2008 Beijing Olympics
Written by Emma Spencer-Gardner

Current date and time in Hong Kong

 Live Streaming - One that works! LINK UPDATED BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THEIR DOMAIN NAME
Denmark have come to the party!
Click HERE to open.

Click on the TV on the first screen, then once the second screen opens up select 'Sport TV' from the first drop down box (at the bottom of the screen) and the required 'channel' (see below) then click the play button.

Note: There are links below the 'TV' on the first window that opens These have listing times for what will be shown on each channel.
The listings are in Denmark times to help work out times: Current date and time in Denmark is

Can't see the 'TV' on the first screen? It could be that you need to install the latest Adobe Flash Player.

ANOTHER STREAM

This one was emailed to me this morning (thank you Lizzie!) and should be better quality than the above site. NOTE: I think this is only available to NZ residents :( But I'll leave the link here anyway for those lucky people in NZ
TV NZ - Click on "TVNZ Sport Extra" (just to the right of the window).

 Support more Equestrian on Australian TV
I have created a Facebook Group called 'More Equestrian on Australian TV'. Join up and invite your horsey friends! If we get enough members the Media might sit up and take notice, there IS a big audience who want to see more Equestrian on TV (not only during the Olympics, but afterwards as well!)

 Yahoo 7 Equestrian
Keep an eye on the Yahoo 7 Equestrian videos

 Olympic Showjumping Individual Final - 21st August

Matt & Edwina finished with just 1 rail each in Round A progressing them through to the final, Round B. Laurie just missed out on qualifying, have 2 rails and sitting in =23rd (only the top 20 qualified).
ROUND B - FINAL
Starting Order
Results

Matt, Edwina & Laurie are riding in the Individual Final tonight. Top 20 riders from Round A will go through to Round B, where the medals are decided.
ROUND A
Individual Results

 Olympic Showjumping - 18th August

The Showjumping is getting exciting! The Australian team was in 8th position (equal with Germany!) at the end of Round 1, thus putting them through into Round 2 (tonight) to fight it out for the Medals!!

Individually, the riders also all going extremely well - all through to the 3rd Qualifying round (tonight, in conjunction with the teams event). Hope I've got all that correct, the rules and rounds etc of the Showjumping are quite complicated. But the bottom line is - Australia is doing SUPER WELL!!!!

VIDEO ~25 mins (50MB). Include all Aussie riders, the few after Matt and the jump off between USA & Canada.

Individual Results
Team Results

What a night!!! An absolutely sensational effort by the Australians! Edwina jumping a double clear, Laurie just 4 faults and Matt with 17. Poor Peter, his horse Genoa stumbled and flipped in the warm up, the horse is ok but Peter has broken his collarbone. Sending Peter get well vibes!
So the Aussie team finish in 9th position. This is an exciting time for Australian Showjumping - they have shown the world that they are on the up and up. Look out London!!
USA & Canada had to jump off to determine Gold & Silver! USA taking Gold, Canada Silver and Norway takes Bronze!

Edwina (sitting in a sensational =2nd position after this round!) is through to the Individual final on Thursday, along with Laurie. I think Matt is just outside qualifying for the individual final.

 Olympic Showjumping - 17th August

The second Qualifier is on tonight! All Australian riders go into this round in a strong position.
Start List
Live Results

 Olympic Dressage Grand Prix Special - 16th August
HAYLEY GETS TO RIDE. Imke Schellekens-Bartels, who was placed 5th after the first round, has retired due to an injury. Whilst this is heartbreaking for Imke and you wouldn't wish it upon anyone, the upside is that Australia's Hayley Beresford gets a second chance!

Hayley Beresford - 19th with 66.32%
Kristy Oatley - 20th with 66.08%
Full Results

Have you seen the story about Hiroshi Hoketsu? The Japanese Dressage rider who first competed at the Olympics as a Showjumper in the Tokyo Olympics. Now 44 years later, he is back. Channel 7 have put together an inspirational piece about him. Click HERE to view it.

 Olympic Dressage & Showjumping - INCLUDES VIDEO
As promised - I will try to keep up dated with Dressage & Showjumping info

A hearty congratulations to Channel 7 for continuing to show Equestrian. Keep up the phone calls to request, and calls to thank them for showing equestrian don't go astray either.

