Courtney was robbed. Anke was handed brownie points. What a shame. :no:
Just goes to show, if you really have it out for someone, you can hate what they say even when you don’t speak a word of their language.
Coreene maybe can translate, I could only get a few words, but from her expression and that little bit, it seemed like she was quite upset with herself. Salinero still got his treat and a pat, she is very clear about owning up to her own mistakes. She is very hard on herself based on the interviews and comments I’ve seen. It’s fairly obvious in her autobiography too, she is very, very hard on herself.
A canter break would affect the score only very slightly. I have never seen a momentary thing like that affect a score much.
Shouldn’t that have been a 0-2 for Anky’s final halt?
[QUOTE=Stubborn Mare;3448005]
Anky is NOT happy about something… wish I spoke Dutch! One does wonder about some of these scores though.[/QUOTE]
The part where Salinaro wanted to break into canter. I sounded like Sjef was telling her what she should have done, but she was defending her approach (something about it already being too late). I speak Dutch, but they were not easy to understand. It almost sounded like she dropped the F bomb (under her breath) when she handed Salinero to her goom, but I hope I am mistaken. I wonder if they have any idea the camara’s are that close??? (I guess not…)
I know she said the “F” word lol.
Why such a high score? Her Piaffes were solid I can give her that but everything else seemed bland.
Even the crowd gasped a bit when her horse broked into the canter at the half pass. He even did it twice.
Next is the freestlye right?
Anky seems to get an automatic EXTRA 5% just for being Anky. That was TOTALLY not a fair score. He was uneven in the extended canter, broke to canter… arrrgggg. I would LOVE to have an olympics WITHOUT HER! I wonder who they would glorify then? She does have some pretty perfect Passage/Piaffe transitions, but she also makes mistakes that tend to get over looked ALOT!
[QUOTE=hansiska;3448002]
Who knows Dutch? I want to know what Anky and Sjef are saying![/QUOTE]
I’m on my laptop and the speakers don’t get that loud, but I heard something about the canter and she was definetly not happy. Nor was Sjef.
*edit to add…you guys type fast. 
I see this has already been answered!
[QUOTE=Phyxius;3448026]
I’m on my laptop and the speakers don’t get that loud, but I heard something about the canter and she was definetly not happy. Nor was Sjef.[/QUOTE]
I guess even they thought they didn’t deserve the score? Also, was that even a halt at the end?
Just curious…does anyone know what kind of life Salinero has outside of the ring?
[QUOTE=Jasper’sMom;3447974]
Yes.
Does anyone else find the orange trim on Anky’s coat a bit over the top? And to be fair, I’d feel that way if an American rode in with the old stars & stripes sewn into their collar, too. ;)[/QUOTE]
Sheesj, it is just plain orange. Not stars and stripes. I see a lot of red, too. What is the big deal? Franky, I like when people show national pride, and would not care if the US riders had stars and stripes. Good to be proud of your country and show it!
Poor Imke S-Bartels. I hope she is happy to see Lancet, a horse she trained and sold, going so well under Hindle. But still, it must be tough to sit out.
[QUOTE=slc2;3448020]
A canter break would affect the score only very slightly. I have never seen a momentary thing like that affect a score much.[/QUOTE]
Yes it would only affect the score slightly if your Anky or Isabell but God forbid you’re someone else I bet it would affect the score a lot more that slightly…
[QUOTE=BLBGP;3448028]
I guess even they thought they didn’t deserve the score? Also, was that even a halt at the end?
Just curious…does anyone know what kind of life Salinero has outside of the ring?[/QUOTE]
That was closer to a halt that what they normally have. Halt would have to be Salinero’s lowest score at every event, I think he regularly gets 4s and 5s on his halts, if I remember correctly.
I’m with you Bugs
Well, history will likely repeat itself in that the best ride will not win.
But, now, the drama, will Anky hold on? Wait, that’s not drama, that’s a sure bet.
One must get past it though, if you are to watch dressage these days. I had my “OMG - How can we all put up with this crap” moment at the World Cup in Vegas in 2004, Very defining moment for me. Now, I accept it. Sort of like the sunrise, it’s going to rise rise every day.
I still want Anky, just for an experiment, to leap off the horse during a test, and see what happens. I’m thinking the rider score will move to 11 for incorporating something extra. They sure couldn’t mark her DOWN for something…now, could they?
Acck. I wish I had a furball to hack up.
Anky’s score was pretty high for the magnitude of the mistake she made, but the rest of the ride was nice. I’m surprised she looked so upset by getting such a high score with such a mistake! Would love to understand what they’re saying, too!
Ravel made balance mistakes - it was not a perfect ride. (those one tempis betweent he pirouettes were excellent!) But what can one expect for such a young horse?? In 4 years, if he stays sound and happy, he’ll be spectacular.
The judging is about as mysterious as gymnastics and figure skating, in my opinion. If you really pay attention to details such as whether or not the gymnast has his/her feet together, toes pointed, no arch in the back, and the difficulty score for each little movement, then you have a good idea of the scoring. Dressage is that way, too. Sometimes the scores are a little high or a little low, but I don’t think drastically… personally… I know that there are politics in judging for sure, but also, I think they know that the entire world is watching how they score with a magnifying glass right about now.
[QUOTE=Snowhorse Farm;3448021]
Shouldn’t that have been a 0-2 for Anky’s final halt?[/QUOTE]
Let’s see…
4 Insufficient
3 Fairly Bad
2 Bad
1 Very bad
0 Not executed
It was pretty much not executed, so yeah, I would say 0-2 would be a very appropriate score.
Steffen vs Anky…
Honestly the only thing I though Anky had over Steffen was that Salinero uses his hind end more in the piaffe.
Otherwise, their rides were the same for me.
I expected Anky to be perhaps 71% or 72% max. …just because of who she is.
But not 74.9%. That’s almost a 75 !
Good grief.
International dressage judging calls to mind Russian ice dancing judging.
Anky is not going to win. But I don’t see a medal for steffen unless something odd happens.
Heike kemmer is having a beautiful ride. Beautiful.
[QUOTE=akor;3448035]
One must get past it though, if you are to watch dressage these days. I had my “OMG - How can we all put up with this crap” moment at the World Cup in Vegas in 2004, Very defining moment for me. Now, I accept it. Sort of like the sunrise, it’s going to rise rise every day. [/QUOTE]
How true. I was there also, and the crowd reaction to the scores said it all! Seems like nothing is ever going to change though 
Heike seems quite happy with her ride so far, I like the smile during the extended walk.
