Equestrian Sports at the Olympics
Written by admin on March 19, 2010 – 8:51 pm -
The ultimate competition in any sport is, of course, the Olympic Games where Equestrian Sports are one of the oldest categories. The horse’s involvement in the Olympics dates back almost 3,000 years. Horse sports were incorporated into the Olympic Games shortly after their initial inception when the four horse chariot race was introduced. In fact when you think of the Olympics, the huge stadium or hippodrome is one of the most powerful images. The word “hippodrome” which describes an open air sports stadium with a track around the edge, comes from the Greek word “hippos” for horse and “dromos” for racecourse. The equestrian events are made up of three disciplines – dressage, show jumping and the three-day event which includes both the other disciplines together with a gruelling cross country ride over testing jumps. Each of the disciplines has both an individual and a team competition.
Dressage is often referred to as ‘horse ballet’. It is a training method designed to develop a horse’s natural abilities and responsiveness to instructions from the rider. The original intent was to train the horse to make it easy to ride in any circumstances, and to enhance the horse’s natural gymnastic abilities. The earliest roots of modern dressage go back to very clearly defined sequential training methods used by riding masters in Europe and classical dressage techniques are still viewed as an important part of the sport today.
Show jumping is probably the most commonly recognised of the principal equestrian sports – who has not tried to mentally lift a horse over a huge jump when watching it on TV? Competitions vary in style and type but basically the horse and rider have to follow a prescribed path around the ring, jumping each of the obstacles in turn. Most exciting are the Puissance events where the fences grow ever higher round by round, or the mad dash around the shortened courses when more than one horse has had a clear round and a winner has to be found.
The Cross Country event is both an endurance test, and an examination of the teamwork developed between horse and rider as they make their way around a long and varied course with demanding obstacles. Event horses have to be at the peak of physical fitness as do their riders – they are the decathletes of the equine world. Horses are carefully monitored to ensure that they come to no harm during these events.
Equestrian Sports are one of the very few Olympic events where men and women compete on equal terms. In fact over recent years the number of women competing has dramatically increased with around 80 percent of the competitors now being female. This has brought about many changes in the way the sport is developing. Far more emphasis is being placed on fitness, diet and exercise for both horse and rider, rather than just sheer physical strength. Equestrianism is one of the ultimate in team sports, a horse and rider work together for years to develop their skills, combining grace and delicacy with endurance and strength in a way that no other sport can, it is the only Olympic sport where man and animal are established team-mates on an equal footing as the one cannot take part without the other.
Tane Moores has been riding since a very early age and has long been involved in all things Equestrian. The experience and knowledge gained over many years of involvement in the world of horses is freely shared with anyone who cares to read. Tane writes regularly on Horse Facts and Equestrian Sports at The Easy Equestrian
Tags: Equestrian, Olympics, sports
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How is Olympics Equestrian Jumping scored? I understand penalties. How is the final score calculated?
Written by admin on March 1, 2010 – 9:38 pm -I understand how penalties are incurred. I can’t figure out how the final score is actually calculated, and I can’t find it anywhere on the internet, no matter how hard I search. Does anyone have any idea how that final score is precisely calculated, such as a formula or something?
I understand how faults are incurred. I know what actions results in how many faults or elimination. However, that does not explain how the final score is calculated. Does anyone know how the final score is determined, as in a formula or something?
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Megan Jones & Kirby Park Irish Jester Melbourne 3DE 2008
Written by admin on February 28, 2009 – 2:09 am -
Duration : 0:0:15
Tags: "Cross, Country", Equestrian, eventing, Olympics, xc
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Beijing 2008 Usain Bolt 9.69 Shatters 100m World Record in O
Written by admin on February 26, 2009 – 3:08 am -
Beijing 2008 Usain Bolt 9.69 Shatters 100m World Record in Olympics final ! Gold Medal
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Duration : 0:1:1
Tags: 2008, Beijing, ceremony, China, Closing, Firewo, Games, NBC, Olimpicos, Olympics, opening, Show, Slide, sports, summer
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Olympic horses find new lease of life
Written by admin on February 26, 2009 – 3:08 am -
When horses retire from the glamour of racing, many will be retrained to become equestrian horses.
