Tokyo Takeaways Episode #7 - Presented by Haygain

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Welcome to Tokyo Takeaways on StreamHorseTV! In this series StreamHorseTV talks Tokyo Equestrian with the lovely and knowledgeable Catie Staszak, international Show Jumping commentator, multimedia sports journalist, and CEO of Catie Staszak Media. We provide discussion, insight and commentary around all the action happening on the ground during the Tokyo Games.

In the last episode of StreamHorse TV’s Tokyo Takeaways, presented by Haygain, Host Natalie Mayrath interviewed the number one ranked Para Dressage rider in the world, Roxanne Trunnell. Trunnell discussed her record-smashing performance at the Tokyo Olympics, the changing discography of dressage, keeping cool in the competition, and why her horse, Dolton, is an equine “Forrest Gump.”

Welcome to Tokyo Takeaways on StreamHorseTV! In this series StreamHorseTV will be talking Tokyo Equestrian with the lovely and knowledgeable Catie Staszak, international Show Jumping commentator, multimedia sports journalist, and CEO of Catie Staszak Media. We will provide discussion, insight and commentary around all the action happening on the ground during the Tokyo Olympic Equestrian Competitions.  

We’ve concluded equestrian at the Tokyo Olympics, and medals were awarded in the final element -- Team Show-Jumping.  Staszak weighs in on the last-minute switch by Team USA, as Laura Kraut, Jessica Springsteen, and McClain Ward rode to battle in a thrilling jump-off which decided gold.   

Topics Discussed: 

- Last-Minute Switch by Team USA 

- Sweden Sets Themselves Apart 

- New Format  

- Equestrians Etched Into History 

Welcome to Tokyo Takeaways on StreamHorseTV! In this series, StreamHorseTV will be talking Tokyo Equestrian with the lovely and knowledgeable Catie Staszak, international Show Jumping commentator, multimedia sports journalist, and CEO of Catie Staszak Media. We will provide discussion, insight and commentary around all the action happening on the ground during the Tokyo Olympic Equestrian Competitions.  

Individual Show Jumping medals have been awarded, but where was the USA? And Catie discusses how impactful the Sumo Wrestler was on the overall results. The team behind #ravehorse describes how they mixed the music that has made Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper the “horse at the club.”  

TOPICS DISCUSSED: 

- Explosion Lives Up To His Name 

- The Sumo Wrestler Impacts Show Jumping 

- The Team Behind Dressage’s #Ravehorse

- Americans Just Miss In A Tight Qualifier 

Welcome to Tokyo Takeaways on StreamHorseTV! In this series, StreamHorseTV will be talking Tokyo Equestrian with the lovely and knowledgeable Catie Staszak, international Show Jumping commentator, multimedia sports journalist, and CEO of Catie Staszak Media. We will provide discussion, insight and commentary around all the action happening on the ground during the Tokyo Olympic Equestrian Competitions.  

TOPICS DISCUSSED: 

- Gold Medal History Twice 

- Unsurprising Lone Dressage Score Finisher 

- Favorites Slip 

- Impact of Format & Frangibles as Eventing Competition Concludes  

We sum up an historic Olympics Eventing competition that saw the best ever team score in history, and the first-ever female gold medalist.  While the two-time reigning gold medalist was pitted against the world-ranked number one rider, they both incurred jumping penalties to slip in the standings, dipping below our first female gold medalist, and an eventing legend in his eighth Olympic Games, who unsurprisingly was the only competitor to finish on his dressage score. 

 Welcome to Tokyo Takeaways on StreamHorseTV! In this series, StreamHorseTV will be talking Tokyo Equestrian with the lovely and knowledgeable Catie Staszak, international Show Jumping commentator, multimedia sports journalist, and CEO of Catie Staszak Media. We will provide discussion, insight and commentary around all the action happening on the ground during the Tokyo Olympic Equestrian Competitions.  

TOPICS DISCUSSED: 

- Cross-Country Recap

- The Women Hunting History 

- Every Score Counts Dearly  

Cross-Country has shifted the standings, as it can often do! In this discussion, we gather takeaways after cross-country day to find out who dominated, and who squeaked by, while format changes made every score count. 

Welcome to Tokyo Takeaways on StreamHorseTV! In this series, StreamHorseTV will be talking Tokyo Equestrian with the lovely and knowledgeable Catie Staszak, international Show Jumping commentator, multimedia sports journalist, and CEO of Catie Staszak Media. We will provide discussion, insight, and commentary around all the action happening on the ground during the Tokyo Olympic Equestrian Competitions. 

In this installment, Staszak recounts the thrills of watching the Dressage competition live, and comments on the impressive medal record Charlotte Dujardin now holds for Great Britain.  She also explains what surprised her about Phillip Dutton’s feedback on the cross-country course.  

Our first conversation kicks off by discussing the riders and equines Team USA has selected for each Equestrian Olympic discipline, updates on performance expectations, format changes for the team divisions, and substitution or withdrawal surprises along the way. The year-long delay, coupled with the absence of spectators, surely has an impact on both the horses and riders, as Staszak points out.  

Watch the FULL EPISODE to see Staszak’s inspiring reaction to watching Days 1 and 2 of Dressage qualifying. She also discusses the vast difference she found between the two days. Also find out more about who is expected to dominate in the Dressage competition, who Staszak thinks will medal, who flopped in qualifying, and a sneak peek of the first entry of Phillip Dutton’s Olympic Diaries series for StreamHorseTV. For Team USA and all of the competing countries, we wish everyone a safe and successful ride in these Olympic Games!