Olympic dressage horses primed and ready
With the Olympic eventing contest reaching its dramatic decision on Tuesday, the equestrian footing forthwith turns its attending to the dependent of dressage, which gets nether agency on Th morning at Greenwich Park.
The showtime inspection of the dressage horses took house on Tuesday night, together with all l were given the thumbs upward to start. On Th morning time dressage activity gets nether agency at 11am local time, when Denmark’s Anne van Olst together with Clearwater volition hold upward showtime into the arena inward the Grand Prix.
In a alter to the previous format, the squad medals volition hold upward decided yesteryear the combined scores of the Grand Prix together with Grand Prix Special. The top eighteen horse-and-rider combinations, together with those tied for 18th place, volition thus qualify for the Freestyle Final which is a stand-alone contest from which the private Olympic champion volition emerge.
The Grand Prix volition run over 2 days, Th 2 together with Fri 3 August together with the top 7 of the 10 competing nations volition qualify for the Grand Prix Special squad medal-decider on August 7. The Freestyle Final volition select the equestrian events at London 2012 to a unopen on Th August 9.
The British were just pipped for gold equally eventing drew to a close, thus equally Carl Hester, Laura Bechtolsheimer together with Charlotte Dujardin wing the abode flag inward dressage over the side yesteryear side few days they volition desire to teach ane better. And they receive got every chance.
But Germany’s Olympic dressage tape tells the tale of a formidable force. They receive got taken 12 squad together with 7 private titles, together with with double eventing aureate already inward the pocketbook at London 2012 they volition hold upward starting out with all systems firing.
Their Olympic dressage selection saga was a fascinating affair, with Dorothee Schneider earning her house with Kristina Sprehe together with Helen Langehanenberg at the 11th hr equally the premier High German fixture at Aachen drew to a unopen less than iv weeks ago.
Even the appointment of showtime reserve was drama-filled, equally showtime choice, Isabell Werth who has to a greater extent than Olympic titles than nigh people could agree inward their trophy cabinet, had an injury scare with Don Johnson earlier deciding that, equally a nine-year-old, the Equus caballus was likewise immature for the Olympic challenge anyway.
So Monica Theordorescu, whose Olympic history goes correct dorsum to Seoul inward 1988 where she took squad aureate with Ganimedes, got the call-up with Whisper, who afterward came downwardly with a fever which removed him from the Olympic panel. In the halt it was Fabienne Lutkemeier together with D’Agostino who made the trip to London, but after all team-members sailed through the showtime Equus caballus inspection, they volition non hold upward starting.
The scale of Germany’s strength together with historical connecter with Olympic contest is, however, farther reinforced yesteryear their private respresentative, Anabel Balkenhol whose manly mortal bring upward Klaus, is a human of legendary condition inward the dressage footing equally both a trainer together with old Olympic champion.
Denmark has been drawn showtime to go, followed yesteryear Canada, Australia, Spain, Great Britain, USA, Sweden, Poland, Netherlands together with Germany. As a result, Helen Langehanenberg together with Damon Hill, hotly tipped for a medal, together with a golden ane at that, volition hold upward concluding into the arena. It’s going to hold upward serious concern in ane trial the activity begins, but there’s ane passenger who isn’t going to permit the pressure level teach to her.
At a the States dressage squad press conference this morning, Tina Konyot had journalists together with officials belongings their sides with laughter equally she revealed details of her Olympic preparations. Asked what steps she had taken inward damage of physical fitness she replied: “I’m l together with I’m looking pretty good, aren’t I? Every fourth dimension I mean value of working out I teach together with receive got a prevarication downwardly until that idea passes …”
Konyot comes from a seventh-generation solid unit of measurement with a circus background that has been involved with horses for a real long time. Her father, Alex Konyot, emigrated to the USA from Republic of Hungary inward 1939 where he joined the armed forces to earn citizenship earlier linking upward with the Ringling Circus, together with he trained Tina during her early on career when in that location were few dressage coaches working inward the USA. Her Czechoslovakian woman bring upward was a high-wire walker who came to the World Fair inward New York inward 1939, together with remains famous for existence the only adult woman to walk the high-wire without a net. She performed her concluding high-wire deed inward 1961, the twelvemonth earlier her missy was born, thus Konyot has performance blood coursing through her veins. And her sense of sense of humor is a breath of fresh air.
She said she discussed embarking on an Olympic grooming programme with her boyfriend, but his respond reflected her ain feelings on the matter. “You run across I similar shopping, that’s when I teach my exercise, together with he was real much on the same wave-length. He said, Tina y'all simply produce what y'all produce best together with teach shop, shop, shop!”
It’s about achievement to observe herself inward the the States dressage squad competing with Jan Ebeling together with Steffen Peters at London 2011. So, when asked what message she would post dorsum to immature hopefuls inward the the States who receive got their ain Olympic ambitions, Tina replied: “I’ve been competing since I was fifteen years old together with I’m forthwith 50, thus I would simply tell follow your dreams together with never, e'er give up!” This volition hold upward ane lady to sentry with involvement when she is showtime into the arena on Fri morning time with Calecto V.