Visit the training facility at Olympics venue in Beas River in Hong Kong to witness the transformation.
Duration : 0:1:53
Tags: 2008, beas, Beijing, Dressage, Equestrian, eventing, fanling, Hong, horse, Kong, Olympics, Racing, river, scmp, shatin, showjumping
Posted in Equestrian Life | 25 Comments »
Amazing English subtitle Beijing welcomes you
Written by admin on February 22, 2009 – 2:43 am -
2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Closing Ceremony Olimpicos NBC Sports China Summer Games Slide Show Fireworks Track Field Cycling Swimming Gymnastics Basketball Aquatics Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Boxing Canoe kayak Equestrian Fencing Football Handball Hockey Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Table Tennis Taekwondo Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling Biathlon Yao Ming Federer USA Canada Greece
Duration : 0:6:59
Tags: 2008, Beijing, ceremony, China, Closing, Firewo, Games, NBC, Olimpicos, Olympics, opening, Show, Slide, sports, summer
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Michael Phelps – 2008 Beijing Olympics
Written by admin on February 20, 2009 – 1:53 am -
Michael Phelps. 14 Gold Medals, 8 in beijing and only 23 years old. The best swimmer in the world. Phelps does it again, Gold #8 to break Mark Spitz 1972 7 gold olympic record. Michael Phelps bio: Date of Birth: June 30, 1985 Place of Birth: Baltimore, MD Olympics: 2000, 2004, 2008 Fast Fact: Phelps is 6’4″ but has a wingspan of 6’7″. t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, polo shirts, keychains, pins, collectible coins, shoes, pants, jackets, hoodies, jerseys, and so much more for men, women and kids. We specialize in items for the United States and Canadian teams. Key athletes to look out for are Michael Phelps & Katie Hoff, both of whom qualified for 5 individual events and set multiple world records in the process. Other team members include: Men Mark Warkentin, Santa Barbara Swim Club, open water 10K Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine, 400m IM, 200m free, 4x200m relay, 200m fly, 200m IM, 100m fly Larsen Jensen, Trojan Swim Club, 400m free Brendan Hansen, Longhorn Aquatic Club, 100m breast Peter Vanderkaay, Club Wolverine, 200m free, 400m free 4x200m free relay Ricky Berens, Longhorn Aquatics, 4x200m free relay Klete Keller, Trojan Swim Club, 4x200m free relay Aaron Peirsol, Longhorn Aquatics, 100m Back, 200m back Scott Spann, Longhorn Aquatics, 200m breast Garrett Weber-Gale, Longhorn Aquatics, 50m free, 100m free, 4x100m free relay Jason Lezak, Rose Bowl Aquatics, 100m free, 4x100m free relay Cullen Jones, Swim Mac, 4x100m free relay Nathan Adrian, unattached, 4x100m free relay Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach Swimming, 200m IM, 400m IM, 200m back Mark Gangloff, Swim Mac, 100m breast Matt Grevers, Tucson Ford, 100m back Gil Stovall, Athens Bulldog Swim Club, 200m fly Eric Shanteau, Longhorn Aquatics, 200m breast Ian Crocker, Longhorn Aquatics, 100m fly Ben Wildman-Tobriner, Stanford Swimming, 50m free, 4×100 free relay Erik Vendt, Club Wolverine, 4x200m free relay David Walters, Longhorn Aquatics, 4x200m free relay Women Chloe Sutton, Mission Viejo Nadadores, Open Water 10K Katie Hoff, North Baltimore Aquatic Club, 400m IM, 400m free, 200m free, 4x200m relay, 200m IM, 800m free Christine Magnuson, University of Tennessee, 100m fly Natalie Coughlin, California Aquatics, 100m back, 200m IM, 100m free, 4x100m free relay Jessica Hardy, Trojan Swim Club, 100m breast, 4x100m free relay Allison Schmitt, Club Wolverine, 200m free, 4x200m free relay Julia Smit, Stanford Swimming, 4x200m free relay Caroline Burckle, Lakeside Swim Team, 4x200m free relay Elaine Breeden, Stanford Swimming, 100m fly, 200m Fly Kathleen Hersey, Swim Atlanta, 200m fly Elizabeth