Olympic Dressage

I saw some good rides today as well. The french riders were open in the frame, for example. Were there lots of big flashy movers today? Yes, but with the exception of Isabel and Carl I felt like name bias wasn’t as strong today as it was in the qualifying.

I imagine the big atmosphere and super difficult test would make any horse tense. I saw lots of riders trying to give with their hands and open them up but, horses will horse.

Was it perfect? No, but I wasn’t mad at today’s rides / scores.

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Does amyone know what the long rectangular boxes are that all the winners at the Olympics are recieving?

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I’ve heard that it’s a copy of the official Paris Olympics poster with a seal matching the medal colour.

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AI gets it wrong quite often. But it’s stated confidently and gets broadcast widely.
It’s frightening.
In this case, adding another zero doesn’t even come close. :roll_eyes:

Should spectators at swimming events show up in bathing suits? I thought Martha
Stewart was cooler than that.

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Thank you! Thank is a nice!

What test did they do?

Correct

paris

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Do we have a schedule for the Freestyle yet? I’m going to miss the first hour and I want to know whose rides I will be missing.

They did the Grand Prix Special. Lots of passage and piaffe, not much walk break. https://inside.fei.org/system/files/Grand%20Prix%20Special%202022.pdf

They’ve all done this before, What’s super difficult about it?

:rofl::rofl::rofl: Maybe the commentators or special events people could wear thongs. Or maybe you could realize that Martha and Snoop are more like theater people that dress in costumes to promote the show.

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Sheldon often quotes his mother as saying “well aren’t you a spoonful of sugar”. :smile:

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Snoop in his Egg Hat made it to Aussie news. Certainly better than the news of two weeks ago…!

As much as I roll my eyes, he’s still giving dressage a better rap than we’ve gotten recently.

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why would you be rolling your eyes?

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A dude turns up to a horse show wearing riding clothes and everyone loses their minds.

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I can’t find it anywhere.

ok well he’s more than just a dude, and he’s giving our sport more publicity than we could ever dream of. He’s a very kind and intelligent man.

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Plenty of nice people at the show.

I’m not rolling my eyes at him, just the media frenzy that accompanies celebrities.

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Me neither, which seems a little strange as it starts in 4 hours!!

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