You know you are a wannabe equestrian when you've watched through this event three times from beginning to end, but you've only been on a horse about 10 times in your entire life . . . (;
Did Nikola Wilson's horse even BREAK A SWEAT?! She was 10 seconds under time & that horse was NEVER off the bridle & his ears were still perked straight up crossing the finish like, "where are the next 10 fences, mum?!" that was a well conditioned pair!!!
@@katelister479 her part of the vid starts around the 40:00 min mark (bear in mind, multiple riders run the course at once, so her run is interspersed with others)
The other week my instructor was like ‘okay how about a gazillion canter figure eights’ and my little mare was trying so hard and she was like ‘nuuu I’m tired.’ And I was like ‘NUU FAIRY JUST KEEP PUSHING ;-;’ but I was so proud of her lol
@@elsapoulin2933 I'm currently doing BE90, would've been aiming for BE100 this season but now that everything's cancelled who knows what will happen!! X
lunigh gachawolf my parents forced me to do riding lessons and at first I was like, “ughhhhhhhhhhh it’s riding lessons today” but now I look forward to the day of riding lessons soooo much and I do eventing, and show jumping. It’s really fun, so work hard in school! You can do it!!
the second Japanese rider was so good, he was so good with supporting his horse, constantly reassuring it and they were making such good pace :( They really didn't deserve that fall
So you think the point of Eventing is the dressage? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Perhaps this bloke should have had a shot round a proper XC course before stepping up to the Olympics- which has a Pony Club level of XC.
@@lulabellegnostic8402 Yes, actually. Part of the POINT of eventing is that it has three disciplines in one meaning, yes, the point of eventing is dressage as much as xc and showjumping. Get a life and learn to be a decent person
I love how the horses all went really well on the "bogey fences" none of them spooked it was a great display of riding and training. All the horses are perfectly bomb proof
Was a well designed course too- some of these upper level courses today are just designed sooo technically & tricky they HAVE to be ridden with such a heavy hand & demand so much shortening strides & twisting & turning... This was a really, really good course that COULD be ridden in a longer rein& along with that, wasn't quite as dangerous near the end/on a tired horse! I loved the use of the terrain on this course too! That BANK?! WOwwwzers!
Uhhh, RIGHT!? I think that with ALL of the nasty comments or "dislikes" from these huge competitions... its mostly all just people who dont really understand the first thing about eventing, or English riding/jumping in general- just overall idiots... go figure!!!
London really had one of the most classically beautiful, perfectly designed courses with just the right level of difficulty out of any Olympic XC courses I think there gave been in the past 30+ years. Athens was quite nice too- Sydney j thought was a little easy *haha- "easy" says someone who's only competed at Intermediate & CC1☆ Levels- i should talk, right!?) Atlanta's course was also sorta suffering that phase with Sydney & a bit of the Athen's course by being on early cusp of eliminating the other 3 phases of XC- long/classic format CCI events- they really didnt seem to start asking that many of today's commonly seen MUCH trickier, accuracy testing, often more confusing questions on XC instead of focusing so much on testing the horse's boldness & stamina... I thought Beijing/Hong Kong started to ask more questions like that but didbr quite get it right?? Then London here- this course had a great ratio between easier, galloping, "breather" type fences, big, bold jumps & on-point accuracy testing lines& combos. I loved the use of the terrain! Lots of hills & great space to gallop inbetween! I thought Rio's course was absolutely RIDICULOUS-bordering on UNFAIR. Nearly 1/3 of the fences were skinnies & tricky, take back& holding type of fences & combos... and there were obnoxiously tight turns requiring SO MUCH face yanking take-back after almost every gallop stretch. Some of the combos were on such impossible lines & angles that riders, upon 1st walking the course & seeing how the jumps were flagged, didnt even understand what the obstacle was asking from them! I mean COME ON- only 4 out of 65 riders made the time? And one of the combos was SO DIFFICULT that the ONLY rider who managed to navigate it cleanly was THE INHUMAN MASTER HIMSELF, Michael Jung!? I sure hope Tokyo gets it right & does it more like London here than Rio!!!
i absolutely love this video. I wish they had videos exactly like this for the other olympic cross country events that have happened since 2012. Ive watched this multiple times over the past 5 ish years. its just so calming and interesting
You know what’s great? I’ve already sat and watched this the entire way through once before. Oh well, it’s been a few years and it’s the London Olympic Games, 3/3 of the XC Phase. I can’t get enough, I’m binging the other UK eventer vlog channels and it’s the most authentic postivity I’ve ever experienced on YT. There’s something about eventers! ❤️🥇🇬🇧🇸🇪
Lexie Madz I know! When I was a little kid, I always looked up to the people who did Eventing, and I would always say, “I wanna be just like you!” Or, “your amazing!” I look back at it and get embarrassed XD
Amy Tryons 2 Time Olympic horse, Poggio, was a $500 OTTTB too 😁 wish this was still more common in Eventing TODAY though& not a bunch of fancy expensive friggin imported WBs!!!
