Woohoo Jill! You go! Did you all hear her telling him “easy boy”??? Or did I imagine that?
While I’m loving the live feed and great footage, I’m not so loving the “live commentary.” 
At least it’s not a distracting voice-over, I guess?
After having a long-term boyfriend with the nickname, I have always had a special place in my heart for Special Ed, lol.
And this commentary is seriously horrible. She didn’t even have the right horse/rider combo! We should do the commentary lol
ditto on the commentary. really bad.
I don’t think the Russian rider was really able to control her horse and set him up, it looked like he was strong to the fences.
That Norwegian horse just jumped the HECK out of those fences! Shame for the time fault! Gorgeous!
Explanation needed what does this class count towards? thanks
Nice go, Laura! Too bad Cedric didn’t quite get the “whoaWHOA!” part of things in that triple! lol
Shame about Laura’s faults - the rail looked like he just got in too deep to that one and the time fault, well . . . The time hasn’t been forgiving on one hand, but on the other Sapphire made it around under the time and if any US horse missed the time it would be her, imo. Maybe Cedric’s inexperience at this level made Laura’s job a little harder, I dunno. She did a good job making him look like a pro out there though. 
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I am under the impression that this class is basically a warm up and does not count towards team or individual scores. I think the only thing it really does is set up the starting order for the team competition. Anyone, please correct me, I may be wrong.
I wish they could hear me when I tell them to hurry up. You pretty much have to get into the rtriple in 45, and overthe lime green liverpool in 65 to make it.
Here’s Kirk Webby.A year ago this horse was showing in Vermont.
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Found this on NBC website and it explains things pretty well… this is just the beginning
The first individual qualifying competition: Serving as a qualifier for the final individual competition, the 12-obstacle competition also determines the starting order of the team competition (the score of the three best riders from each team are added together. The team with the least amount of penalties from this competition start last in team competition).
Team jumping Competition: Competition takes place over the course of two days with a possible jump-off. The first and second rounds also count toward individual qualifying competitions. All riders will compete in the first round. In the second round, only the top 10 teams and all individual riders compete. Each team’s three best scores (the lowest score is dropped) from each round will be tallied to establish the team score.
The final individual jumping competition: Competition consists of two rounds with a possible jump-off with the combination of the penalties incurred in each determining the final score. No more than three riders from the same country may compete in the individual final. If four riders from the same nation qualify, its Chef d’Equipe decides which three riders compete in the final rounds.
The riders’ scores from the qualifying rounds will not be carried over to the final rounds. After the third qualifying round, the 45 highest-ranked riders advance to the first of the two final rounds, called Round A. Following the completion of the first final round, the top 20 riders advance to the second round of the finals, Round B.
Starting Order: The starting order of the first and second qualifying rounds is determined by a draw. In the second round all riders compete in reverse order of penalties received in the first round. In the final round, the starting order for Round A is determined according to the reverse order of penalties earned over the three qualifying competitions. The starting order for Round B is determined according to whom had the most faults in Round A.
Live Feed . . . what live Feed???
I can’t get the NBC feed or the CBC Feed on Equestrian to work on this blinking Korean computer . . .
I’m swimming blind . . . like Michael Phelps . . . my equestian goggles full of water . . .
oh the humanity!!! . . .
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Shame about Laura’s faults - the rail looked like he just got in too deep to that one and the time fault, well . . . The time hasn’t been forgiving on one hand, but on the other Sapphire made it around under the time and if any US horse missed the time it would be her, imo. Maybe Cedric’s inexperience at this level made Laura’s job a little harder, I dunno. She did a good job making him look like a pro out there though. :)[/QUOTE]
Why do you think Sapphire would be most likely to miss the time? McLain is a very fast rider and Sapphire is pretty fast herself. I would say that the more likely candidates from our team are Will and Laura. Both horses are slightly greener and its far more important to keep the jumps up and suffer a time fault than the other way around
YESS! Clean round for the Dutch. Good job Vincent! I liked how his horse jumped, he kind of skimmed the jumps. Woohoo!
MMB up in 2!
Doesn’t anyone ride a thoroughbred any more??
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Why do you think Sapphire would be most likely to miss the time? McLain is a very fast rider and Sapphire is pretty fast herself. I would say that the more likely candidates from our team are Will and Laura. Both horses are slightly greener and its far more important to keep the jumps up and suffer a time fault than the other way around[/QUOTE]
Hstorically, Sapphire has had trouble being under time due to the fact that she is a very big mare. Mclain has done a lot of work with her and done a great job to get her faster in her courses, and it showed today. It’s always, however, a worry for me. But they are a wonderful pair and both of them should be comfortable with this level of competition, so I’m sure they will both gallop a little when it counts. 
Now Will, he is our weakest link, as far as I’m concerned. Cedric is inexperienced at this level, but Laura isn’t. Will has been at this level for the least amount of time, and his horse is the same, iirc. We’ll see how he does - he’s certainly shown in the past that he’s capable of being successful here!
Oh and boo, 6 faults for Shutterfly. 
I like that horse haha.
Pretty good round for MMB, Shutterfly looked pretty calm. I would think the 6 faults will still permit them to continue to compete? I sure hope so. Nice Olympic debut for them.
I was thinking when they showed her coming around that turn that she and the horse both looked awfully casual, and then the rail came down.
Such a beautiful horse and rider though.
But Shutterfly is still SO cute! I love watching that one go. I am especially digging this green picket fence at the end.
