phelps 6,785 Posted May 1, 2019 #91 Share Posted May 1, 2019 On 17/04/2019 at 20:12, dcro said: More news about appointed officials for Tokyo Cross-country course designer Derek di Grazia (announced in 2016) question from someone who normally only watches world champs and Olympic competitions (and very few others, just occasionally)... what should we expect from him? Is he famous for good course designing or is he more on the controversial side of the job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted May 1, 2019 Author #92 Share Posted May 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, phelps said: question from someone who normally only watches world champs and Olympic competitions (and very few others, just occasionally)... what should we expect from him? Is he famous for good course designing or is he more on the controversial side of the job? He is one of those who usually rewards positive, confident riding, which is good. Adding strides can easily get you in trouble on his courses, even if it may be a natural instinct that going slower means safer... Also he gets praised for building horse-friendly courses, where inexperienced horses can build a lot of confidence during just one run (again, if ridden positively). Most of all, he seems to be very unpredictable. His Kentucky course from last week was very different than the one from 2018, so really nobody can tell what he is cooking up for next year. He used a lot of terrain in Kentucky, but I wonder if there will be any terrain available at the Tokyo course, which is right by the sea (hopefully some hills will be artificially added if it's completely flat)... Some quotes on his Kentucky course can be read here. phelps 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted May 3, 2019 Author #93 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Jumping rankings are also out. Jumping simulation Group A - Group B - Group C - Group F - Group G - Additional - and are climbing steadily! Actually, since two more Group G nations will get a team, I'd be shocked if Sri Lanka doesn't qualify. Full rankings here. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted May 7, 2019 Author #94 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Preliminary entries are out for Baborowko CCIO4*-L and Saumur CCIO3*-L. At this point we can only gather the participating nations, and not the actual athletes, but that is enough to guess which nations may contest the Olympic qualifiers. Group C (Baborowko) - Groups F/G (Saumur) - Winner of Group C + Top 2 from Groups F/G will obtain quota places for team eventing. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,570 Posted May 13, 2019 #95 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) @dcro any news about entry list for the eventing qualification event? Edited May 13, 2019 by Gianlu33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted May 13, 2019 Author #96 Share Posted May 13, 2019 4 hours ago, Gianlu33 said: @dcro any news about entry list for the eventing qualification event? Still no detailed entries. All I can gather is that Bao Yingfeng (Teseo) and Bianba Ciren (Sultan de la Motte or Tropic d'Heauville) will be on the Chinese team. Gianlu33 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted May 15, 2019 Author #97 Share Posted May 15, 2019 (edited) Entries are out for the Groups F/G qualification event. China (4 riders will be chosen) Bao Yingfeng (Teseo) Bianba Ciren (Sultan de la Motte or Tropic d'Heauville) Alex Hua Tian (Don Geniro or PSH Convivial) Liang Ruiji (Agora de Bordenave or Crackerjack) Sun Huadong (Lady Chin van't Moerven Z) Hong Kong Thomas Heffernan Ho (Jockey Club Charlene OLD or Tayberry) Annie Ho (Lost in Translation or MJI Belle Bonita) Patrick Lam (Jockey Club Weronique) Thailand Arinadtha Chavatanont (Bolleybawn Prince) Weerapat Pitakanonda (Chateau de Versailles M25) Korntawat Samran (Luminous) Supanut Wannakool (Tzar of Her Dreams) Looks like South Africa will not be taking part. Therefore, two nations between will qualify an eventing team. Although, it's not quite that simple. For starters, at least 3 team members need to complete the event for the nation to be eligible. 1000+ team penalties will not get you anything. Edited May 15, 2019 by dcro Gianlu33 1 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_like_a_don 925 Posted May 16, 2019 #98 Share Posted May 16, 2019 On 03/05/2019 at 21:53, dcro said: Jumping rankings are also out. Jumping simulation Group A - Group B - Group C - Group F - Group G - Additional - and are climbing steadily! Actually, since two more Group G nations will get a team, I'd be shocked if Sri Lanka doesn't qualify. Full rankings here. Sri Lanka has just 2 riders though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted May 16, 2019 Author #99 Share Posted May 16, 2019 45 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said: Sri Lanka has just 2 riders though.. Well, even one can be enough for individual qualification. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,217 Posted May 27, 2019 #100 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Updated as of May 26th, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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