milliepops
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his canter is so scopey, hard to imagine more air time in the 1s
Anyone want a thread for the Olympic dressage live?
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milliepops
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imagine being 25 and having horses like this to ride, hahahaha
j1ffy
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I’d be terrified on a horse like that 
Fantastic test I thought
Fantastic test I thought
milliepops
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aghhh final piaffe looked like a bit of an effort but she's rocketed into the lead
j1ffy
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77%!
TheMule
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Style of dressage I hate to watch, but I can appreciate the expression and the changes were super.
j1ffy
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Btw if anyone is on Vodafone, you can get six months free access to Discovery+
scats
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Impressive test from Lottie!
SpotsandBays
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Yep ? here I am plodding around on a fat sassy Welsh
milliepops
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same!! and mine is the best horse I've ever had, hahaha
Equi
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Lovely test from lottie. Course I turned away for two seconds and missed the score lol
teapot
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For anyone bemoaning the BBC - they're only allowed to show two sports at the same time. Part of the contract.
milliepops
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jeez. presumably that wasn't the case previously when they had zillions of red button options.
Parrotperson
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missed who this next competitor is but the piaffe is....interesting.
j1ffy
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Nice to see a horse longer in the neck after Everdale. Nowhere near the quality overall imho though
j1ffy
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ownedbyaconnie
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Lovely test from Charlotte (that’s two fab dressage riders with the name Charlotte and then there’s me, dragging the name down).
Really missing a bit of commentary.
Really missing a bit of commentary.
Parrotperson
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then I apologise. But that's a daft contract to sign really. they were certainly showing more sports at Rio so assume the Olympic broadcaster wanted loads of money and the Beeb couldn't justify it.
No chance of seeing the x country then unless staying up into the middle of the night and watching on discovery plus. V sad
Parrotperson
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ah! thanks!
ownedbyaconnie
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That’s mad!
milliepops
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I'm def going to practice some zigzag this weekend, that centre line view is really brilliant to see it from and normally if you watch in person you don't get that view. i've read before that judges can't really tell when you start so the first 3 strides often turns into a 4 strides and that's what you can see from the camera angle, most seem to do 4,6,6,6,3
TheMule
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I agree- forward thinking hands, nose out and it was rewarded by the judges because whilst it lacked the 'wow' that comes from that tight tension it still got good scores
teapot
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Looking at replies, Discovery+ has the rights hence the live streams of every sport. BBC has then purchased access and that was the deal...
Not sure it was OBS, but more Discovery+. I believe the IOC sell the rights.
milliepops
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little gap then until Edward?
Parrotperson
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because Discovery has all the money and the. BBC cant be seen to be wasting it by purchasing expensive olympic sport contracts. sad.
milliepops
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so sad for the Austrian rider, horse has a tooth abscess.
MuddyMonster
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Are the BBC not showing the eventing XC then?
Maybe I won't cancel my Discovery Plus membership tomorrow ?
TheMule
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Yes, they are showing the xc
palo1
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Just signed in to the free discovery trial and hoping that watching (currently empty arena lol) will inspire and educate me slightly!! Feels incredibly decadent to be watching telly on a Saturday morning too. Silly old Beeb though...