Anyone want a thread for the Olympic dressage live?

[shortstuff99]

It is mildly disappointing as there were only 20 points in it, so a forever 'what if'. But well done everyone.

 

[splashgirl45]

love the way our 3 werent led in

 

[PippiPony]

Yes I thought that Great

 

[splashgirl45]

hopefully

Nerds unite, the scores by movement are here https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/oly...C77(D)_EQUODRESTEAM----------GPSP000100--.pdf

Need to read alongside the test sheet as the movements are numbered
https://inside.fei.org/system/files/GPS 2021_0.pdf

thanks MP that will keep me entertained for a while

 

[milliepops]

Pumpkin is so teeny tiny. I just love him.

well he is 16 hands, so still bigger than any of my horses we're just so used to seeing gigantic things in the arena!

 

[Kat]

love the way our 3 werent led in

Me too, Alan wandering in fiddling with pumpkin's tail!

It says a lot about those three horses that they don't need to be led

 

[SEL]

Those flowers are taped to a little alien

 

[Supertrooper]

Really well done Carl, Charlotte, Lottie, Gareth and all the grooms and support team

 

[Kat]

well he is 16 hands, so still bigger than any of my horses we're just so used to seeing gigantic things in the arena!

He's so compact and bouncy though it gives him a ponyish look

 

[PippiPony]

Lovely to see Charlotte DJ doing a little jig with a big grin on her face on the podium, They should be rightly proud of a team medal as it really wasn't a given this time.

 

[SEL]

He's so compact and bouncy though it gives him a ponyish look

Apparently Carl accused her of buying a welsh pony when he first turned up in the UK!

 

[Caol Ila]

Thought they would all gallop about during the medal ceremony. That's always entertaining.

Edit: Oh, maybe they will.

 

[PippiPony]

Aw Charlotte showing Pumpkin the medal

 

[PippiPony]

Drat my streaming seems to have finished before the lap of honour????

 

[Kat]

Drat my streaming seems to have finished before the lap of honour????

Mine too, gutted, I love that bit

 

[Splash2310]

I love the lap of honour!

 

[humblepie]

What always amazed me about dressage at that level is how much they can get into the arena and the use of the arena. I am really trying to work on my using corners properly to give me time to prepare (only at elementary, eeking into medium so not really qualified to speak but that is one of my take aways).

 

[Kat]

That Guardian columnist is at it again. Nasty little weasel.

"Bronze for GB in the team dressage. Dujardin cracked on the final leg. Questions will now be asked about the late switch of horse. But these are the stakes at this level."

 

[Lexi_]

You know what’s really nice? The non-horsey side of my Twitter feed is *delighted* about the dressage and how well we’ve done.

 

[NinjaPony]

That Guardian columnist is at it again. Nasty little weasel.

"Bronze for GB in the team dressage. Dujardin cracked on the final leg. Questions will now be asked about the late switch of horse. But these are the stakes at this level."

I feel a complaint is owed…. What a nasty way to talk about an excellent result, and one that suggests someone who has never sat on a horse before.

 

[Walrus]

What always amazed me about dressage at that level is how much they can get into the arena and the use of the arena. I am really trying to work on my using corners properly to give me time to prepare (only at elementary, eeking into medium so not really qualified to speak but that is one of my take aways).

I always think that, the arena looks massive when they are in it. Then I go and ride a novice test in the same size arena the moves all come up so fast! ?

 

[Apercrumbie]

Gutted they switched from the them on the live stream. We are so lucky to have such brilliant GB riders and such wonderful ambassadors for the sport.

Briefly going back to the last German combination, the legs on that horse were extraordinary. I thought Pumpkin's half passes were good - really controlled, nice crossover and overall correct (to my non-expert eye) but then that last mare's legs seem to have another 2 feet length on them, and the flick she gets on the half pass! I also thought she looked impressively free in the shoulders and base of neck. My heart will always belong to a Pumpkin style horse but she was brilliant to watch.

Sorry, hope at least some of that made sense.

 

[milliepops]

What always amazed me about dressage at that level is how much they can get into the arena and the use of the arena. I am really trying to work on my using corners properly to give me time to prepare (only at elementary, eeking into medium so not really qualified to speak but that is one of my take aways).

yeah, getting an extra step into the corners is valuable preparation time!

That Guardian columnist is at it again. Nasty little weasel.

"Bronze for GB in the team dressage. Dujardin cracked on the final leg. Questions will now be asked about the late switch of horse. But these are the stakes at this level."

ahh he can get in the bin. glad to hear there are other more positive voices

 

[Supertrooper]

I love pumpkin. He reminds me of a ginger Valegro in some ways but also I’m a sucker for chestnuts with white markings on their faces

 

[j1ffy]

I feel a complaint is owed…. What a nasty way to talk about an excellent result, and one that suggests someone who has never sat on a horse before.

Looking at his Twitter feed, he's a generic sports columnist not (very obviously not!) an equestrian sport specialist. There's no point complaining, the Guardian always either ignores or disparages equestrian sports. I do read the paper for their other news but nothing to do with horses!!

 

[j1ffy]

What always amazed me about dressage at that level is how much they can get into the arena and the use of the arena. I am really trying to work on my using corners properly to give me time to prepare (only at elementary, eeking into medium so not really qualified to speak but that is one of my take aways).

As part of that, I noticed how much closer they ride to the boards than you see in lower level tests. Just have a look at riders next time you're at a competition, there's often 1 metre or more between the track and the boards!

 

[milliepops]

who is back tomorrow? starts at 9.30 i think another day off work for me, whoo hooo

 

[Parrotperson]

That Guardian columnist is at it again. Nasty little weasel.

"Bronze for GB in the team dressage. Dujardin cracked on the final leg. Questions will now be asked about the late switch of horse. But these are the stakes at this level."

"Cuse my French but f****r. He or she is an idiot who knows nothing about dressage.

 

[scats]

I’m so proud of our team. I couldn’t care less that we got bronze and not silver, we have a team of true horsemen who are kind and sympathetic in their training and produce happy, athletic horses who seem to enjoy their job. They don’t have to ride them heavily, ugly, kick or pull them to get the moves... they ride with such elegance and poise and it is clear to me that the number one thing to all of them is the horse underneath them, not the medal.
It’s a proud day to a be a British equestrian.

 

[Supertrooper]

I’m so proud of our team. I couldn’t care less that we got bronze and not silver, we have a team of true horsemen who are kind and sympathetic in their training and produce happy, athletic horses who seem to enjoy their job. They don’t have to ride them heavily, ugly, kick or pull them to get the moves... they ride with such elegance and poise and it is clear to me that the number one thing to all of them is the horse underneath them, not the medal.
It’s a proud day to a be a British equestrian.

Agree 100%