Carlie Cole there is definitely loads of horses just stood in field that could do so much more. My cob that went to Appleby has jumped up to 1.20 courses at home and I never thought he would even get past 80 😂. It also is a better feeling when you do well with a horse that you have brought on yourself rather than most people now buying fancy horses that other people have done all the work on
@@niamhconway2886 yup! My "first real horse" I got when I was barely 10- he was my most expensive horse I ever had- at the todays MARKET BREAKING price of $6,800... Woooot woooot (Remember back in 1999 when u could BUY a nice moving, kid safe, honest but not "packer" type, capable, lovely horse for LESS THAN $50,000?!?! Ha... Haha!) He was a 7yo, 16.1h BEAUTIFUL, very bold/loud liver chestnut full blanket appy/Canadian TBx gelding named Dally. We had a reasobly rough, barely ever finished first year going BN, got E'd on XC at our 1st event out the gate the next year.... then had to move up to novice cuz the next 2 months events didn't HAVE b. novice even- GULP! Aaand- well, we won the next 4 in a row! Was lame for a spell & had to miss area championships & 1 other event on him that year but was able to finish the season with a 3rd, a 4th & 1 more win. We won our areas Jr Novice Year End Awards/ Championships when I was only 12 & he was 8. And then I learned we were actually Reserve OPEN Novice Champion for the entire COUNTRY! He was such an amazing horse- I evented him into his 20s... We won novice year end awards again a few years later,got 3rd 2yrs after that 1st Novice season at Training level, as a senior we got 3rd AGAIN many years later, and when he was 20- we FINALLY placed at our FIRST BEGINNING NOVICE events EVER,Lol, and got 4th in senior YEA. I took him through a few prelim horse trials,but mainly he OWNED as a novice & training level horse! And when he got HURT I ended up leasing the horse whod soon become the most AWESOME, TALENTED, highest level horse I ever rode- a $4,000 15h anglo-arab/Paint X gelding- A very uniquely colored, buckskin paint! I ended up taking him training for both of our first times above novice the next year when I was 13& he was 6- then, still without ever having so much as a single second of time faults- seamlessly moved up to prelim when I was 14, EASILY got our 1st 4 qualifying scores at our first 4 horse trials to compete at my first ever-OUR-1st Long Format CCI1* up in Canada in the fall of that year- where we got 3rd & punched our ticket for the NAJYRC team when I was 15 the next season. His dressage wasn't bad either! Unlesa we had a RACIST, mean judge... we always scored low to mid 30s (this being back when at a show with 350 riders, there's maybe be THREE scores in the high 20s in the whole show?! 33s WON/were finishing tops scores in novice!) We even scored as low as a 25 at training & came in the mid-high 20s a few times- amost ALWAYS top 6/ top 4th of the division at every level! He was pretty darn well rounded in all phases but we OWNED xc! We never had more than ONE rail on SJ- never so much as a 0.4 xc faults-he was BONKERS NUTSO- but we cliqued so well! We ended up top 10 at NAJRYC- did a few intermediate HTs when I was 16 but he blew out both legs tendons on the front just 2wks before our 1st attempt at a CCI2* and a jumper show doing some 4'-4'6" jumper classes.... I was absolutely HEARTBROKEN. I LOOOOVED that little nut!! Borys was his name. Most amazing friggin $4,000 lil cowpony u ever saw! (I never Owned him I only leased him from his workaholic, Adult Ametuer mommy- but he was able to win BN With her one weekend then go finish top 5 at prelim with me the following week too, that was pretty incredible! $4000 & $6,800.... For those COMBINED PRICES, there's still noooo way I could find a horse today with even a fraction of the potential or quality of those boys I had in the early 2000s!!! It's sad....
I´ve just realised, that my neighbour was riding there :) I can remember, that I´ve met a young rider on a horse when I walked home from the bus stop as a child and after we have talked a bit and I had stroked the horse, she told me, that that horse was at Olympia the year before with its owner. I had completely forgotten that until now :)
I was an equestrian for 10 years ending in 2016 due to after school activities and my instructor was so mean, so I have not gone back to that barn because of that. I loved it for the 10 years I did it, all the ribbons I had won.
