Here at Santa Anita on the final day final equestrian competition we have ten riders
left and this is one of them from France thirty-year-old Frederick Cartier Flambeau say a thirteen-year-old
Chestnut Gelding French bread coming in with eight penalty points in the hunt in the hunt
this is a very clean jumper a very very beautiful horse was already a member of the 1982 World
Championship team so you know that Flambeau say with Frederick Cartier is no slouch remember
we have a tie after the first round between Joe Farges of the United States Michael Whitaker
clear rounds then five tied with only one knockdown earlier today good start for Flambeau
say Flambeau had a water jump problem in the morning and the water is in the same afternoon
course I wonder if anything will change now the Beverly Hills oxer biggest problem thus
far a little bit but it's a very big fence and that's the one you described on your course
walk bill and showed us the spread of the height well I was would like to have gotten
right in the middle of it actually but I would have disappeared if you tried to look for
me with a camera Chris it's a very big oxer not as big as the one we had at Mexico in
1968 but it's still big enough look at what a nice horse this is though you see how he
comes through the three combination which is also not small and makes it look easy only
four penalty points now for Frederick Cartier of France coming in with eight total of twelve
now at number seven now turning toward the wall and then the water jump the bill was
talking about will he jump the water this time yes well clear of it this time oh beautiful
only the second round with nine riders to go that have done it with one knockdown Frederick
Cartier heavy hitters are coming up here at Santa Anita and we'll be back for them the
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the great Paul Shaka Miller of West Germany longtime partners Dicester the 13 year old
gelding oh there's first fence down four faults just sat on that rail a little bit this is
a wonderful combination of horse and rider twice European champions three times winner
of the Grand Prix of Aachen but I think that Paul thought coming to Los Angeles that this
was going to be his year for an Olympic gold sadly it's not to be his brother Alvin winning
the gold at Montreal we were there to cover it those games 76 over the water and clear
there so now Bill we have two riders with two rounds that have 12 falls Frederick Cartier
and Paul Shaka Miller will be back after this only eight riders individual Grand Prix jumping
the second round are left we now move to a rider that this morning had only five and
a quarter penalty points Luis Estofi of Spain Chris I would say this was the only real surprise
of the morning round Luis had not gone that well in the nation's cup he had no less than
56 and a half faults in the nation's cup but he jumped an excellent round this morning
and he's in a position now to put some pressure on these big shots that follow because the
real heavy hitters of our sport are to come last clean at the Beverly Hills oxer now to
the sailboat we have five combinations that are tied at four we have two riders Joe Farges
Michael Whitaker who this morning had clear rounds the only two out of a field of 51 the
best thus far two rides of four penalty points oh boy what a beautiful jump he made over
the middle fence but he had to reach a little bit too much for the last one and couldn't
quite jump it so it's four faults so far for Luis Estofi Spain has two riders going late
the United States has three riders going late Switzerland has two going late in Great Britain
has won two women in that group Heidi Robiani and Melanie Smith there at the water the final
double the last fence falls he also has half a time fault giving him a total of eight and
a half for this round and 13 and three quarters overall we'll be back this has been a sellout
for months the individual Grand Prix final the second round and with his excellency Juan
Antonio Samaranch president of the International Olympic Committee watching here at Santa Anita
Park here is 37 year old Luis Alvarez Cervera he had a good morning only four and a quarter
points bill had a very very long and a very very good career in show jumping he goes way
back into my era he's been six times his national champion the first time in 1967 so he's no
beginner in this sport let's see if he can jump this bogey oxen almost he jumped it in
front Chris but the hind end just dragged a little bit and took it down slight breather
at four which is the sailboat ten fences actually 13 jumping efforts with a double and a triple
triple coming up the double is at the very end shorter course than this morning shorter
and a little bit bigger and maybe a little bit less complex but it's been very very difficult
to jump without falls we haven't had the first clear round yet Chris four at this point number
seven eighty seconds to get around the course Luis had fractional time faults in the first
round and maybe he will again he's not going very rapidly water explosive at the beginning
now the double all right there's the third one knocked down round here in the second
and at this point we have only seven riders remaining so the medal battle is about to
begin we'll be back and the equestrian sport men and women have been competing on equal
terms since 1952 in the field of 51 here is one of two women Heidi Robiani of Switzerland
and she has a mare that Bill and I have fallen in love with her name is Jessica Irish bread
mare we sure like to have her in our barn yes in fact Chris men and women have been
competing together for decades but it took a long time to convince the US Olympic Committee
or the International Olympic Committee I should say that it was all right for them to do so
