Dressage Medals Controversy

re: Dressage Medals Controversy

Cindy — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:38:03 GMT

Agree with shinigan. Although am not an expert myself but that's how dressage is scored. If you ever scribe for a judge you would know, each part has a separate score and at top level, the test is split into many more separate parts than the lower level dressage test. So a low score in one part of the test would have much less impact than one in your lower level dressage tests.

It's fair, normal riders do a mistake in the test and can't get your control back as fast and do the rest of the test unaffected. Personally, watched the olympics and the complexity and beauty of the movements for Satchmo's test looked fantastic to me, save for that one part that made news. As for Stefan Peters, had not much impression of his test if not that I had taped it.

Also, the winner Anky was dutch..not german!

Yep, and I am Asian so no affliation with any of the above.

re: Dressage Medals Controversy

Colleen — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:16:48 GMT

Like figure skating, dressage is subjective. Rather than complain maybe we should bear this in mind when choosing a judging panel...have more judges (more diversity) and drop the highest and lowest scores.

re: Dressage Medals Controversy

karelvanwoerkum — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:20:05 GMT

Nobody was robbed. Please learn how judging in dressage works. It's a fact that the judges of today love to see these athletic horses. Just learn to live with it.

Isabelle had many, many 8's and 9's so she could afford this mistake.

re: Dressage Medals Controversy

shinigan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:09:15 GMT

Relaxation and obedience are the building blocks of the training scale... If riders at the top cannot manage a halt, or a happy obedient mount on the aids, they deserve low scores...period. Regardless of their name, sponsors, or musical choice.

re: Dressage Medals Controversy

Vanessa — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:18:16 GMT

It is unfortunate about the obvious politics that happens in every sport. Everyone seems to be talking about Satchmo's loss of confidence and disobedience. Did ANYONE not see that horse's stifle misalign, lock and then with the backwards movement realign? As a practioner, my question is how on earth did that horse pass a vet!