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LOL… I do know that he says Fantastic several times. Also, talks about the crowd reaction and says they or he is absolute entertainment?
I would love it if we had the full translation.
I just found this article at DressageDaily.com with Linda Zang’s comments on Fuego and ton of great pictures.
http://www.dressagedaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5492:true-love-at-the-alltech-games-fuego-xii-set-hearts-aflutter&catid=282:maryblog&Itemid=381[/QUOTE]
In the beginning, commentator describes them as specialists in Piaffe and Passage. He suggests that perhaps this horse won’t have the same type of effect as a German Warmblood, but instructs us to look at his tack, to look at the posture he commands. Commentator says “here come two proud Spaniards onto the train”. In the Olympic Games, they didn’t really rise to the occasion, they were 15th. Last year in the [didn’t catch the name of the competition], they were 24th.
(As test begins) Now they are beginning with what they do best. One can hear how the audience is impressed by the spectacular front legs of the horse alone, but he’s really pushing with his back end which is where that comes from. And then naturally, in the darkness of the night, such a magnificent gray.
(2:54) Ah, that’s certainly something for the gallery, a little bit right and left before the lengthening… then he says something about how one could also wickedly/sinisterly say how horses used to pull plows, but he has strength and athleticism within him, this “Fuego”. And, he actually has a little walk comparable to some of his ancestors from the Iberian Peninsula.
(4:42): Oh, and ah, there, when a horse is compact like this, their sequence of motions are slightly more jagged, more elastic. It appears relatively easy for him to pirouette, but with this one if he (had done something different relative the the circle created by the hind legs), something more decent could have been produced.
(5:25 pirouette): This one was really good, at least at 75%.
(5:50 one-handed lead changes): Yea! The Spaniards, they always are making a show out of it! So, from gallop into Piaffe, probably difficult- you really must have everything, dream of Piaffe at night.
At the end:
Spanish temperament! Even the Spanish trainer (NAME) can hardly grasp this! Lexington, Kentucky- here the night is coming alive! That was the fire in the rectangle (Das Feur im Viereck sounds much better in German)! From the temperament alone, they all expected that because this is the only Spanish (implying non-warmblood) horse here, and that’s something that I believe only a Spaniard with his fervor can present in such a way. (Something about how they can’t just get him out of there so quick, the audience doesn’t want to see that, I think). That was a Kuer! From the quality alone, indisputable, but as an entertainer alone this evening, he truly has earned the top honors. Worshipful. That is dressage sport!
(Replay at 8:04): Sport is amusement, and dressage can be that, also this strong gallop here, the only thing missing is the Senorita on the back of the horse, and maybe the “carroche” in the hand of the rider. Yea… phenomenal presentation. That was almost like a Champions League victory from Real Madrid or Barcelona. Honestly, he would win the Champions League from emotion alone. Fantastic.
The description at the bottom reads:
Audience favorite: The Spaniard Juan Manuel Munoz Diaz stole the Grand Prix Freestyle show from Gal and Totilas. He impressed onlookers with his firey ride. The Spaniard rode with only one hand on the reins for the last few seconds, and delivered a program that varied from classical dressage.
Just a quick translation, and I may have missed some things.
