Anyone want a thread for the Olympic dressage live?

[milliepops]

ugh! commentator just said Charlotte gotta get 80.4 for silver ???

I'd rather not know tbh! just try and enjoy the performance

 

[milliepops]

got sweaty palms!!

 

[Denbob]

got sweaty palms!!

Me too!

 

[Sprat]

His passage is just to die for isn't it

 

[milliepops]

arse!!!!

 

[Parrotperson]

b******ks

 

[Sprat]

 

[milliepops]

phew, got the second set

 

[Denbob]

well redeemed that time round

 

[NinjaPony]

Damn!! Those sodding tempis strike again…

it’s just so tight with the scores, he’s trying his heart out for her.

 

[Parrotperson]

well he'll be ace in Paris!!

 

[milliepops]

ah the guardian will be condemning her too then ....

 

[Parrotperson]

bronze I think. But these horses in three years time. Watch out Germany!

 

[j1ffy]

What a shame. You could see her really ride for every last point after the error but not quite enough

 

[Rosemary28]

Think I held my breath all the way through that test!

 

[SEL]

ah the guardian will be condemning her too then ....

That commentator has pretty much said he doesn't know what's going on with dressage

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

I think the announcer just said US move ahead of GB

 

[palo1]

That is a glorious combination - I hope everyone is delighted for Charlotte and Gio. So sad about the 1 tempis but hell, what a wonderful horse.

 

[rosiesowner]

Bronze at worst. Cannot say fairer than that given that unfortunate mistake. Plus the freestyle to come which will be fantastic.

 

[milliepops]

yep. shame. but it's only really recently that we ever would have expected a medal in dressage! team bronze is still a huge achievement, so proud of the team particularly given the age of these horses, they have so much still to give.

 

[Denbob]

I don't think anyone can criticise that at all, classy test under a lot of pressure with a young horse. An eventing fan a little bit converted over here

 

[rosiesowner]

Like the commentator just said, up until 2012 GB had never won medals in dressage. Now look! There's a lot to be proud of from all our olympic dressage riders past and current.

 

[Caol Ila]

Lucinda has forgotten this is a mare.

 

[QuantockHills]

That is a glorious combination - I hope everyone is delighted for Charlotte and Gio. So sad about the 1 tempis but hell, what a wonderful horse.

what happened? cant see at work!!

 

[Lexi_]

I think bronze is an amazing result, given the relative inexperience of all of those horses.

 

[palo1]

This is a lovely test too - blooming Germans!!

 

[SEL]

Like the commentator just said, up until 2012 GB had never won medals in dressage. Now look! There's a lot to be proud of from all our olympic dressage riders past and current.

Its a typical British commentator / press thing. We go from never winning medals to moaning about our athletes when they don't bring home gold

 

[ownedbyaconnie]

We’ve been spoilt in recent Olympics with our dressage teams in terms of both riders and their horses. Given Lottie’s age and first Olympics plus Pumpkins age I think they did absolutely brilliantly.

 

[milliepops]

what happened? cant see at work!!

mistake in the first 1 tempis

 

[palo1]

what happened? cant see at work!!

Charlotte and Gio made a small but costly error in the 1 tempis, tis all. It was going to be very hard for them to get the score needed but they were sooooo close and some just fabulous bits in the test.

 

[only_me]

The music track for this horse is working in their favour!

this mare looks like one you could hack on a busy road, pop around a few showjumps, maybe a quick trip to the gallops and then do an amazing olympic test in the same week without batting an eyelid lol