Olympic Dreams..
Jul. 31st, 2012 04:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
midnightsjaneI went with Sue and Jack to watch Goldie jump (she's at the trainer's stable) yesterday. It was a lovely day, and Goldie looked terrific. I haven't seen her go since the last horse show, and I swear she's grown about 2 inches taller since last month. She doesn't look like a baby anymore; she's matured into a beautiful, fit young horse. She loves to jump, and really looked like she was having fun, especially at the end, when M. took her out into the field and galloped her around, over the berm, down the ditch and behind the shelter..it was such fun to watch her. We were all dreaming Olympic dreams for her. She has the breeding and the talent..now all she needs is a whole lot of training, a bunch of money, and luck. Who knows? Maybe one day she'll follow her father Gold Wing and go to the Olympics. We can certainly dream!
I'm watching the show jumping portion of the Three Day Eventing right now. I'm cheering for Great Britain, since Canada has no chance of getting a medal. Our team had the worst luck yesterday, with 3 of the 4 riders falling off their horses on the cross country. Luckily no horses were seriously hurt, and the rider who ended up in hospital is doing okay. Eventing is a dangerous sport, and I take my hat off to anyone who has the guts to do it. Not my cup of tea, for sure. I'm eager for the Dressage and the Show Jumping to start.
So far I've been glued to my TV whenever I'm home, watching all manner of sports that I'd never take a second look at ordinarily..it's the Olympic hypnotism effect. Lots of swimming, and diving, which I really like, and even things like wrestling and weight lifting and other things, which I have no clue about. The team gymnastics (both men and women) were fantastic. Lots of drama in the men's event, and the Canadian women were amazing. They made it to the team finals for the very first time since the LA Olympics, and finished in fifth. One of the team members got a tweet from Justin Beiber(which seems to be a big deal, but then, these are just teenagers..) He tweeted Stand up, Canada!, and those girls certainly did. Seems like that's going to be the new motto: Stand Up, Canada!
Day three, and we now have 4 medals. Much better than the last Olympics, when nothing happened until the second week. Now we can stop wringing our hands and moaning about athletes choking, eh?
I'm going for the gold in couch potato. LOL
I'm watching the show jumping portion of the Three Day Eventing right now. I'm cheering for Great Britain, since Canada has no chance of getting a medal. Our team had the worst luck yesterday, with 3 of the 4 riders falling off their horses on the cross country. Luckily no horses were seriously hurt, and the rider who ended up in hospital is doing okay. Eventing is a dangerous sport, and I take my hat off to anyone who has the guts to do it. Not my cup of tea, for sure. I'm eager for the Dressage and the Show Jumping to start.
So far I've been glued to my TV whenever I'm home, watching all manner of sports that I'd never take a second look at ordinarily..it's the Olympic hypnotism effect. Lots of swimming, and diving, which I really like, and even things like wrestling and weight lifting and other things, which I have no clue about. The team gymnastics (both men and women) were fantastic. Lots of drama in the men's event, and the Canadian women were amazing. They made it to the team finals for the very first time since the LA Olympics, and finished in fifth. One of the team members got a tweet from Justin Beiber(which seems to be a big deal, but then, these are just teenagers..) He tweeted Stand up, Canada!, and those girls certainly did. Seems like that's going to be the new motto: Stand Up, Canada!
Day three, and we now have 4 medals. Much better than the last Olympics, when nothing happened until the second week. Now we can stop wringing our hands and moaning about athletes choking, eh?
I'm going for the gold in couch potato. LOL
