RIO Dressage

What will happen to him now he is to be sold? Competing in Dubai or something. He's a gelding isn't he, so no stud value.

Mike Tucker drove me mad, shame he cannot be replaced.
 
Clare Balding's just said Charlotte's the first British woman to defend her Olympic title. Kudos to Charlotte!
Changing the subject totally, and sounding very nerdy, what the hell was that font the arena letters were in? Looked awful.
 
TheOldTrout said:
Clare Balding's just said Charlotte's the first British woman to defend her Olympic title. Kudos to Charlotte!
Changing the subject totally, and sounding very nerdy, what the hell was that font the arena letters were in? Looked awful.
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I thought that too! It was like the font you use when you first use Word and go a bit nuts!
 
Cycling was long. GB in for poss hockey medal. They have to cram it all in. Sure Charlotte will be too busy celebrating by now. Gold and a marriage proposal!
 
Fiona's horse is very sensitive, that's why she rides using just the snaffle rein and leaves the curb loose. (that's what I heard yesterday)

I had visitors today and asked for silence during Charlotte's test. They won GOLD!!!!!!!!!! :):):):)

Yep, I shed a tear or two.
 
Some really impressive horses and lovely tests. What a shame we couldn't enjoy the music because of that bleating **** Tucker ... again! I'd hoped the BBC had learned their lesson on using him for the London commentary. He's so bloody annoying! He just doesn't know when to STFU and continued to prattle on over the music, ruining the whole thing for many.

What the Beeb need to realise is that the vast majority of viewers tuning in to watch dressage on the red button know exactly what they're looking at and they don't need some bloody buffoon attempting to 'commentate' all over it. He even managed to call Carl Hestor Carl HESTON at one point, not to mention poor Spencer Wilton begin called Wilton Spencer!!

At least you can mute the sound for the show jumping so that you don't have to hear the idiot! High time you retired Tucker and stop ruining everyone's viewing.
 
autumnap said:
Some really impressive horses and lovely tests. What a shame we couldn't enjoy the music because of that bleating **** Tucker ... again! I'd hoped the BBC had learned their lesson on using him for the London commentary. He's so bloody annoying! He just doesn't know when to STFU and continued to prattle on over the music, ruining the whole thing for many.

What the Beeb need to realise is that the vast majority of viewers tuning in to watch dressage on the red button know exactly what they're looking at and they don't need some bloody buffoon attempting to 'commentate' all over it. He even managed to call Carl Hestor Carl HESTON at one point, not to mention poor Spencer Wilton begin called Wilton Spencer!!

At least you can mute the sound for the show jumping so that you don't have to hear the idiot! High time you retired Tucker and stop ruining everyone's viewing.
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Totally agree!! At times he was talking complete and utter rubbish!!!!
 
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I'm not one for anthropomorphism but I thought Barney played a blinder (as we proletarians like to say ;-).
They were all under so much pressure it was as if he was saying: " it's alright Dad, I've got this". As for Charlotte and Valegro; was there ever any doubt?! And well done to Ian Stark, our secret weapon (commentators curse in evidence) he was so quiet during Charlotte's test I thought they'd turned his mic off. Wonderful stuff. I don't mind MT, as an anchor I thought it was his job to ask simple questions.
 
Fellewell said:
I'm not one for anthropomorphism but I thought Barney played a blinder (as we proletarians like to say ;-).
They were all under so much pressure it was as if he was saying: " it's alright Dad, I've got this". As for Charlotte and Valegro; was there ever any doubt?! And well done to Ian Stark, our secret weapon (commentators curse in evidence) he was so quiet during Charlotte's test I thought they'd turned his mic off. Wonderful stuff. I don't mind MT, as an anchor I thought it was his job to ask simple questions.
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Did you notice in the eventing showjumping, Ian Stark only had to say a horse was a good showjumper and it had the next fence down!
 
Fantastic Charlotte and Valegro, brilliant Carl with Nip and Tuck - those changes down the centre line! He was robbed, I thought he was quite harshly marked, although I suppose that Nip and Tuck hasn't got the flashy paces.
How did that German horse come third with all those mistakes????? I really liked the USA rider - what a good "floor plan."

Several piaffes weren't that good, some horses hardly lifted their hind feet off the ground and one or two got into the "chinese horse" stance.

I agree with everyone else that dressage is in a mostly good place now.

And as a final aside, anyone see the You Tube of Reiner Klimke in 1984 (?) when he did his Victory Pass - he was doing a series of changes, extended trots, piaffe and passage, all ridden with one hand. It was such a great, great tragedy that he died so young at 65. I think he would have really liked the way dressage is now.
 
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