Equestrian 2018 Discussion Thread

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WC starts today!

 

Here's a schedule of the events:

• Thursday, April 12th
  • 20:30 - Show jumping I - start list
• Friday, April 13th
  • 15:30 - Dressage Grand Prix - start list
  • 20:30 - Show jumping II
• Saturday, April 14th
  • 14:00 - Dressage Grand Prix Freestyle
• Sunday, April 15th
  • 14:00 - Show jumping III

Friday, April

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Oh dear... First starter Ramos collected 40 penalties. He took out ALMOST EVERYTHING.

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And finally first clear, Alvarez Aznar.

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Awesome, apples and pears seller Devos becomes the new leader.

 

Edited April 12, 2018 by dcro

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Beezie Madden smashes the leading time by 3 seconds. Beezie is back!

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Atmosphere in Paris is quite... Meh. I much more preferred Omaha last year.

 

For a state that had about zero experience with equestrian competitions, Nebraska really treated the WC like Olympics or something. It was unbelievable.

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Devin Ryan is definitely the nicest surprise of the first day, hopefully he'll keep it up.

 

holding top 4 places after day 1.

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Oh come on, Tzinberg completely bombed out scoring 58%. After being around 65% for the whole season...

 

And of course sub 60% scores don't qualify for freestyle.

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Bachmann Andersen is the surprise leader at the half way point (74%), followed by Gal (73%) and Weinbauer (70%).

 

Cool to see Losos currently 4th, even though it wasn't her best.

 

Fun fact: Andersen's horse is the father of Gal's horse.

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Graves beats Werth.

 

Again, all top 4 places come from ... So random.