Today's dressage

[fine_and_dandy]

'you are now watching dressage at its very best' Excuse me? What about Carl?!

Yes what about Carl and Charlotte for that matter?!

Higher scores over the course of the competition, record breaking scores obviously aren't dressage at its best. Nailing your horse's chin to his chest is evidently the way forward...



No recoginition where it is due.

 

[GoJo]

i'm not sure i'm watching the same horse as the commentators commenting on!!! the horse is "really enjoying itself"!!! oh yes the rigid body, pinned ears, head pulled in and tail going crazy all signs of a relaxed and happy hossie.

 

[JFTDWS]

74.937% utter travesty

 

[BobbyMondeo]

74.937% into 5th place

behind fuego and .7 above Rubi

 

[pootleperkin]

Behind fuego

 

[Pale Rider]

Well behind the vertical, no extended walk,
Control being the operative word.
He got his head in his chest, nowt to do with her.

 

[coss]

horse doesn't look to be enjoying himself to me - very rigid, tense, tail swishy and pulled in.

piris yucky by the standards of today too...

its probably enjoying itself more than it does behind the scenes though

 

[Mondy]

JFTD: Don't worry, I edited to fit your editing.

Anky's test - well, the gold medal for Inept Olympic Commentary goes to BBC.
And Evil Grin beat Rubi, which just proves we're not watching dressage but Superprix.

 

[JFTDWS]

Kristina Sprehe and Desperados after the 10 minute break for Germany

then Laura B...

 

[JFTDWS]

Behind fuego

But in front of Rubi

 

[nagseastsussex]

Had her day should retire in my opinion.

 

[Kat]

"little early to trot but not many judges to see that"

so that makes it ok, then?

And that is why they have a judge's supervisory panel.......

 

[JFTDWS]

JFTD: Don't worry, I edited to fit your editing.

Anky's test - well, the gold medal for Inept Olympic Commentary goes to BBC.
And Evil Grin beat Rubi, which just proves we're not watching dressage but Superprix.

nice work

Ah yes, poor iberian types, nobody told them it had been changed from dressage to Olympic SuperPrix!

 

[JFTDWS]

And that is why they have a judge's supervisory panel.......

true, it was the commentator I objected to - the judging at this level is very fair, even if I don't agree with their priorities or decisions!

 

[Mondy]

its probably enjoying itself more than it does behind the scenes though

An incontrovertible truth for which Bugbear Janssen will come and sue you.

 

[coss]

An incontrovertible truth for which Bugbear Janssen will come and sue you.

Just "agreeing" with the commentator

 

[BobbyMondeo]

desperados looking a lot more tense than he did in the gp....lots of little mistakes all over the place

 

[pootleperkin]

Have just missed some tickets for Thursday

 

[Kiristamm]

Who chooses the background music? Is it just on a loop or do the riders request it?

Carl rode to Queen - Innuendo

 

[JFTDWS]

definitely not on form today, though the % is still oddly high...

 

[Daffodil]

I think I might employ yesterday's tactics of not watching but following the progress via HHO. It worked yesterday!

 

[Captainmouse]

Who's the judge at M today?

 

[JFTDWS]

76.206 % for the Germans, now union flags all round for Team GB and Laura B!


(fwiw, I'd have scored them lower than Rubi and Fuego too.)

 

[BobbyMondeo]

76.206% for Kristina and Desperados

Laura in now nerves up again

 

[Captainmouse]

Laura's up next

 

[BobbyMondeo]

come on laura keep alf together

 

[Mondy]

Isn't Desperados emerging as another horse that is always marked rather generously?

 

[JFTDWS]

Laura entering now, looking a little less composed than Carl did, but resolute none the less...

lovely ext trot!

 

[pootleperkin]

Alf looking relaxed

 

[JFTDWS]

lovely passage work thus far... and good extension...

ext walk now, actually showing an extension unlike the RK-ed horses...