Anyone want a thread for the Olympic dressage live?

[teapot]

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?!

Going by the other sports, it'll be live if you select the actual sport, not rely on Eurosport channel 1 or 2. I watched the rowing live very very early this morning.

ETS: already on there if you look, ready to go live at 0.25am Sat, then session two at 9.25am.

 

[Honey08]

I agree that it’s wonderful how Carl and Charlotte have been such a positive in the way dressage is trained and ridden. I hated dressage at high level until I got to know about them and how naturally they keep their horses.

 

[milliepops]

Going by the other sports, it'll be live if you select the actual sport, not rely on Eurosport channel 1 or 2. I watched the rowing live very very early this morning.

ETS: already on there if you look, ready to go live at 0.25am Sat, then session two at 9.25am.

yes but what is everyone going to DOOOOOOOOOO i'm going to go with plan A unless the HHO consensus is to watch them in order, will be working friday so can't be watching at 3am it has been nice chatting live with the action, if we all start watching at different times that won't work.

 

[Ambers Echo]

I’d like to watch live with whoever is watching!

 

[teapot]

Watching live

 

[HashRouge]

I'm not watching the Eventing dressage, too dull! (sorry!)

 

[Bellaboo18]

I'll be watching live ?

 

[Bernster]

So many lovely tests. Completely unqualified to opine but I still felt that some riders looked quite ‘hard’ riders, eg the last German rider. I assume she was working hard to get the best out of her horse, but it didn’t have the apparent elegance and ease of some of the other riders, like Charlotte.

 

[teapot]

I'm not watching the Eventing dressage, too dull! (sorry!)

Not with the new 3min50 test it isn't

https://inside.fei.org/system/files/FEI Eventing Olympic Short Test_2019.pdf

 

[TPO]

I'm going to try to watch live but I have a habit of falling asleep half way through programmes if they're on too late ha ha

Might give session 1 of dressage a miss but planning to stay/get up saturday to watch XC

 

[milliepops]

Not with the new 3min50 test it isn't

https://inside.fei.org/system/files/FEI Eventing Olympic Short Test_2019.pdf

yeah saw that kicking about at the yard the other day as one of the riders in for training and it seemed a bit more interesting i will be very happy to watch that.

 

[Parrotperson]

Can you imagine picking up the wrong medal by mistake.....

apparently someone in another event who’d won bronze I think stood on the gold podium because he’s so used to winning! ??

 

[milliepops]

am watching the last group again. I'd so like to see Isabell's test put to our Abba/rap/acid house medley!

 

[criso]

the radio will be going on about the women's individual dressage again

On the Russian site I used to stream it at the weekend, the translator used for the English version, translated Men's/Women's to Husbands/Wives

 

[Parrotperson]

Can I just clarify when the Xc is?

I make it 11.45pm Saturday start then in into Sunday morning v v early?
Is that right? Don’t wanna miss it!

 

[milliepops]

On the Russian site I used to stream it at the weekend, the translator used for the English version, translated Men's/Women's to Husbands/Wives

sorry if you aren't married, you can't take part.

 

[HashRouge]

Not with the new 3min50 test it isn't

https://inside.fei.org/system/files/FEI Eventing Olympic Short Test_2019.pdf

Ah I'm just not that interested in dressage I'm afraid, certainly not as something to sit and watch all the way through. I really only watched Rodrigo Torres and Carl, plus the last four riders today. I'll watch quite a bit of the XC and the final SJ rounds for the eventing.

(This is not to say I'm right btw, it's just my opinion! I love watching the cycling road race, which I know bores some people to tears!)

 

[Equi]

I’ll be away all weekend so I’ll not see any of it live. I’ll watch it on catch up so won’t want any spoilers lolol

 

[Denbob]

I'm going to do my best to watch the dressage live, will 100% be watching the XC though!

 

[Lexi_]

Can I just clarify when the Xc is?

I make it 11.45pm Saturday start then in into Sunday morning v v early?
Is that right? Don’t wanna miss it!

I think so! I get embarrassingly confused when I look at the times listings though ?

It’ll be fun: I’m FJing on Sat starting at 9am and last horse is due on course at 7.20pm ? Then drive an hour home and power through to the cross-country, armed with lots of snacks and wine.

 

[Kat]

I think I'll go with session two live and see whether I have time to catch up with session 1 afterwards.

 

[Branna]

I'm away at an eventing camp this weekend and sharing a hotel room with a friend - have already warned her that we will be watching the XC at silly o'clock!

Don't think I will do the dressage night session too though...

 

[scats]

Bit late to the party as I was out shopping with my mum but we ended up in costa for lunch just in time to watch Charlotte on my phone and see the result.
As my Dad very rightly said when we got home, Charlotte was playing the long game with Gio today, it was never really about this medal. So to get bronze was absolutely incredible.

I’m up for a night eventing watch if anyone else is? I’m not the best sleeper as it is!

 

[RachelFerd]

I'm going to attempt to watch it all live. Potentially quite stupid, as I am eventing myself at Frickley on Sunday

 

[QuantockHills]

is it available to watch live anywhere other than Discovery? (The XC especially?)

 

[Denbob]

Potentially a thread for the early birds needed to avoid spoilers!

 

[HashRouge]

is it available to watch live anywhere other than Discovery? (The XC especially?)

If you have Eurosport then probably yes, although it is owned by Discovery so more or less the same thing. Otherwise, you will be limited to whatever the BBC shows, which I imagine will be very little of the dressage, but maybe a bit of the XC/ SJ.

 

[shortstuff99]

Here is a freestyle from the 2004 Athens Olympics, the great Rafael Soto and Invasor. Check out the commentator, see if she has changed much ??

 

[neddy man]

bio on van olst horses says Kent.

Lotti is from Scarborough, North Yorkshire

 

[CanteringCarrot]

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Some of the things that were said though ?‍