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Olympics - Dressage

Off_it
Off_it Posts: 29,017
edited August 2012 in Other Football and Sports
Seriously, wtf is that all about?

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  • southamptonaddick
    southamptonaddick Posts: 4,080
    2 Golds and a Bronze.
  • Addickted4life
    Addickted4life Posts: 7,479
    It looks like disco dancing for Horses but we seem good at so I don't really care as long as we win.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,120
    Not for me, that. Teach a horse to hop a bit at a certain speed, it's hardly the sailing or the triathlon.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,017
    Not knocking the medals - well played to them. But I wonder who first decided it would be a good idea to see if they could get a horse to dance.

    I wouldn't be surprised if the Russians demanded that Bear Dancing gets recognised as an Olympic sport next.
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,708
    I can't get too excited by equestrian events , but maybe this is something a bit different , not everyones cuppa , but different , i'm hoping their going to bring in skateboarding into the Olympics , give those youngsters in .... something to aim for.
  • MattD
    MattD Posts: 1,530
    Chris Brown wants Skateboarding as well..
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,348
    They got BMX, that's more than enough... ;-)
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,799
    My girlfriend went to watch the dressage last thursday. I was offered a ticket but after failing to make up a valid excuse, I simply told her no thanks. Don't even like watching horses run or jump, so certainly not going to sit there all day watching them dance........................
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,420
    Not a sport, but then again it's not the only one in this Olympics.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,480
    Based on military training for horses.

    Originally all the competitors were cavalry officers and the skill was showing how skilled the rider and horse would be in battle.

    Not sure where the music bit came in.

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  • charente addick
    charente addick Posts: 3,849
    Possibly the gold medal that's the hardest for most of us to identify with.

    IMHO, yesterday it came behind Adams, Jones, Taylor, Bolt & Rudisha.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,947
    it's the horses that are dancing, why don't they get the medals?

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,480
    They get a purple rosette
  • Cordoban Addick
    Cordoban Addick Posts: 5,448
    I love the fact we are doing so well at he Olympics but it does not hide the point that there are some events that just should not be there and some events that have to many medals.

    Swimming for example just has too many chances to win gold and in my opinion devalues the achievements, could you imagine the athletics events having 100m backwards or 1500m hop? I think Gymnastics is possibly another (not withstanding how difficult that looks).
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,397
    Its probably tied with Water Polo for most tedious sport to watch.
  • Robbo on the wing
    Robbo on the wing Posts: 4,135
    edited August 2012
    Pile of shit, and don't get me started with that poxy game, handball.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,438
    Pile of shit, and don't get me started with that poxy game, handball.
    I disagree about handball, I quite enjoyed that when I went to see it. I also enjoyed water polo too...
  • Addicted
    Addicted Posts: 2,804
    Charlie Brooker accurately described dressage as 'teaching a horse to mince like a 1970s sitcom homosexual'

    V good article:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/05/olympics-better-than-looked-on-tin
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,162
    Think this should explain everything for the uninitiated. :-)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjtwWpRHOto&feature=youtube_gdata_player
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,162
    Some of these comments are hilarious...

    http://www.sabotagetimes.com/football-sport/dressage-day-1-a-beginners-guide/

    Read from the bottom up, the comment at 13:01 sums up for me :)

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