Anyone want a thread for the Olympic dressage live?

[PippiPony]

Nice transition to walk

 

[Parrotperson]

12.40

right let’s see if I can get rid by then!!!

poor bloke. I’ll be like ‘b****r off now thanks it’s 12.39’!

 

[Sprat]

Oh no what a shame

 

[Kat]

i hope sabine wins, unless its charlotte of course but i cant see it....come on little lottie,have a good ride

Yes, if we can't have a British winner, I would love to see Sabine win.

I hope Charlotte manages a medal, but the Germans are going to take some beating.

 

[Equi]

Relaxation into the walk isn’t great but then I don’t think he’s built that way. He’s listening beautifully bar one lol

 

[PippiPony]

Oh what a shame

 

[palo1]

I don't know about the DoD in this but it's looking like a good test for Lottie. Everdale has loads of energy yet! Fabulous walk and such wonderful piaffe and passage. Oh bother.

 

[Sprat]

Well recovered though

 

[NinjaPony]

You can pry my big kneeblocks from my cold dead body….
It’s good to have a critical eye but some of this is just absurd reverse snobbery from people who haven’t sat on a huge moving warmblood at this level.

Such a shame for Lottie!! She has such a cool head, great to see her carry on as though it didn’t happen.

 

[PippiPony]

If the ret goes to plan I think she could still get 80 ish % some lovely movements

 

[milliepops]

Well recovered though

yeah that's the steely mentality isn't it, that has happened, it's over, move on now!

 

[Sprat]

Indeed

 

[Equi]

Awww well done lottie well bloody done. That was a brave test and beautiful to watch ?

 

[palo1]

Yay!! Blooming well done Lottie.

 

[PippiPony]

Fab test

 

[TPO]

I know we've not to judge about shoeing etc but how contracted are those heels ??

 

[PippiPony]

80.614 blooming brilliant!!!

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

I loved Lottie's test. The canter pirouettes half way along a canter half pass line, then the extended trot to the final halt was awesome.

 

[Sprat]

Still a flipping fantastic score taking into account the whoopsie

 

[milliepops]

shame about that right HP and piri and one of the judges has clobbered the harmony.

 

[PippiPony]

Carl can come at worst 9th, so anther great top 10 finish

 

[Equi]

Is that another pb?

 

[Kat]

That was beautiful, lovely moving horse beautifully ridden, how exciting for the future!

 

[PippiPony]

Is that another pb?

Wouldn't be surprised

 

[milliepops]

I know we've not to judge about shoeing etc but how contracted are those heels ??

it's not that we aren't to discuss it, it was Lucinda pontificating about whether a horse had a sore toe or poor foot balance that was driving us crazy, can't really tell that from a slo mo clip!

 

[NinjaPony]

His trot half passes (when he wasn’t playing up lol) are so expressive and fluent, lots more to come from the pair of them and what a brilliant score at her first ever Olympics.

 

[Equi]

Well her last was 77 and that was a pb but I wasn’t sure if that was just for the gp not freestyle or if it is all counted together

 

[splashgirl45]

good score considering he was short in front and had a blip. he is not tired!!!!!

 

[TPO]

it's not that we aren't to discuss it, it was Lucinda pontificating about whether a horse had a sore toe or poor foot balance that was driving us crazy, can't really tell that from a slo mo clip!

This is my first day of Lucinda! Ha ha

 

[palo1]

it's not that we aren't to discuss it, it was Lucinda pontificating about whether a horse had a sore toe or poor foot balance that was driving us crazy, can't really tell that from a slo mo clip!

I do think it is really interesting to look at the shoeing and feet in fact. I haven't seen any horses unshod but tbh most of the feet I have looked at have had pretty contracted heels - en Vogue's looked some of the best feet in that sense (more open heels) with Everdale looking pretty squished. The number of horses that have had some kind of remedial or alterative farriery is fascinating and likely to be subject to much comment on faceache etc!! Lol.