Today's dressage

[pootleperkin]

Mike just said he had gone into 8th - doh! Carl on in two horses time

 

[BobbyMondeo]

What time is Carl on please?

2.30 and should be on bbc1 apparently according to teamGB

 

[Crazydancer]

Rubi - what a beaut! Piaffe was amazing!

 

[JFTDWS]

74.175 puts him into 3rd place and into the Kur tomorrow

Oh I say, has he just knocked PK out of the top three? well deserved I say

 

[JFTDWS]

Cllaudia Fassauert now for Belgium, no idea how they're doing as my phone rang

 

[silu]

Hmm not much fun to watch so far as plenty of teeth grinding..positive tension?

 

[JFTDWS]

Hmm not much fun to watch so far as plenty of teeth grinding..positive tension?

relax, these aren't even team gb riders - how much teeth grinding will you be doing when it comes to the really tense stuff?!!

 

[Jackson]

Wohoo!

Not keen on this next one though.

Is anyone else's online player a test behind the tv?

 

[pootleperkin]

Looks happier than the Italian horse though

 

[teapot]

It's on normal red button too As in not freesat/sky

 

[JFTDWS]

For anyone more interested in GC and Rubi, facebook page with some lovely backstage pics

http://www.facebook.com/GoncaloeRubi

 

[Jackson]

It's on normal red button too As in not freesat/sky

Haha, I'm watching it online and on the red button

 

[JFTDWS]

Oh 70.095% for the Belgian

and Dorothee Schneider now for the Germans

then Mr Hester after this...

 

[BobbyMondeo]

Oh 70.095% for the Belgian

and Dorothee Schneider now for the Germans

then Mr Hester after this...

and now im getting nervous...

 

[Mondy]

Lovely happy face from Dorothee entering the arena...

 

[Trolley Hunter Type]

Carl Hester is up next

 

[JFTDWS]

and now im getting nervous...

My brain's still on Rubi. One more test and I'll drag myself up to date for some patriotic Team GB loving

 

[pootleperkin]

This big horse looks happy, though JH says she looks flat after GP

 

[Suziq77]

Wohoo!

Not keen on this next one though.

Is anyone else's online player a test behind the tv?

That happened to me yesterday - I was getting facebook messages saying "Gold!!!!" before Peter Charles started jumping

 

[Crazydancer]

For anyone more interested in GC and Rubi, facebook page with some lovely backstage pics

http://www.facebook.com/GoncaloeRubi

OH NO! I feel like I'm cheating on Fuego.....

 

[JFTDWS]

OH NO! I feel like I'm cheating on Fuego.....

phwoar, what a stable that would be. Fuego next to Rubi, and to feel that by riding one you're cheating on the other

just imagining...

 

[Trolley Hunter Type]

For anyone more interested in GC and Rubi, facebook page with some lovely backstage pics

http://www.facebook.com/GoncaloeRubi

Thanks for the link, lovely to see a happy horse and rider relaxing, very telling that hes happy to put warm up pics online too

 

[Willeeckers]

Just want to say thank you to all for the running commentary - my iplayer plays about 3seconds then spends 30secs loading the next 3 seconds (need my work colleague to go home!!) and I've no tv access so it is most welcome

Keep up the good work

 

[Crazydancer]

phwoar, what a stable that would be. Fuego next to Rubi, and to feel that by riding one you're cheating on the other

just imagining...

Sigh................................................... I could *just* about live with myself.........

 

[JFTDWS]

Thanks for the link, lovely to see a happy horse and rider relaxing, very telling that hes happy to put warm up pics online too

He has nothing to hide.

loving this pic

 

[Jackson]

Love Dorothee's horse's floppy ears

 

[JFTDWS]

Unlike the new love of my life, Rubi, this German horse has very dangly legs in piaffe. Decent test though and it looks like decent marks...

77.540% and into the lead for Deutschland.

Knocking Rubi into fourth

Now for Carl!

 

[Jackson]

He has nothing to hide.

loving this pic

Ohh, if he's gay, I will cry.

 

[BobbyMondeo]

77.540 for dorothee

 

[JFTDWS]

loving Team GB's red trainers, btw

utter silence on entry, then a wee cheer from the crowd... Carl's looking nice and composed and about to enter now...