The equestrian commentator

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meh. Hes repeated the exact same lines every horse.

'ohhh hes rattled the bamboo'
'check out the 2 steps in between the treble'
'now the avocado'
'3 strides in between the rainbow then 6 to finish'

Enthusiasm good though.
 

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Speaking of commentators, is it just me or is Christopher Lee commentating the archery? Seriously next time it's on have a listen, sounds exactly like him.
 

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Simon Marshall is 7's racing commentator for their big events like the spring racing carnival ie Melbourne cup and other stuff they do. He is barracking a treat. "need the German to knock a rail down." I'm not a racing man but I always enjoyed his stiff on the big carnivals that 7 broadcast.

I haven't heard Wilko do a Wilko yet. Sort of miss that plumby Lucinda Green.:eek:

Best equestrian commentator was the late George Grljusich . I remember his brilliant call on the ABC of Matt Ryan on Kiber Tic Toc in Barcelona to win double gold. Not quiet as biased as Marshall or him calling a West Coast game, but George for all his boofishness was a very good broadcaster he used to call the trots. I miss him an Benny calling the boxing. I heard him say he had broadcast 39 sports!

Hah, just said "hip and shoulder with the front legs."
 
Yeh Marshall is always good value on the mic, usually gives good tips at the Adelaide races as well.
 
It ain't over for the night sports fan.

There still is the individual event jumps to go tonight with 25 to jump. These are the last 8 jumpers who still have a medal chance including 3 Aussies.

Marshall will barracking for those Germans, Yanks and Brits to knock down a few rails.:thumbsu:

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/EQ/C51CH/EQX003101.shtml#EQX003101

Start Order Rider No. NOC
Rider Horse After 1st Jumping Final Jumping Total Points
Breed/Sex/Born/Sire Pen. Rank Diff. Jump Time

17 25 France
DHENNIN Didier ISMENE DU TEMPLE 59.80 (11) 5.60 _____ _____ _______
(Stud-book Français du Cheval Selle Français/Mare/1996/CABDULA DU THILLARD)
18 51 Australia
JOHNSON Sonja RINGWOULD JAGUAR 58.80 (9) 4.60 _____ _____ _______
(Not listed/ Non-inclu dans la liste/Gelding/1991/JENSENS MAN)
19 38 Great Britain
COOK Kristina MINERS FROLIC 57.40 (6) 3.20 _____ _____ _______
(Unknown/Gelding/1998/MINERS LAMP)
20 6 Australia
FREDERICKS Clayton BEN ALONG TIME 57.40 (6) 3.20 _____ _____ _______
(Irish Sport Horse/Gelding/1995/CAVALIER ROYALE)
21 63 Germany
DIBOWSKI Andreas BUTTS LEON 57.20 (5) 3.00 _____ _____ _______
(Verband Hannoverscher Pferdez*chter e.V./Gelding/1997/HERALDIK)
22 19 United States
MILES Gina MCKINLAIGH 56.10 (4) 1.90 _____ _____ _______
(Irish Sport Horse/Gelding/1994/HIGHLAND KING)
23 35 Australia
JONES Megan IRISH JESTER 55.00 (3) 0.80 _____ _____ _______
(Irish Sport Horse/Gelding/1993/IRISH ENOUGH)
24 48 Germany
KLIMKE Ingrid ABRAXXAS 54.70 (2) 0.50 _____ _____ _______
(Verband Hannoverscher Pferdez*chter e.V./Gelding/1997/HERALDIK XX)
25 32 Germany
ROMEIKE Hinrich MARIUS 54.20 (1) 0.00 _____ _____ _______
 
Why do they count the team dressage and cross country but not the team jumping?

Is the individual jumping significantly harder or something to provide more differentiation between riders?
 
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