The
below Letter is from Sara Cavanagh (Schwartz), the Editor of The Horse of Delaware
Valley 
Course
way too easy! For the first time, lots of security.
We had to be
through the tunnel on course by 8:30 for 9 o'clock start - typical Greece, they
closed the tunnel at 8:30, and then held all the riders interviews on the wrong
side of the tunnel,
so that if you wanted to interview someone you had to leave
the course via a long
distance trek, then interview, then back to press entrance
for van that MIGHT be
there to take you back to XC - an hours worth. So no
one got interviewed by me until
after (the competition). Two helicopters
circling above venue - so noisy you could't hear the announcer
when they were
near, which was most of the time - also cop cars constantly patrolling
the
road that surrounded the entire XC course, and many more soldiers with rifles
posted
on boundaries of entire venue.
A good many spectators, but numbers kept
down by only a certain number of tickets
sold, so not as crowded as most championships.
Strange to see not one dog (obviously
as everyone had to come in on a bus,
no dogs allowed - but most XC there are as
many dogs as people).
Weather
cool, with the wind not quite as strong as yesterday, but strong. Vet reported
all
horses finished very well and cooled down quite quickly.
Scuttllebutt is
course kept easy to ensure no problems - with so much TV around
and threat
of Olympics canning eventing - wanted to make sure it presented a good
picture.
Probably,
by now, most of you know, but US is still 4th on 129.6; France 1st on 113.4;
Germany
2nd on 119.6; Brits 3rd on 125.6; Australia 5th on 135.4.
Kim 3rd
individually on 36.2 after Nicolas Touzaint of France, 29.4; and Bettina
Hoy,
Germany, 35.6; Jean Teulere France 4th on 38.4.
So it all comes down
to show jumping
S. . |
