Phil the Brit
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Was watching some Olympic Dressage on TV yesterday and it got me wondering........Is it the horse that gets the medal? All the rider does is sit there, the horse does all the work.
Was watching some Olympic Dressage on TV yesterday and it got me wondering........Is it the horse that gets the medal? All the rider does is sit there, the horse does all the work.
Are they meant to dance? Then probably so. You could argue it's a type of circus act.Is it cruel?...to the horse not the rider.
Where can you get a big bang for a buck, Manchester?I'm surprised UK sport still fund Posh Pony Prancing, a bronze is not the biggest bang for the buck, compared to say boxing or Taekwondo...just saying
And that's the USP of the olympics...human endeavour not equine!Perhaps what we need is for reverse parking to be an Olympic sport. Or Autotesting, now that is dressage in motor form.
And that's the USP of the olympics...human endeavour not equine!
Does she use a local special horse or does that get flown over too? That won't come cheap to fly a horse all the way to Tokyo.
If so, I'm not sure we have our priorities right in this country given we are told loads of families can't afford to feed themselves or thier kids but we can fly a horse 6000 miles to prance around.
Not wanting to be political, just saying.
I've ridden evil handling and poweful motorcycles round the Mountain Course on Mad Sunday but have only been scared when an Horse hit 4th gear on a beach in Australia....you realise that you have no brakes (not under the right foot or hand!)Never sure about this
If you have ever sat on a horse you will realise the 1000kg horse does exactly what it wants - not because the 60kg rider tells it - but because the horse wants to.
I've ridden evil handling and poweful motorcycles round the Mountain Course on Mad Sunday but have only been scared when an Horse hit 4th gear on a beach in Australia....you realise that you have no brakes (not under the right foot or hand!)