Anyone want a thread for the Olympic dressage live?

I'm a bit of an expert now that I've watched three whole tests ?

But out of Carl, Lottie and IW I much preferred IW ? I thought the music was an excellent accompaniment too; very clever.

Not that it was an open, open frame but BR was in a much more pleasing frame to my "expert" eye than the other two horses.

Clearly I have failed the entry requirements for the HHO dressage club ?
 
milliepops said:
Bella Rose is almost a bit too machine like these days, she seems ultra controlled and obedient but it's without the lightness of, say En Vogue, or the drama of Everdale - those things that show you the horse has its own brilliance, BR is sort of confirming to Isabell's brilliance if you see what I mean?
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Spot on: BR does what she is told, when she is told and there is a certain weariness to that, a slight diminishment of the horse's clear character which is a bit sad. IW is a machine and a brilliant test rider but today they seemed sort of robotic compared to some other, less correct combinations. I know which I prefer. Perhaps IW prefers winning to that very specific engagement with a unique horse's character...I dunno.
 
milliepops said:
Bella Rose is almost a bit too machine like these days, she seems ultra controlled and obedient but it's without the lightness of, say En Vogue, or the drama of Everdale - those things that show you the horse has its own brilliance, BR is sort of confirming to Isabell's brilliance if you see what I mean?
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I think a lot of the German horses are a bit like that (although I used to enjoy watching Damon Hill)

Malibu_Stacy said:
Team scores (adding %) after 2 riders:

POR 136.99
ESP 143.90
SWE 144.15
NED 147.55
DEN 151.31
USA 153.88
GBR 155.19
GER 163.91

so, barring aforementioned disasters, Germany are looking pretty secure for gold, then it’s a bunfight between GBR/USA/DEN for silver and bronze
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Yes, I think the drama is going to be the battle for Bronze, it is pretty tight between GB/USA/Denmark. I do hope Charlotte can pull out enough to keep us in silver.
 
Is there anyway I can quickly watch Carl’s test does anyone know? Discovery won’t let me go back whilst it’s still live and I’d really like to see it!
 
NinjaPony said:
Is there anyway I can quickly watch Carl’s test does anyone know? Discovery won’t let me go back whilst it’s still live and I’d really like to see it!
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On a mobile/tablet you can just drag the slider back to rewind (that's how I watched it as I hadn't registered until the BBC let us down).
 
This seems a little harsh (from the Guardian, whose grasp of equestrian sport is a little fragile tbf).

An early take from our dressage correspondent: It seems Lottie Fry and Everdale have let the side down ...

Barney Ronay (@barneyronay)​
A shattering round so far. The wheels have come off here​

Barney Ronay (@barneyronay)​
Already talk in the press seats of a root and branch review of British dressage. Should we copy the German model?​
 
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