DRESSAGE - Grand Prix

CONGRATULATIONS To the Dressage riders!! The team has finished in 8th position, with Kristy qualifying to ride in the Grand Prix Special and Hayley only just missing out on qualifying (she finished in 26th, but only the top 25 go through). Heath also did well, finishing in 35th.

Congratulations to the German Team for winning Gold in a tight battle to the end with Netherlands finishing with Silver. And Denmark, the wonderful hosts of the streaming we rely so heavily on, got Bronze! They have finished just outside the medals so many times, so it's very exciting to see some new flags on the podium.

The Grand Prix Special is on Saturday. Keep an eye out for Kristy, she managed to get through to the Special with a very difficult ride, just imagine what she might be able to pull off if things are a little more settled!

Heath Ryan - 62.541% Video (35MB)
Hayley Beresford - 65.583% Video (35MB)
Kristy Oatley - 65.75% Yahoo 7 Video

TEAM RESULTS
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

JUMPING - First Qualifier

A brilliant performance by the Australian Showjumpers!!!
The team is currently sitting in 8th Position - ahead of Germany who are in 12th. What an outstanding start to their Olympic campaign.
Laurie was clear jumping with just one time fault, and what a round! Looked like he was just doing a small class at a local show so calm and easy. Can't wait to see what future rounds will bring.
Matt, Edwina & Peter all had just 1 rail each with no time faults.

Showjumping Video, approx 25 mins (60MB), includes all Australian riders

TEAM RESULTS
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

 TV News Coverage 13th August 2008
These are a touch embarrassing!! But, I have to say that the media interest has been fabulous - the more exposure Equestrian gets the better!! Apart from being temporarily unable to speak correctly I don't think I did too badly for my maiden TV interviews!! There has also been interest from various radio stations. I was on ABC radio & SAFM this morning, and Megan said that Nova had called her last night for an interview.

Channel 7 News 13th Aug 2008 (15MB)
Channel 10 News 13th Aug 2008 (10MB)
Channel 7 Sunrise 13th Aug 2008 (20MB)

The technology behind a live TV crossing

And a very big thankyou to Sophie for the most amazing bunch of flowers!! I thought I was blown away by all the emails!!

I've been looking through the Yahoo photo's and I'm in tears and so so proud of Megs!!
From disappointment and heartbreak to celebration, and Jester showing his usual style!

Megan will be going to Beijing to cheer on other Aussie Athletes and will be marching in the Closing Ceremony.

Lots of photos on Peter's Gallery - including a 'show and tell' of Megan's Silver Medal!

 General Update 13th August 2008
OLYMPIC SILVER FOR THE AUSTRALIA EVENTING TEAM!!!!
Wow, what a night. I'm exhausted!!!! Excitement of the Silver Medal combined with the heartbreak of that final jump. But hey, how many people can say that they had bred & trained their horse to Olympic level and won a Silver Medal? Not many I dare say. We are all so so proud of Megan & Jester, and the entire Australian Team.

A whirlwind few days and I am totally exhausted! I have footage from the Showjumping, I will look toward having it up later today.

And I guess the next question is... will I continue these updates for other Equestrian Events? Sadly, not quite like I have for the eventing. But I will endeavour to put up links for results & streaming to help guide you through. If you have any good links or information, by all means email me and I will put it up here.

Thank you for the many many emails I have received - due to so many (well over 100 at last count), and being so busy I have not had a chance to respond individually. But I have been truly floored by the emails received, and the gratitude shown. You are all more than welcome and I have been only too happy to share the excitement of these few days.

Oh, and of course MASSIVE congratulations to the German Team - we pushed and challenged them the whole way and to their credit they hung on. It was a hard fought competition for everyone, and all medals have been thoroughly deserved. A brilliant venue, spectacular course and despite the coverage on Channel 7 being less than perfect, I don't think we should look a gift horse in the mouth. They did show as much as they possibly could of the Aussie riders (the XC footage of Sonja & Shane was disappointing, but out of CH7's control). Hopefully the TV networks will be a little more aware of just how many people in Australia think Eventing is important. Their coverage of the Showjumping was FANTASTIC! So much airtime!

SAVE ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL HORSE TRIALS
A slight diversion from the excitement of the Olympic Games, but your help is needed!! The Adelaide International Horse Trial is the only 4 Star competition in the Southern Hemisphere. Without this event, it makes it difficult (and expensive!) for our Australian based riders to gain 4 Star exposure. The Australian based riders have shown that they are a force to be reckoned with. They are Olympians of the highest calibre, and there are many more Australian based riders knocking on the door.

