Show jumping was a BBC TV staple around the 70s, whereas dressage never has been. Not hard to see why: horse goes around course, knocks over 2 fences, beats horse that knocks over 3. Very telly-friendly. Whereas nobody knows what's going on in dressage.
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Originally posted by San Bernardhinault View PostThey're not judged on style, I don't think. They have to get over all the jumps in a set period of time, and each jump knocked down adds a time penalty.
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Dressage is by some distance the most tedious of the equestrian events, essentially adding animal cruelty and perform active poshness to the crushing tedium of the compulsory figures in old time figure skating.
The cross-country events are the most entertaining for me, though they are hard to broadcast. Four in Hand coach races can be a particular hoot.
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We went to the Dressage in the London Olympics and thought it was like Showjumping when we got the tickets as a last minute bonus.
it was pretty dull but used the same venue as the Showjumping (as seen below) so the view was good ;
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Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View Post26.11.69 North West Counties v Springboks was played at White City Stadium, Manchester, but I'm not sure that stadium ever hosted football given that Old Trafford was only a mile away.
Given the origin of the London one's name is the marble cladding on the pavilions from the exhibitions held there do the others all have similar etymology or are some in tribute?
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Dressage was shown on Olympic Grandstand when the royals were competing at 3 Day Event in the 1970-80s but I doubt it's ever been shown without that factor.
https://www.olympic.org/mark-phillips
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Originally posted by Ray de Galles View Post
I was going to comment that I had been previously unaware of a White City (district or stadium) in Manchester or anywhere outside of London but on checking it turns out that examples of both are everywhere.
Given the origin of the London one's name is the marble cladding on the pavilions from the exhibitions held there do the others all have similar etymology or are some in tribute?
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According to Wiki, Chicago World's Fair 1893 was the original White City and the ones in London and Manchester were derived from that. London's was for the 1908 Olympics and Manchester's was built in 1907 on land acquired from the Royal Botanical Society. White City may also refer to the fact that Manchester's had 25,000 lights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_...musement_parks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_...ter_ManchesterLast edited by Satchmo Distel; 14-01-2021, 20:35.
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Originally posted by Satchmo Distel View PostAccording to Wiki, Chicago World's Fair 1893 was the original White City and the ones in London and Manchester were derived from that. London's was for the 1908 Olympics and Manchester's was built in 1907 on land acquired from the Royal Botanical Society. White City may also refer to the fact that Manchester's had 25,000 lights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_...musement_parks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_...ter_Manchester
The exhibition was a private enterprise run by showman Imre Kiralfy, who had produced previous spectaculars in USA, France and Britain, and whose company name for the five subsequent events that were held on the site was Shepherd's Bush Exhibition Ltd.
Kiralfy was inspired by the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, where the painted showground buildings had earned the nickname White City - he borrowed the idea and formalised the name.
Your first link is missing a bracket at the end, by the way,
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