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Post by marion on Aug 27, 2017 15:26:17 GMT
I have just started watching this from the European Championships in Sweden (showjumping and dressage) and GB hasn't sent a team!!!!! This must be a first. They seem to be interested in other competitions and our big cheeses are on some big money circuit. Also it is only year one of the Olympic cycle. But some younger riders would probably have been thrilled to be picked for the team. We sent 2 individuals, Michael and William Whittaker but Michael withdrew his horse before it started. I wonder if we are in the dressage!
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Post by Miranda on Aug 27, 2017 16:14:54 GMT
Yes we are. And in the cross country I think. Just not in the showjumping. I've been watching it on the RB all week.
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Post by captainmouse on Aug 27, 2017 22:15:01 GMT
We won gold in the team 3 day eventing and an individual medal (bronze I think) last weekend.
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Post by marion on Aug 28, 2017 7:15:00 GMT
Oh that's good. All I spotted in RT was this highlights show(which seemed a bit thrown together) presented by a rather excitable woman who wasn't Claire. I prefer Claire doing the equestrian stuff.
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Post by Miranda on Aug 28, 2017 7:24:44 GMT
Yeah, that highlights show was a bit rubbish. They missed out loads of stuff.
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Post by Miranda on Aug 28, 2017 17:34:30 GMT
The dressage is on the RB at the moment.
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Post by marion on Sept 2, 2018 15:38:57 GMT
Burghley Horse Trials.
I have just started to watch my recording of the highlights, 2hr 10 mins. The dressage started at 4 mins in and it had finished at 6 mins!!! They showed 1 element by each of the top three, that was it. I quite like a bit of dressage but never mind.
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Post by Miranda on Sept 18, 2018 21:48:14 GMT
marionThe World Equestrian Games is available on iPlayer.
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Post by Miranda on Sept 19, 2018 11:09:49 GMT
I'm watching the Cross Country and the Brasilian path finder is one of the worst riders I've ever seen. He is bouncing around in the saddle and dragging the rein around. I can see this horse bucking him, TBH.
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Post by Miranda on Sept 19, 2018 11:11:08 GMT
And by way of contrast, they immediately show the NZ rider who has a beautiful riding style. Very still and quiet in the saddle, letting the horse do his thing.
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Post by marion on Sept 19, 2018 11:22:12 GMT
I am just watching the three hour highlights programme which is just showing cross country, not dressage sadly. But I don't have time to watch the very long programmes for each section. I shall probably catch the showjumping though. I have never seen so many pairings go wrong in swift succession! And they had to delay the jumping by a day because of the hurricane. All sounds a bit hairy doesn't it? This is a good accompaniment to doing a bit of mending though, lol!
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Post by marion on Sept 20, 2018 11:36:15 GMT
We won! Both team and individual, so that was a good watch.
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Post by Miranda on Dec 22, 2018 14:58:35 GMT
Just remembered Olympia is on!
Luckily they have it all in sections on iPlayer. So I'm about to watch the puissance from Wednesday.
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Post by Miranda on Dec 22, 2018 16:16:20 GMT
That was fantastic! {SPOILER:Click to Show}The two horses that won it could not be more different to each other. Mr Blue Sky very calm and cool and just hopping over the first few until he had to put his boot down. And then Dazzler.... who is pretty much the craziest horse I've seen in a puissance. How he jumped 7 foot 4 I do not know. |
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Post by Miranda on Dec 22, 2018 18:10:16 GMT
I didn't know Tim Stockdale had died!
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to lugsbug xxx