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With Permission Anky® Anky Ranked #1 on BCM Standings Olympic Medals 1992 - Barcelona World Championships: 1998:
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Netherlands
Netherlands Wins the Silver Medals 9/27 Gold for Germany, silver for The Netherlands and bronze for the United States. The team competition dressage ended up in a German victory. But The Netherlands were closer to the gold than ever before. Coby and Arjen, who represented The Dutch today, both rode a very good test. Before Coby rode, they figured that she needed 1890 points for Dutch gold. The results of German’s fourth rider should be dropped as fourth result than. Coby got 1873 points from the judges, which wasn’t enough. Nadine rode even better than her other teammates Ulla and Alexandra and obtained 1867 points. The hope for gold was over. So once again it appeared that it will always be a difficult race to beat the Germans. The USA won an exciting race against the Danish team for the bronze. The American crowd rejoiced in the stadium, because they didn’t count on this. The results: 3. USA 5166 pnt 4. DENMARK 5149 pnt Congrats to USA for Bronze This afternoon the Americans could receive the bronze medal. It was exciting to the very end who should take the bronze: America or Denmark. The very last combination to enter the ring, the American Christine Traurig, had to obtain a score of 69,1% for the bronze. Christine, a student of Johan Hinnemann, handled the pressure and even rode to a 69,3%. The Americans turned Horsley Park upside down, because they didn’t count on this. Lately the Danish and Spanish have been performing strongly. So to Robert, Sue, Christine and Guenter, Congratulations! Grand Prix Team Rides This morning Arjen Teeuwissen and Goliath rode a beautiful test to a score of 73,23%. Sjef: “Unfortunately Arjen had to ride on the terrible footing. Last night’s heavy rainfall created a mud pool. This caused him to glide in the first extended trot and Goliaths feet were nearly getting stuck in the mud during the last canter pirouette. Sometimes he was tentative with the connection in the bridle and he made a mistake in the one tempi’s. All this cost him points. But in general I was very satisfied. Coby rode a fantastic place, with only a mistake in the canter zig-zag. In one half pass she made seven strides, instead of six. I think it was a pity that Ellen was underscored by the judges. Ellen rode a flawless test, which was better than some combinations that beat her. I know this is retrospective and does not help us anymore, but I feel it needs to be said.” Catastrophic Footing Like you probably saw on television today’s footing looked more like a mud pool than like an Olympic dressage ring. Last night it pored down rain in Sydney. So when the riders arrived in Horsley Park it was a drama. All the rings were under water. When Arjen had to ride, the rain did just stop and the footing was a disaster. It looked like he was riding in a local farm competition, when Goliath had to plough through the mud. People, who were walking in the sand, were just sucked into it and had to make skate like movements to proceed forward. This is because the upper layer is made of a thin stony sand layer. The surface under this is stone hard and the drainage ceased to work. So this footing absolutely cannot handle that amount of rain. This is a pity. The organization spent so much money for the unique facilities for the riders. But the footing, the most important thing for the horses, is still not perfect. We are wondering how they are going to fix it tonight. For the jumpers a surface like this is traumatic. Dressage un Ltd. | Join / Renew Dressage un Ltd. Copyright © Dressage un Ltd. All rights reserved.
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