My parents think I am way too old. My parents will not even get me a horse. What is pony club I think I am too big for a pony! Ponies are about 14.5 hands or less than that. I would at least think around here there will be horse clubs I also live in the USA so I don't think that there's anything like that here
……have been a horse-rider since I was 8. My favourite disciplines’ were Show Jumping, & Cross Country. The feeling of ‘flying’ over jumps cannot be equaled, IMO.
The olympics are run as a 3* competition when Badminton/Burghley are 4* (5* as of last month). It's slight ridiculous but we need to ensure more nations can compete or we will lose funding. It's a bit like running the 100 meter sprint over 90 meters so the slower people have a chance!
Maybe it’s “not too hard” because the Olympics are expected to get an awful lot of attention and the IOC doesn’t want to many injuries or potentially deaths. That is a dangerous sport both for riders and horses. Harder would maybe mean that it would overwhelm too many and cause more injuries.
Most Olympian riders choose to do all events which are: dressage, cross country and show jumping. In some four star events, like the burgley horse trails, Kentucky four-star and badminton all the events a compulsive
The white things on the horses legs are boots it protects the horses legs against any rocks that come loose when they are galloping, horses legs are very sensitive
im sorry but at 2:49:10 she didnt need to slap the horse that hard just for refusing a jump that a lot of people have had trouble at. she should have just calmly went around and done it again and given the horse a small it of encouragement and not slap the horse. if shes confident enough to do that sort of stuff on live tv and on the olympics who knows what she does at home.
So sorry that Nicola Wilson had such a bad accident at Badminton which has changed her career I guess but thanks for all her knowledge and experience in educating riders
If my horse was younger and didn't have a spooking problem, he would do this course so well. But I think as he's aging he's growing out of that spooking just a bit.
Questions. Is it zinc oxide cream on the horse's noses, fore and hind legs ? Is it to show their time and jumping position better on camera to determine winners ? Or is there a physical benefit for it ?
It is eventing grease on the legs, allows the horse to slide across the jump if they were to catch a leg. The patches on the nose help keep the nasal passages open so the horses can breath better.
Addison zebra right in pure dressage you get a percentage, so the higher the percentage the higher up the board. However in eventing it’s the person with the least penalties at the end on the three phases so the dressage is marked differently
How long before the games do the horses arrive? I imagine they need time To recover from the journey and acclimate to the environment. And do the horses travel by boat?
I'm a horse fan so I'd love wants and cross country and show jumping and I'm also watching in 2018 and I'm also using the microphone to since I'm slow at texting
I'm just curious as to how cross country is judged. So far i've seen 20 penalties for a refusal, and .4? penalties for overtime. If they rub a jump, does that get penalized or is it if they hit a pole on the side of jump? If anyone would just educate me a bit more, i'd love that
So in cross country there’s an optimum time which is basically a time limit on how long you have to get round the course. For every second you go over the time you get 0.4 penalties. If a horse refuses a fence then you get 20 penalties. If the combination knocks a flag then as long as the majority of the body goes through there are no penalties (whether or not enough of the horses’ body went through is at the fence judges’ discretion, riders can also appeal the fence judges’ decision). If the horse knocks a fence there are no penalties however on a lot of these fences there will be things called frangible pins. These essentially allow the fence to break if the horse falls on it so they don’t get trapped. If a horse breaks these pins by just knocking it then the combination will get 50 penalties. Hope this helped!
20 for a stop in cross country, if you stop at the same fence twice then they add 20 more. In show jumping it's the 4 penalties, in both SJ and Eventing. And time penalties are .4 If they knock the flag over if they jump it it's fine as long as there is at least half of the horse over the actual fence. He explains it better at/after 5:13:58 but keep watching for a minute or two And as of 2019, if they hit the fences with the release and it falls, it's 10 penalties.(in cross country)
She was also abused because she was a mustang, then she was bought and went to a abusive home, and me and my fam rescued her. It took years to finally gain 100% trust with her.
You know you are a real equestrian when you will spend 6 hours watching different horses jumping the same jump over and over again.
You know you are a wannabe equestrian when you've watched through this event three times from beginning to end, but you've only been on a horse about 10 times in your entire life . . . (;
You know you are a horse lover when ur watch history is all horse stuff
You know you are a horse lover when you screen record this so you can watch it other times
Y’all are just crazy horse girls
@@tauma_the_goat7156 and proud to be!
