Olympic Eventing Dressage Thread

Wish this Belgian dude would stop riding off his hands and carry them . . . his hands look rather fixed . . . lovely horse though - love his great big ears :).

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I would be interested to see riders ranked by personal income. :)

You have to hand it to Carl though, he's been in it for a long time and must be one of the few real amateurs.
 
Okay, I'm probably going to get flamed here but...

I DO agree that Nicola Wilson was harshly judged for sure, but some of the other combinations simiply had better moving horses which I think in the end overrode some of the mistakes. Opposition Buzz was foot perfect in his delivery of the test, but lacked a bit of flash - so unless eventing dressage is so different from pure dressage, I think that having that wow factor still goes a long way...
 
libbyandblue said:
Nicola comments on her test: http://equestrianteamgbr.blogspot.c...=blog.talkinghorse.net&utm_source=twitterfeed
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:) gotta hand it to her - she should have joined the diplomatic service! Never says a less than positive word! Sounds a lovely person - so glad she made the team in the end.



re the marking - on the slo-mo it showed Buzz dragging his hind toes ever so slightly compared with the elevation of some of the others who seemed less harshly marked - likely to make that much difference???
 
PucciNPoni said:
Okay, I'm probably going to get flamed here but...

I DO agree that Nicola Wilson was harshly judged for sure, but some of the other combinations simiply had better moving horses which I think in the end overrode some of the mistakes. Opposition Buzz was foot perfect in his delivery of the test, but lacked a bit of flash - so unless eventing dressage is so different from pure dressage, I think that having that wow factor still goes a long way...
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I totally agree with you.
 
Can't get it on my tv but am enjoying reading your comments. Is there anywhere on Internet that has pics of dressage/trot up etc
 
PucciNPoni said:
Okay, I'm probably going to get flamed here but...

I DO agree that Nicola Wilson was harshly judged for sure, but some of the other combinations simiply had better moving horses which I think in the end overrode some of the mistakes. Opposition Buzz was foot perfect in his delivery of the test, but lacked a bit of flash - so unless eventing dressage is so different from pure dressage, I think that having that wow factor still goes a long way...
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Here's the thing though, in eventing you're looking for a horse who can do all three phases . . . and (IMHO) the wow factor is more part of pure dressage than eventing. I would expect judges of eventing dressage to be looking more at relaxation, submission and accuracy than flash.

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RE the empty seats - don't forget you're allowed to walk the XC today too and I suspect some (lots?) of people will be doing that....
 
Also irked as to the empty seats - HOW did I apply for, but not get, eventing tickets when there's all those empty seats???! Part of me is cross but a large part is also a little releived I don't have to spend a small fortune getting there!!

Have noticed quite a few dragging toes, but Dodi's was the most obvious I've seen so far - even OH (who is as non horsey as you can imagine) asked why.
 
PolarSkye said:
Here's the thing though, in eventing you're looking for a horse who can do all three phases . . . and (IMHO) the wow factor is more part of pure dressage than eventing. I would expect judges of eventing dressage to be looking more at relaxation, submission and accuracy than flash.P
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That may be the case in the UK.. But having evented on the other side of the world, I can assure you flash can get you the difference. I actually find BE dressage nowhere near as competitive as EAus.
 
SpottedCat said:
RE the empty seats - don't forget you're allowed to walk the XC today too and I suspect some (lots?) of people will be doing that....
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Apparently once you've left the arena you're not allowed back in so I doubt it's that (right now anyway, later in the day maybe)
 
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