Back to the hunter ring I go.
now that that’s over, I can go to work, LOL
I’M SOOO HAPPY. Good girl, good pony, yay.
Steffen missed a medal on a horse green to GP by 0.305%. Ravel rocks!!!
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Just because someone does not like her training methods does not mean they hate her…:mad:[/QUOTE]
Agreed.
Her forte is the freestyle and she deserved that mark.
Eileen
It was a good ride, not saying it wasn’t but I think they scored over the top there. Come ON! Anky is going to petition to have the halt removed from the test. :lol:
Anky had a good test but no pizzaz. Of course, they gave her first. The way they were scoring, they had to. I still think Steffan deserved bronze. his test was better performed, better choreographed and had the expression so many keep saying is more important than correctness (which he had over Kemmer as well).
My Personal Results
My Personal Results :
1 : Anky
2 : Steffen
3 : Isabelle
But heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I am only the music maker.
Where in the world is Sjef?
Some please tell her… And someone please translate… What did she say after her ride?
Thanks!
Look at that the German judge was fair and even scored higher then the dutch judge… Maybe they aren’t out to get Anky:lol:
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Some please tell her… And someone please translate… What did she say after her ride?
Thanks![/QUOTE]
She was pissed off that Sjef wasn’t there !
“Anky had a good test but no pizzaz.”
And of course, that comment has nothing to do with how you’ve trashed anky for eons, does it. Your eye needs some medical assistance.
Satchmo’s new old lady owner will live through about one ride. Then she will start with longeing, Natural Horsemanship, Parelli, and lots and lots of medication - for herself!
That is absolute bull about Anky not deserving her placing. THAT IS BULL.
And Steffen was NOT robbed. It did not have the technical strengths. It had the artistic, not the technical needed to go higher. RELAX. The horse did his first GP in MAY! You cannot win even a free style with such big pirouettes and such moving piaffe. What more do you want, this is how the horse SHOULD be performing. Try not to be so greedy all the time. And no, really, if Theo says he should have gotten second, remember, Theo is not a judge, he is a music man. As he so many times says.
I don’t understand that much, but I did catch that Anky called for Sjeff earlier. He was probably getting drunk in the bar with his new girlfriend Heike, don’t you all think?
And I think when Anky and Isabel talked, Anky said she was surprised by her own score and sympathy for how Satchmo behaved. Isabel said, ‘C’est la vie’. I think they spoke very well to eachother. Now if only those on the bulletin board could have some sportsmanship…it is a horse show. What happened, happened. The judges are not all crazy, blind, paid off.
I didn’t get see much of the rides as the computer was acting up, but in the times I’ve watched these riders, I just haven’t seen how they are head and shoulders above the rest. Yes, they are good, no doubt about it and the best on most days, but I don’t see how they are THAT much better.
I agree with Theo actually. But thought Anky was very good today and deserved the win.
Yes, but, here are Steffen’s mistakes:
- He did not coreography a bulk run backwards transition.
- He HALTED at the end.
- His name is not Anky Van EveryjudgeclosetheireyesandignoreanyunevennessormistakeGrunsven.
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Steffen was NOT robbed. It did not have the technical strengths. It had the artistic, not the technical needed to go higher. RELAX. The horse did his first GP in MAY! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? YOU WANT TOO MUCH. DON’T BE SO GREEDY!
I don’t understand that much, but I think when Anky and Isabel talked, Anky said she was surprised by her own score and sympathy for how Satchmo behaved. Isabel said, ‘C’est la vie’. I think they spoke very well to eachother. Now if only those on the bulletin board could have some sportsmanship…[/QUOTE]
Wasn’t it in March?
Congrats to all
Go team USA… Look out London 2012!
Now I can go get redy for the Tropical Storm Fay that’s gonna pass through here shortly… 
“It’s getting ready to storm out here…”
Well it was choreographed to a t. Didn’t miss a beat and neither did the horse.
Was it worth 82+%? Sure - but only if Steffan P’s was worth 81% and Balagur’s was worth 80% in my opinion.
But the problem is with the scoring of the Special not the scoring of the Kur. Artistically she’s the best. Technically - not by a long shot.
I actually came into this hoping to root for Isabel (it was her turn. :lol:)
But honestly, I am here crying at my computer with Anky’s fabulous ride. She knew she had to be amazing–and she was. I mean extended canter to a double pirouette? Amazing. She nailed it all. You could see her start to smile in the last passage half pass. She couldn’t halt at the end because she was too excited! That was the only mistake.
She deserves it. A fabulous horsewoman, awesome rider–super competitor. Anky RULES.
P.S. Watch out–Ravel is coming up!
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Well it was choreographed to a t. Didn’t miss a beat and neither did the horse.
Was it worth 82+%? Sure - but only if Steffan P’s was worth 81% and Balagur’s was worth 80% in my opinion.
But the problem is with the scoring of the Special not the scoring of the Kur. Artistically she’s the best. Technically - not by a long shot.[/QUOTE]
Very funny, because it’s the other way around. Allthough Anky improved her degree of difficulty, it is still a simple choreography. And as stated many times before many other riders are tooooooo ambitious and didn’t read the judge guidelines.
Theo
Signing off to open a bottle of champagne
