Kal
Well-Known Member
Germans in the first 4 with Laura equal 4th and the German team go into tomorrow first too with a 23.2 lead.
German 1,2,3,4
They have equal fourth with Laura
Britain trail by 23 points. Thats only just over a stop behind.
So what? It is not called 3 day eventing for nothing...
Plenty of time and chances to catch up.
XC and SJ will be on red button so I'll be watching!!
looks as if it starts about 10.30 (so 9.30 here) and finishes about 3.20 (so 2.20 for us...)
but that's for pure dressage not for eventing, isn't it? or am i getting confused... sorry if so.
having scribed a few times for the British judge (ages ago though, admittedly), I don't believe he'd be biased actually - he always judged exactly what he saw in front of him, irrespective of who was in the plate (and what flag they were wearing), unlike some other judges i've written for!
Hope William can get a fantastic test out of Cool Mountain, fingers crossed!
Where are these said pictures?
He's chairman of selectors for pure dressage and trainer for world class in eventing and consequently has done a lot of training with Laura. Really I am just sticking up for the german judge who was being critisized for marking up the germans and down Laura and Mary. There are pictures on facebook of Rayef with his neck a little high and tight and Imperial Cavalier with his tongue out so maybe the lower marks are justified.
There will be a lot of politics going on between now and next July and it hasn't gone unnoticed among other nations that the british judge is employed by our national federation. Regardless of his integrity, I'm not convinced this is an acceptable situation at major championships and more particularly, Olympic Games.
Ah, right, I see, thankyou. Who are the judges going to be for the OG then, have they already been chosen, do you know? It's very difficult, shame we can't get really high-level judges from non-eventing nations! I guess the other answer would be to have more judges (German, French, British, USA, Canadian, NZ, Aus, Irish say), and have say 5 along the short side and 1 at B, 1 at E and 1 somewhere else... logistical nightmare though!
Does anybody know what time (British time) Nicola is due off? I'm trying to work out what I can fit in when!
Am I being particularly special or is my TV now working properly? I can't find it on the red button and it was supposed to start at 9.25 wasn't it? Does everyone else have it???