the SEXES
male-dominated—even though the equine ales and females to compete on equal footing.
From the perspective of making the grade, the females
definitely outperformed the males. So now who has the wrong pelvis for dressage?
EVENTING
A total of 83 horses were listed in the FEI jog (veterinary horse inspection) for eventing: 63 geldings, five stallions and 15 mares. At the end of the dressage phase, the top 25 showed one stallion and three mares as well as 21 geldings. After cross country, the top 25 still consisted of one stallion and three mares along with 21 geldings, but some of the individuals had changed. As to riders, the top three after dressage as well as after cross country were all female. After stadium, the top 25 consisted of one stallion, four mares and 20 geldings. Indi- vidually, the podium boasted two females (gold and bronze) and one male (silver). All of them competed on geldings. After the final phase, the winning team contained three women and one man, all riding geldings. In silver position,
the team consisted of three males and one female aboard three geldings and one mare. The all-male team in bronze position were mounted on two geldings, one stallion and one mare.
On an individual basis, the mares fared slightly better than the stallions— four out of 15 mares made it to the top 25, but only one out of five stallions accomplished that.
DRIVING
Like eventing, driving is a gelding-dominated sport by sheer numbers. That said, there were a few mares listed, and there were two female drivers as well. Misdee Wrigley-Miller (USA) and Mareike Harm (GER) participated in the team competition, but did not advance to individual competition. Misdee was part of the U.S. gold-medal team, however. Boyd Exell’s individual gold medal horses consisted of one
mare and three geldings, as did Edouard Simonet’s bronze medal team. Chester Weber’s silver medal team consisted of all geldings.
JUMPING LEFT: Isabel Werth rode the fantastic Bella Rose, a Westfalen mare by Belissimo, to earn individual gold in
dressage scoring an 86.246% in the G.P. Special at the recent WEG RIGHT: Charlotte Dujardin earned the indi- vidual bronze on the mare Mount St. John Freestyle. (Laura Graves and Verdades from the U.S. earned the silver.)
A staggering 139 horses entered the ring for familiarization/warm-up rounds: 60 geldings, 43 stallions and 36 mares. That’s nearly three times as many male horses as female horses. The first competi- tion, a speed class used as part of the team and individual rankings, paid prize money to the top 12, but, due to a tie at the last spot, 13 riders— 12 males and one female—got a check. Their horses consisted of six geldings, five mares and two stallions, with the top three being mare, stallion, mare. But there were several more
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