I missed it - what happened to her?
Ah. I see that even though I planned my entire weekend around watching the Maclay, I may need to switch to coverage of the NY Marathon, which may actually have live streaming.
Is there any sort of contact information for CMH where we can all let them know that their live stream is utter crap?
Her horse looked like he got caught off guard by the short turn from 7 to 8 (the vertical with the green brush rails). He stuttered a step and then refused. She lost her balance but stayed on.
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In my experience watching on line over the last 10 years or so, the Maclay live stream is cursed. Maybe itās because itās so close to Halloween but it absolutely has the most problems. That is why I loved the days when USEF did it and we had on demand so I could watch it a day later without all the problems!!!
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I like Eve Westfallās horse - Van Gogh
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Eve Westfall had the best go Iāve seen so far. Not quite seamless, but a workmanlike job of answering all the questions.
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You are right, but hasnāt it also been a non-USEF Network provider for most if not all of the last 10 years? Iām blanking on the name of the one they used to use.
Kate Mills is doing her best to rein in this big olā white-faced moose sheās on, who just wants to lope on down the lines and leave out a half a step or a full step, who can say, heās just gonna poke his nose out like a big olā pony and roll on and do his thing.
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Oh my goodness. Friends, we are at the Maclay Finals. Please do not look down at the outside shoulder to check your diagonal. Thank you.
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My pet peeveā¦
Heartbreaker for James Leone - eliminated after refusals at the first fence.
Didnāt look like he got anywhere close to the fence, unfortunately. Itās the most normal-looking fence in the ring, so I wonder what his horse saw.
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Seems like more of them than usual in this first group are coming in a bit wide-eyed.
Commentary is disappointing. Too much jabber about topics other than the trip. Ava is the only one interesting when they let her talk.
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That absolutely stinks for him. Very bad luck.
For planning purposes, it took about an hour to get through the first 25 riders.
They also confirmed that there will be a drag break after each sixty rounds in the order.
Thatās a common theme with the commentary at all of these finals unfortunately. The actual round commentary for the rider in the ring tends to be an afterthought.
Pet peeve of mine too.
Has anyone seen a start list that includes the names of the horses? And also the trainers?
I think Iād have Siena MacDonald on my standby. She had to get scrappy to get it done, so itāll depend what the judges saw, but she did get it done.
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The stream seems to be more stable nowā¦havenāt had to refresh in a while.
As a broadcast media professional, Iām unimpressed with this feed. They donāt even appear to have white balanced the cameras before starting this. Or color balanced the camerasāitās all too yellow.
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Itās interesting that you mention that. That never would have crossed my mind, but now that you say it, I canāt un-see it.
