Anyone want a thread for the Olympic dressage live?

[Wishfilly]

72%?

I assume again there were mistakes I didn't spot because that honestly looked amazing!

 

[j1ffy]

If that doesn’t beat the tense warmbloods there’s something really wrong with dressage

Hmmm… I thought it deserved a lot more.

 

[palo1]

Yay!! Delighted that Carl has just beaten him but thrilled that lovely horse is in second place in this group.

 

[TheMule]

Hmmm… I thought it deserved a lot more.

How was Carl’s test littered with mistakes worth significantly more than that? It makes me really cross

 

[Equi]

The walk really didn’t give him many scores I would say and some other minor things I won’t have even noticed. But was still more of a joy to watch than others

 

[milliepops]

72%?

I assume again there were mistakes I didn't spot because that honestly looked amazing!

yeah the walk was very brittle and there was a fluffed change after the extended canter unfortunately. the walk is obv x2

 

[Equi]

This ones lofty

 

[milliepops]

this horse is made of rubber!

 

[j1ffy]

Yay!! Delighted that Carl has just beaten him but thrilled that lovely horse is in second place in this group.

He won’t be for long with the NL and GER riders still to go.

I thought he deserved to beat Carl tbh. Couldn’t see the walk because of the ridiculous camera angle but I think there may have been a spook, which would have impacted scores but Carl also had major mistakes plus poor piaffe.

 

[DabDab]

72%?

I assume again there were mistakes I didn't spot because that honestly looked amazing!

The walk marks hurt them - I assume not enough overtrack for it to meet the higher scoring criteria.

 

[TheMule]

yeah the walk was very brittle and there was a fluffed change after the extended canter unfortunately. the walk is obv x2

But to me his piaffe/ passage were in a different league to Carl’s and the other mistakes were comparable between the 2 tests

 

[milliepops]

one judge gave the walk a 4 so there must have been an error as well as the tightness

 

[j1ffy]

This is lovely - will be interesting to see how the US do as they’ve not been tested against the European riders for some time.

 

[milliepops]

this US horse is extremely light on its feet

 

[Ossy2]

I really like this Americans horse

 

[j1ffy]

78% - well deserved

 

[Equi]

Few poor transitions but a lovely horse to watch regardless

 

[milliepops]

yeah really super test

 

[Equi]

Aw what a shame

 

[milliepops]

oh! no! come on pony!

 

[Wishfilly]

Oh no

 

[milliepops]

oh very tense now

 

[Equi]

Gorgeous big horse though. It’s all about enjoying the experience eh? Lol

 

[milliepops]

full of go this one. fingers xd he's settling a bit

 

[Equi]

That’s a no lol

 

[Ossy2]

There are glimpses of pure quality in this horse it’s just pooping itself at the occasion unfortunately

 

[milliepops]

this is extremely quiet tactful riding I reckon, despite those blips he's really coaxed some very good stuff from this horse that looked ready to leg it! i wonder if it has form for that or just got overwhelmed?

 

[fetlock]

Re the "Oh No's" - what happened?

 

[Wishfilly]

The rider looked so disappointed, but I think he did well to keep a lid on that for most of the test!

 

[milliepops]

had a big old nap at F and then was on the verge of erupting throughout