Did Nikola Wilson's horse even BREAK A SWEAT?! She was 10 seconds under time & that horse was NEVER off the bridle & his ears were still perked straight up crossing the finish like, "where are the next 10 fences, mum?!"
that was a well conditioned pair!!!
What part of the vid is hers
@@katelister479 her part of the vid starts around the 40:00 min mark (bear in mind, multiple riders run the course at once, so her run is interspersed with others)
@@phoenixstarr44 thank you : )
Very fit horse I’m assuming
Buzz was the best XC horse ever. Lucky to have such a bold rider to realise his potential.
Horses in the olimpics: jumping 28 jumps and galloping.
The horse I loan: acting like I’m asking her to run a marathon when I ask her to trot.😂
The other week my instructor was like ‘okay how about a gazillion canter figure eights’ and my little mare was trying so hard and she was like ‘nuuu I’m tired.’ And I was like ‘NUU FAIRY JUST KEEP PUSHING ;-;’ but I was so proud of her lol
😂
I love the commentator for this, he’s so chill
Anyone else bingeing this during corona quarantine😂
Yesss
Yep !
Elena B yep!
Yess!
Watching this instead of badminton 😅
I was only allowed to watch one more video before bedtime so I chose this lmao.
Ha ha SO TRUE
Tactics
It is a very very long video, you should've chosen some short edit of this event.
@@AsadAli-jc5tg that was the point lol
That was smart👏
How have I only just found this coverage!! I was there on this day, aged 9 and now I'm out eventing on my own horse! How times change!
What category (i don’t know the name in english😅😅) are you eventing?
@@elsapoulin2933 I'm currently doing BE90, would've been aiming for BE100 this season but now that everything's cancelled who knows what will happen!! X
So was I!!
I hope I can become a professional eventer. My parents said I can attend riding lessons if I do well in school.
lunigh gachawolf my parents forced me to do riding lessons and at first I was like, “ughhhhhhhhhhh it’s riding lessons today” but now I look forward to the day of riding lessons soooo much and I do eventing, and show jumping. It’s really fun, so work hard in school! You can do it!!
the second Japanese rider was so good, he was so good with supporting his horse, constantly reassuring it and they were making such good pace :( They really didn't deserve that fall
So you think the point of Eventing is the dressage? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Perhaps this bloke should have had a shot round a proper XC course before stepping up to the Olympics- which has a Pony Club level of XC.
@@lulabellegnostic8402 Yes, actually. Part of the POINT of eventing is that it has three disciplines in one meaning, yes, the point of eventing is dressage as much as xc and showjumping. Get a life and learn to be a decent person
I love how when Nicola finishes her run she just praises her horse and gives him all the credit that is just an amazing
GBR riders-
Nicola Wilson @ 39.26
Mary King @2:18:13
Zara Phillips @ 3:30:59
Tina Cook @ 4:50.05
William Fox-Pitt @5:38:08
I really really loved how a lot of the riders kept loose reins when there was a longer streak he of running
If anyone’s wondering the first person starts at around 7:20
The second person starts at around 11:20
Third person starts around 17:10
Brilliant riding! Anyone watching during covid lock down? 😂🙋🏼♀️
yep definatly
Sophie Van harlingen yep!!
literally all I've been doing lol
I'm watching, 12 weeks CoV-2 lockdown so far. Incredible riding ! Stay safe out there !
yep, that would be me watching during corona
I love how the horses all went really well on the "bogey fences" none of them spooked it was a great display of riding and training. All the horses are perfectly bomb proof
Such great Riders! I loved how they kept looser reins, instead of pulling 24/7
They have to for drops.
That’s how you’re supposed to ride it
Was a well designed course too- some of these upper level courses today are just designed sooo technically & tricky they HAVE to be ridden with such a heavy hand & demand so much shortening strides & twisting & turning... This was a really, really good course that COULD be ridden in a longer rein& along with that, wasn't quite as dangerous near the end/on a tired horse! I loved the use of the terrain on this course too! That BANK?! WOwwwzers!
@@eventerkeira lol ik, I was tEN when I wrote this
@@tauma_the_goat7156 Yeah, realized that within two years xoxo
These people that have disliked, what is it they expect to see?
Lady J ikr
Maybe zoophilic things
Uhhh, RIGHT!? I think that with ALL of the nasty comments or "dislikes" from these huge competitions... its mostly all just people who dont really understand the first thing about eventing, or English riding/jumping in general- just overall idiots... go figure!!!
Probably people who were like "Oh I like cross-country skiing, and I have a questrian about it, too."
