Anyone want a thread for the Olympic dressage live?

[milliepops]

walk scores rather generous I would say, the collected was a proper dodgy rhythm from our angle

 

[shortstuff99]

10 for her Piaffe, blows my mind ?

 

[Parrotperson]

god the piaffe! Bella Rose!

 

[Equi]

But iffy coming out of those

 

[j1ffy]

I do like this mare a lot, she just lacks a bit of the lightness of expression sometimes? she's usually very correct but seems to lack the sort of joy you see from some others.

I agree - she was more expressive when younger but it feels to me like it’s been trained out of her in preference for accuracy. I think the same with most of IW’s horses. She’s obviously an amazing competitor but her performances do nothing for me.

 

[milliepops]

i wish she'd stop saying you can do those 1s where you like, they're supposed to be centred on the diagonal haha

 

[Equi]

The piaffe really is stunning.

 

[TheMule]

The piaffe is passage on the spot
But it’s a very good passage on the spot!

 

[milliepops]

82%

 

[Parrotperson]

Aghhhhh Discovery plus has frozen!! Anyone else with this problem?

 

[palo1]

IW is astonishingly successful but I so much prefer the attitude of Carl and Charlotte's horses.

 

[Caol Ila]

Yeah, it's frozen for me.

 

[Parrotperson]

The piaffe is passage on the spot
But it’s a very good passage on the spot!

yes I did wonder. not forward enough for me. But the I know nothing!

 

[shortstuff99]

It's mad that this piaffe gets a 10 when it is just bouncing on the spot. Arggggghhhh does my head in.

 

[Equi]

It's mad that this piaffe gets a 10 when it is just bouncing on the spot. Arggggghhhh does my head in.

Isn’t that the point?

 

[Parrotperson]

82.5% on olympic website

 

[j1ffy]

The piaffe is passage on the spot
But it’s a very good passage on the spot!

There’s no attempt to sit at all. I’m not with Lucinda and the judges on that one!

Much preferred Charlotte’s test but at least all our team have got through successfully. Bring on the medal rounds!

Ps my Discovery + has frozen too.

 

[splashgirl45]

i thought they had to lower the hind end in piaffe, she doesnt lower at all, her piaffe is like parcivals and so is her extended trot which IMO is too much front and not enough back. still what do i know !!!

 

[milliepops]

you can see the lack of sitting in her piris too, they score highly because they are small and consistent and rhythmical and balanced etc but she doesn't sit there either.

 

[Equi]

Cherrio folks, off to ride my straight lines after I do some stretches ?

 

[TheMule]

It's mad that this piaffe gets a 10 when it is just bouncing on the spot. Arggggghhhh does my head in.

Agreed- it is not worth a 10 by the definition of piaffe, but it’s up in the poll, out with the nose and I much prefer it to the base narrow, tight necked unbalanced efforts of many

 

[shortstuff99]

Isn’t that the point?

No it is supposed to be a precursor to the levade. There should be weight taken behind and lightening of the forehand.

 

[SEL]

So when do I have to tune in next? Need to plan my work 'meetings' this week

 

[milliepops]

Agreed- it is not worth a 10 by the definition of piaffe, but it’s up in the poll, out with the nose and I much prefer it to the base narrow, tight necked unbalanced efforts of many

yeah it's not right but those aren't right either, and what BR does is nicer to watch (and arguably gives Isabell an advantage on the PI/PA transitions because all she's got to do is take the handbrake off, haha!)

 

[milliepops]

So when do I have to tune in next? Need to plan my work 'meetings' this week

GPS on Tuesday. same time of the day i believe. and then freestyle on wednesday.

 

[teapot]

So when do I have to tune in next? Need to plan my work 'meetings' this week

Tuesday and Weds at 9am

 

[j1ffy]

I assume that doing passage on the spot makes the transition in and out of passage easier. With separate marks for the transition it seems like good tactics, particularly if the judges don’t mind it.

 

[splashgirl45]

if charlotte hadnt had such low marks for that change gio would have scored very similar to bella rose which is amazing considering how young he is.....he reminds me a bit of valegro and i hope he will match him eventually, if that is possible

 

[milliepops]

if charlotte hadnt had such low marks for that change gio would have scored very similar to bella rose which is amazing considering how young he is.....he reminds me a bit of valegro and i hope he will match him eventually, if that is possible

yeah I agree, i think he's got that bouncy ball of energy feel about him and seems similarly motivated and happy in the work.

 

[Parrotperson]

No it is supposed to be a precursor to the levade. There should be weight taken behind and lightening of the forehand.

I think this is where modern dressage is diverging from classical dressage. These horses will never be asked too do levade.

 

[Wishfilly]

Ok, so, qualified teams in order are:

Germany, Great Britain, Denmark, USA, Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal and Spain.

And qualified individuals are:

Charlotte Fry, Therese Nilshagen, Cathrine Dufour, Edward Gal, Jessica von Bredow-Werndal, Sabine Schut-Kery, Carina Cassoe Kruth, Adrienne Lyle, Dorothee Schnieder, Juliette Ramel, Isabelle Werth, Charlotte Du Jardin, Stephen Peters, Hans Peter Minderhoud, Carl Hester, Nanna Skodborg Merrald, Beatriz Ferrer-Salat and Rodrigo Torres.

Interesting only one of the "best of the rest" came from today, and three came from the same group!