in the Olympic Games first fence she has only four penalty points morning round along with
four others then there were two with clear rounds the oxer she asked for just an enormous
jump that was a little bit too far to stand back at an officer that big I must say the
Jessica still almost made it Irish bread Jessica Heidi from Switzerland look at what she can
do with her legs oh boy do I love this mare I think she's just marvelous there a couple
of more coming up to bill in this medal battle right now and the ground free show jumping
there is no horse in this last bunch that doesn't have just a lot of class when we say
touch of class who goes next to last they all all these horses have just class sticking
out all over clear at the water now the double and the end so Heidi Robiani of Switzerland
has delighted this capacity crowd starting on Tuesday in the team competition yes only
one knockdown four to go along with the other four so as we say in golf she's the leader
in the clubhouse that's right total of eight Heidi Robiani 33 years old and the big chair
goes up for the other woman in this field here is Heidi and Jessica this mare jumped
this combination so fabulously look what she does in the air over the second fan Heidi
calls on her and she looks as if she's jet propelled it's a fantastic performance and
now the fans here in the arena are calling on Melanie Smith and Calypso to do their very
best for penalty points first round Melanie with a clear round in team competition that
helping her team to win the gold the first ever and now here she is bill the pressure
is on Melanie is a survivor of a good many pressure cookers Chris she really is a marvelous
writer under pressure because she doesn't let the pressure get to her she just goes
out and does her thing and her thing is plenty good enough it has been so good enough to
win the World Cup finals in 1982 she's had such a wonderful relationship with Calypso
not that she doesn't write every other word she writes very well but this is a really
remarkable combination of worse and rider they have such tremendous mutual confidence
let's see how she fares today.
Melanie said that Calypso that 11 year old Dutch bread is intelligent thus far he's by
lucky boy a famous stallion I hope this is his lucky day just take that big ox around
the way up the cups are shallower than they used to be in the Olympic Games so that horses
will not run a risk of injury now that's a total of eight which equals Heidi Robiani
but Melanie's got a long way to go on this round don't count remember now coming to number
seven she had the water in the first round and I wonder how she'll ride it this time
ordinarily Calypso has been a pretty decent water jumper with a feet feet to spare she'd
love to have that one from the morning back again I'm sure and on the very last fence
a rail goes down and for Melanie Smith two knockdowns eight to go along with her four
of the morning as well we'll be back
there are five riders left for gold silver and bronze here in the second round individual
Grand Prix jumping from Canada Mario Deloria on Aramis coming in with four penalty points
this is a real heavy hitter the young man and a great big strong horse and when he hits
him they go out of the park you see he jumped that oxer and he jumped it without even running
very hard he's a fabulous horse that's how he won the World Cup final this year and only
a seven-year-old and the rider is only 19 years old from Broma where we had the competition
for the 76 games that's what they call high wide and handsome we have two other riders
to go next with four penalty points that's what Mario had coming in he is clear up to
this point on the second round oh and in the last moment seven goes down and it's four
for Deloria of Canada he was maybe a little bit too casual about that fence which hasn't
come down often in this round still working on a good score because eight the best we've
had so far four balls for a total of eight to tie Heidi Robiani that's where it stands
right now two with eight we have Kadrian Holmfeldt Fargeson Whittaker to go now ladies and gentlemen
this is real medal competition four riders left three medals to be presented we're looking
at Bruno Kadrian of Switzerland coming in with four penalty points what a thrilling
moment for him because this really is for four riders in a row a moment of truth the
big questions proving to be this third oxer it's just an enormous fence and if you don't
have it down in front you have it down behind very very few horses has it dumped it cleanly
and now the triple Kadrian of Switzerland an experienced rider forty seven years old
his credentials go way way back to sixty eight Olympic Games eight is the best we've had
thus far and he's working on a total of eight carrying forward four from the first round
two with eight Robiani and Deloria of Canada still clear count now with four to the last
two fences and he jumps them cleanly to end with a total of eight tying Heidi Robiani
his country person and Mario Deloria of Canada now a three-way tie there at eight and yet
to come next Conrad Holmfeld of the United States and Abdullah four penalty points then
Joe Fargis of the United States zero clear around this morning then the last Michael
Whitaker of Great Britain no penalty points and the chair now goes up for the beautiful
grey horse named Abdullah Conrad Holmfeld thirty two years old Petersburg Virginia one
knockdown in the morning round a clear round during team competition which cinched it for
the United States getting their first goal here he is now metal possibility because remember
there are three tied with eight after two rounds Conrad with only four penalty points
one knockdown in the first round as he looks around and heads toward the first fence bill
