2024 Maclay Final Thread

I think Taylor still has it. Maddie 4th. Christian and Adriana stay the same for me, but the judges could feel differently.

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For me, it’s Taylor, Christian, Adriana, Maddie.

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Loved Taylor’s start but too bad she saw the distance to the hand gallop jump so far out that she slowed down a lot. The turns were beautiful and the halt great.

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I’d move Christian up. I think he did enough.

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Agreed! Taylor on top.

For me it’s
Taylor 1
Christian 2

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Brian FFS. “Do you have a guess on who wins? If I were you I wouldn’t venture a guess.”

Well why did you ask, then? Gah.

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FWIW, my assistant trainer (who’s there) has Taylor-Adriana 1-2, so maybe Adriana’s gallop was better in person.

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Yeah, that’s Brian. [cringe]

I think Adriana really nailed the halt better than the others. But we’ll see what the judges think.

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Enjoyed Carlee’s commentary, she did a great job

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I’m shutting off the live feed and counting on you guys to feed me the results!

Yes, the only one to get a true square halt.

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I liked Christian’s test best, but I seldom guess correctly.

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And now the true heroes of the horse show, the jump crew. What a thankless job and they get it all cleared so fast!

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As they’re clearing the jumps, I’m looking at the perfume bottle standards. I watched 170 odd people jump them in the first round without realizing that’s what they were until the interview with the jump guy after the break. Lol.

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She really did have the best halt.

Oh god people, there’s a live mike, tread carefully.

There has been a lack of awareness of the microphones all day. You’d think somebody would have told somebody.

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Yes, it was quite bad earlier in the day.

I like how they have the table full of coolers. “You get a cooler, and you get a cooler, and you get a cooler!”

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