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Grand Prix Special
Farbenfroh has won the admiration of the crowd
at Sydney. They gave him a standing ovation. He is simply awesome
and at 10, we should be able to enjoy his performances for many years to
come.
Bonfire was on today and the judges rewarded him. 78.13% enough to take the lead for the combined Grand Prix and Special with an average of 76.56%, total points 153.13. Isabell Werth's Gigolo looked a bit tired -- "Not his day, lots of baubles." and finished with a 75.48%, two day total of 151.99%. Only 1.14% points separate Bonfire and Gigolo.
Each test counts one-third in the Individual
medal competition. Tomorrow's freestyle will determine the medal
winners.
Nadine Cappellmann's Farbenfroh earned a 76.60
from the judges but would have been placed first by the crowd. He is
absolutely awesome.
Ulla Salzegeber's Rusty earned 10s -- the
first of these games and finished with a 76.74.
Complete results at www.olympics.com.
The top 15 riders advance to the freestyle EXCEPT that only three riders
per nation may advance. Both Germany and the Netherlands had all
four of their riders in the top 15, but the team can decide which three
will ride. Ulla Salzgeber & Rusty are tied for 4th with
Alexandra Simons de Ridder and Chacomo for the Germans. Ellen Bontje
and Silvano (8th) is ahead of Arjen Teeuwissen and Goliath (9th)for the
Dutch.
Foltaire was lame and was scratched.
Christine Stuckelberger was in 26th place after the Grand Prix and
replaced Guenter Seidel.
Christine Traurig had another excellent ride
70.93 in 10th just ahead of Sue Blinks 11th with Grand Prix Special score
of 71.20% Both advance to the freestyle.
Robert Dover and Ranier went off course (2
point error) in the extended walk turning down the long side at B instead
of making the 90 degree turn from B to H. More mistakes including breaking
into piaffe at M, kicking in the piaffe and passage, earned a 63.90 in the
Special with a combined finish in 23rd place, out of the freestyle
competition tomorrow.
The day startsd very foggy, but quickly
cleared as the sun came out and it got hot. The competition was so
good, we didn't notice the heat.
Judges for the Grand Prix Special:
E: Mary Seefried (AUS)
H: Volker Moritz (GER)
C: Eric Lette (SWE)
M: Jan Peeters (NED)
B: Axel Steiner (USA)
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