of experience counts for anything and the ability to withstand pressure Conrad is in
a pretty good spot his experience on the US equestrian team goes way back into my era
he was on the team with me that won the Nations Cup at Aachen in 1970 and he's made very quickly
a wonderful relationship with this beautiful truck cleaner stallion here's this critical
critical fence can he jump the oxer with him how perfectly he rode that there was a marvelous
dynamic to the approach that's been the most critical fence here how badly Conrad wants
to jump a clear round it'll be the first clear round of this course and put the pressure
on the riders that follow the last of the triple clear Conrad home fell to the United
States four penalty points coming in over six and what a stylist he's giving a riding
lesson at the same time he's going for broke and he's going for broke in the most beautiful
style you can imagine I mean people when working hunter class is not going as stylishly as
he's going over this enormous course a little risky there the water he pulls up two fences
and it's the first clear round and no knockdowns no time penalties Conrad home fell now puts
the pressure on the last two riders Joe Farges his partner in a farm in Virginia and Michael
Whitaker of Great Britain these are the metal performances none better than Conrad home
fell and the fans are standing Abdullah and home fell the United States with a team goal
in the three-day event a team goal and show jumping a silver in three-day now shooting
for their first gold medal in Grand Prix and their second rather with Bill Steinkraus we
just saw a four up on the board I don't understand why I'll have to get a clarification of it
Bill with the total score okay well we hope so because we noticed some fluctuation out
there but there you see our correct graphic a total of four leading now our next two riders
and horses they had clear rounds this morning on a little longer course with more fences
more requests for jumping but now there are 10 fences 13 jumping efforts and here's that
other mayor that Bill and I truly appreciate touch of class is her name she's 11 years
old 16 hands at the withers or shoulders and aboard is Joe Farges she's not a very big
mayor and he's a big tall person but you ought to see the way he folds up on her he jumps
in a beautiful style as Conrad home filled us and I must say I know that it's not right
to root but I'm tired of being the only individual gold medalist Chris Bill Steinkraus 1968 individual
gold at the Mexico City games first ever big fence for this little mayor ridden perfectly
again ridden just perfectly that's been the trickiest part of this course but there are
a lot of fences to jump yet like the triple coming up looks like so little room between
the three fences watch jumps in very carefully marvelously ridden and six little rub there
she's rub feeling her fences more than she was earlier in the competition but nothing
has come down yet oh heavens this wall comes down easily they all come down so easily press
that puts your heart in your throat now the water little mayor made it with now the last
two fences one more at the end now we have a tie his partner Conrad home fell with four
who just finished now Joe Farges of the United States with four and the last rider is from
Great Britain Bill and he had a clear round this morning like Farges let's check it here
as we come to the final combination she jumped in wonderfully and just she's a little bit
careless sometimes with a hind end and dragged the rail down with that it's very simple if
Michael Whitaker has a clear round the last rider he wins the gold medal then there is
a tie at this point for the silver two United States riders home fell and farges but Michael
Whitaker the youngest of the two Whitaker brothers has 10 fences 13 jumping efforts
ahead of it farges leaves with that knocked down and four total points so it's come right
down to this final ride for the gold at least Bill Steinkraus couldn't be any more exciting
and that's the way the formula works it all comes down to the last word if he should knock
down one fence we will have a jump-off three-way jump-off three-way jump-off for the gold and
we do have a couple of riders with eights three in fact gets Harry now as we look at
this 24 year old man from Stockport Cheshire riding over to Amanda another mayor ten years
old bread in England winner of the George fifth cup two years ago he's been under pressure
before but I don't know that he's ever been under pressure quite to rival what's happened
Bill when you were in Mexico City you had a clear first round along with Marion Coates
of Great Britain then the second round came such as Whitaker and farges now to the second
this wonderful mayor and Michael doesn't change his riding style he's just going to do his
thing look at her good keen alert expression she rubs it behind but it doesn't come down
now the sailboat this round is for the gold medal coming to that tough triple now we have
a three-way tie no a two-way tie between the two United States riders bill that was disaster
for Michael Whitaker poor Michael I really feel for him that's such a but a jump-off
will will take place here at Santa Anita Park that's right today and guess what a US rider
is going to win the jump-off that's right Michael Whitaker the wall the Liverpool took
him both and then a refusal hard to say what happened to her in there really because she
had jumped the three combination find the first time now he has a total of 11 oh boy
puts him way out of the medal and that is heartbreak agony that this 24-year-old must
feel at this point the sellout crowd standing room only on a very warm day there is a breeze
coming off the ocean it's blocked however by the temporary stands here at Santa Anita