People running
It took me a while to figure out why this was six hours long until I realized this is a one-at-a-time thing
Same
Technically 4 at a time but yeah XD
As are most equestrian events but ok
London really had one of the most classically beautiful, perfectly designed courses with just the right level of difficulty out of any Olympic XC courses I think there gave been in the past 30+ years. Athens was quite nice too- Sydney j thought was a little easy *haha- "easy" says someone who's only competed at Intermediate & CC1☆ Levels- i should talk, right!?) Atlanta's course was also sorta suffering that phase with Sydney & a bit of the Athen's course by being on early cusp of eliminating the other 3 phases of XC- long/classic format CCI events- they really didnt seem to start asking that many of today's commonly seen MUCH trickier, accuracy testing, often more confusing questions on XC instead of focusing so much on testing the horse's boldness & stamina... I thought Beijing/Hong Kong started to ask more questions like that but didbr quite get it right?? Then London here- this course had a great ratio between easier, galloping, "breather" type fences, big, bold jumps & on-point accuracy testing lines& combos. I loved the use of the terrain! Lots of hills & great space to gallop inbetween! I thought Rio's course was absolutely RIDICULOUS-bordering on UNFAIR. Nearly 1/3 of the fences were skinnies & tricky, take back& holding type of fences & combos... and there were obnoxiously tight turns requiring SO MUCH face yanking take-back after almost every gallop stretch. Some of the combos were on such impossible lines & angles that riders, upon 1st walking the course & seeing how the jumps were flagged, didnt even understand what the obstacle was asking from them! I mean COME ON- only 4 out of 65 riders made the time? And one of the combos was SO DIFFICULT that the ONLY rider who managed to navigate it cleanly was THE INHUMAN MASTER HIMSELF, Michael Jung!? I sure hope Tokyo gets it right & does it more like London here than Rio!!!
Carlie Cole how long did that take to write?!?!
Well I mean, the Olympics is *only* 3*** XD
@@c.a.zequestrian8770 lol! Not long actually, embarrassing as it is to admit?!
i absolutely love this video. I wish they had videos exactly like this for the other olympic cross country events that have happened since 2012. Ive watched this multiple times over the past 5 ish years. its just so calming and interesting
Same
what a great display of riding
You know what’s great? I’ve already sat and watched this the entire way through once before. Oh well, it’s been a few years and it’s the London Olympic Games, 3/3 of the XC Phase. I can’t get enough, I’m binging the other UK eventer vlog channels and it’s the most authentic postivity I’ve ever experienced on YT. There’s something about eventers! ❤️🥇🇬🇧🇸🇪
Lexie Madz I know! When I was a little kid, I always looked up to the people who did Eventing, and I would always say, “I wanna be just like you!” Or, “your amazing!” I look back at it and get embarrassed XD
the fact that a Russian dude took a retired race horse is so cool
It’s quite common in eventing to use ex racers because of their stamina and agility
Amy Tryons 2 Time Olympic horse, Poggio, was a $500 OTTTB too 😁 wish this was still more common in Eventing TODAY though& not a bunch of fancy expensive friggin imported WBs!!!
Carlie Cole there is definitely loads of horses just stood in field that could do so much more. My cob that went to Appleby has jumped up to 1.20 courses at home and I never thought he would even get past 80 😂. It also is a better feeling when you do well with a horse that you have brought on yourself rather than most people now buying fancy horses that other people have done all the work on
@@niamhconway2886 yup! My "first real horse" I got when I was barely 10- he was my most expensive horse I ever had- at the todays MARKET BREAKING price of $6,800... Woooot woooot (Remember back in 1999 when u could BUY a nice moving, kid safe, honest but not "packer" type, capable, lovely horse for LESS THAN $50,000?!?! Ha... Haha!) He was a 7yo, 16.1h BEAUTIFUL, very bold/loud liver chestnut full blanket appy/Canadian TBx gelding named Dally. We had a reasobly rough, barely ever finished first year going BN, got E'd on XC at our 1st event out the gate the next year.... then had to move up to novice cuz the next 2 months events didn't HAVE b. novice even- GULP! Aaand- well, we won the next 4 in a row! Was lame for a spell & had to miss area championships & 1 other event on him that year but was able to finish the season with a 3rd, a 4th & 1 more win. We won our areas Jr Novice Year End Awards/ Championships when I was only 12 & he was 8. And then I learned we were actually Reserve OPEN Novice Champion for the entire COUNTRY! He was such an amazing horse- I evented him into his 20s... We won novice year end awards