Olympic Eventing Dressage Thread

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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This. I know seven people who are there today and all intended to walk the XC while they were there - I suspect they're not alone ;).

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The website says:

If you have a ticket for the Eventing dressage on 28 or 29 July, you’re more than welcome to leave the venue and walk the cross-country course – just allow extra time to go through security again on re-entry.
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Really? How does that work with going to the bathroom or getting food. I don't think the sponsors will be pleased if they are preventing people from buying stuff! ;)

I'm sure you're not able to go in and out while horses are in the ring but not at all? Wow
 
TarrSteps said:
Really? How does that work with going to the bathroom or getting food. I don't think the sponsors will be pleased if they are preventing people from buying stuff! ;)

I'm sure you're not able to go in and out while horses are in the ring but not at all? Wow
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The website and my ticket assure me I will indeed be allowed to visit the toilets and still see tests later on ;)
 
TarrSteps said:
Really? How does that work with going to the bathroom or getting food. I don't think the sponsors will be pleased if they are preventing people from buying stuff! ;)

I'm sure you're not able to go in and out while horses are in the ring but not at all? Wow
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See above from SpottedCat ;) x

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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.

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Yes, I agree too - but then you can get say an 7's/8's/9s throughout the test for moments of brilliance and accuracy, throw an odd mark away for lack of submission which will score a lot higher than a test of sort of so so paces but accurate - just adds up in favor toward a horse that maybe has the occasional blip but overall better way of moving.
Otherwise, why would they commentate on things like expression in the changes, for example?

I have this issue with my horse who is very acccurate and mostly correct (some issues but getting better) but just doesn't rock the judges with his paces getting beat by horses that move well but blow up now and again. It's just the law of averages really...
 
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Beeb battling with my tv all morning so am finally ready to watch.

Apparently Sam Albert paid good money for Curriagh Dubh (or so I got told ;)) Feel in love with him at Blenheim :D
 
stroppymare153 said:
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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???
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I think it would account for SOME of it, but I do think she was still undermarked overall. I think it was the early draw -- judges not warmed up yet ;)
 
teapot said:
Beeb battling with my tv all morning so am finally ready to watch.

Apparently Sam Albert paid good money for Curriagh Dubh (or so I got told ;)) Feel in love with him at Blenheim :D
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It says in H&H that he has been leased for this season, bet it cost a small fortune!!



I have a dressage ticket for tomorrow which I bought primarily so I could walk the XC, although I will definitely be watching the dressage too. But if anyone sees my empty seat on tv and wants to moan, rest assured the ticket has not gone to waste :D
 
You may want to take some food with you, a friend of mine is there (a Games Maker) and has just put on FB that the food has sold out! Not surprising I suppose given that everyone will be rushing to get something in just an hour!
 
Rowreach said:
The best thing about watching on eurovisionsport is that I don't have to listen to Mike Tucker :p - in fact, no commentators at all (apart from me :D) just great coverage and so far an uninterrupted feed :D
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Ian is quite useful though. He does often have interesting things to say about the competitors and the test.

For what it's worth, I think there is something in the idea that increasingly things like quality of gaits, expression etc are coming in to play. Even not long ago the standard was low enough that if you got everything done more or less in the right place and didn't have a car crash you were going to be with a shot. But now so many competitors do (relatively) clean tests and so many event horses are now very good movers, it's increasingly down to the fine details. The struggle is still to coax a good test out of a good xc horse but even then, more people are better at that. Even the difference in the last couple of years is noticeable, if not in the top standard so much as in the number of people able to attain that standard.

I do think Nicola - and Boyd - were perhaps the victims of going early in the game but even that's part of the strategy involved. And we're a loooooong way from the end. .. . .
 
I'm at work and can't watch the dressage :( but I'm able to have a sneaky look at this and I am enjoying all your comments so please keep them up. It's Mary v soon isn't it?
 
Well people will have to go hungry then! She said sandwiches/sausage rolls are a must, so maybe it's the branded goods that are not being let in, but seems silly to not let food in if they can't supply enough.
 
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