British have to keep Ronnie Massarello looks in a kind of resigned expression he's had
good days and bad days before and he'll have some good days and bad days again I sure the
Ronnie can take it in his stride I don't know why she's struggling through this combination
as much as she is because she's got good scope otherwise she couldn't have jumped that enormous
oxer but I really feel for Michael I think it was no failure of nerve on his part he's
a wonderfully steady cool customer under pressure Great Britain with two silver medals in equestrian
competition behind the United States in the three-day event and behind the United States
in team show jumping she comes to the last line now has down she really just has fallen
apart in this round she ends up with 28 and a half so what we have here now for the gold
medal two American riders Conrad Holmfeld and Joe Farges they own a farm together in
Virginia what could be more exciting of course will be changed they'll race against the clock
don't go away we'll be back at Santa Anita for action again congratulations on the goal
we're going back now to Santa Anita and Chris Schenkel Chris watch this course press you
you really want to see what they have to do somebody all right now in a three-way jump
off for the bronze Heidi Robiani Heidi will be jumping off on a much shorter course against
the clock Mario DeLoria and Bruno Candria of Switzerland now to the big oxer again six
fences seven jumping efforts remember coming up a jump off for the gold and silver between
two Americans Farges and Holmfeld and in the event of a quality of fault this time time
decides and the turn back to the last combination Heidi Robiani one of two women in this field
she is in at 53 39 and a clear round and a three-way time jump off for the bronze medal
here an individual Grand Prix show jumping Mario DeLoria of Canada up next Heidi Robiani
just finished a clear round 53.9 seconds Aramis goes inside the fence that Heidi went around
jump six at a big angle and it proves to be a little bit too much and has it down hard
to be really fast with a horse that takes a very long stride like this because he gets
strung out and gets into a stride so long that he can't jump the fences so he was trying
to do it by angling fences instead now the big oxer three in a jump off for the bronze
medal two Americans for the gold and silver coming up Holmfeld and Farges Mario already
can't catch Heidi because Heidi with Jessica was clear in the dazzling time of 53.39 seconds
gold medal contention Mario DeLoria a lot of time left 19 years old Heidi Robiani clear
around 53.9 seconds his time 57.07 but he is out of it there's one left for the bronze
there is Heidi Robiani of Switzerland all she could do is hope and wait we'll be back
this is Bruno Candrian of Switzerland going against his country person Heidi Robiani who
had a clear round 53.9 seconds so Heidi Robiani of Switzerland bill wins the bronze medal
one of the two women in the field the other being Melanie Smith now going to the third
fence with one knockdown four penalty points so Heidi is home high and dry with the first
individual medal ever won by a woman in the equestrian jumping event and for Switzerland
it is their second bronze they had one gold and she did it with our mirror Chris that's
right Jessica we love Jessica right from the beginning and now everybody can see why now
I'm feeling Jessica is going back to Switzerland with that bronze medal so the appreciative
round of applause for another Swiss equestrian Bruno Candrian with two knockdowns eight penalty
points but of no consequence to the medals all right Heidi Robiani that 33 year old lady
from Switzerland she is in the Italian part of Switzerland on her mirror Jessica the combination
has won the bronze medal the rider gets the bronze the horse only gets a ribbon so now
coming up it'll be Conrad Holmfeld against his partner and teammate Joe Fargis for the
gold and silver only one time in the history of the equestrian sports for the United States
as the USA won an individual gold and that was in 68 my colleague Bill Steinkraus so
he's going to be joined today but by whom by whom indeed and they've also won the individual
silver and that was way back in 1932 in Los Angeles when Harry D Chamberlain and showgirl
made that wonderful individual result and we should point out sort of a recap of the
equestrian events as this is the final competition the three-day event gold as we look at the
Duke of Edinburgh in the center Prince Philip on the left Ritz-Wittner executive secretary
of the International Quest in Federation Prince Philip being the president all right Abdullah
now Dula looks good walking in that direction Bill Steinkraus this is a fine competitor
he just can't go any better than he went in the last round this time all he can do is
to go a little bit faster he can't go more beautifully I would say both Conrad Holmfeld
and Joe Fargis are excellent riders against the clock I don't know they've discussed
tactics so much together that it's very very hard to say who has the edge if any now they
both have a goal because the United States winning the show jumping team gold well in
the three-day event a team goal for the USA and an individual silver for Karen Stein dressage
no medals and as I mentioned a team goal in show jumping barges home fell Smith and Leslie
Bird six fences seven jumping efforts because of 10 a and b and against the clock for the
gold and silver medals the finale here at Santa Anita which has been a superb venue
for the equestrian events where Seabiscuit became famous as a dotless thoroughbred affirmed
the Triple Crown winner from here now Conrad Holmfeld and Abdullah that 14-year-old gray
stallion and they've only been together since January that's right what a good combination