Beisel, Bluefish Swim Club, 400m IM, 200m back Margaret Hoelzer, King Aquatic Club, 100m back, 200m back Megan Jendrick, King Aquatic Club, 100m breast Kate Ziegler, The Fish, 400m free, 800m free Rebecca Soni, Trojan Swim Club, 200m breast Amanda Beard, Team Bruin, 200m Breast Dara Torres, Coral Springs Swim Club, 100m free, 4x100m free relay Lacey Nymeyer, Tucson Ford, 4x100m free relay Kim Vandenberg, Team Bruin, 4x200m free relay Christine Marshall, Aggie Swim Club, 4x200m free relay (Bio temporarily unavailable). Emily Silver, California Aquatics, 4x100m free relay This year we have items available for every sport, including: Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Biathlon Bobsled Bowling Boxing Canoe/Kayak Curling Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Figure Skating Gymnastics Ice Hockey Judo Karate Luge Modern Pentathlon Racquetball Roller Sports Rowing Sailing Shooting Skeleton Skiing Snowboarding Soccer Softball Speed Skating Squash Swimming Table Tennis Tae Kwon Do Team Handball Tennis Track and Field Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Water Skiing Weightlifting Wrestling Visit us at Sorry folks, neither our site nor this video contains sex, naked women, boobs, kissing, drunk girls or any other adult material
Duration : 0:2:8
Tags: 2008, america, Beast, Beijing, best, diving, Finals, gold, Medals, Michael, Olympics, Phelps, sex, sport, swim, swimming, Tribute, usa, water
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Whitney Houston – America the Beautiful
Written by admin on February 20, 2009 – 1:53 am -
Portishead Rocks I learned this song from Whitney Houston’s version. This is me practicing early in the morning after I just woke up so forgive me for sounding bad…
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America The Beautiful
National Anthem
Star Spangled Banner
God Bless America
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Black National Anthem
Opening Ceremony
Closing Ceremony
Archery
Athletics
Baseball
Badminton
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
Cycling – BMX
Canoe/Kayak – Flatwater
Cycling – Mountain Bike
Cycling – Road
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Duration : 0:1:27
Tags: 2008, Beijing, Ceremonies, CNN, dream, gold, Houston, medal, music, NBA, NBC, NFL, NHL, Olympics, One, Serena, Venus, Whitney, Williams, win, World
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Equestrian Olympics 2008
Written by admin on February 20, 2009 – 1:53 am -
This is Jordan Laney abord “Legend Has It” representing England in the 2008 Equestrian Show Jumping Olympics. As she comes to the first jump she is looking very confedent. Legend is a little fresh! Legend gives her two beautiful flying lead change. She clears all the jumps and she is on time. It will be a Gold for Jordan Laney and “Legend Has It”
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Jordan riding Legend very well and he can be quite a handfull sometimes (with the bucking, but this is better then normal) he is an amazing horse and always gets first and second at competishion!
Duration : 0:1:27
Tags: 2008, barn, crazy, girls, horses, Jordan, jumping, Legend, Olympics
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3D奧運馬術體驗 3D Olympics Equestrian Events
Written by admin on February 20, 2009 – 1:53 am -
在3D馬運之都，讓你近距離欣賞盛裝舞步賽、場地障礙及越野障礙賽馬匹優美姿態，另外親身體驗速度賽馬刺激及動感‧
In 3D Equine Capital, let’s have close up of the Jumping, Dressage and Cross-country events. Also you can have first person thrill experience on the horse racing.
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Duration : 0:2:37
Tags: 3d, Animation, Cross-Country, Dressage, Equestrian, Hongkong, horse, jumping, Olympics, Racing, 動畫, 北京奧運, 場地障礙賽, 沙田, 盛裝舞步賽, 賽馬, 越野障礙賽, 馬術
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