How can you help? Visit the Adelaide City Council Public Consultation page for the Adelaide International Horse Trials. You can express your support for the Horse Trials by filling out the form at the bottom of the page. NOTE comments are public record, so you might like to spell check and re-read your comments before submitting (unlike me when writing here!!). Please take the time to show your support. We only get a chance once every 4 years to really push our sport in the eyes of the general public. We have just won an Olympic Silver Medal - lets make the most of it!!

VIDEOS
Megan Team SJ Round (20MB)
Megan Individual SJ Round (15MB)
Team Showjumping (150MB) approx 55 minutes long.
Individual Showjumping (125MB) approx 35 minutes long

 General Update 12th August 2008
All the Aussie horses have pulled up well this morning. Everyone is looking forward to Showjumping tonight.

Just a heads up - I will be updating when I can tonight, but if the showjumping is being shown live on Channel 7, then I may well be away from the computer!! I had arranged for a small gathering of friends here tonight and it's turning into something HUGE! Lots of people, TV cameras and the lot!!

Megan's BLOG is being a bit strange in the way it is displaying in Internet Explorer. I am unable to identify what the issue is at the moment. But in the interim, I have created a PAGE with links to all her posts.

Oh it's dark outside, that means that SJ is getting closer! The cold night air is barely noticeable because the buzz of excitement is keeping us all warm (not to mention the fire roaring away in the lounge room)!!!

ALL AUSSIE HORSES HAVE PASSED THE TROT UP - LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!!

Ok - This is my last update for a while. Sorry guys, I have a house full of people and I'm too excited!! Hopefully Channel 7 will be good and show it all live. All reports indicate that they will!!

Starting Order for teams jumping
Start order for individual will not be available until the completion of the teams round, but check HERE, the start list will be available here after the teams have completed.

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI

No coverage and no results - driving us nuts!
Karin Donckers 1 rail
Just starting team riders

RESULTS
Individual standings Olympic site
Team standings Olympic site

ON CHANNEL 7 NOW (10pm AEST)
 Trot Up & Show Jumping - 12th August 2008
The trot up is scheduled for 4pm (HK) / 6pm (AEST)
Showjumping scheduled to start at 7.15pm (HK) / 9.15pm (AEST).
There will be two rounds. I believe the first round will be ridden in reverse team standings order to determine team medals. Then the top 25 riders will jump again in individual reverse order to determine individual medals (maximum of 3 riders per NOC).

Olympic Format & Rules

Keep calling Channel 7 (1300 737 507) to ask if they can televise the showjumping live. They will definitely be showing it at some point I believe, but lets get onto them to show it live.

 Cross Country Results & Video
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS AFTER CROSS COUNTRY
All 5 riders in the top 20!!!
Megan 51 - 3rd
Clayton 53.40 - 4th
Lucinda 57.60 - 11th
Sonja 58.80 - 13th
Shane 62.50 - 16th

TEAM STANDINGS AFTER CROSS COUNTRY
Germany 158.10 - 1st
Australia 162 - 2nd
Great Britain 173.70 - 3rd

Full Results
Olympic Site Individual
Olympic Site Team

Cross Country highlights on Yahoo

Megan's Cross Country - SMALL (6MB) ~ LARGE (30MB) ~ HUGE (50MB)

For the other cross country I figured I would just upload the sections that were televised on Channel 7. It was great to see some decent blocks of Equestrian coverage!! I will only upload a small (poor quality) and large (better quality) version for each session, because they are so long and the files are very large.

First Session - this includes riders from Clayton through to Lucinda. 20 minutes. SMALL (20MB) ~ LARGE (100MB)
Second Session - this includes riders from Sonja through to Shane. 13 minutes. SMALL (14MB) ~ LARGE (75MB)

 10th August - Cross Country Updates
Mark Todd - Home with no jumping faults!!! 26 time faults (I think I heard that right)
Kyle Carter - Clear jumping, 18 time
Amy Tryon fall of horse & rider - that's elimination. Both are OK
CLAYTON - CLEAR 16.4 TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRILLIANT
Peter Thomson (Germany) has had a stop & 25.6 time
Vittoria cant spell last name - clear jumping 18.4 time
Austin O'Connor home clear jumping, 34.4 time

The course seems to be riding well. As expected, lots of time faults.

