It's a Horsey weekend....
The Derby yesterday and now the Rolex 3 Day Championships today. For those who don't know, 3 Day Eventing is the ultimate trial of a horse and rider. Day One consists of Dressage (which the Logical Husband equates to watching cement set). If you have ever seen the Royal Lippazan Stallions, you have seen dressage in action. Day two is cross country jumping. The fences are high and solid. There is no room for error on the cross country course. The final day is show jumping - my old event. This combines the athleticism of the cross country phase with the discipline and grace of dressage. The fences, at this level, are 4 1/5 to 5 feet tall...they are not small.
Three day eventing was originally designed as a test of military horses and riders. They had to have the obedience and discipline (dressage), endurance (cross country) and soundness (show jumping).
Blogging will have to wait until the end of the Championships.
Three day eventing was originally designed as a test of military horses and riders. They had to have the obedience and discipline (dressage), endurance (cross country) and soundness (show jumping).
Blogging will have to wait until the end of the Championships.
Labels: Horses
posted by The Lady Logician at
4:32 PM
2 Comments:
The FEI is looking into overall horse and rider safety for Eventing. 8 deaths in 10 months! it is too much. read about it at www.eventing.zzn.com
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Anonymous, at 4:01 PM
Wow......that is pretty bad. While I never came that close. My father had a fall where the horse stepped on his head (hard hat on thank God) and it shattered the hard hat!
LL
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The Lady Logician, at 5:36 PM
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