dcro 10,179 Posted May 6, 2017 Author #191 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Competition is becoming rather dull. Griffiths got 50 penalties for missing the flag. And now Evans getting a refusal after going very fast. I feel like there hasn't been a great round for hours... Well, not since Jung went. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted May 6, 2017 Author #192 Share Posted May 6, 2017 (edited) Finally someone broke the spell! Klimke goes 0.4 penalties ahead of Jung. Third placed rider is like 15 penalties behind. Still gutted for Griffiths and Evans... EDIT: Klimke was apparently given 11 penalties for breaking the frangible pin. Spell is still there. Edited May 6, 2017 by dcro #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,769 Posted May 6, 2017 #193 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Ah Jonty I haven't seen the action today but generally I enjoy it when the cross-country is a stern test. I prefer it when CC clear rounds are extremely rare and makes it a proper 3 discipline event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted May 6, 2017 Author #194 Share Posted May 6, 2017 15 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said: Ah Jonty I haven't seen the action today but generally I enjoy it when the cross-country is a stern test. I prefer it when CC clear rounds are extremely rare and makes it a proper 3 discipline event. Such a pitty for him. He had the equal split time as Michael Jung in the second part of the course. But he stayed positive in the interview, and looking forward for the Europeans. Cathal was super fast today. Only 6.0 penalties! #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,769 Posted May 6, 2017 #195 Share Posted May 6, 2017 (edited) 16 minutes ago, dcro said: Such a pitty for him. He had the equal split time as Michael Jung in the second part of the course. But he stayed positive in the interview, and looking forward for the Europeans. Cathal was super fast today. Only 6.0 penalties! It's good to see the Irish riders taking a more positive approach to the course. Sometimes I feel our riders play it a bit too safe and rack up bunch of time penalties by not pushing a bit harder. But I guess that's a luxury you only get when you have full confidence that your horse can get you round safe. Happy to see Cathal bounce back strongly, I feel this is going to be a big learning curve for him Edited May 6, 2017 by OlympicIRL dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted May 6, 2017 Author #196 Share Posted May 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said: It's good to see the Irish riders taking a more positive approach to the course. Sometimes I feel our riders play it a bit too safe and rack up bunch of time penalties by not pushing a bit harder. But I guess that's a luxury you only get when you have full confidence that your horse can get you round safe. Happy to see Cathal bounce back strongly, I feel this is going to be a big learning curve for him Yeah, Clare Abbott was really riding positively today. On some of the most technical fences it looked like she was going twice as fast as some of the others. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,769 Posted May 6, 2017 #197 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Michael Jung and Sam though.... what a performance, what a combination! He deserves to mentioned in any awards ceremony for sportsperson of the year, he is so dominant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,769 Posted May 6, 2017 #198 Share Posted May 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, dcro said: Yeah, Clare Abbott was really riding positively today. On some of the most technical fences it looked like she was going twice as fast as some of the others. My heart would have been in my mouth if I had been watching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted May 6, 2017 Author #199 Share Posted May 6, 2017 (edited) Kiwis saved the second part of the day. Once again they prove they are simply the best on cross-country (not to take anything away from Jung and Klimke). Standings Ingrid Klimke 39.6 Michael Jung 40.0 Andrew Nicholson 40.4 Tim Price 48.2 Mark Todd 50.1 Nicholson was the last to go and just needed to be 2 seconds faster to be in the lead! That's unlucky. Price performed the only other clear inside the time round today. Klimke's 11 penalties were removed after an appeal, and quite rightly so. It didn't look like she broke any frangible pin! Edited May 6, 2017 by dcro #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted May 6, 2017 Author #200 Share Posted May 6, 2017 (edited) 12 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said: Michael Jung and Sam though.... what a performance, what a combination! He deserves to mentioned in any awards ceremony for sportsperson of the year, he is so dominant That's absolutely true, all superlatives for him. Though one feels like he needs 4 more Olympic golds and 10 more Badmintons to get they spotlight he deserves. Edited May 6, 2017 by dcro #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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