#it was just nice to see a seasian in olympic showjumping

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third rotation:

noticing a red mare trend in this field and i am Here For It.

Venezuela: Luis Fernando Larrazabal on Condara. mare! lovely liver chestnut. came in Ready to Go, and used all of the prep time to get a look at the brighter jumps. girl’s got hops but she doesn’t particularly want to use them - not that i blame her, it’s hot. three rails, one foot in the water. drop noseband. 

Spain: Sergio Alvarez Moya on Puma HS. also looking at the bright jumps. all but stopped for the plank wall but they cleared it! three rails down, one time penalty. the commentators were calling this a training round/experience by the end and i’m inclined to agree. 

France: Julien Epaillard on Dubai du Cedre. mare! here’s the other mare in a hackamore. came in fast to the double combination but handled it beautifully. Epaillard is really having to work to keep her steady. double clear - six seconds under. spicy mares with plans are kind of my favorites. 

Portugal: Duarte Seabra on Dourados 2. another one eyeballing the plank and slanted walls. gape and froth. nice round, two rails. two sets of reins. 

Saudi Arabia: Ramzy al Duhami on Untouchable 32. mare! blinkers? she’s fresh and raring to go. froth and gape. double clear. She’s amazing - made it over every jump handily. 

Syria: Amre Hamcho on Vagabond des Forets. withdrew

Austria: Max Kuehner on Elektric Blue P. lots of gape between fences. drop noseband. neat round, only one rail. 

Japan: Taizo Sugitani on Quincy 194. combined noseband, blinkers. nice wide turn to the plank wall; gave them one of the best approaches i’ve seen so far. two rails down, one time penalty. 

Greece: Ioli Mytilineou on L’Artiste de Toxandra. lighter bay with a cool blaze. two sets of reins. not terribly pleased about being asked to collect. three rails down. 

USA: McLain Ward on Ilex. nice walk-canter transition. throws a buck in after the second fence. completely unconcerned about the humidity - the one benefit of being based in florida. nice clean round, knocked the last fence. 

Argentina: Jose Maria (jr) Larocca on Finn Lente. getting a look at the plank and slanted wall before they start. quick ride, one rail down. 

Netherlands: Harrie Smolders on Uricas V/D Kattevennen. micklem adjacent bridle. lovely jump on this guy. storming around the course like no one’s business. double clear. 

Belgium: Gregory Wathelet on Bond Jamesbond de Hay. alright yeah i laughed at the name. hackamore? hackamore! he’s fun to watch. double clear (seven or eight seconds under). threw some bucks/crowhops in after the round. 

Switzerland: Martin Fuchs on Leone Jei. drop noseband. weird, half-stumbled? step in the triple combination but they made it through. double clear. 

UK: Ben Maher on Dallas Vegas Batilly. mare! nose net. hyperflexed before the round starts. gape and froth. completely misjudges the last wall - her hind legs drag right through it. no other penalties. there’s almost ten people putting the wall back together - speed is of the essence, clearly.

Australia: Edwina Tops-Alexander on Fellow Castlefield. red ribbon. rattles both fences in the double combination but doesn’t drop them. nice ride, if a little slow. two rails down. 

Ireland: Cian O’Connor on Maurice. oh my god why do you have him cranked back so far (before the round). double clear. throws a buck in after the round. 

Poland: Maksymilian Wechta on Chepettano. red ribbon. another wide turn to the plank wall and a nice approach. arguing about speed into the triple combination. under time, but three rails down. 

Thailand: Janakabhorn Karunayadhaj on Kinmar Agalux. mare! hell yeah SEAsians. red mare, and she’s spooking at something. blinkers? froth, champing. shadow roll. ducks the double on the first go. racks up a ton of rail penalties, eliminated. for how wild and spooked Kinmar Agalux was, the fact that they kept trying is pretty impressive. 

Germany: Phillipp Weishaupt on Zineday. tight slice on fence 3. drop noseband. one rail down, under time. 

Estonia: My Relander on Expert. fantastic course up until the first water. Something about it wigs Expert out, and she lets him have a look before electing to retire on course. 

Chile: Agustin Covarrusbias on Nelson du Petit Vivier. gape and froth. a little sticky feeling in the first few fences. not the smoothest ride - knocked six poles, racked up a few time penalties. 

Brazil: Stephan Barcha on Primavera. mare! love her tiny stripe. She’s looky - the last several have been. maybe the shadows? two sets of reins. girl’s got scope. double clear. 

