Today's dressage

PolarSkye said:
I think your best bet will be to watch it online on either BBC Live or Eurosport.

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Trouble is at work the internet is SO slow (0.22mbs), I couldnt watch the eventers last week as it took ages just to buffer it & never got to watch anything... just the whirring thing in the middle....
Yes, I work for a small company out in the sticks and as long as we can send emails etc, they are not bothered about internet speed :(
 
And just for the record, the Finnish Lindh resides in my native haunt, Denmark, and trains in Rollkur. Van der Meer who is riding now is also guilty of unpalatable training practices.
 
'over-powered behind' = 'down in the neck' - wtf??

There is something very odd going on in that commentary. Also, how CAN a horse trained in Rollkur open its frame and reach forward into the bridle?

And of course it will 'tense its back' when the rider tries to lift its nose, since the training method has robbed it of any proper back muscles and ability to carry itself.

I'm not impressed with either the Dutch rider or the English commentary courtesy of JH, who seems to find it 'lovely slowmotion of the passage' when the horse blatantly gets the simple rhythm of one-two muddled...
 
Mondy said:
And just for the record, the Finnish Lindh resides in my native haunt, Denmark, and trains in Rollkur. Van der Meer who is riding now is also guilty of unpalatable training practices.
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It shows. Tense, tight and overbent. Shame as he's a lovely looking boy and if I heard right by Lancet.

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Much more sympathetic riding from this next Finnish rider and her lovely horse Spirit . . . let's hope it shows in the marks.

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No, it's not you. I think there's a gap of three horses, as far as I can see. It happened yesterday with the show jumping as well. I found HHO much more up to date!!
 
Many thanks Polarskye, for the running commentary - I am at work and missing out - this is a fab way of staying in touch. Really grateful, thanks :D
 
Kinda feel this swedish horse looks a bit ungainly after the wee iberian. It looks like it's lumbering round - and yet the commentator loves it :o
 
Well that was unfortunate - Santana mistook rider's aids for passage for extended trot and never really recovered into a decent passage . . . got balance back now though.

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However, it does have nice blingy match matchy matchy - yellow and blue stones in its browband... Looks good against the dark horse.

Still, much prefer the Spaniard personally.
 
scheherazade said:
Many thanks Polarskye, for the running commentary - I am at work and missing out - this is a fab way of staying in touch. Really grateful, thanks :D
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You're welcome :). Unfortunately, can't do all of it as I have to go out later, but I'll do my humble best and perhaps someone else can pick it up when I head out.

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Short break - and then it's American rider Tina Konyot, followed by the young (19!) Spanish rider Morgan Barbancon Mestres on Painted Black . . . she did a credible enough job with the horse last week so hopefully she can improve on her GP score. 19 years old and riding that amazing horse . . .

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PolarSkye said:
You're welcome :). Unfortunately, can't do all of it as I have to go out later, but I'll do my humble best and perhaps someone else can pick it up when I head out.

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Thanks - does anyone know how the scoring works - as the team scores don't seem to match the individual riders scores, and I am way too confused to try and figure it out :confused:
 
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