I think if Isabell has a good ride she will win and Anky will win freestyle… Now if Anky does win the dutch can’t bit*h about the German judges being out to get her.
I don’t agree with you. The low marks are consistent, a canter break wouldn’t affect ANYONE’S score that much (i once broke 3x in a class and still got a second place, it didn’t affect the score in the least)
oops that first pir on the center line was weak.
I think it’s even worse BS since they score each movment
Anky should get 10s on some moves and 1-2 on others. But, she doesn’t. Rather than getting “extra” points, I guess it might be that her scoring scale starts at a 6 as rock bottom and go from there. I think she is given an “8” in the judges heads and then any “small” or “large” error might be 0.5 or 1 point off. So, I do think they have a different scale in mind when the score her. It’s the only thing that can explain some of the scoring to me.
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I think if Isabell has a good ride she will win and Anky will win freestyle… Now if Anky does win the dutch can’t bit*h about the German judges being out to get her.[/QUOTE]
Acutally, I’m not sure about her scores in the special but in the first round the DUTCH judge gave her the lowest scores.
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I don’t agree with you. The low marks are consistent, a canter break wouldn’t affect ANYONE’S score that much (i once broke 3x in a class and still got a second place, it didn’t affect the score in the least)[/QUOTE]
Ok I’m not talking about your level I’m talking about at this level where politics etc play into the scores. Can someone explain to me the 14th placing from the German judge…I didn’t see courtney’s ride yet.
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Steffen’s free walk with slack in the reins to show relaxation (Courtney did it too)…Anky hardly let go.
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it’s not a free walk. There’s supposed to be contact, actually.
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Acutally, I’m not sure about her scores in the special but in the first round the DUTCH judge gave her the lowest scores.[/QUOTE]
The Dutch judge gave anky and Isabell the same score. On the other hand the German judge scored anky 3.5 points lower then Isabell.
The results are at
http://www.nbcolympics.com/equestrian/resultsandschedules/rsc=EQX001200/index.html
altho’ a couple of columns are cut off in my browser.
Thats right. I only saw part of steffens, there were things not right that i thought he was marked fair for.
For heaven’s sake Ravel is a baby, if he doesn’t get a medal who gives a fig, he was a very good horse about the whole thing, did it on very, very slim experience, and got better every day.
Good heavens, the heat is really bothering Isabel.
HOLY SHIT! It happened! Oh my god!
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I think if Isabell has a good ride she will win and Anky will win freestyle… Now if Anky does win the dutch can’t bit*h about the German judges being out to get her.[/QUOTE]
Actually, most of the Dutch were bitching about the German judge not judging the American riders fairly in the team competition, but oh well…
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Actually, most of the Dutch were bitching about the German judge not judging the American riders fairly in the teqam competition, but oh well…[/QUOTE]
I agree but I have heard it about World Cup, WEG etc.
That’s gonna hurt! 
Wow, what happened?!?
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That’s gonna hurt! :([/QUOTE]
Maybe 
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Wow, what happened?!?[/QUOTE]
Satchmo went backward and bounced around/crow-hopped in (what should have been) the piaffe…hard luck!
oooh is anky going to take it?
I don’t know, I don’t know really. It was not at a critical point, I do not really know it’s going to change things…but I just can’t tell…HOLY SHIT! That looked so bad for a second…
No Satchmo just got startled by something momentarily, she recovered asap…but I just don’t know. Horses are not generally punished in scoring for doing that between movements like that.
No, by the replay I didn’t see all of it, I must have looked away forr a second…what is it…
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I agree but I have heard it about World Cup, WEG etc.[/QUOTE]
Ah, gotcha…I did not get to watch those competitions, and did not follow the threads either. (That would just frustrate me too much…). I am just glad I get to watch it.
I do feel Courtney and Steffen should have had higher scored. But I am not qualified to say what they should have been.
Looks like Isabel has a couple of rough patches. HM.
No surprise there:)
OOOHHH!! talking about team colors, I really like Satchmo’s browband!
