Equestrian 2017 Discussion Thread

[dcro 10,210]

Oh, and I forgot to point out that Jung had a toy pony tied to his back during his round. Not the most aerodynamic thing, but for a good cause.

 

 

 

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Ingrid Klimke's leading round from yesterday. Can she become the first woman to win Badminton since 2007?

 

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Jonty finishes with a nice clear round.

 

Would have been a historic result without that mishap yesterday.

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First session of jumping ends, with Jonty Evans as the leader.

 

Top 20 to go at 14:45 British time.

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Fence down for Jung.

 

It's Klimke vs Nicholson now.

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Victory for Nicholson! Nobody saw that one coming!

 

Amazing, just amazing. Finally his first Badminton victory after 36 completions. In 2015 he almost finished in a wheelchair. Nobody deserved this victory more. So happy for him.

 

 

Klimke had a complete heartbreak though. Dropped to 9th place, ouch.

Edited May 7, 2017 by dcro

[dcro 10,210]

 

Seriously, who wrote the script? Yes, he was right behind the leading two after XC, but his horse Nereo was quite clearly considered to be the worst jumper of the three.

 

Besides, Nicholson hasn't been the luckiest man in history. At the 1992 Olympics New Zealand was leading team competition by such a long way that Nicholson could get 7 fences down and still bring them gold. He dropped 9 fences on that occasion.

 

This will definitely take some beating in my "sports moment of the year" category.

[dcro 10,210]

Brilliant headline..."37th Time's the Charm: Andrew Nicholson Wins Badminton With Nereo"

 

http://eventingnation.com/37th-times-the-charm-andrew-nicholson-wins-badminton-with-nereo/

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Second stage of Dressage Nations Cup will be held in Compiegne this weekend. Teams from will participate.

 

Today there was an opening 3* class, where Anna Zibrandtsen & Arlando showed some good potential. Denmark is really climbing up the ranks this year. If all goes well, they should be very serious contenders for team medal at this year's Europeans. That hasn't been the case for a while now.

[Gianlu33 4,630]

@dcro what do you think about the startlist of the 2017 Piazza di Siena? Our federation say that it's a big event whit a lot of nice name, but i'm not sure about it.. you can help me?

 

http://www.piazzadisiena.it/images/documenti/2017_CI_0162_S_S_01_master_list_1.pdf