http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/anky_strikes_again.html en-gb 30 Sat 19 Dec 2009 15:14:01 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/anky_strikes_again.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/anky_strikes_again.html?page=15#comment3 I'm sorry to say this but the silver medal for Werth was a joke and undermined any credbility dressage might have had as a legitimate "Sport". I was in the stands at Sha Tin and for a moment I thought I was at the rodeo in Las Vegas watching Werth's horse refuse to pirouette, not once, but twice. If dressage stands for anything it must be for control, discipline and elegance. It was outrageous that Werth received the second highest marks of the round. No wonder there was booing from the competitors stands when Steffen Peters received a much lower score for a more perfectly executed round.Any sport where at least two of the medalists are pre-determined (By reputation alone) prior to the opening of the competition has no place at the Olympics and undermines the very spirit and intent of the games.Shameful! Fri 22 Aug 2008 06:29:10 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/anky_strikes_again.html?page=10#comment2 "She just has something there with her horses that works!"Indeed she does. Its called Rollkur (or hyper-flexion). Werth also uses this technique.Rollkur is a highly controversial practice which continues to be rewarded in competition despite an FEI statement earlier this year which condemned it as abusive. If you want to know more there are dozens of links via Google or youtube. Together with todays news of doping int he showjumping and the appalling riding on display in the modern pentathlon, this has been a sad week for equestrian sport and not the celebration of excellence and sportsmanship that the Olympics should be. Thu 21 Aug 2008 11:21:21 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/anky_strikes_again.html?page=5#comment1 Now we really know what goes on in the horsey sports, don't we! Until this endemic horse-drugging is driven out of the "sport", all future equestrian events should be excluded from the Olympics. Thu 21 Aug 2008 11:14:12 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/08/anky_strikes_again.html?page=0#comment0 Anky is definitly the " queen of the kur" as someone once called her. She just has something there with her horses that works!Well done to Emma Hindle-go girl! Wed 20 Aug 2008 11:09:35 GMT+1