Lucinda on course now!! Oohhhh Mighty close to a flag!!! Ok though I think! Took the option at the double brushes. CLEAR JUMPING 27.2 time. Total 57.60 WELL DONE LUCINDA!!!!!

I think I'm going to be sick when Megan is on. This just tooo exciting!!
I'm going to go watch it on Channel 7 until Megan is on the streaming... so wont be updating here until just after 11am (SA time) - but keep an eye on the team scores link! We're looking pretty strong!
I will be uploading the XC from Channel 7 at some point (my video card has been playing up, so I don't want to risk breaking it whilst the XC is on. I have to rush off to work after, so will have to wait till I get home from work tonight).

Megan on soon... I am shaking!

Andrew Nicholson is walking home - fall of horse & rider I think. Both are ok.

Rebecca Holder on course now - HAS HAD A STOP

MEGAN ON COURSE - heard commentator say she's fastest on course so far. looking BRILLIANT CLEAR!!!! 15.6 time - YOU LITTLE RIPPER!!!!!!!! I'm shaking and crying and screaming. fan-bloody-tastic!!@!!!!!!!!!!!

Hinrich Romeike (Germany) in the lead on 50.2 - Megan into second on 51

Karin Donckers on course now 25.6 time, total 57.3, sneaks in just ahead of Lucinda

Ingrid Klimike (Germany) clear, 17.2 time. Total 50.7 - sneaks in just ahead of Megan.

Karen O'Conner (USA) - had a couple of stops & time I think

Sonja CLEAR!!! 13.6 time. 58.8 Total. Just behind Lucinda.

With Ingrid's good round - Germany are now just ahead of Australia

Well, are the Aussies doing us proud!! Just Shane to go now, and XC is Lucky's thing so I'm sure we wont see a repeat performance of his dummy spit (perhaps yesterday he was just trying to say he'd rather be jumping than doing dressage?). It's a tight competition and I don't think we as spectators could ask for anything more exciting than what is unfolding in Hong Kong. A brilliantly designed course is asking enough questions, time is tight, the going is good - a perfect XC I would say (not that I'd go over it in a pink fit!). There are still many riders to go XC, and then tomorrow is Showjumping. With the score so close, even a second over time in SJ will dramatically change things.

Oh, and if you're like me and glued to the PC and not watching the swimming on TV - you might like to know that Libby Trickett (sp?) just won gold in the 100m Butterfly. Jessica Schipper got Bronze :)

Shane BRILLIANT!!!!! Clear jumping and 9.2 time. Total 62.5 - that should put them in 15th

GO AUSSIES!!!! 5 Five riders in the top 15 so far!!! Could not ask for a better performance. Absolutely Brilliant!!!

Wow!!! What a morning!! I have to race off to work and wont be home til late - but will get the XC on at some point tonight.

Australia and Sweden are the ONLY two teams to bring home ALL 5 riders with no jumping penalties. And peopled were worried about a team of 5 Olympic rookies!! Well we've showed them!!!!! And here's hoping this will stop the talk of Australian based riders being inferior! They're tough, they're competitive, they're focused - and they have done us proud!!!

Heading into the second Vet Inspection & Showjumping Germany are in the lead on 158.10, with Australia less than 1 rail behind on 162.00!! Great Britain are in third on 173.70.

Megan is the highest placed Australian at this point, sitting in the Bronze Medal spot on 51, chomping at the heels of the German riders currently in Gold & Silver (50.3 and 50.7). Less than 1 second in it! Clayton just behind Megan on 53.4, Lucinda 11th on 57.6, Sonja 13th on 58.8 and Shane 16th on 62.5

Tomorrow night is going to be EXCITING!! I have already set up my lounge room. One TV for Channel 7 and one TV for Internet Streaming!! Creating a bit of an 'Olympic atmosphere' at home with some friends coming over to cheer on the Aussies. Channel 7 had better televise it live!! I have rung them up SOOO many times telling them to show equestrian (you can call them too - 1300 737 507. The more people that ring and ask for it to be show live the better!)

I just rang Channel 7 (1300 737 507) - they said SJ will be shown tomorrow, but he couldn't say if it would be live. Everyone , ring Channel 7 and ask them to show it live. If we get enough people calling then they just might do it!