again a few years later,got 3rd 2yrs after that 1st Novice season at Training level, as a senior we got 3rd AGAIN many years later, and when he was 20- we FINALLY placed at our FIRST BEGINNING NOVICE events EVER,Lol, and got 4th in senior YEA. I took him through a few prelim horse trials,but mainly he OWNED as a novice & training level horse! And when he got HURT I ended up leasing the horse whod soon become the most AWESOME, TALENTED, highest level horse I ever rode- a $4,000 15h anglo-arab/Paint X gelding- A very uniquely colored, buckskin paint! I ended up taking him training for both of our first times above novice the next year when I was 13& he was 6- then, still without ever having so much as a single second of time faults- seamlessly moved up to prelim when I was 14, EASILY got our 1st 4 qualifying scores at our first 4 horse trials to compete at my first ever-OUR-1st Long Format CCI1* up in Canada in the fall of that year- where we got 3rd & punched our ticket for the NAJYRC team when I was 15 the next season. His dressage wasn't bad either! Unlesa we had a RACIST, mean judge... we always scored low to mid 30s (this being back when at a show with 350 riders, there's maybe be THREE scores in the high 20s in the whole show?! 33s WON/were finishing tops scores in novice!) We even scored as low as a 25 at training & came in the mid-high 20s a few times- amost ALWAYS top 6/ top 4th of the division at every level! He was pretty darn well rounded in all phases but we OWNED xc! We never had more than ONE rail on SJ- never so much as a 0.4 xc faults-he was BONKERS NUTSO- but we cliqued so well! We ended up top 10 at NAJRYC- did a few intermediate HTs when I was 16 but he blew out both legs tendons on the front just 2wks before our 1st attempt at a CCI2* and a jumper show doing some 4'-4'6" jumper classes.... I was absolutely HEARTBROKEN. I LOOOOVED that little nut!! Borys was his name. Most amazing friggin $4,000 lil cowpony u ever saw! (I never Owned him I only leased him from his workaholic, Adult Ametuer mommy- but he was able to win BN With her one weekend then go finish top 5 at prelim with me the following week too, that was pretty incredible!
$4000 & $6,800.... For those COMBINED PRICES, there's still noooo way I could find a horse today with even a fraction of the potential or quality of those boys I had in the early 2000s!!! It's sad....
Olympic Horses: *Jump four feet and gallop for a half hour*
My horse: *steps on ground poles*
2:07:12 Best comment of all. "He's taken a boot on his leg but he'll be alright when the pain wears off." Classic.
Love Steve Hadley's commentary. He's so knowledgable and has a lovely voice!
They still have some of these fences up in Greenwich park it was lovely to see when I visited in November 2019 before COVID hit
That1s cool to know :)
Anyone 2019
Misty Bezzie 2020 😁😁
@@shakia000 18/04/2020 😎
2020
Intense Vlogs 2020
I watched it twice XD
At 13:12 listen u can hear someone say “ hello”
LOL
Omggg 🤣🤣🤣
William Fox Pitt displaying the most incredible speed and pace while doing it all at ease 🇬🇧
‘Fruits not real I’ve tried it’ 😂
For all aussies
Chris Burton: 11:21
*** Cheering from down under ***
Thank yee xx
The horse from Japan was such a gorgeous jumper😍
Anyone else here after seeing Meg Elphick watching this on her story 💖
What a treat. Hours to watch in.
3:00:21 Ingrid Klimke :)
Dankeee :))
such beauty, the horse and rider as one
Some horses manages to stay on their toes after a quite big slip - spectacular!
I wish I were them
Horsey Slimes Who knows? You could be one day.
maybe one day if you keep trying x
Same this is my Dream
Same
I was really looking forward to see Ingrid’s run and was so happy to see that hers is the most replayed🥰😂 She’s such an incredible rider ❤
Me too, I love her! Did you know that her daughter went on to compete in cross-country with Abraxxas a few years later! Such a wonderful horse
It isn’t a fall if you land on your feet! It’s a called a fancy dismount 😂😂😂
I didn’t know who Nicola Wilson was, but she’s amazing! Her horse too✨
i do-shes a british event rider and yes amazing horse
The commentator is so relaxed about everything
Welcome to Great Britain :)
2:58:20 🤔 was a refusal not a flag 2:59:16 3:11:50 3:17:25 5:31:06 5:36:00
I´ve just realised, that my neighbour was riding there :) I can remember, that I´ve met a young rider on a horse when I walked home from the bus stop as a child and after we have talked a bit and I had stroked the horse, she told me, that that horse was at Olympia the year before with its owner. I had completely forgotten that until now :)
I was an equestrian for 10 years ending in 2016 due to after school activities and my instructor was so mean, so I have not gone back to that barn because of that. I loved it for the 10 years I did it, all the ribbons I had won.
had a same experience! i'mstill looking for a new stable
You should try pony club!
