I was watching the men's show jumping in the modern pentathlon yesterday. Just a bad show all around. The fact that the ground was wet and muddy wasn't a good start.  And some of those horses were not ready for that type of work and environment. But all of that aside, a lot of the riding was disgraceful.  And right now the women are on, so far putting the men to shame. I should add that SIX horses were removed from the competition following their performance yesterday.  Which is probably best for everyone.
The one that really got to me yesterday was John Zakrzewski of France whose horse tripped and fell, flipping forwards. He fell off, got caught in the stirrup, and then got kicked/trampled a bit before managing to get free.  The crowd looked on in horror and wondered if he was seriously injured. And then he got up, head bleeding...and proceeded to throw a temper tantrum, stamping his feet and banging the ground with his crop. Not bothering to check if the horse was okay (it had just flipped over!), he then got back on. It's good to see the event coordinators defending the horses though.
On a different note, thankfully the BBC have a better commentator today who actually seems to know something about riding. The man yesterday kept claiming everything was the horses' faults and had no appreciation for what was being done to them.  Hooray for today's commentator who just said "this is a good horse and she is NOT a good rider."