Has anyone else noticed the music is linked to each rider? Some notables are The Yellow Rose of Texas for Will Coleman, and Abba for the Swedish rider? I think they played the Hungarian Rhapsody(?) for the rider from Hungary?
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Longines site links to rechenstelle.
https://www.rechenstelle.de/en/agenda/2022/pratoni-del-vivaro-2/
WOW 18.8 for Chipmunk!
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Is it like the GP or GPS for dressage where riders apparently select their background music?
I know nothing about it. I just noticed a correlation. One of the riders was using Kashmir by Led Zep. (Not their recording.)
I am LOVING the Italian horse, Duke of Champions ridden by Gio Ugolotti. Legs and stride for days!
Thank god they got rid of the dressage coefficient before we regularly started having a rider or two score in the teens!
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The scoring seems to be exceeding generous for dressage. However since all the scores are tightly bunched it is going to come down to jumping. Hopefully the courses are not as soft as the dressage scoring.
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I think Boydâs test was very good but sort of like Willâs. Not flashy just workmanlike.
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The judge at B seems to be scoring quite a bit lower than the other two.
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Even if it is, it hardly matters. Ts the relative position of each rider that counts.
Peter Gray did an interview with Major League Eventing in which he said he really tries to start with a 10 for every movement and then goes down if needed. He did also state that quality of gaits is important as often that is where the score starts, then either add or subtract depending on how the movement is executed.
I donât like the latter idea if itâs based more on breeding/gorgeous gaits rather than the training and execution. But itâs reassuring that a full TB, Artist, is right up there with the leaders.
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GB drop score is 26.2.
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He scored 2 10s and a 9 for harmony. Is anyone surprised? LOL
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it is nice to have 4 scores in the 20s. We look competitive. Best of luck for tomorrow!
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I think itâs interesting that aside from Michiâs score of 18.8, the German teamâs dressage wasnât great - or at least as consistent as team GB or USA. They only had one other score in the 20s, then the others were in the 30s. Not that those scores are anything to sneeze at, they just seem high for Germany.
Tomorrowâs course obviously makes this anything but a dressage competition though. Itâll be interesting to see how the leaderboard shakes up.
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If it wasnât for Michi being brilliant, we would be solidly in 2nd.
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@Sharonâs comment in the Canadian thread re Sam Watsonâs prediction that xc time would not be a major factor led me to look up the results from the Pratoni test event in May -
https://data.fei.org/Result/ResultList.aspx?p=E069E1DE74CCE166A4E4A016A41CAC497DB2FFBB6C376748916CE9311174822F
Obviously a different course, but a half dozen or so made the time. Interesting too that a number of the horse/rider pairs currently competing in the Worlds participated.
Itâs nice to see that it is really going to be a jumping competition. If only there was an endurance phase because that it would be a proper 3-day championship.
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I loved Duke of Champions too! Heâs got a full Thoroughbred sire, Duke of Hearts, who is the same sire as Cornelia Dorrâs freshly-minted Burghley horse, Daytona Beach 8.
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Really? Iâve been watching the tests and score sheets and think they are on par for any dressage?