RESULTS on the Olympic site are coming through quickly. NOTE the site doesn't automatically refresh, so you'll need to wear out your F5 key!!
Olympic Site Individual
Olympic Site Team

NBC Results - doesn't seem to be updating??
 Cross Country Times for Monday 10th August
Rider Hong Kong Time SA Time Vic / NSW Time
Clayton 8.15am 9.45am 10.15am
Lucinda 8.57am 10.27am 10.57am
Megan 9.42am 11.12am 11.42am
Sonja 10.27am 11.57am 12.27pm
Shane 11.12am 12.42pm 1.12pm

Full Start List and Times

 Reserve Squad in Hong Kong
These exclusive photos show the secret reserve squad riders ready to ride at a moments notice..


 Dressage Results & Video
VIDEO
I have recorded the tests from Channel 7 (good on Ch7 for showing the entire tests!! Yay!)
Note - small files are around 6MB, quality is very poor but those on limited downloads can still watch the whole test. Large files are around 30MB, better quality. Huge files are around 55MB, better quality again.

Megan's Test - SMALL ~ LARGE ~ HUGE
Clayton's Test - SMALL ~ LARGE ~ HUGE
Lucinda's Test - SMALL ~ LARGE ~ HUGE
Sonja's Test - SMALL ~ LARGE ~ HUGE
Shane's Test - SMALL ~ LARGE ~ HUGE

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS AFTER DRESSAGE
Australia in a strong position after dressage
Lucinda 30.4 - 1st
Megan 35.4 - 4th
Clayton 37 - 6th
Sonja 45.2 - 22nd
Shane 53.5 - =44th

German rider Ingrid Klimke has (as expected) done a lovely test to squeeze in ahead of Megan with a score of 33.5
Belgian rider Karin Donckers has done a beautiful test to slot in just behind Lucinda with a score of 31.7
American rider Rebecca Holder did a lovely test to go ahead of Clayton with a score of 35.7

TEAM STANDINGS AFTER DRESSAGE
Australian 102.8 - 1st
Germany 110.5 - 2nd
USA 115.6 - 3rd

FULL RESULT LINKS
NBC - Live results, but only has raw scores
Olympic Site: Individual - This one is slightly slower, but at least shows percentages and penalty points
Olympic Site: Teams

 August 10th 2008 - General update
An interview with Megan on the Horse Deals site (under Downloads - Megan.wma)
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Megan has updated her blog - she's very excited I think!!
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Yippee for recording Channel 7. I was out, but have just gone back and had a look at Shanes test. Looks like the horse got a bug in his ear or something? Shane certainly did a good job to hold him together for most of the test and come out with a respectable score compared to what it could have been potentially.
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Well, the dressage is over! Australia are in the lead and the competition is far from over! Cross Country tomorrow morning 8am HK time.
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Shane has ridden, I didn't see his test at all (got my times muddled up!). He got a 53.5
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Sonja has done her test. I didn't see much of it due to choppy streaming, but what I saw looked calm & consistent. Good enough to get them a 45.2 and into 18th so far.
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As expected, Ingrid Klimke has done a lovely test. Just sneaking ahead of Megan on 33.5
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Well, another day dawns and we're at it again!! Not long now and Sonja & Shane will be out there doing Australia proud.

Photos photos photos. Loads of photos, just like this typical "aren't I excellent" shot of Jester :) Just click on the photo and it will take you to the gallery. Also includes a course walk.



Another you tube find! A Virtual Course Walk - absolutely great. Only a few minutes long and shows each of the jumps. It is a big TOUGH course!

 August 9th 2008 - General update
Just got to see the test properly on Channel 7, wonderful! Jester's such a good boy! Megan's ok too I suppose (kidding, she's not really)... no, in all seriousness - Megan looked every bit the Olympian she is! :) Just uploading the videos now (see below) :) Oh, and just to clarify, I'm not actually over in HK (but you guys know that!) and our dad's name is Peter (not Barry... or maybe my mum has something to say?) ha ha.
Sonja & Shane on tomorrow (sunday) morning - fingers crossed they produce some lovely tests as well :)
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Oh wow!!! I have never been so frustrated with my computer screen before. I only saw bits and pieces of Megan's test, the streaming was terrible. But it was streaming and I got to see something!! And I was still in tears by the end of her test :) From what I could see, it was a great test - god they're good :) So so proud of Megan & Jester. Hopefully I will catch it when Channel 7 televise the test and will put it up here (and have a good look at it myself!).
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Ok, so I now officially feel very ill! Not long to go until Megan rides. I can just picture it now, she's having those final quiet words with Jester. Telling him that she's so proud of him and she needs him to try his hardest tonight, and that she will too. If ever there was a time for them to shine - this is it. This is their moment. Stepping into the Olympic arena after so many years of hard work and training. Go Festy! Go Megan!
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Well, my dad thinks he died and gone to heaven... you see he's now in the nice air conditioned canteen with a cold drink. He'd just finished walking the XC course and said he felt like he'd just walked the Kokoda Trail! But of course Megan put him to shame, he saw her a moment ago and she'd just finished RUNNING the course! She's very chipper and very excited about tonight.

