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About Jennifer

Jennifer Bryant, of West Chester, PA, has been a full-time freelancer since 1998, during which time she has edited one magazine (USDF Connection), written or co-written three books (Olympic Equestrian: A Century of International Horse Sport; A Gymnastic Riding System Using Mind, Body & Spirit; The USDF Guide to Dressage), written numerous articles, and edited several books. (More information at www.jenniferbryant.net.) Jennifer is a former editor of Dressage & CT magazine and of the regional all-breed publication Hoof Print. A longtime dressage enthusiast and horse owner, Jennifer is a US Dressage Federation silver medalist. Photo Credit: Amy Dragoo/AKDragooPhoto.com

Jennifer also authored the popular book Olympic Equestrian, available at ExclusivelyEquine.com.

Olympic Equestrian book cover

15 Aug 2008, 11:33 PM

Coverage Update

I see that a couple of blog readers have wondered about the competition schedule and how to access live coverage.

As I write this, the morning of August 16 in Hong Kong, team dressage has ended and individual competition begins tonight with the Grand Prix Special. US riders Courtney King-Dye on Mythilus and Steffen Peters on Ravel have qualified for the Special by placing 25th or better in the Grand Prix. Debbie McDonald on Brentina didn't make the cut. And yes, the mare performed very oddly but all those in the U.S. camp have insisted that Brentina is not unsound.

Individual jumping competition began last night with the first qualifier. So here's what's ahead: August 16: Dressage, Grand Prix Special August 17: Jumping, team round 1 & individual second qualifier August 18: Jumping, team round 2 and medal ceremony; individual third qualifier August 19: Dressage, Grand Prix Freestyle and individual medal ceremony August 20: rest day August 21: Jumping, individual final rounds A and B and individual medal ceremony NBCOlympics.com is streaming live coverage.

Hong Kong is twelve hours ahead of the US East Coast, so a competition that begins at 7:15 p.m. local time will be streaming at 7:15 a.m. that same day on your East Coast computer.

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Comments

I am thrilled to see the United States so well represented at the Olympics. Congratulations to all on the team!

I am very disappointed by the lack of coverage of all equestrian events and the endless swimming coverage. I know breaking a gold medal record is huge, but also huge is the number of horse lovers there are in our country. I can't believe NBC wouldn't be rewarded by all the horse-loving public to see much more coverage for all the fabulous performances. Is there hope for next time?



Katie Anderson 20 Aug 2008 7:24 PM

I agree  all the equestrian events were on at crazy hours & on the off channels..



Diane Seville 26 Aug 2008 12:18 PM


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