Olympics Team Dressage Day 1

Oh my goodness . . . Canadian Marcus David has just been eliminated b/c the horse has just thrown his toys out the pram. What a shame :(. Total meltdown - horse thoroughly upset.

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Munchkin said:
In fairness he was moaning because they wouldn't LET him get on with it...
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But there was thunder and lightning in the arena - therefore not safe . . . I found his moaning petty. My point was that weather creates problems whether you're in the arena or warming up/delayed - you deal with it. Weather is weather and horses are horses.

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Such a shame for Canada, well sat for the rider, poor guy, poor horse.

At 14:53, Painted Black is being competed for Spain by a 19 year old!
 
PolarSkye said:
But there was thunder and lightning in the arena - therefore not safe . . . I found his moaning petty. My point was that weather creates problems whether you're in the arena or warming up/delayed - you deal with it. Weather is weather and horses are horses.

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Oh, I agree... just pointing out that his moaning was for the opposite reason. I suspect he'd have had a whinge either way ;)
 
Poor, poor, poor Canadian guy! I am so impressed that he remembered to pat and reassure his frightened and upset horse.

I do not like this Australian pair. Stiff, tense and on the forehand. The rider seems to carry their combined weight in the reins.
 
Can I say how refreshing it is that these dressage horses have such uncomplicated names . . . we've had Clive, Whisper, Capital . . . not one horse's name has been unpronounceable or had four or five words in the name . . . unlike some eventers and rather a lot of showjumpers ;).

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It should have been fun to hear the Greeks try to say Uffe Korshøjgaard when he was still doing the circuit with rider Lars Petersen. ;-)
 
What I like about the commentary is that she's basically verbalizing what a judge might write on the test sheet . . . informative, educational and spot on.

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I really ought to be going up to the yard to finish sorting out the GD's bed, etc., not to mention washing off the poo stains from last night, but I so want to watch Laura B . . . what to do, what to do?

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Also, just musing . . . but looking at the image on the screen at the moment of the arena with Queen's House and then London beyond it is a stunning venue, whatever else I might think about the cross country course ;).

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