Showing posts with label cross-country. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cross-country. Show all posts

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Badminton Horse Trials' Farrier Prize to the Best Shod Horse 2013 Won by David Smith




There might not be much left of a pair of shoes by the time the horse has made the circuit of the world's most challenging cross-country course, which is just one phase of the Badminton Horse Trials. Video of horses in this year's event courtesy of Centaur Biomechanics.



Each year, the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials presents a "Farriers Prize" for the best shod horse at the world's

Friday, 3 August 2012

Olympic Horseshoes: Eventing at London 2012 Saved the Best for Last







Source: sfgate.com via Hoofcare Publishing on Pinterest




This is one of my favorite photos from the Olympics so far.

This was the final obstacle on the eventing cross-country course: the horse had to jump through an Olympic-sized horseshoe, with some brush across the base. Mark Todd's horse went through the brush--he was tired--and it slowed down the time.

The shoe is great except no

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Olympic Test Event: London 2012 Will Bring a Country Sport to the City

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London's preparing! The host city for the 2012 Olympics is running an equestrian "test event" over the inner-city park that will be home to all the equestrian events next summer during the Games. Photo by Ollie O'Brien.
The Olympics began this week in London. Not really, it was just the test event to