Keira Charlton she needs a horse first
Yes you so should pony club is such a good confiddence boost for both you amd your horse
My parents think I am way too old. My parents will not even get me a horse. What is pony club I think I am too big for a pony! Ponies are about 14.5 hands or less than that. I would at least think around here there will be horse clubs I also live in the USA so I don't think that there's anything like that here
……have been a horse-rider since I was 8. My favourite disciplines’ were Show Jumping, & Cross Country. The feeling of ‘flying’ over jumps cannot be equaled, IMO.
Olympic Games is forever
Enjoyed this.superb filming.great commentator.faboulous Horses and Riders.
I love the second horse. I mean, just look at it’s legs! 😍
Beautiful!
33:04 from the moment I saw the horses reaction to how much he was on its mouth, I knew somet was gonna happen, glad that horse had a break!!
Poor Japan, so many of their riders eliminated
I don’t think these jumps look as bad as events like badminton or burghley
The olympics are run as a 3* competition when Badminton/Burghley are 4* (5* as of last month). It's slight ridiculous but we need to ensure more nations can compete or we will lose funding. It's a bit like running the 100 meter sprint over 90 meters so the slower people have a chance!
Armyof3 23 they arent. The pan am games and Rolex/land rover are bigger than this
They aren't, because some countries don't have access to big stuff.
Maybe it’s “not too hard” because the Olympics are expected to get an awful lot of attention and the IOC doesn’t want to many injuries or potentially deaths. That is a dangerous sport both for riders and horses. Harder would maybe mean that it would overwhelm too many and cause more injuries.
they arent
Nikola is my aunt! I have competed on her lovely horse.❤️
Be proud, your aunt rode very well!
You are so lucky!
ok but why is there a horse names Butts Abraxxas
The Queen because he is great!! He is a legend in Germany!! ❤️
Yup Elena I am too ! xx
It’s one am and I have to get up by 7:00 why am I still watching this and why am I obsessed with horses
Anyone 2020
5:31:11 lol love the narrator
Eow fa goodness sake
amazing!
A "pulsating" event indeed!
My reaction to Nicola Wilson’s round 😳😳🤯🤯🤯😍😍😍
Do equestrian Olympians just do one event each? or do they do more than one? show jumping and eventing?
Each rider is only eligible for one event. Evening is just one event, even though it's dressage, show jumping, and cross country. I hope this helps.
simplyshiny They do dressage, show jumping, and cross country
Eventing is dressage showjumping and cross country
Most Olympian riders choose to do all events which are: dressage, cross country and show jumping. In some four star events, like the burgley horse trails, Kentucky four-star and badminton all the events a compulsive
simplyshiny they do dressage showjumping and cros scountry
That's the nicest warm up 🤤
Sorry can someone explain me what is that white thing on the horses' legs? I've already saw that but didnt understand what it is.. im not a rider
The white things on the horses legs are boots it protects the horses legs against any rocks that come loose when they are galloping, horses legs are very sensitive
It’s grease, it means if a horse hits its legs on a jump they slide over, to try and avoid a rotational fall
thank you!
I think it might be sunscreen.
grease or boots x
im sorry but at 2:49:10 she didnt need to slap the horse that hard just for refusing a jump that a lot of people have had trouble at. she should have just calmly went around and done it again and given the horse a small it of encouragement and not slap the horse. if shes confident enough to do that sort of stuff on live tv and on the olympics who knows what she does at home.
1:13:45
53:30 2:06:50
this is how courses should be made. difficult but safe. badminton could learn a bit from this
Not necessarily saying you’re wrong that badders is a bit brutal, but it is 5* and the Olympics is 3*, so they are different levels
So sorry that Nicola Wilson had such a bad accident at Badminton which has changed her career I guess but thanks for all her knowledge and experience in educating riders
If my horse was younger and didn't have a spooking problem, he would do this course so well. But I think as he's aging he's growing out of that spooking just a bit.
Could you turn up the volume. My volume is turned up all the way. The broadcast volume is real low.
AWESOME
love how they said boyd martin for australia and not usa lolll
morestudyign hes born in australia
Hanne Bru yes but he rides for the states
He rides for both
@@poulexa0611 he rides for both
did i pull an allnighter watching this?
yes
do i regret it?
no XD
Questions. Is it zinc oxide cream on the horse's noses, fore and hind legs ? Is it to show their time and jumping position better on camera to determine winners ? Or is there a physical benefit for it ?
