No horsing around

BEIJING -- The Olympic information system is a treasure trove of information, providing reporters with results, quotes and biographies of athletes.

And biographies of horses. Listed by country.

Neruda, for example, is part of the U.S. contingent. He's a gelding and a Koninklijk Warmbloed, born in the Netherlands. He's an Olympic veteran, too, having finished 25th in individual jumping at the Athens Games.

What we'd really like to see is the biographies expanded to include the kind of information that appears in NHL and NBA players' biographies. They might look like this:

Favorite movie: Seabiscuit.

Favorite song: Horse With No Name.

Favorite actor: Mr. Ed.

-- Helene Elliott

Comments

[Talulah]

Oh please. It's bad enough that equestrian events get little or no mainstream attention in the U.S., but when I click through from front page to blogs to equestrian... all I get is your pathetic attempt at humor! Not ONE WORD on how the athletes, human or equine are doing. You should be ashamed of yourself.

[alfred]

Hey tool, Neruda is a DRESSAGE horse, not a jumper. My God, if you're going to attempt humor, at least get the discipline correct.

Then again, the LA Times' equestrian coverage is so incorrect that it listed Karen Donckers as a rider for "Balaurs" over the weekend. She is from Belgium. "Balarus" does not exist. Did they mean Belarus?