Olympic Eventing xc thread

[Slightlyconfused]

The Canadian seems out of sync with her horse.

 

[Parrotperson]

To be fair it's not the actual fences causing the falls, so far it's been big mistakes from riders putting horses into positions where they can't get out of

Agreed. Let's see what William makes of it fingers crossed (and everything else )

 

[TheOldTrout]

It's back on BBC1 - interviewing Gemma at the moment.

As soon as I posted they said they were going to judo, back with eventing in about 30 minutes.

 

[conniegirl]

If you've access to iplayer watch on that, so far very reliable

But no commentary?

 

[Shadowdancing]

Uninterrupted on iplayer. Loving it, even though I'm working so can only have a half eye on it.

 

[Fools Motto]

Ranco looks like a special, dependable sort.

 

[ElleSkywalker]

Loving the Chilean horse

 

[suestowford]

I love this Chilean horse. Sucker for a big white blaze!

Oh yes, me too

 

[lewis2015]

Going to wait for WFP, but then need to go back to yard and see my actual real life horsies. Might go for a nice sedate little hack but pretend we're in the Oympics

 

[lewis2015]

But no commentary?

Mine has Tucker and Stark commentating!?

 

[Dunlin]

I think we all need a Ranco in our lives!

 

[only_me]

This chilean rider is super - not hassling, staying strong & jumping within their abilities. Suspect not the most experienced, and slow, but so far the nicest round to watch!

 

[teapot]

Uninterrupted on red button too

 

[Emilieu]

Lovely Ranco home safe with many hearts in his pocket!

 

[only_me]

But no commentary?

I've commentary? Tucker and *forgotten name*

 

[Slightlyconfused]

This chilean rider is super - not hassling, staying strong & jumping within their abilities. Suspect not the most experienced, and slow, but so far the nicest round to watch!

Yes, he should.be proud of himself and his horse.

 

[Parrotperson]

Oh yes, me too

I wanna take that horse home! He's wonderful

 

[eggs]

Ranco could come and live in my stables any day!

 

[j1ffy]

I'm already getting nervous for WFP's round - I'm not sure I can bear to watch!

 

[only_me]

Woooo go clare

 

[Scoti1420]

Is there an advantage to being French and having more Pierre Michelet courses at home?

 

[BigBuck's]

BBC coverage is really disappointing, suddenly changes and stick eventing on red button which we can't get with BT Vision so I'm stuck watching it online, without even showing the end of the round.

I have BT Vision and - although I'm not at home at present to check it's the same for XC - there are a load of temporary red button channels down around 602 - 607 (ish) which was where the dressage was shown the last couple of days. You might need to retune your box first.

 

[sasquatch]

I have BT TV if thats the same thing and its on channel 608

for some reason, we don't get the 608 channels. It goes straight to the music channels. We've updated it an everything, just doesn't seem to work for us.

 

[TheOldTrout]

Second French rider just had refusal.

 

[teapot]

Is there an advantage to being French and having more Pierre Michelet courses at home?

Not after that stop, no

 

[Sprat]

I'm streaming it off my phone at work so volume is off. But wow! My heart is in my mouth watching most of this.

Really a very tricky course

 

[Annagain]

Yes, he should.be proud of himself and his horse.

It looked remarkably jumpable when silly risks aren't being taken. Obviously time faults an issue then. Big decisions to be made. Astier Nicolas has put pressure on massively.

 

[lewis2015]

Ranco could come and live in my stables any day!

100% agree

 

[teapot]

As Scotty pointed out, the lesser nations seem to be doing ok as they're riding it as it comes

 

[only_me]

Ooh clare! that was a silly mistake