Anyone want a thread for the Olympic dressage live?

Several years back I went to Olympia and watched the dressage and on the whole didn't enjoy it other than a handful of riders. It seemed more like horse wrestling than elegance and beauty but this freestyle has just been full of lovely horses looking in harmony with their riders.
I didn't enjoy that era of dressage either. Charlotte and Valegro were a breath of fresh air and showed the mega marks could be achieved in a different way. Have watched most of this Olympic dressage and am thrilled to see that the younger riders from all nations are riding much more like Charlotte and everything looks so much more flowing.
 
feeling very emotional seeing Alan walk in with pumpkin and Charlotte

I have loved the amount of coverage that the grooms are getting this year. I think the lack of crowds is part of it but the journalists are mentioning them and they are being shown behind the scenes a lot.

My relative is a groom for an elite rider (not dressage) and they work so hard for not a lot of money so it is lovely to see them being recognised.
 
hahhahah!

back for the eventing dressage on Friday then... wonder how the coverage will work out :/ half of it is going to be in the middle of the night.

I'm staying up and will be hastily reorgansing a zoom meeting that's due on Monday morning! Discovery+ works very well at 2am too.
 

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yeah it was more a question of what will discovery show, will they be showing it live, and if so, do we watch the second session live and then watch the first afterwards?!
 
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