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Well, this is quite bizzarre...

 

2019 Asian Championships had a Hong Kong judge who withdrew from judging in freestyle because she suddenly didn't feel well. Today she passed away...

 

 

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:DEN Denmark showed their cards today.

 

Cathrine Dufour & Bohemian - 83.043% :hatoff:

Carina Cassoe Kruth & Danciera - 76.413% :woot:

Anders Dahl & Fidelio - 73.978% - and this is about as high as they will go...

Daniel Bachmann Andersen & Zepter - 73.913% - just too many mistakes :dunno:

 

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Even more impressive second day for the Danes. :bowdown:

 

Cathrine Dufour & Bohemian - 82.681%

Carina Cassoe Kruith & Danciera - 80.106% :hyper:

Daniel Bachmann Andersen & Zepter - 78.745% :hatoff:

Anders Dahl & Fidelio - 75.532%

 

 

Cathrine, Carina and Daniel appear to be the dream team at the moment... But let's wait and see what Anna Kasprzak and much-hyped Nanna Merrald can do. It will also be crucial to gather whether or not Carina can sustain this form.

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What the hell. People are already talking about Denmark taking team gold. :lol:

 

http://www.eurodressage.com/2020/03/09/it-sounds-denmark-has-its-tokyo-olympic-team-team-gold-reach

 

This is a good start, but they have their work cut out if they want to be a shoe-in for any medal.

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18 minutes ago, dcro said:

What the hell. People are already talking about Denmark taking team gold. :lol:

 

http://www.eurodressage.com/2020/03/09/it-sounds-denmark-has-its-tokyo-olympic-team-team-gold-reach

 

This is a good start, but they have their work cut out if they want to be a shoe-in for any medal.

 

Yeah, at best this puts them into the conversation for a medal. If they can repeat this performance they will likely get a medal, but the best they could do is silver IMO. Germany would need to have a horrible day to not win team gold in dressage right now.

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6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Tim Lips' horse Bayro has died during surgery, aged 14.

https://www.horses.nl/eventing/eventing-internationaal/tim-lips-bayro-overleden/

 

Would have been one of the medal favorite in the normal world...

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Just now, dcro said:

 

Would have been one of the medal favorite in the normal world...

 

That's new (for me)...I thought Tim Lips was one of the many decent participants who only had like a tiny chance for a medal if everything went absolutely perfect.

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