Equestrian 2021 Discussion Thread

[thepharoah 2,413]

 

1st victory for Sameh under the British flag in Global Champions tour in Hamburg, fortunately Nayel still representing Egypt 😄

[dcro 10,211]

Well, now we know why Belarus declined their Tokyo qualification in dressage.

Olga Safronova is anti-Lukashenko, so the state-sponsored veterinarians deemed her horse unfit for Tokyo and thus ended her dream. She has defected to Poland since.

 

https://www.eurodressage.com/2021/09/10/belarusian-dressage-rider-olga-safranova-seeks-asylum-poland

[dcro 10,211]

Isabell Werth has announced she plans to retire after Paris.

 

Should she win one gold medal there, she would become the 6th most decorated Olympian of all time.

 

And with two golds, she would potentially climb to 3rd all-time, behind Phelps and Latynina...

[hckošice 16,629]

Šamorín x-bionic resort will replace New York & Shanghai Global Champions Tour finals

[dcro 10,211]

1 hour ago, hckošice said:

Šamorín x-bionic resort will replace New York & Shanghai Global Champions Tour finals

On the sidenote, I stumbled onto this today which finally confirms beyond any doubt that it was a simple, dumb mistake which prevented a Slovak equestrian debut in Tokyo.

 

https://www.michaelbugan.com/2021/07/05/3-4-7-2021-šamorin/

But... Floretto appears to be his second iron for Paris, and quite a promising one so far... It's already officially listed as Slovak-owned so no worries there.

[dcro 10,211]

CHIO Aachen is being held this week.

 

Will Coleman won the eventing aboard Off the Record. They also helped Team USA to the second place finish, just 0.3 penalties behind Gee Bee.

 

Sure, not the strongest Aachen (usually it's held in July), but this is a pretty significant result for the USA. Easily the biggest success in a very, very long time (10+ years) for this once powerhouse of a nation...

 

Final results

 

[dcro 10,211]

Standings after dressage at the European Championships...

 

Individual - https://live.rechenstelle.de/2021/avenches_09/leaderboard01.html

Team - https://live.rechenstelle.de/2021/avenches_09/nationcup01.html

 

Absolutely hilarious scores. It's almost as if these athletes peaked for the scrapped-up European Championships instead of the Olympics.   Eventing dressage is nuts.

 

Hopefully the cross-country will be at least somewhat challenging, but I am not exactly holding my hopes up given some recent championships...

[Nickyc707 382]

On 9/24/2021 at 4:38 PM, dcro said:

Standings after dressage at the European Championships...

 

Individual - https://live.rechenstelle.de/2021/avenches_09/leaderboard01.html

Team - https://live.rechenstelle.de/2021/avenches_09/nationcup01.html

 

Absolutely hilarious scores. It's almost as if these athletes peaked for the scrapped-up European Championships instead of the Olympics.   Eventing dressage is nuts.

 

Hopefully the cross-country will be at least somewhat challenging, but I am not exactly holding my hopes up given some recent championships...

I don't know about the other countries but none of the British competitors were in the team that won the Olympic gold medal so maybe they really did peak for the EC. 😊

[dcro 10,211]

Boyd Martin beats Oliver Townend by 0.1 pens to win the inaugural Maryland 5* !

 

First American winner of a five-star event since 2008. What a crazy couple of months for the American eventing. It's a renaissance officially.

[dcro 10,211]

Riesebeck will host the 2023 European Dressage Championships, meaning Germany will get to host it twice in a row.

 

Normally, the Iberian peninsula would have been the prime candidate, but both Spain and Portugal withdrew their bids late in the process, so there you go.