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Rank Color Team Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 SUBTOTAL Denmark Bonus TEAM TOTAL 1 Sort Sol HUN, ESP, FRA 57 103 35 195 3 198 2 Mew TUN, IRL, AUS 89 88 5 182 3 185 3 Communions LTU, SLO, SWE 90 61 12 163 5 168 4 Volbeat NED, CAN, INA 62 78 28 168 0 168 5 Blaue Blume USA, EGY, SRB 55 60 20 135 6 141 6 Dickow MLT, SVK, FIN 39 51 19 109 9 118 7 Raveonettes ITA, NOR, NZL 54 36 23 113 0 113 8 Joergensen CRO, GBR, POR 54 55 0 109 0 109 9 Myrkur ALG, KAZ, IND 20 59 19 98 2 100 10 Kashmir GRE, ROU, POL 54 13 18 85 7 92 11 Herman MDA, BRA, ARG 21 27 17 65 8 73 12 Dinesen CHN, CHI, MEX 49 13 7 69 0 69

No victory today for ...

Down to 18th place... What a nightmare draw for us.

I believe this is the first time that leading team has nobody in the individual Top 3.

New leader alert. Rank Color Team Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 SUBTOTAL Denmark Bonus TEAM TOTAL 1 Sort Sol HUN, ESP, FRA 57 103 29 189 3 192 2 Mew TUN, IRL, AUS 89 88 5 182 3 185 3 Communions LTU, SLO, SWE 90 61 12 163 5 168 4 Volbeat NED, CAN, INA 62 78 27 167 0 167 5 Blaue Blume USA, EGY, SRB 55 60 12 127 6 133 6 Joergensen CRO, GBR, POR 54 55 0 109 0 109 7 Dickow MLT, SVK, FIN 39 51 6 96 9 105 8 Raveonettes ITA, NOR, NZL 54 36 11 101 0 101 9 Myrkur ALG, KAZ, IND 20 59 19 98 2 100 10 Kashmir GRE, ROU, POL 54 13 18 85 7 92 11 Dinesen CHN, CHI, MEX 49 13 7 69 0 69 12 Herman MDA, BRA, ARG 21 27 10 58 8 66

Officially no victory for (!) That's what one Dutch silver does to you...

Dutch probably secure this with another silver, because of course.

Sweden has now actually scored points from more juries than the Netherlands. 21 to 20. In other news, have all lost their chances of victory after these votes.

are not your winners either. New Zealand opened each session with 1-point score.

They select it for the Freestyles only. In technical tests, where team medals are decided, there is background music.

can no longer win this edition.

So... Time to reveal how Croatian song got selected (attention @heywoodu). As you may know, I am an avid fan of dressage. As such, I often hear background music being played at competitions. The main purpose of such background music is to muffle sudden sounds from the audience, but also to make a nicer viewing experience for the audience. That's why at big events there are always professional DJs who really do an amazing job in synchronizing music to the selected pattern of movements. And here we come to Maksim Mrvica... Even though I have always known who he is, until recently I had no idea that he was the author of 'Wonderland', even though I have heard that piece of music countless times during dressage competitions. After some search, I found an example of Maksim Mrvica's music being used. 'Wonderland' is being played during trot tour, but his originals are also used during walk ('Hana's Eyes') and canter ('Croatian Rhapsody'). I considered all three songs for TISC upon finding out that Maksim was the author, but eventually chose 'Wonderland'. Maybe I should have gone with 'Hana's Eyes'. There are some vocals there, so it's less of a novelty. There is some commentary in the video, but background music should be clear enough.

Also, their worst possible PPJ is now 4.39. Considerably higher than one of the winners Sorry @Werloc

Standings after Leg 2... Rank Color Team Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 SUBTOTAL Denmark Bonus TEAM TOTAL 1 Mew TUN, IRL, AUS 89 88 0 177 3 180 2 Sort Sol HUN, ESP, FRA 57 103 0 160 3 163 3 Communions LTU, SLO, SWE 90 61 0 151 2 153 4 Volbeat NED, CAN, INA 62 78 0 140 0 140 5 Blaue Blume USA, EGY, SRB 55 60 0 115 6 121 6 Joergensen CRO, GBR, POR 54 55 0 109 0 109 7 Dickow MLT, SVK, FIN 39 51 0 90 9 99 8 Raveonettes ITA, NOR, NZL 54 36 0 90 0 90 9 Myrkur ALG, KAZ, IND 20 59 0 79 2 81 10 Kashmir GRE, ROU, POL 54 13 0 67 7 74 11 Dinesen CHN, CHI, MEX 49 13 0 62 0 62 12 Herman MDA, BRA, ARG 21 27 0 48 8 56

6th silver for the Dutch...

Extra! Extra! Gap is now 23 points.

Surely Ireland can't give 12 points to Chile for the third year in a row...

Thanks @OlympicIRL

Rank Color Team Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 SUBTOTAL Denmark Bonus TEAM TOTAL 1 Mew TUN, IRL, AUS 89 79 0 168 0 168 2 Sort Sol HUN, ESP, FRA 57 91 0 148 3 151 3 Communions LTU, SLO, SWE 90 58 0 148 2 150 4 Volbeat NED, CAN, INA 62 67 0 129 0 129 5 Joergensen CRO, GBR, POR 54 48 0 102 0 102 6 Blaue Blume USA, EGY, SRB 55 35 0 90 6 96 7 Dickow MLT, SVK, FIN 39 39 0 78 9 87 8 Raveonettes ITA, NOR, NZL 54 27 0 81 0 81 9 Kashmir GRE, ROU, POL 54 13 0 67 7 74 10 Myrkur ALG, KAZ, IND 20 51 0 71 2 73 11 Dinesen CHN, CHI, MEX 49 9 0 58 0 58 12 Herman MDA, BRA, ARG 21 26 0 47 8 55

3/22, apparently.

Funnily enough, all winners come from the European Union. I doubt Great Britain will win ever again.

Gold for Italy. They deserve more.

5th silver for the Dutch.