Equestrian 2017 Discussion Thread

[dcro 10,210]

One of the last 3* competitions of the eventing season, short format in Strzegom, will be streamed here starting around 12:30 (the cross-country phase)... Leaderboard is available here. Btw, this should be the first 3* competition in history that has not 1, but 2 Lithuanian riders competing.

 

[Gianlu33 4,572]

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

One of the last 3* competitions of the eventing season, short format in Strzegom, will be streamed here starting around 12:30 (the cross-country phase)... Leaderboard is available here. Btw, this should be the first 3* competition in history that has not 1, but 2 Lithuanian riders competing.

 

I never follow cross country WC events, i just follow the big event of this.. but why the cross country is the final event, usually it's the jumping or not? 

[dcro 10,210]

53 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

I never follow cross country WC events, i just follow the big event of this.. but why the cross country is the final event, usually it's the jumping or not? 

 

It's the so called short format competition. Dressage, jumping and 6 minutes cross-country.

 

Short format competitions are often used as a preparation for the long formats, or for the riders/horses that are making their debut at the 3* level.

[dcro 10,210]

And currently we have only 4 riders out of 15 starters jumping clear. That's a challenging cross-country course.

[dcro 10,210]

Meanwhile on the other side of the Atlantic, Dani Moguel has ensured her qualification for the WEG next year.

[mrv86 3,138]

1 hour ago, dcro said:

Meanwhile on the other side of the Atlantic, Dani Moguel has ensured her qualification for the WEG next year.

 

Could you please tell me more? Equestrian news are scarce in Mexican media

[dcro 10,210]

13 minutes ago, mrv86 said:

 

Could you please tell me more? Equestrian news are scarce in Mexican media

 

She reached the minimum eligibility requirements at a CCI3* competition in Fair Hill (67 dressage or better, clear jumping and not more than 30 time penalties in XC, not more than 16 jumping penalties in show jumping).

 

There are not too many opportunities to reach the needed MERs in CCI3*/4* in a season. Moguel for example entered Kentucky 4* in April (eliminated in XC), then re-routed to Jersey Fresh 3* in May (got more then 30 time pens in XC), and now she made it at the end of the season.

[mrv86 3,138]

3 hours ago, dcro said:

 

She reached the minimum eligibility requirements at a CCI3* competition in Fair Hill (67 dressage or better, clear jumping and not more than 30 time penalties in XC, not more than 16 jumping penalties in show jumping).

 

There are not too many opportunities to reach the needed MERs in CCI3*/4* in a season. Moguel for example entered Kentucky 4* in April (eliminated in XC), then re-routed to Jersey Fresh 3* in May (got more then 30 time pens in XC), and now she made it at the end of the season.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

Great for her then, given that there's null support for this discipline.

[dcro 10,210]

This fence.

 

[dcro 10,210]

Shane Rose is leading the Pau 4* after dressage. Now just don't do anything silly and this might be it...

 

Shane Rose, Gillian Rolton, Bill Roycroft... Those Australians eventers are tough to say the least...