I wish I could be as sure as you are but anything can happen and there is no guarantee those horses will score as you say. We will just have to wait and see (although I would be thrilled for us if US does get the silver medal).
You’re absolutely right.
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You’re absolutely right.[/QUOTE]
She very well could be and I would be beyond excited but you guys act like these horses are robots and they can’t do anything wrong:confused: Unless of course you are saying the judging is that corrupt:sadsmile:
I agree that horses can be horses, but in the COTH coverage from this morning, there is a quote from a Dutch rider basically conceding gold to Germany and stating it will be a tussle with the US for the lower medals.
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Which horse and rider? We have the replay on now and I want to watch that test.
Thank you NBC!!! :D[/QUOTE]
Hayley Beresford of Australia on Relampago, #203. Right near the end.
Eileen
This whole judging saga isn’t new. It bubbles to the surface during every OS, WEG and WC-Final.
We really have to go to a 10 judge system, in which the highest an lowest scores are scratched.
When there are math-guru’s out there, you could start with doing this with the recent scores, and you will notice that it doesn’t change anything in the placing of the riders, but you will notice that the gaps between the top 10 riders would be much lower.
Theo
Who is Courtney King-Dye’s trainer?
Eileen
[QUOTE=Roan;3440617]
Who is Courtney King-Dye’s trainer?
Eileen[/QUOTE]
I know she started with Lendon Grey(sp), may still get a lot of help from her, but also Klaus, of course, and Steffen.
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As a huge baroque fan and Lipizzan owner, the only one I would have scored well was Hayley. The others just weren’t good representatives of the type and were lacking in classical training.
My 2 cents
Eileen[/QUOTE]
I haven’t read the whole thread yet - I stopped with this post - but I had to agree with what everyone had been saying over the last page or so…
I happen to not be a fan of the baroque horses (in general). I wasn’t impressed with any of them today and actually kept thinking the same thing Eileen just said - that they “weren’t good representatives” and really were not helping the image of the baroque horse in competitive dressage… That is until I saw Relampago and Hayley Beresford. If I was going to have any of the Lusitanos we saw today, it would be him.
Beautiful, correct test. Expression. Fluidity. Loved his changes. The score should have been higher, IMO.
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I know she started with Lendon Grey(sp), may still get a lot of help from her, but also Klaus, of course, and Steffen.[/QUOTE]
Thank you.
I watched her ride at the Washington International and she and her horse (same horse? Can’t remember) just seem . . . different. . . here. Overall, I mean. Might be the conservativeness some have commented on, dunno. Wish I had more memory of her ride at WIHS.
Eileen
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I can’t believe it is a step forward when I can hardly tell the difference between a horse’s trot and passage.[/QUOTE]
:lol: I actually caught myself thinking that several times, too… “Okay, so is that supposed to be trot or passage? Where are we in the test…?” 
I can’t figure out the schedule. Is there supposed to be some more dressage on the internet tonight? The schedule I looked at said Wed. 8-13: 7:30 pm individual dessage and team dressage.
streaming online tomorrow morning 6:15 am
remember, they are ~12 hours ahead of us and are competing at night under lights
Now usually I don’t comment on these threads, just shrugging off the various sniper attacks. But here is my take as somebody who’s German, living in the US, having ridden in my wild student days with Dr. Klimke, having ridden through I-1 on horses I’ve trained myself (or fixed), and still espousing Dr. Klimke’s training methods. Rode with him last at the Equitana in Louisville, where I organized a dressage matinee with him.
Best seat of the day - without a doubt, Courtney King - just lovely. Best overall ride of the day - Heike Kemmer, piaffe actually on the spot (how many creeping ones did we see), super walk, risks taken (extended canter, kind of like Klimke on the 84 vid). Happiest athlete - Lancet with Emma Hindle - now he just looked content, his gaits were fluid (all three), ears were flopping. Sunrise - too tense, tongue problems in the zig-zags, behind the vertical at times, seemed broken in two at times - sorry, I thought score was high - she should have been behind Courtney King. Courtney King’s ride was too conservative to do better, and the canter work was a bit flat (weakest gait of the horse). Extended canter, not much there. Liked Relampago - overall quite nice, maybe a bit underscored. Nadine and Gal - I actually liked better than Sunrise, less tension, but they were first pair, and that’s literally the luck of the draw. The scores in the 50s deserved to be that…
Flamesuit on 
Carolin Walz
www.dreamtimefarm.com
go back to the schedule
http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_online_listings/zone=CT/sport=EQ/online
and use the ‘alert me’ function for the events you want to see
Cannot. Stop. Self. Must. Mark. This. Moment. In. History.
Theo said the DUTCH judge was incorrect! 
Carry on. 
keep in mind that the second half is tomorrow and Teams generally put their strongest competitors at end
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Cannot. Stop. Self. Must. Mark. This. Moment. In. History.
Theo said the DUTCH judge was incorrect!
Carry on. :p[/QUOTE]
ROTFLMAO:lol::lol::lol::lol:
Thanks very much for helping out with the schedule!!!
others helped me
just paying it forward
COTHers are a wonderful resource
