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19 year old Rai Benjamin clocked 48.91 in 400m hurdles. I'm really starting to like this event. First Olympic medals for both and coming in Tokyo?

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It's rather impressive that he finished 12th at his first and only championships. Sadly, he never really got into spotlight through some injuries that plagued him afterwards. But you're right, he left some legacy indeed.

Petra Martić is back at Grand Slam stage for the first time since RG 2014.

A bit of unimportant news. Yesterday I've read the news that Minna Telde's horse Don Charly has passed away at age of 20. They didn't have that successful career, only championships appearance came at the 2009 Europeans (where they placed 12th). However, long before I became dressage enthusiast, I remember watching some videos from 2009 Europeans on youtube. And it was Minna Telde & Don Charly's performance to U2 music that caught my eye. Even though I hardly had an idea what's going on. And the rest is history I'm afraid. Now, 6-7 years later I can very much enjoy this performance from the technical aspect too. So I guess it's thank you, Don Charly.

Italy won Piazza di Sienna Nations Cup for the first time in 32 years.

Ah yes, RG's fancy start on Sunday...

Cool. I also remember you saying that 'equestrian town' of Ermelo is close to you. I guess we can narrow down heywoodu's location.

I always knew his country was USA.

Talk about putting jinx on Danish team. Just a few days after I wrote this Agnete Kirk Thinggaard's top horse got injured and is out for the summer. This puts Denmark back in their usual position.

I don't know. 1/3 of the top athletes might stay there.

I suppose it's encouraging that he competes down at the Carribeans.

Lol, Canada.

Not an expert, but that looked like a lousy miss for Nylander.

[hide] Knockout Round May 18th - May 21st, 2017 8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match. Bronze Medal Match Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 May 21st 2017, h. 16:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Russia 1 Finland Gold Medal Match Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 May 21st 2017, h. 20:45, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Canada 2 Sweden [/hide]

It's a busy day of FEI Nations Cups. Dressage Nations cup in Compiegne kicks off at 11:50. Live results and live stream here. Eventing Nations cup in Strzegom continues today with cross-country stage starting at 12:45. Live results

Olympic show jumping champion Nick Skelton and his winning horse Big Star have both retired. Perfect example of how winning Olympic gold made is just the ultimate goal..

That would be absolutely briliant.

So how come did he become World champion at those big hills of Doha?

So you dare to suggest that Kittel is better?

[hide] Knockout Round May 18th - May 21st, 2017 8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match, Gold Medal Match Semifinals Central European Time (GMT +2) Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 May 20th 2017, h. 15:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Canada 1 Russia May 20th 2017, h. 19:15, Lanxess Arena, Cologne Sweden 1 Finland [/hide]

It's one of the top Nations Cup competitions of the year so there are certainly some big names here. France for example has all 4 team members from their Rio Olympic team that won team gold medal. It's cool to see Dalma Malhas entered. Medalist at YOG and the best female athlete from Saudi Arabia.

Second stage of Dressage Nations Cup will be held in Compiegne this weekend. Teams from will participate. Today there was an opening 3* class, where Anna Zibrandtsen & Arlando showed some good potential. Denmark is really climbing up the ranks this year. If all goes well, they should be very serious contenders for team medal at this year's Europeans. That hasn't been the case for a while now.

I always get surprised how much SEA nations care about SEA Games. Considering that it is a sandbox competition for the hosts basically. Thailand (and Malaysia to some extent) have continued their tradition of appearing at European equestrian competitions out of nowhere, in the run-up towards the SEA Games.