |
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