Do the three best overall results count for Team event, or the three best per event?
For example: Does Wahler's penalty free turn count for the team event for Germany, even if he remains fourth best German and the others have some penalties?
Quick Question: What's a 5* dressage? I can understand the different difficulties in jumping and cross country, but how is this measured in dressage? Do they have some additional stuff to show compared to for example a 3* or 4* dressage?
According to German media, both Australasia and the Middle East won't send any Team to the Nations Cup final, meaning the Netherlands and Germany will participate instead.
And looks like the para-dressage judges are not really different than the pure-dressage ones. Pathetic attempt from the British judge to continue their gold medal subscription...
Couldn't they simply add two more Judges and not count the worst and best result, like it is done in Diving or even Ski Jumping.
I don't take a habit of making bets with people who are completely clueless about what they're talking about. That would be sadistic.
You obviously just want Germany to win. And in lack of any reasonable arguments you already went to a personal level, so discussion ends here.
Of course I want Germany to win as well. But didn't Klimke and Jung win Gold and silver at last years European Championships? That's already two very strong riders/horses right there. Two out of three.
European teams have booked their flights back to Europe on Monday. They don't want to risk having their horses go to a difficult competition first. According to this, the federations proposed a few days ago to have the final competition take place in a hall on Sunday. But the organizers weren't interested enough and now it's too late. According to the article, most federations have complete understanding for the German decision and/or plan to do the same. The Brits won't take part either. And the US federation agrees as well and plans to withdraw their horses out of solidarity.
Tomorrow, the federations will propose to cancel the planned free program.
Refusals are not a lottery. That's like saying a long jump is lottery because of the possibility of having a foul jump.
Except that you have six attempts in Long Jump. Or at least three before you get eliminated. So one foul hasn't as bad consequences as a refusal in Eventing.
Of course Krajewski is effing at up again. Just like in Rio and Aachen. Now it will be even a close call with the Tokyo qualification at this World Championships. If we qualify, I hope we'll see Krajewski nowhere near the German Team.
IMO, with only three athletes per team, basically everything is possible in Tokyo. Just one of them needs to retire during cross country for the equipe to have no chances anymore. And that's always possible, look how many had to give up in Rio.
I do agree that Germany is probably the favourite. But with the new rules the competition will be tricky.
Thanks the thing I quoted is the only one i was already sure of, just I didn't know that they competed for the same round over two days. Quite weird, honestly, but that's it
It's really not all that different from Gymnastics, where the qualification takes place over a few days.
I really don't get the competition format of dressage. Did only half of the participants exhibit yesterday? And so, if that is true, there is only one exhibition per team component counting for the team competition?
The other half is competing today and the best three results per team will Count for the team competition. It's just that the live scoring isn't working.
Eventing is one of the most unpredictable discipilines in all of summer sports. The German team had one error too much in the endurance competition. Get used to it, it will become even more unpredictable at the Olympics with only three competitors per team and without a drop result.
What an excellent start. 
the thing I quoted is the only one i was already sure of, just I didn't know that they competed for the same round over two days. Quite weird, honestly, but that's it 
Did only half of the participants exhibit yesterday? And so, if that is true, there is only one exhibition per team component counting for the team competition?
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It's actually the German name for it.
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