2024 USEF Medal Finals Watch Thread

Moonshine would like a bite of that ribbon please.

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They did. That was the group that broke my heart by coming in and riding a great trip with two swaps or a rail. That was a tough course and I hope theyā€™re proud of themselves.

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ariana off course
Missed a jump

That was Adriana on the white horse, not Ariana on the chestnut. Iā€™ve mixed up their names twice today.

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6th - Adriana Forte - can we get some ears patrol here in the ring please? Cornet Z is not putting them up unless he gets a peppermint, he knows how this works.

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I feel like Adriana could have been 3rd at least if she hadnā€™t missed the jump - she had a very nice test otherwise!

5th - Olivia Sweetnam. Hm.

Yes Adriana nailed the counter canters. She didnā€™t really have a hand gallop, but that would still beat out the missed counter canters I think.

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I think she knew that too - she looked sad.

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Efendiā€™s a biter, apparently!

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Efendi looks very very done for the day.

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Did anyone else notice Andre didnā€™t say anything to her or pat her horse or anything? It was a little strange.

Ariana pins 4th and @sassy is clearly judging the same class the judges watched, whereas I was watching something else.

Yeah, Iā€™ve seen him do that before, most notably when Sam Schaefer was 2nd way back in (I think) 2010.

It looked like he did say something to her briefly before walking away.

Sydneyā€™s little kiss to her horse was very sweet and nice to see. Well done for her!

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My first guess was right on the standings!

gotcha! I messed up too

Well done kiddo!

I donā€™t even try to place more than 1st and 2nd and Iā€™m lucky to get those right.
I just donā€™t have the eye that many of you do.