Anyone want a thread for the Olympic dressage live?

Blimey, I’m feeling quite emotional and it’s only 10 am! Just fabulous, what great horsemanship and lovely to see the horse finish looking so proud and happy.
 
splashgirl45 said:
im a bit disappointed with his mark, i thought it deserved more...suppose the extended trots let him down
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I think they said it was a personal best, so I imagine the rider will be thrilled! Sadly the lusos never score as highly as the warmbloods, I guess like you say because of the extended work? I thought it was fabulous to watch, I loved the one-handed bits! Such showmanship! I read somewhere that the rider's family bred Fogoso, so must be amazing for them!
 
Ahhh I hope Fogoso's test pops up on YouTube or Facebook later. I neeeed to see it.


Not enough time to watch to make a subscription to something to watch the Olympics worthwhile.
 
Just an observation - I start my dtm just before D and go into medium trot at D to M and had a comment once that would prefer if test started further into arena. Bit random given these are starting just inside the arena.
 
CanteringCarrot said:
Ahhh I hope Fogoso's test pops up on YouTube or Facebook later. I neeeed to see it.


Not enough time to watch to make a subscription to something to watch the Olympics worthwhile.
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If you do the 3 day free trial on Discovery+ you should be able to see it on catch-up :). Although it's only £4.99 for a month, so worth it even if you don't have a huge amount of time (god, sound like I work for them!).

ETA love the music on this Spanish one!
 
myheartinahoofbeat said:
It's a shame a Lusitano will never win up against the big moving warm bloods. Is it just a fashion thing?
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Sometimes, I think so.

I know a mistake is or should be a mistake regardless of breed, type, or rider, but I can't help but feel it's a bit slanted sometimes.

Here we ride our lower level dressage tests in pairs. Either both going the same direction or going opposite at the same time. I dreaded the thought of my little plain PRE being in the sandbox with a huge flashy WB ? but you do what you can.
 
humblepie said:
Just an observation - I start my dtm just before D and go into medium trot at D to M and had a comment once that would prefer if test started further into arena. Bit random given these are starting just inside the arena.
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suddenly there was a trend for riders to just amble just inside the boards and start from there, and EVERYONE started doing it.
I always start mine from a halt at x! I'm so old fangled :p I'm not imaginative enough in my floorplans to not start from a centre line so getting up nearer C at the start buys me more time!
 
A few errors in this test.

Re: the Iberian 'problem' - quality of paces is an important factor and the Iberians will never be as elastic as (some) warmbloods, unless you breed the movement out that makes them special. They can do a technically perfect test (which Fogoso didn't) but that bit of quality will mean they get 0.5 less throughout.

However they are often much more fun to watch, and (for me!) to ride :)
 
HashRouge said:
If you do the 3 day free trial on Discovery+ you should be able to see it on catch-up :). Although it's only £4.99 for a month, so worth it even if you don't have a huge amount of time (god, sound like I work for them!).

ETA love the music on this Spanish one!
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I'll take a look. My Smart TV was being a bit difficult about it (or me just dense!). I'm in Germany but should be the same/similar options.
 
i know they have to do a certain no of ones and twos but now they have to submit a floor plan do they have to say how many they are doing and where, this is for our expert MP
 
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