Anyone want a thread for the Olympic dressage live?

[Equi]

good luck Carl!

 

[palo1]

Good Luck Carl, good luck Vogue!!

 

[Sprat]

Fabulous, I had a 2 hour meeting just cancelled so I can watch Carl and Lottie with no interruptions!

 

[milliepops]

here we go, hope the music itself is great, i normally love his tunes Utopia's one is burned into my brain.

 

[Parrotperson]

Come on Carl!

 

[PippiPony]

Everything crossed for Carl

 

[CanteringCarrot]

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

Which brings me to this thought. I don't know that all warmbloods are elastic as much as they are extravagant movers. There's a difference. I don't know why the quality of paces can't be relative. Obviously Fogoso and a big WB are going to be different. Neither is "wrong" but I know that Iberians appear "tighter" to many.

 

[milliepops]

that's a better example of a piaffe piri, supposed to be recognisable as a piri around the inside hind foot instead of a turn about the belly button

he's a king of the complex entry isn't he!

 

[rosiesowner]

Well that was one hell of a centre line!

 

[Equi]

Just maybe a little too many blips for a big score but he looks relaxed anyway and doesn’t get flustered by a mistake

 

[rosiesowner]

This is giving me lift music/on hold with the bank on the phone vibes. Is that bad? It's a lovely test so far and I'd love Carl to get an individual medal!

 

[milliepops]

don't reckon "flustered" is in Carls vocab!

 

[j1ffy]

I think this will be fantastic in a year or two. En Vogue looks like he's really trying

 

[NinjaPony]

Such a high degree of difficulty! Quite nice to watch it ‘pressure free’, it’s a big ask of En Vogue and he’s made a couple of errors but what a learning experience for him! He’s such a top quality horse, excited to see what he can produce with a few more outings.

 

[Equi]

The experinece all the team will be getting is going to really help for paris and not quite as big a travel for them lol

 

[milliepops]

watching Carl ride half passes is like an instruction manual in how to do them. they are always perfectly positioned and prepared and balanced, and you can see him do all of that

 

[Sprat]

The passage zig zag was beautiful

 

[PippiPony]

Grr connection keeps stopping!!

 

[Denbob]

En Vogue has such a gorgeous presence, he's beautiful and listening without losing any of the sparkle. The British team really have got crackers.

 

[j1ffy]

So - who thinks Carl will still be riding at Paris? I think EV could be at his peak then.

 

[Kat]

Oh that was wonderful!!!!

Lets hope those couple of little blips aren't too expensive!

 

[splashgirl45]

he must go into the lead

 

[Denbob]

So - who thinks Carl will still be riding at Paris? I think EV could be at his peak then.

I blooming hope so!

 

[PippiPony]

Lovely horse and great test first first freestyle at this level

 

[Equi]

I can’t see Carl going anywhere any time soon.

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

Oh, Carl doesnt look happy but I thought he really got the best from En vogue and gave the horse a lovely ride.

ETA 81.818%, brilliant! He looks happier now.

 

[Sprat]

Fabulous score!

 

[PippiPony]

Yes great score!

 

[Equi]

81 even with blips and that just shows how much he actually put in to that test. Blooming good show

 

[Kat]

So - who thinks Carl will still be riding at Paris? I think EV could be at his peak then.

I hope so but he does keep making noises like he might be considering retiring. I hope he wins an individual medal before he retires though.