Judges Feeling More Generous Today at Luhmühlen

Chris Burton and Tempranillo. Photo by Jenni Autry. Chris Burton and Tempranillo. Photo by Jenni Autry.

Gillian Rolton, Ernst Topp and Alain James are already feeling more generous on the second day of dressage at Luhmühlen. The judges didn’t award a single 9 yesterday, and they’ve already posted two today in the first group. Gillian, the judge at C, gave Chris Burton and Tempranillo a 9 for their final halt and salute, and Alain, the judge at E, gave Oliver Townend and Black Tie a 9 for their first halt. Maybe another cup of strong German coffee will encourage Dr. Topp to go for the 9 in the second group.

Chris and Tempranillo scored 44.7 on their test, which puts them in third place behind Elaine Pen and Vira and Tim Price and Wesko, who are still sitting one-two following their very good performances yesterday. Oliver and Black Tie scored 45.0 for fourth place, and we also saw a lovely test from Bill Levett and Improvise for fifth place on 47.7. Boyd Martin and Shamwari 4 go toward the end of the next group, so stay tuned for photos and video. In the meantime, enjoy the video below of Chris and Oliver’s tests, both of which were a pleasure to watch.

For those who are following along with the helmet tally, we saw two helmeted riders in the first group: Kate Wood of New Zealand and Wills Goodhew of Great Britain. It rained quite a bit this morning — which led to me getting my geek on and crunching statistics on the riders and horses in this By the Numbers post — but the weather has dried out nicely since then. Fingers crossed for good conditions for Boyd and Phillip Dutton, who goes in the last group toward the end of the day. Stay tuned for much more from Luhmühlen.

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