It is eventing grease on the legs, allows the horse to slide across the jump if they were to catch a leg. The patches on the nose help keep the nasal passages open so the horses can breath better.
yes what they said
Why are the people with a low dressage scores so high in the rankings, but the ones with big scores are low in the rankings?
Addison zebra right The lower the score the better, for instance 40 is better than 60. that’s why the lower scores are higher in the rankings😊
Addison zebra right in pure dressage you get a percentage, so the higher the percentage the higher up the board. However in eventing it’s the person with the least penalties at the end on the three phases so the dressage is marked differently
Why are all those whistles being blown?
How long before the games do the horses arrive?
I imagine they need time To recover from the journey and acclimate to the environment.
And do the horses travel by boat?
They travel by plane :)
1:08 - was the horse ok?
If you put the video to 0.25 speed, the audio is hilarious. 5:19:45. You're welcome
How did you discover that xD
@@sadieadler3065 I was trying to figure out how the horse fell XD
Hilarious! 🤣😂
2018 anyone?
lol me
Me haha. Couldn’t find the 2016 one so ...
Ilove horses and her magic me
Equestrian Soul same lol
I'm a horse fan so I'd love wants and cross country and show jumping and I'm also watching in 2018 and I'm also using the microphone to since I'm slow at texting
I'm just curious as to how cross country is judged. So far i've seen 20 penalties for a refusal, and .4? penalties for overtime. If they rub a jump, does that get penalized or is it if they hit a pole on the side of jump? If anyone would just educate me a bit more, i'd love that
So in cross country there’s an optimum time which is basically a time limit on how long you have to get round the course. For every second you go over the time you get 0.4 penalties. If a horse refuses a fence then you get 20 penalties. If the combination knocks a flag then as long as the majority of the body goes through there are no penalties (whether or not enough of the horses’ body went through is at the fence judges’ discretion, riders can also appeal the fence judges’ decision). If the horse knocks a fence there are no penalties however on a lot of these fences there will be things called frangible pins. These essentially allow the fence to break if the horse falls on it so they don’t get trapped. If a horse breaks these pins by just knocking it then the combination will get 50 penalties. Hope this helped!
British and Salty that helped so much I would have asked the same question if I didn’t see this comment
20 for a stop in cross country, if you stop at the same fence twice then they add 20 more. In show jumping it's the 4 penalties, in both SJ and Eventing. And time penalties are .4
If they knock the flag over if they jump it it's fine as long as there is at least half of the horse over the actual fence. He explains it better at/after 5:13:58 but keep watching for a minute or two
And as of 2019, if they hit the fences with the release and it falls, it's 10 penalties.(in cross country)
no they dont get penalties if they rub it, only if they knock the pin
my dream is to do this, but i have no idea whether or not i’ll be able to memorize the track 💀
Why is this randomly top of my feed
Me looking at the course: whaat I could never remember such a thing
So true!
lol yeah
Is olympic level 4*?
5:18:15 lol my horse would’ve noped outta there hella quick if she saw a bird in front of her xD
Sadie Adler one of mine would to. Buuuuuuut it would be fine because she is a mustang, and is now a XC horse
Michelle Moonburg I ride Arab/Thoroughbred crosses ;-;
Sadie Adler oop
She was also abused because she was a mustang, then she was bought and went to a abusive home, and me and my fam rescued her. It took years to finally gain 100% trust with her.
Sadie Adler I also LOOOOOOVE red dead
Anyone else watching during the “corona”?
👇🏽
1:09:13
yes i am completely overdoing it-im watching hours at a time
What are the whistles for you hear every now and then.??
Pretty sure it’s to tell people crossing over the course to get to the side cause a horse is coming
yeh thats pretty believable
I think I need to get a citizenship to the Netherlands because my XC colors are orange XD
Anyone think this course seems quite easy compared to Burghley etc??
It actually is! This is a 3* and Burghley is a 5*
Noaa s oh wow, never knew that, i thought it’d be 5* at the olympics tbf
zara was great xx
im mostly watching it during school, lol
2019? :)
yes!
20
@@woodsdeneventing9441 yep
imagine if they had a rotational fall and a human being was crushed like a bug live on television...
it hapens...
Has already happened on tv
Drink a shot for every 'going a great gallop'. XD
so true! the commentator is so repetitive! You'd be hammered by the end
Super 👏 Super 👏 Super 👏 Super 👏 Super 👏 Super 👏 Super 👏
Yo that’s a long cause !!