Equestrian Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

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USA dressage short list has been announced.

 

Laura Graves (Verdades)

Steffen Peters (Rosamunde)

Steffen Peters (Legolas)

Kasey Perry-Glass (Dublet)

Allison Brock (Rosevelt)

Shelly Francis (Doktor)

Shelly Francis (Danilo)

Arlene Page (Woodstock)

Günter Seidel (Zero Gravity)

 

They will compete in Compiegne, Roosendaal and Rotterdam, after which the final team will be named. More about the selected athletes here http://www.dressage-news.com/?p=35980

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Australian dressage selection trials start this weekend in Odense, Denmark. That's the first of two selection events, the other will be in June in Rotterdam. Selection policy seems straight forward, Grand Prix scores from both events will be averaged and top 4 will be selected.

 

But we already have some situation. Sadly, Lyndal Oatley (Sandro Boy) will miss Odense because of an injury. I wonder if Australian selectors will make an exception for her, since she is by some margin the best Aussie. In theory though, her score from Odense will be the average of the lowest three Aussie scores at that event. That's the official policy if someone has to miss a selection event (because of a valid reason).

 

She is better than others, but I'm not completely sure if she can make up that difference in the second selection event.

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Looks like we might not see Hiroshi Hoketsu becoming the oldest ever Olympian in Rio. He still hasn't competed in an Olympic qualification position and there is only about a month left to reach MQS (2 scores of 64% in Grand Prix).

 

He appeared on start lists in both Mannheim two weeks ago and Odense this week, but he didn't compete in both at the end.

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Australian dressage selection standings after 1/2 selection events...

 

Kristy Oatley (Du Soleil) - 69.520%

Sue Hearn (Remmington) - 68.820%

Kelly Layne (Udon) - 67.880%

Mary Hanna (Boogie Woogie) - 67.540%

Mary Hanna (Umbro) - 66.920%

Maree Tomkinson (Diamantina) - 66.100%

Brett Parbery (Weltmieser) - 65.140%

 

Lyndal Oatley (Sandro Boy) withdrew from Odense because of an injury so in theory her first selection score should be 66.066% (the average of the lowest three scores). Sue Hearn, who was pretty much the biggest outsider, pulled a big upset. Tomkinson and Parbery are most probably out of contention now.

Edited May 15, 2016 by dcro

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Bernadette Pujals has been officially named for Olympics. http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2016/05/17/bernadette-pujals-officially-nominated-2016-olympic-games

 

This means that there will be no reallocated quota for Argentina, since Pujals has decided to go to Rio despite initial second thoughts. This also means that Mexico will not miss equestrian events.

Edited May 17, 2016 by dcro

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50 minutes ago, dcro said:

Bernadette Pujals has been officially named for Olympics. http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2016/05/17/bernadette-pujals-officially-nominated-2016-olympic-games

 

This means that there will be no reallocated quota for Argentina, since Pujals has decided to go to Rio despite initial second thoughts. This also means that Mexico will not miss equestrian events.

Woohoo  It will be difficult for her to repeat her performance from Beijing, but I hope she can at least make the first cut.

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1 hour ago, dcro said:

Bernadette Pujals has been officially named for Olympics. http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2016/05/17/bernadette-pujals-officially-nominated-2016-olympic-games

 

This means that there will be no reallocated quota for Argentina, since Pujals has decided to go to Rio despite initial second thoughts. This also means that Mexico will not miss equestrian events.

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Here's something. Apparently, if Joao Victor Oliva and Haddington make the Brazilian dressage team, then we will see a horse born in Afghanistan at the Olympics! To put that into perspective, I don't think I have ever heard of some Olympic horse who was born in Asia, let alone in country like

 

Looks like Afghanistan might qualify an Olympian.

 

Edited May 20, 2016 by dcro

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2 hours ago, dcro said:

In other news, it really looks like sky's the limit for Judy Reynolds and Vancouver. They improved the Irish GP record by another 1% today (75.240%). That's already the top 10 zone for Rio (more or less).

 

Wow, that's really encouraging news, thanks for bringing this to my attention

 

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Long list for the German dressage team has been announced, based on the results of German championships.

 

Also, team for Nations Cup in Aachen is Werth, Broring-Sprehe, Schneider and Rothenberger, they are the real frontrunners for the selection. Someone else would really have to excel in the coming weeks to change that. We also had a few shockers at the championships as the World no. 1 Kristina Broring-Sprehe lost her Grand Prix Special title to Isabell Werth and Grand Prix Freestyle title to Dorothee Schneider.