WEG Canadian Dressage Team Behind-the-Scenes Update!

Here's the latest update from behind the scenes with the Canadian dressage team at WEG!

 

Well it's here!

The first leg of dressage starts bright and early Monday morning (8:30am to be exact). Monday and Tuesday mark the team dressage competion, where 2 rider's from each team will go on Monday (one in the morning and one in the afternoon group), while the next two ride on Tuesday in the same order. There is a draw from all the countries competing to see which order the teams will go. Canadian's have picked a great spot, where Vicki Winter and Proton will be the 12th combination to go tomorrow; she rides at 10:29am. Like most judged sports, the first athlete to go can be a daunting position as you are often marked lower to set a "standard"...but let's not get into judging right now! Our girl Belinda and Anton are at 3:50pm Monday afternoon, so drop whatever you're doing to go on the live feed and watch (which can be found on www.alltechfeigames.com). There is a fee to the live feed, so it might be worth signing up ahead of time to make sure it works. Bonny and Pikardi, along with Ashley and Poppy will be riding on Tuesday. Bonny rides at 10:11am, and Ashley at 3:41pm. The order of the team was pre-determined by Robert at the beginning of training camp, obviously with a strategy in mind.

The weather has cooled off a lot (69 today), so will be great for the more fatigued horse, while could make an already hot horse even more spunky. They are also calling for rain, but we will keep our fingers crossed that it holds out!

So here's to everyone sending out good vibes into the universe for our team tonight and tomorrow. As Robert says, we are not here to compete, we are here to be competitive.
Sarah

 

 

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