there’s also non-stop planes taking off - if we can hear it loudly on the internet, it must be very loud in the stadium.
i think van olst was fairly judged. didn’t look like a good day for him.
kemmer is reliable as usual!
Kemmer’s ride will be hard to beat … that was beautiful.
the commentators said that Orion used to be a jumper, but they were also wrong about his being a Danish warmblood, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they were wrong about him being a jumper as well.
nice
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Kemmer’s ride will be hard to beat … that was beautiful.[/QUOTE]
Very good Piaffe Passage tour, and I really liked her changes… Nice boy… very well behaved at the finish too. I wouldn’t have the guts to drop my reins. 
hehe the bug eyes came out, but not a foot out of place as she left arena.
Wow the judges were in complete agreement on that one!!!
Wow! The Russian horse Wat a Feeling is huge!
The Japanese rider almost lost it when her horse spooked after she dropped the reins.
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Wow! The Russian horse Wat a Feeling is huge![/QUOTE]
He is big, and in my mind lacks some expression … he’s like a tank out there huffing and puffing (I know it’s hot).
They just showed the rider standing next to him … he must be 18 hands or she’s really short.
I LOVED Bonaparte… that was a beautiful test to watch.
The Russian horse bored me.
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He is big, and in my mind lacks some expression … he’s like a tank out there huffing and puffing (I know it’s hot).[/QUOTE]
I agree. His right front lacked something.
wat a feeling is right, very overweight. MAN that horse was blowing after the test. i thought he was going to fall down.
Oh my, does Redford have flies on his belly or is that piaffe? 
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Oh my, does Redford have flies on his belly or is that piaffe? ;)[/QUOTE]
Little too much traning from behind with a longe whip, perhaps?
I’ve just started watching. (Missed Kemmer – dang!!)
My only comment: Is it too much to ask that, after completing a very difficult Olympic GP test, these riders SMILE? The faces of the two I’ve seen are so stoic. Aren’t they proud to have gotten this far? I swear this is one of Anky’s greatest tools. SHE manages to look pleased even if the horse has spooked himself blind.
The best ride so far
Courtney and Mythilus
The judges partly agreed, however this was by far the best ride untill now !
Theo
there’s a smile
Go Courtney!!!
70.417% !!!
OMG you go girl!!! This is so exciting!!! Wow one judge had her 1st and the German judge 5th…
Not a single mistake, but not enough.
What a beautiful, harmonius test for Courtney and Myth…
