Equestrian 2017 Discussion Thread

[dcro 10,182]

Ingrid Klimke the new leader with 36.3

 

But Jonty's performance is still the main talk in the town. Commentators were so impressed.

[OlympicIRL 4,770]

Jonty   

 

Incredible score! 

 

 

Edited May 5, 2017 by OlympicIRL

[dcro 10,182]

10 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

Jonty   

 

Incredible score! 

 

 

 

His preliminary scored got corrected to 37.2. Enough to put him in front of Donckers and back in 2nd place.

[dcro 10,182]

Ouch. That was a bad round for poor Cathal Daniels.

 

His mare just didn't want to play... He ends up on 84 penalties. It's a miracle that he avoided elimination after so many refusals.

[OlympicIRL 4,770]

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

His preliminary scored got corrected to 37.2. Enough to put him in front of Donckers and back in 2nd place.

 

Even better!

 

Too bad for Cathal

 

[dcro 10,182]

38.0 for Lauren Kieffer & Veronica

[dcro 10,182]

Chris Burton 32.9

 

Now that was an excellent round.

[dcro 10,182]

Andrew Nicholson ends the dressage portion with 38.3, goes into 6th place.

 

We have 7 different nations in top 7

 

And the best for the host nation is in... 18th place.

Edited May 5, 2017 by dcro

[dcro 10,182]

Jonty Evans - Now that's how you celebrate breaking 40 penalties for the first time.

 

 

 

Meanwhile, Burton's score of 32.9 is the best dressage score at Badminton since 2002. So, that's the best score since eventing's complete make-over in 2004.

 

 

[dcro 10,182]

Cross-country starts today at 11:30 British time (12:30 CET). Looks like the optimum time will be 11:46.

 

And here's a little gem from Badminton 1995. Nicholson himself will be the last rider to tackle the XC stage today.