What did Nadine just have to sign? Did she get chosen for drug testing?
I heard her say “nooooooo” after she got off Elvis, after the man spoke to her in german. After she signed, the english speaking woman with the clipboard said “you can do it or I can”.
Hey, they’re finally showing the band!
Funny quote about piafe and toilets.
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Alexandra Korelova of Russia put in a gorgeous ride. Could those piaffes be anymore perfect?![/QUOTE]
I’ve been a fan of his for a long time - and no one deserves more to be in the medals than this horse with the perfect piaffe, he looks like came straight out of a book on classical horsemanship. She had a couple of bobbles in the qualifier where rather than piaffe, he stopped for a step and she poked him to get him going again. Today she rode beautifully, amazing rider and horse.
Would be cool to see a come from behind horse and rider get a medal.
added: NBC’s site is doing it again. As the competition progresses, they are slowly loosing the final scores for every rider. Ugh.
Balagur article http://www.eurodressage.com/news/focus/foc_balagur.html
He probably learnt his P&P in the circus!
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What did Nadine just have to sign? Did she get chosen for drug testing?
I heard her say “nooooooo” after she got off Elvis, after the man spoke to her in german. After she signed, the english speaking woman with the clipboard said “you can do it or I can”.[/QUOTE]
I assumed drug testing, but I really don’t know.
I’m suprised nobody has lost their medals yet…
they just showed Ashley’s ride on rerun, wow what a tactful rider… And she goes on to the freestyle! Good for her!
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So the top 12 or 15 from the special move on to the freestyle? GO USA[/QUOTE]
Top 15 go on to the freestyle.
Isn’t that announcer Brian O’Connor? I recognize his voice from Dressage at Devon.
The announcer on the first day sounded like Nico Meredeth, who usually announces at the big California shows.
Digby…
Another Donnerhall child.
Nice to see famous stallions represented here.
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i missed the first few rides… Can anyone recap Ashley’s (Pop Art) ride for me?[/QUOTE]
Personally I thought Ashley’s ride was lovely but don’t know how it compares to her usual. My impressions were that it was clean, correct and generally tension-free, just maybe a bit flat - nothing terribly dazzling but got the job done. Did anyone else catch the candid comment she made afterward asking which judge put her in last place? (after five tests, three judges had her first, one third and the german judge fifth).
Seems like many of the rides are suffering from serious fatigue about 3/4 through, horses getting heavy and more faults creeping in - understandable of course. I felt Don Schufro was one of those, though Helgstrand said afterwards his canter and passage felt better than previously.
Fantastic, they are doing quite a bit of random drug testing it seems, and did the same for the eventers. There are officials with clipboards and the riders that are tested seem to more or less have to drop everything straight after their ride to go over paperwork etc. Don’t think there’s anything unusual or signficant about Nadine being asked.
Roll on the afternoon and keep fingers and toes crossed for Emma Hindle (oh yes, and the Americans and Canadians too of course!)
A little Elvis trivia for you:
Elvis has the distinct honor of having bucked off Nadine Capellman, Klaus Balkenhol, AND Martin Schaudt (who originally purchased him at Verden). After two bad spills, Nadine Capellman wouldn’t ride the horse for a solid two years. The trainer she sent him to straightened him out, but I imagine he’s still a very difficult ride.
I find his breeding (Espri/ Garibaldi II) pretty inspired and, despite the bobbles in today’s test, I think Capellman has done a very good job with the horse.
PS - He is named Elvis because as a foal his forelock always fell from right to left. 
Hey, it is our Brian O’Connor! Good for him!
http://special.equisearch.com/blog/brianoconnor/2008/08/day-4-o3.html
On my feed I can hear someone (a judge, perhaps?) giving Stephan’s scores for each movement. 9…8…7…8…if that is really what I’m hearing (and not just a backseat judge in the grandstands) he got a 9 for his first extended trot and he is getting mostly 8’s throughout. (So far).
YEE HA Steffen in first place… 71.8 GO Courtney…1, 2 for USA
GO STEFFAN and RAVEL!!!
So cool, he is thrilled! “Good Stuff”. I like how they show a little bit at the end.
Yipee!
What is the highest score ever given at this level of competition? I assume there’s never absolute perfection?
good score for Courtney? 70.8%
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