Olympics Dressage thread

[TarrSteps]

Those are sponsor's names, like when Milton was known as Next Milton.

I suspect they are not allowed in the Olympics, as there are quite a few horses there that normally carry a prefix or suffix and aren't, including Anky's horse, but sometimes it's a simple as a sponsorship/ownership running out or changing.

 

[canwong]

Who are the top dressage riders to watch for in the Olympics?
There are so many good ones.

 

[Booboos]

The battle for top spot will be between Isable Werth (currently in first place) and Anky van Grusven (currently in second), although everyone riding now should be pretty spectacular.

 

[Booboos]

lovely test, although rider seemed to be working hard there at times

 

[Jo C]

Mine has stopped working help!!!

 

[lucretia]

this american horse looks very coerrect, love its carriage

 

[Booboos]

it's wonderful, makes it all look easy, apart from a small nigle in the half pass canter right and the first pirouette.

 

[lucretia]

quite a tough score though

 

[Booboos]

...71.8% and it goes in the lead. Well deserved I think

 

[lucretia]

getting to the good ones now Kyra after this then anky

 

[Booboos]

the judge at C seems consistently tougher than the others, maybe s/he can see the lack of straightness better?

 

[lucretia]

this american is pretty smart also what i like is they dont seem to over ride them and they have more expression then some of the europeans

 

[lucretia]

that was a damn good pirouette

 

[Bossanova]

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Her pirras were super. Terrible piaffe though, yuck yuck yuck!

 

[lexiedhb]

ooopppsss

 

[lucretia]

i think this one is doing a better test thn the other day

 

[lucretia]

til then!

 

[Booboos]

I'm afraid I didn't like Kyra's test as much as some of the others...

 

[Bossanova]

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til then!

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Not good in the changes either, shame

 

[lucretia]

never mind we can prepare to be amazed now

 

[Booboos]

why is Anky riding out of order?

 

[Booboos]

not straight up the centre line, not straight halt...I would've gotten a 4 for that in my prelims!

 

[Booboos]

OOOOH there goes the half pass!

and a bit behind the vertical in the passage before that?

 

[lucretia]

gosh actual mistakes

 

[lucretia]

well this horse has gone better in te past but they will still love it but i liked the american tests better

 

[Booboos]

well let's see if the judges have the guts to score what they saw and not what they expected to see

 

[lucretia]

well they sound happy

 

[Booboos]

74.96% EXCUSE ME???!!!!

 

[lexiedhb]

Nope........ shows she is human afterall though!

 

[lucretia]

no then. thats way in front