60 Thoughts I Had While Watching Equestrian Cross Country At Rio 2016

1. Equestrian is on tomorrow, yassss
2. Wait it's not dressage is it
3. Dressage is pretty and super hard work but I've just never found it to be a riveting watch 
4. It's cross country yasssss
5. *Cue 2pm British time the next day*
6. Here we goooooo 
7. Canada up first 
8. If I was Canadian I would have named my horse Robin Sparkles
9. #ComeOnJessica
10. #ComeOnTori
11. #Let'sGoToTheOlympicsYouWontBeSorry
12. Anyway
13. She's taking the long routes round this course which as the first rider I think is pretty sensible
14. British commentators are judging her 
15. but slow and stead wins the race
16. I mean not for her, she's going to lose
17. But that's what they say isn't it
18. Next guy up is dominating
19. French innit
20. As the French say he is going to be Le Winner
21. Okay so all these horses are beautiful
22. And each one is probably worth more than my life savings
23. But my life savings are currently like £400 or something so that isn't saying much
24. They are worth more than the average persons life savings
25. First man down
26. The first thing I thought when they fell was 'how exciting'
27. Then 'hope the horse is okay'
28. Oh it's okay great
29. Riders fine too
30. This is why I love cross country
31. Wait did I just get a little too excited to see an Olympic athlete tumble from their horse
32. Am I a bad person?
33. Does the fact I want to rewind that so I can record it for snapchat make me an even worse person?
34. ...
35. Ah I'm going to rewind it and record it anyway
36. Show all those people who think horse riding is easy that they don't know shit
37. More horses jumping
38. Another couple of falls
39. The commentators just referred to the cross country being full of drama
40. #dramallama
41. Here comes a chestnut
42. this should be good
43. Chestnuts are crazy
44. Is it racist to judge a horse by its colour
45. #horsebigot
46. Hope it's not a mare
47. Mares are also crazy
48. Chestnut + mare = brave or crazy rider
49. Judgey Gem
50. Commentators just referenced the ponyclub games
51. Why cant the ponyclub games be an Olympic sport
52. I always wanted to compete in the pony club games
53. #memories
54. #allaloneinthemoonlight
55. #cats
56. #jelliclecats
57. #PrincessCarolynn
58. #BojackHorseman
59. #I'vebeenwatchingthecrosscountryfordays
60. #BacktoNetflixForMe

So there you have it.  60 completely irrelevant thoughts about yesterday's Equestrian Cross Country Event from someone with really very minimal-no knowledge about the ins and outs of Olympic level equestrian events.  

I hope everyone is enjoying the Olympics as much as I am and I hope everyone has acknowledged how amazing and beautiful these horses are.

The moral of the story is there's really no point in getting back on the horse... you're already disqualified.

xoxo