WEG Dressage freestyle starts 12-30 (BBC online)

[cally6008]

IMPORTANT - TODAY - BBC RED BUTTON and ONLINE

Friday 29 August, 12.30pm to 3.45pm: dressage freestyle

3 - Carl HESTER ..... 12-55 uk time
5 - Michael EILBERG ..... 13-15 uk time
14 - Charlotte DUJARDIN ..... 15-15 uk time

Link - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/equestrian/27313941

 

[Tash88]

Thank you!! Will make some nice 'working from home breaks' for me

 

[be positive]

That link doesn't work for me, this is working though just in case anyone wants to watch.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/equestrian/28662068

 

[Laafet]

It's on red button on BBC1

 

[cally6008]

thanks be positive

 

[Morgan123]

Yay thank god i have two screens at work . Does anyone have the running order?! I need to buy lunch but I'm scared to miss our guys!

 

[AnotherNewbie]

http://score.normandie2014.com/results/dressage/DRE-PRI-IND-TT-3.pdf

Don't forget those times are an hour in front of us! It fooled me for a while!

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

Oh dear, bang goes any housework for the next few weeks. LOL (not that I do it anyway!) Thanks for links.

 

[Morgan123]

THANSK! Phew that's lucky you sent that, I would have gone out and missed Nip Tuck and HMD!!! Thanks.

 

[Morgan123]

Hope I don't cry in the office, that's what happened in the Olympics! haha
omg here's carl. Excitement.

 

[PolarSkye]

Well, Carl's test was lovely - a few mistakes, but Barney is young . . . lovely horse for Rio. Did I hear right that he's 18 hands?

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[PolarSkye]

Hope I don't cry in the office, that's what happened in the Olympics! haha
omg here's carl. Excitement.

I was a little "moist-eyed" watching Carl and Barney . . .

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[Peregrine Falcon]

Yes, I heard that he was 18hh too. I'm sitting at home with TV on. My kids were watching it too intently. I was supposed to be going shopping............

Nice sympathetically ridden test.

 

[PolarSkye]

Yes, I heard that he was 18hh too. I'm sitting at home with TV on. My kids were watching it too intently. I was supposed to be going shopping............

Nice sympathetically ridden test.

Hard to believe he's so young . . . he handled that big atmosphere brilliantly . . . and, yes, beautifully ridden by Carl.

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[Sandstone1]

Why do the commenters constantly waffle over the music. Really annoying and spoils it for me.

 

[_GG_]

Hard to believe he's so young . . . he handled that big atmosphere brilliantly . . . and, yes, beautifully ridden by Carl.

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Yep, he's 18hh. He's just lovely isn't he!

 

[PolarSkye]

Well Michael Eilberg and Half Moon Delphi just showed them all how it's done . . . we saw them at Royal Windsor and they just blew us away . . . that was amazing .

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[_GG_]

I could watch Half Moon Delphi all day in passage

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

Lovely mare. Right, I must go, press record and dash to shop. Got icing to buy for cake for Williams' b'day. Happy watching folks.

That's a great mark for them

 

[PolarSkye]

Yep, he's 18hh. He's just lovely isn't he!

He is . . . very balanced for such a big, young horse. Which is a bit of a duh statement - if he wasn't balanced and true he wouldn't be at this level, would he? I'm such a numpty.

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[shadeofshyness]

Carl's test was lovely, as was Michael's. Looking forward to Charlotte and Valegro at quarter past 3.

Will switch off after her as I can't watch Parzival who is last to go.

 

[pootleperkin]

Michael's test was lovely, so in time with the music and the horse looked really happy. Into the lead with just below 80% - well done all!

 

[PolarSkye]

Am I the only one who thinks these guys (all of them) need to sort their music out if they want to appeal to a wider audience?

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[_GG_]

Am I the only one who thinks these guys (all of them) need to sort their music out if they want to appeal to a wider audience?

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At least they are not doing their own cringeworthy singovers like Anky used to!

 

[_GG_]

I really like Legolas!

 

[PolarSkye]

At least they are not doing their own cringeworthy singovers like Anky used to!

Ha . . . indeed!

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[ChiffChaff]

Am I the only one who thinks these guys (all of them) need to sort their music out if they want to appeal to a wider audience?

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I dunno, I thought Michael's Shakira medley was brilliant!! Plus we've had some lovely Coldplay and Bowie from the American guy.

 

[Booboos]

I thought Nip N Tuc was a bit tired today - understandable as it's quite a lot to ask of a young horse but nonetheless lacking sparkle and this was reflected in the marks. I think the difference will be more apparent when the 'big guns' come out in the second half.

Half Moon Delphi is a very talented horse with more to come, but for me she's too tight in the neck and still curling. Eilberg rode her very sympathetically and always tried to correct the problem, but it's ironic that if this was Anky or Cornelissen there would be a rollkur outcry.

I agree PolarSky the music is just boring!

 

[PolarSkye]

I dunno, I thought Michael's Shakira medley was brilliant!! Plus we've had some lovely Coldplay and Bowie from the American guy.

But it was all about elevator muzak-style . . . I wish they'd just commit to something in its original form instead of doing some insipid orchestral arrangement of popular music.

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[burtie]

The young Dutch lad did a lovely test when you consider the age and experience of them both, what great stars!