Olympic dressage teams final: what the riders said
Comments past times riders afterwards the Olympic dressage squad resultant of London 2012 at Greenwich Park.
Steffen Peters (USA): “I’m real happy. We had a niggling stumble afterwards the maiden off pirouette, but I idea the piaffes were fifty-fifty ameliorate today. He (Ravel) is all the same inwards neat cast as well as wants to perform. It is a neat accolade to stand upward for your patch (at the Olympic Games). It has been 3 times for us, but I am all the same excited past times it. It is all the same simply every bit fresh every bit the maiden off time, particularly at a beautiful venue similar Greenwich Park.”
Jan Ebeling (USA): “I wishing my grade was higher but nosotros made no mistakes. I couldn’t last to a greater extent than pleased amongst my Equus caballus (Rafalca, who is part-owned past times the married adult woman of 2012 U.S. of America Presidential candidate Mitt Romney). When asked if Rafalca’s owners were at Greenwich Park to lookout their Equus caballus inwards action: “Yes, the 3 amigos are inwards the audience – that is Mrs Romney, my married adult woman as well as Beth Meyer. I blew them a osculation at the halt every bit I knew where they were sitting.”
Ashley Holzer (CAN): “It was an incredible ride. He [Breaking Dawn] loves the crowd. You can’t acquire a busier arena, as well as this Equus caballus couldn’t assist less. He goes the same means inwards there, the same means that he goes inwards the warm-up, as well as the same means that he goes at home. For a Equus caballus that hasn’t been doing Grand Prix for a yr yet, I’m thrilled.”
Charlotte Dujardin (GBR): Talking virtually her horse, Valegro: “He is a in 1 trial inwards a lifetime horse, he is unbelievable, simply real special.” Of her test, she said: “My legs were similar jelly, I was to a greater extent than nervous inwards there; I didn’t ride similar I knew I could but he all the same felt actually good. It’s as well as thence surreal but it was the ultimate dream to acquire hither as well as win gold.”
Dorothee Schneider (GER): “In the arena at that spot is never a 2nd to experience complacent, besides many things tin happen. But when I was over the pirouettes, I started feeling similar I would come upward abode inwards practiced shape”. Talking virtually the publish of High German supporters inwards the stadium: “It gave me goosebumps, made the pilus rising on the dorsum of my neck. There are as well as thence many people from abode inwards the stands. When they learned I had qualified they all bought tickets on ebay.”
Laura Bechtolsheimer (GBR): “The onetime Alf’s back, he felt fantastic; he gave me the surgical operation of a immature Equus caballus which makes me experience actually emotional. He felt fantastic as well as fifty-fifty though nosotros had a few costly mistakes I was as well as thence pleased. I experience as well as thence privileged to last job of the development of dressage, today has been as well as thence special. The crowd – there’s aught similar it, it’s amazing to stimulate got all those people behind you.”
Carl Hester (GBR): “You stimulate got to last a bold passenger to grade eight, ix as well as 10s, otherwise you lot are non going to acquire high scores. This was a novel the world tape for the Special. Charlotte (Dujardin) holds the the world tape as well as it volition last real difficult for her to attain that in 1 trial again hither but I await her to come upward inwards as well as squelch my Olympic tape real shortly!”
Helen Langehanenberg (GER): “It’s of import for the sport that many nations tin compass this goal. It’s non that the Germans are getting weaker. The other countries did their homework as well as actually worked difficult on it.”
Anky van Grunsven (NED): “I’m actually happy as well as actually proud of my 18-year-old (third Olympics) Equus caballus Salinero. He’s agree as well as liberate as well as inwards a practiced mood, me every bit well. Last calendar week I idea my private direct a opportunity had gone, but today I am thinking let’s do a Kür every bit well.”
Carl Hester (GBR): (who learned to ride bareback on a donkey): “What this says virtually dressage is that it is accessible to anyone. The 3 of us [Hester, Dujardin, as well as Bechtolsheimer] come upward from 3 totally dissimilar backgrounds.”
Anky van Grunsven (NED): On Carl Hester: “He has actually played a real of import job inwards their gilded medal past times picking those 2 horses, I actually admire what he’s done. Besides from the fact he trained those 2 horses, he’s also been able to present his best nether pressure, inwards front end of a abode crowd. That’s pretty astonishing.”
Kristina Sprehe (GER): “Desperados from the starting fourth dimension was real nervous as well as real focused on the cameras as well as photographers.” Of his boundary inwards the middle of the passage, Sprehe said something had given him a fright, but they speedily regained their composure. “The balance of the exam was great, but the error is of course of written report real disappointing … I’m real happy amongst the ride.”
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