Equestrian 2017 Discussion Thread

[dcro 10,211]

Some great scores were achieved at today's WC Grand Prix in Florida (3rd week of Global Dressage Festival). Including 68.920% for Manfredi. Now that is surely Argentinian record and a great boost for them.

 

Apart from Florida World Cup, we also have WC in Amsterdam and jumping WC in Zurich this weekend.

 

 

 

[dcro 10,211]

Isabell Werth & Weihegold victorious in Amsterdam with 90.720% Great highlight for otherwise anti-climactic competition.

 

Btw, five Dutch riders in top 8 but none of them on podium.

Edited January 28, 2017 by dcro

[dcro 10,211]

What an awesome podium in Zurich.

 

Alvarez Aznar

Kuhner

Lopez

 

All three were quite an outsiders. Carlos Lopez has secured his place in WC final with this podium.

[dcro 10,211]

Michael Jung has published his competition plan for the season.

 

Major competitions

Rolex Kentucky - Rocana and Takinou

Badminton Horse Trials - Sam

European Championships - Lennox (!!)

 

His (current) selection for the Europeans is 9-year old Lennox, who still hasn't competed in a single 3* competition! If Jung can pull this of then there's really no doubt about who's the best event rider ever.

[dcro 10,211]

Eventing world is finally coming out of hibernation (at least for a moment) with showcase competition in Wellington, Florida.

 

Live stream >> http://tv.coth.com/

 

The schedule:
Friday, Feb. 3, 7:10 a.m. (13:10 CET) – Dressage 
Saturday, Feb. 4, 10:30 a.m. (16:30 CET) – Show Jumping
Saturday, Feb. 4, 1:00 p.m. (19:00 CET) – Cross-Country 

 

Live results >> http://www.evententries.com/livescoring/1234567.html
 

[dcro 10,211]

What a jump-off in Bordeaux WC. Four of the former/current World No. 1 riders knocked the same fence down! And that fence wasn't knocked by anyone in the initial round.

 

This caused a very much surprising podium with Epaillard as the winner.

 

Also, it appears as though Guido Klatte and Max Kuhner have now secured their tickets for the WC final. On the other hand, some top names are really struggling to secure their places, and they have only one more chance at the last qualifier in Gothenburg later this month!

[dcro 10,211]

New Zealand's Wendi Williamson & Dejavu have won the Asia/Pacific regional final in dressage last weekend and have thus qualified for the WC final in Omaha.

 

This is the first time in history of WC (established in 1986) that a Kiwi rider has qualified for final. However, going all the way to Nebraska for one competition is not an easy decision for her, but hopefully she will go.

 

In any case, New Zealand is building a very nice team in dressage, they will certainly turn a few heads at the WEG next year.

[dcro 10,211]

Laura Graves & Verdades have joined the "80% club" yesterday, after scoring 80.080% at the Grand Prix in Wellington.

 

This makes them only the 16th combination that got 80% in an international GP test throughout the history.

 

The others are...

 

Spoiler

Isabell Werth & Weihegold

Isabell Werth & Bella Rose

Kristina Broring-Sprehe & Desperados

Dorothee Schneider & Showtime

Matthias Alexander Rath & Totilas

Helen Langehanenberg & Damon Hill

Charlotte Dujardin & Valegro

Carl Hester & Uthopia

Laura Bechtolsheimer-Tomlinson & Mistral Hojris

Adelinde Cornelissen & Parzival

Anky van Grunsven & Salinero - first to do so (in 2006)

Edward Gal & Totilas

Edward Gal & Undercover

Inessa Merkulova & Mister X

Steffen Peters & Ravel

 

Edited February 10, 2017 by dcro

[dcro 10,211]

It's a pacman fence at the WC in Thermal.

 

[OlympicIRL 6,308]

3 minutes ago, dcro said:

It's a pacman fence at the WC in Thermal.

 

 

That is brilliant