According to my cable listing, the E network is about to show the dressage from the Paris Olympics starting shortly at 11 AM Eastern.
And again tomorrow morning, Wednesday, July 31st at 10:00 AM Eastern.
Fingers crossed the listing is accurate!
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Thanks for the reminder. Danish rider is up first. Not impressed. She got 78.028%.
What ever happened to Article 1
1. The Horse thus gives the impression of doing, of its own accord, what is required.
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Tomorrow, coverage is 9 a.m. central, 10 a.m. eastern on E!, but no reruns on USA unlike the eventing.
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I was pretty surprised at how much eventing coverage they showed on TV. I actually went out to dinner with somebody on Sunday night, and it was on the TVs over the bar in the restaurant! I was completely distracted from the conversation. Lol.
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I was surprised about how much coverage they show in USA in the afternoon and evening reruns, with so much more coverage than the E! channel first showing in the mornings. I have been less than impressed at the NBC reshowing, with lots of piecemeal coverage.
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the man commenting is annoying!
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Had to put on mute… nothing but usless chatter…
So team USA is eliminated? A scratch on the mare’s leg probably from goofing off in the warm up.
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They are eliminated from the team competition. The other two American riders can still compete as individuals.
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That’s amazing that a small scratch eliminated them.
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The rider was new to dressage? Sounded like an interesting story.
https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/marcus-orlob-eliminated-in-grand-prix-at-paris-olympics/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEV2qFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTqK3SW4yXTTS-mIuedQiwlUdH665w-jk9rRZLYqRw2GkKRJlm1QgwybNQ_aem_ZM-LSuH9vJ3CFWpTSrrA5A&_gl=11txcl8d_gaMTMzMzg0Njc3OC4xNTk0MDQ5MjU4_ga_3Q593VP376*MTcyMjM1MDQxOS4yMS4xLjE3MjIzNTY1MzEuMC4wLjA.
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blood is blood, they are strict
I really appreciate how many of the riders reported that they did hacking and trail riding with their horses. One talked about keeping them outside as much as possible. I knew too many dressage riders when I boarded that treated their horses like something to put on a shelf between riding in the arena. Too many would never take them outside the arena or stalls.
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I’m impressed that they showed two straight hours of dressage on a regular cable channel. Yay for them.
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I am surprised at that too. But I expect them to show quite a lot of Freestyle. That will be very popular.
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Wednesday morning Dressage day 2, 9 am central time on E!, that’s the only scheduled TV broadcast.
Saturday and Sunday will be coverage on digital, and E! both days
Thursday and Friday for the jumping coverage, some on E!, some USA, and NBC, and next week on E! and NBC.
I’m watching the Day 1 replay and thought the Danish rider in group A was rather over scored. Then the Lithuanian rider was robbed.
Group B underway and wth with the nice horse from Venezuela scoring a 4 for a lovely extended walk?
Very confusing. And of course the commentators are basically useless.
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Way over scored. Which is interesting because (although it should not be this way) judges have told me they typically score the first ride “low” to allow room for better riders to score higher. Being the first rider in an order of go is typically not a good thing. You want to be middle to late in the order of go.
Agreed. I was trying to figure out who they were…
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Depending on what you are watching, E!, or Peacock, E! is Randy Moss and Melanie Smith Taylor. Peacock is Jon Kyle and Lucinda Green. Randy Moss is a racing correspondant. He knows lots about horse racing, but not a lot about equestrian events. (I personally think NBC doesn’t know the difference, hey, they are all horses…) He first covered Rio, and he was much worse if you can believe it. Melanie is a former Show Jumper, and was on our Olympic team in 1984 I think. They are on the less expensive broadcast, which has more commercials and is for a larger less experienced viewership. On Peacock, Jon Kyle is the best commentator in the business. He covers all equestrian sports, and is very knowlegable. Lucinda Green has not done as much broadcasting, but she has been at it for awhile, and the people watching the eventing loved her. She is a former World Champion eventer, and has won the prestigious Badminton horse trial 6 times on 6 different horses.
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