UAE: Omar Abdul Aziz al Marzooqi on Enjoy de la Mure. buck! lots and lots of scope. went clear, just barely (literally half a second) over time.

showjumping individual qualifiers here we go:

Israel: Isabella Russekoff on C Vier 2. Micklem (or adjacent) bridle. pretty lighter bay. he spooks (or ‘spooks’) shortly after the final fence. 

Canada: Mario Deslauriers on Emerson. that turn to the ‘bonjour paris’ wall is Tight. in time, only one rail down. Deslauriers has been doing this forever so that really doesn’t surprise me. double reins on an elevator or pelham bit. 

Lithuania: Andrius Petrovas on Linkolns. Linkolns decided something about that jump or the course was not worth it and Petrovas retired. good for him!

Mexico: Andres Azcarraga on Contrendros 2. dropped a stride before the water and still cleared it - horses like that are the best. first double clear round! and an extra little buck. 

Sweden: Henrik von Eckermann on King Edward. Oh that’s right he goes in a nose fly net thing. King Edward is Going today - “jumping out of his skin” yeah you’re right. definitely saw Eckermann grab mane. 

Spain: Ismael Garcia Roque on Tirano. drop noseband. lots and lots of air on Tirano’s part. only one rail down. 

France: Olivier Perreau on Dorai d’Aiguilly. mare! some froth i think. this girl is here to Get It Done. knocked a rail on the last fence. elevator-type bit with converter reins. 

Saudi Arabia: Abdulrahman Alrajhi on Ventago. ah a kicker. tapped a rail but went clear and in time. froth. 

Austria: Gerfried Puck on Naxcel V. okay i’m sure those fly mask things are blinkers but i can’t get a close enough look to confirm. drop noseband. much discussion from this pair - Naxcel has his own plans it seems. elevator-type bit with two sets of reins. 

Japan: Eiken Sato on Conthargo-Blue. red ribbon. Disagreements after the water and over the red vertical. drop noseband, elevator-type bit with double reins. retires on course. 

USA: Karl Cook on Caracole de la Roque. mare! one of the two mares going in a hackamore. her topline still bothers me. double clear. every time i’ve seen this mare she gets shit done. 

Netherlands: Maikel van der Vleuten on Beauville Z. came in a little wiggly to that second jump (we’ve all been there). only one rail down and a 70 second course. 

Ireland: Shane Sweetnam on James Kann Cruz. would like a better look at that bridle. they are tearing through the course in style - no rails in 73.35 seconds. 

Belgium: Jerome Guery on Quel Homme de Hus. converter reins. one rail down, four seconds under time. 

Switzerland: Edouard Schmitz on Gamin Van’t Naastveldhof. quick buck as they get going. two rails down, four seconds under. 

UK: Harry Charles on Romeo 88. always interesting to see which horse’s manes get braided for showjumping and which don't (Romeo 88 doesn’t). the double noseband situation bothers me, and also it seems like you could just use a flash. blinkers. double clear. some bucks just for funsies. 

Norway: Victoria Gulliksen on Mistral van de Vogelzang. Mistral has things to say about the rein contact - tons of head shaking between fences. froth. double clear. 

Australia: Hilary Scott on Milky Way. mare! pretty gray. i don’t think she has a throatlatch. knocked two rails - one in the double combination and one in the triple combination. 

Poland: Dawid Kubiak on Flash Blue B. shadow roll and hackmore. blinkers maybe? two rails down. 

Denmark: Andreas Schou on Napoli VH Nederassenthof. Schou’s shoulders look a little slumped as they come in - kinda odd, for how much we worry about our posture. maybe i'm seeing things. knocks a rail on the last fence. 

Germany: Christian Kukuk on Checker 47. buck. pretty dapples. two rails, i think. 

Brazil: Rodrigo Pessoa on Major Tom. i’m not going to make a built-in sponsor joke. or a Space Oddity joke. i’m not. lovely jump. double clear. i think Major Tom is the third? horse i’ve seen with his fly bonnet tied to the noseband so it won’t flap. 

UAE: Salim Ahmed al Suwaidi on Foncetti VD Heffinck. froth. Micklem adjacent bridle. lots of praise after the round. four rails down. 

Israel: Robin Muhr on Galaxy HM. two rails down. interesting how there are so many dark bays/blacks in dressage but considerably fewer in jumping. 

Canada: Erynn Ballard on Nikka VD Bisschop. mare! big bold blaze. entered the ring fairly quietly. extra little kick over the jumps. i like this pair.