Ebeling’s mountain Rafalca has caused quite a media stir equally ane of her co-owners happens to hold upward Ann Romney, married adult woman of Mitt, inward conjunction with Beth Meyers together with her passenger January Ebeling’s married adult woman Amy. The 15-year-old Oldenburg mare was tertiary at the USEF National Dressage Championships together with has been a consistent performer for Ebeling over the concluding several years. They receive got been to FEI World Cup Finals together together with receive got works life their best shape equally of late.
The veteran duo of Ravel together with Steffen Peters represented the the States inward a squad together with private 4th house attempt at the 2008 Olympic Games. Now 14, the Dutch gelding has 2 Bronze Medals from the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, an FEI World Cup title, together with a sweep of CDIO Aachen to his name, he comes to the Olympics looking to add together to his honors.
The USA also qualified an private together with Adrienne Lyle and Wizard scored that spot with a 4th house complete at the Selection Trials inward June. Rueben Palomera, who groomed for Lyle’s mentor Debbie McDonald at the 2004 together with 2008 Olympic Games, is inward London to groom for Wizard. The 13-year-old Oldenburg gelding looked exceptionally good at the jog, gleaming with dapples.
Canada did non receive got a happy fourth dimension inward the eventing competition, together with its dressage squad of Jacqueline Brooks (D Niro), Ashley Holzer (Breaking Dawn) together with David Marcus (Capital) volition hold upward hoping for amend luck.
“The squad looks rigid going in,” said Gina Smith, Chef d’Equipe of the Canadian Olympic Team for Dressage. “We receive got 2 old Olympians with Ashley together with Jacquie, although they are on their younger or ‘greener’ horses. We are looking for personal best scores from everybody. If nosotros tin give the axe all produce that, nosotros volition all hold upward very, real happy.”
2008 Beijing Olympian Brooks volition hold upward the lead-off passenger for Canada, followed yesteryear Marcus inward his Olympic debut. Holzer, who was a fellow member of Canada’s 1988 Olympic bronze medal team, volition ride inward the anchor position.
Alternate Diane Creech also presented her mount, Devon L, at the Equus caballus inspection equally substitutions are allowed until ane hr prior to the start of official competition.
“We receive got our reserve Equus caballus together with passenger hither equally well, Diane Creech with an upward together with coming super immature horse,” Smith said. “It is dandy to receive got her hither equally well, thus that she tin give the axe also teach a experience for what it’s similar to hold upward at the Olympic Games.”
Ireland is represented yesteryear Anna Merveldt together with her xvi year-old Bavarian Warmblood gelding Coryolano.
A veteran of top-level championships events, Merveldt broke through inward the Barcelona Olympics of 1992 when she qualified for the top xvi with Rapallo together with went on to house 11th inward the private rankings. The next twelvemonth she was ninth individually at the European Championships inward Lipica together with thus took sixth house inward the private rankings inward World Equestrian Games inward The Hague.
She placed 13th inward the European Championships inward Verden inward 1997 together with 14th at the same venue inward the Europeans inward 2001. On the international circuit Anna has had many wins, including Arnhem, Frauenfeld, Munich, Milan, Rotterdam together with Spangenberg together with on no less than 8 occasions was a recipient of the Irish Gaelic Field (newspaper) Dressage Rider of the Year Award. She is ane of only 2 Irish Gaelic riders to hold upward awarded the High German NF Deutsche Goldenes Reitabzeichen (Golden Riders’ Medal).
She is drawn 14th to compete at the opening Grand Prix, together with volition hold upward inward the arena at 13.25.
Facts together with Figures – Dressage
23 nations
10 teams
five countries represented yesteryear a squad together with ane individual
xiii countries represented yesteryear an private only
l riders inward total
The Netherlands’ Anky van Grunsven volition hold upward setting a novel tape when becoming the showtime dressage passenger to compete at 7 Olympic Games.
Van Grunsven already shares the tape for nigh Olympic medals inward Dressage. Along with Germany’s Isabell Werth together with Reiner Klimke, she has won 8 to date, thus she volition hold upward out on her ain if she picks upward her ninth inward London.
She is defending private champion, together with the only dressage passenger e'er to accept 3 back-to-back Olympic titles – at Sydney (AUS) inward 2000, Athens (GRE) inward 2004 together with Beijing (CHN) inward 2008.
There volition hold upward 3 split upward competitions – FEI Grand Prix, FEI Grand Prix Special together with FEI Freestyle to Music.
The squad medals volition hold upward decided after the showtime 2 competitions when the scores are combined.
The Freestyle volition create upward one's hear the fate of the private medals.
The Judges Supervisory Panel volition hold upward inward functioning for the showtime fourth dimension at an Olympic Games.
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