Equestrian 2020 Discussion Thread

[dcro 10,179]

Well, this is quite bizzarre...

 

2019 Asian Championships had a Hong Kong judge who withdrew from judging in freestyle because she suddenly didn't feel well. Today she passed away...

 

 

[dcro 10,179]

Denmark showed their cards today.

 

Cathrine Dufour & Bohemian - 83.043%

Carina Cassoe Kruth & Danciera - 76.413%

Anders Dahl & Fidelio - 73.978% - and this is about as high as they will go...

Daniel Bachmann Andersen & Zepter - 73.913% - just too many mistakes

 

Edited March 6, 2020 by dcro

[dcro 10,179]

[dcro 10,179]

Even more impressive second day for the Danes.

 

Cathrine Dufour & Bohemian - 82.681%

Carina Cassoe Kruith & Danciera - 80.106%

Daniel Bachmann Andersen & Zepter - 78.745%

Anders Dahl & Fidelio - 75.532%

 

 

Cathrine, Carina and Daniel appear to be the dream team at the moment... But let's wait and see what Anna Kasprzak and much-hyped Nanna Merrald can do. It will also be crucial to gather whether or not Carina can sustain this form.

[dcro 10,179]

What the hell. People are already talking about Denmark taking team gold.

 

http://www.eurodressage.com/2020/03/09/it-sounds-denmark-has-its-tokyo-olympic-team-team-gold-reach

 

This is a good start, but they have their work cut out if they want to be a shoe-in for any medal.

Edited March 9, 2020 by dcro

[JoshMartini007 2,195]

18 minutes ago, dcro said:

What the hell. People are already talking about Denmark taking team gold.

 

http://www.eurodressage.com/2020/03/09/it-sounds-denmark-has-its-tokyo-olympic-team-team-gold-reach

 

This is a good start, but they have their work cut out if they want to be a shoe-in for any medal.

 

Yeah, at best this puts them into the conversation for a medal. If they can repeat this performance they will likely get a medal, but the best they could do is silver IMO. Germany would need to have a horrible day to not win team gold in dressage right now.

[dcro 10,179]

So FEI has been publishing some pieces about the Equestrian at the Olympics.

 

1896-1912

1920-1936

1948-1956

1960-1968

[heywoodu 13,536]

Tim Lips' horse Bayro has died during surgery, aged 14.

https://www.horses.nl/eventing/eventing-internationaal/tim-lips-bayro-overleden/

[dcro 10,179]

6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Tim Lips' horse Bayro has died during surgery, aged 14.

https://www.horses.nl/eventing/eventing-internationaal/tim-lips-bayro-overleden/

 

Would have been one of the medal favorite in the normal world...

[heywoodu 13,536]

Just now, dcro said:

 

Would have been one of the medal favorite in the normal world...

 

That's new (for me)...I thought Tim Lips was one of the many decent participants who only had like a tiny chance for a medal if everything went absolutely perfect.