He said the course is harder than the WEG last year. I'm sure there will be a LOAD of photos uploaded later today from his course walk.

Oh, and thanks to everyone who has sent emails to me :) It's great to know people are enjoying the updates.

 August 9th 2008
This is it folks, it gets very real today. No second chances, no repeats. Just all the riders and horses doing their absolute best for their countries.

Photos of the Hong Kong version of the Opening Ceremony (Megan carried the Aussie flag) and the Trot up are on my dad's gallery.

 August 8th 2008 - Starting Order & Dressage Times (HK Time)
  • Clayton Fredericks - Saturday 7:05 am (HK time)
  • Lucinda Fredericks - Saturday 9:13 am (HK time)
  • Megan Jones - Saturday 8:33 pm (HK time)
  • Sonja Johnson - Sunday 7:05 am (HK time)
  • Shane Rose - Sunday 9:20am (HK time)

    • Full list of start times available HERE

     August 8th 2008 - Panasonic Ad
    Did you see it!! I nearly jumped through the TV - we hadn't seen it. Knew Megan was in the advert, but didn't know which bits of old footage they would use. So exciting!! In case you missed it - here's the FULL advert and here's a SHORT version (just Megan, and slowed down for good measure).... we'll ignore that they say she's a Show Jumper, the important bit is "AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC".
    For those interested, the grey horse is Maggie (or Magpie Dan) a great little pony who taught Megan & I lots in our youth. The buckskin is Iddy (or Sunbury Idyllic. Though when I trained him up as a games pony I changed his name to Evil Angel - quite a brilliant little games pony too!)

     August 8th 2008 - Hong Kong Opening Ceremony
    Since the Equestrian riders are unable to attend the official opening ceremony in Beijing, there was a smaller ceremony in HK. Megan carried the Australian Flag! They will now go and watch the Beijing Opening Ceremony on a large screen.

     August 8th 2008 - Trot Up
    All Australian Horses have passed the first Vet Inspection.

    All other horses have also passed, with the exception of 2 Chilean horses.

    I will update with the rider order as soon as it's announced.

     August 8th 2008
    The wait is finally over!

    The fogies (I mean, our loving wonderful parents) have landed in HK. My dad is already getting snap happy - I'm sure there will be lots of photos over the course of the next week. Click HERE

    Trot up is at 4pm today (HK time), Australia are the 14th team to present. Starting order will be announced after the trot up.

    The course has been shortened to 8.5 minutes due to the weather conditions, and it's tight twisty and technical.

     August 5th 2008
    Well, it's nearly time!!

    It's Emma (Megan's long suffering sister / biggest supporter / web guru) here. With my parents heading off to watch Megs & Jester do their thing in Hong Kong, I'm staying home to look after you guys - all the people who, like me, will be glued to the nearest TV or PC.

    I will try to keep this page up to date with results - 2 years ago for the WEG I managed to have results up quicker here than they were appearing on the live results site... so we'll see how well I do this time round :)

    Megan's diary updates will still be appearing on www.meganjoneseventingteam.com

    It's been an interesting month or so. I said my good bye & good luck to Megan in early July when she set off for the training camp in Sydney. I was excited when she was selected, but it wasn't earth shattering excitement like I thought it would be. Well... we're still a few sleeps away from The Games and I can honestly say that I occasionally do a little jump in the air when thinking about how damn excited I am now!

    So, if you're like me and doing the occasional 'hop' (I'll have to start calling myself 'Hands'... those who watch Boston Legal will know what I'm on about). Then get set for a big week of excitement (not to mention bleary eyes on Wednesday morning next week!! It's gonna be a late night).

    I have been keeping an eye out for the best places for live streaming, at this stage it looks like the NBC will be streaming 2,000 hours live. I will put up some links soon.

    AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI!!!!!!!!!!!!