2023 USEF Medal Finals

This is her last year. What happened? I was suffering through the Hollow Brook ad when I switched over to CMH.

CMH is doing fine for me.

wow i feel like there will be quite the shake up to the top 10

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Stream buffered for me in middle of Liv’s trip, how was it?

Liv Sweetnam is still fairly young for the Big Eq, right? She had a darn nice trip there after some much more experienced older riders struggled.

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I like that even though several of the riders in the bottom tapped people on the shoulder with their glove, some of these top riders haven’t let that rattle their plans. They’re not throwing in the inside cut to the last two like lemmings.

Olivia Sweetnam’s riding has matured significantly in the last year. Some of that is growing up and getting more familiar with how to use her body as her center of gravity changes, but she’s also really developed her style. Looking forward to watching the rest of her career!

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Avery got very long in the 5 and her horse chipped/went through the jump. She kept going and ended confidently.

Emma Blumenkrantz’s horse looked maybe a little slow into that four stride, but man, he opened right up and walked that line so nicely.

Who do we think is testing? I missed the first half of round one


Looks like our top four could change
will be interesting to hear who comes back! Some of the earlier kids were pretty flawless but is that enough to make a big jump in the standings?

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Such a shame for AG. She’s had a great last year, but the round she did this morning on a new horse was really elegant. Oh well, there are two more finals to go and she can still do USET next year!

Thinking the exact same thing - I also wonder if they’ll call back more than 4 given how great some of the early kids were and how many of the last to go had bobbles.

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I think it could be a big shake up to pull the top four to test. Lots of shuffling of the pack.

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I wasn’t keeping a card and I was just telling a friend I have no idea what I’m doing with this.

I have Sally, Kate Hagerty, and Alexandra Ryden moving into the top 10. Maybe testing Emma, Olivia, Noah, Cody, +/- Eleanor and Tessa. That is not in any order of preference. I missed the first rounds of half those kids, so I don’t know how tight they were clustered at the top.

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I have Olivia on top but I have no idea who else to put in the test! There are like 9 others who could move up or down enough. The fact that I missed parts of some of the rounds thanks to buffering doesn’t clarify my thinking.

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How long are we guessing until the call back? I still need to muck and feed :rofl:

I also have Olivia on top but the rest is a big ol’ question mark. Sally Ives was BEAUTIFUL, but at 24th after first round, maybe too far back. Kate Hagerty was also excellent.

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Just enough time for you to throw everyone a flake. :wink:

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One thing that I always think is interesting in the situation is to compare how well people cover up things that were not according to plan. We saw that with a few of them in the second round, and a couple of the kids definitely rolled with it better than others. Lol.

Gahhh the anticipation is killing me!! I am not envious of the judges right now