they forged in those intervening months however from trial to trial in the Olympic trials
they went better and better and better at the very first I think Abdullah didn't really
trust Conrad but now his trust is obviously complete I think they raised a couple of these
fences because they're jumping off clear rounds so it's going to be awfully hard to get a
clear round especially with speed being such an important factor five fences to go Conrad
Holmfeld there's Joe Fargis watching oh and offenses down at six you see how critical
the position in which you go can be in the Olympic games that does give Joe an advantage
he knows exactly what he has to do third course he's had to ride today you'd think it'd get
lost but they keep the red to their right red flags at the fence but even with that
you wonder Joe Fargis now to go big combination at the end where does he dare turn to make
good time forty two forty three seconds now head-to-head Holmfeld and Fargis two knockdowns
eight and the time fifty one point zero three fifty one point zero three seconds with eight
that's right now now he's in my spot he's in the spot that I was in in Mexico not in
the jump off I was able to do that just in the second round but he knows that he has
a fault to play with and he is such a steady rider under pressure but I don't think there's
any way he's going to blow up in other words he can knock down one thing Joe Fargis and
win the gold that's right if he has the first fence down he might want to be a little bit
quick and see if he can get the time the time is not desperately fast either although notice
that without ever galloping he went in fifty one oh three if I were Joe I would certainly
try to jump six I would come a little bit wide to six and take my wrist later on the
course so I didn't have to be reminded of the popularity of horses in the United States
where the population is 12 million eight million registered with breed associations and beginning
with President Ronald Reagan he knows what the outside of a horse making the inside of
a man feel good and with the number of fans here your sport is getting increasingly popular
and we can all see why I think it's a fabulous sport there are people who say this is an
elitist sport and so forth with all the backyard horses there are in the United States that's
nonsense this is a sport for everybody who loves sport ABC does the world feed and in
the world there are a hundred and fifty million horses one hundred and fifty million horses
in the world so here comes that mayor that we love touch of class and Joe Fargis head
against his partner his teammate and this afternoon and this jump off certainly a rival
certainly a rival certainly a rival I must say that Joe has been one of the most generous
competitors you could ever ride again he's always had a low profile he's really been
almost a self-effacing person he's a very modest person but he's a very beautiful rider
selectors this year the United States equestrian team what a job they had more depth than you
can imagine but they had to pick four in this discipline and that was tough they did it
by trials this is one of the four that's absolutely right we had to leave four world-class riders
in the east without even letting them come to California and we had to leave a world-class
rider in the stands in the nation's cup in the in the form of Ann Krasinski but we also
have some world-class riders in competition and here is a round that I'm going to watch
with so much interest I don't think I can talk Chris you tell me what house cleared
one this eleven-year-old thoroughbred mayor at Santa Anita that's the one the home fell
knocked down right now he'll make the big turn come to the fence it was mark two in
the second round course and then clear still got to jump this big ox here this big ox
here is tough and the last fence 10b is tough a rub it doesn't count he's still clear thirty
three seconds she cut away she's just skimming over the fences behind but she's leaving
them all up and she's doing it in a beautiful style where is he going to turn back to this
big combination he's going to take a big bend he's going for the clear round he's going
to let the time take care of itself and that's the smart move to make
the story goal for barges silver for home runs for Roby on it you know what that means
that means that in five rounds in the olympic game over enormous fences he's never had a
single fence down let's listen
there is no venue where the applause is as explosive as here it's like being at Carnegie
College he had the one fence down what a wonderful performance just unbelievable all sixteen hands
of her she probably doesn't weigh a thousand pounds his partner and teammate Conrad Holmfell
waiting for him look at that smile of satisfaction thus the equestrian events have ended only
one away and the United States equestrian team the coaches the grooms they must be congratulated
because they practically swept it all except dressage
we'll be back to talk to Joe Farges gold medal winner Holmfell the silver but first let's
take this pause and catch our breath here in the collecting area with two very happy
young men Conrad Holmfell and Joe Farges who's just come out of the ring having won the individual
gold medal and it's a thrilling day in the United States Joe that was one of the best
rounds I've ever seen and the mayor really came through for you I know that we talked
earlier about her being able to keep going on that wonderful streak that she's had with
all those three rounds and she certainly came through for you in the end it was thrilling
to watch how did it feel it was the most satisfying thing I've ever done in my life the horse
went perfectly I didn't mess up it was great well I the neat thing about it was how stylish
both of you both of you rode it was it was not only a thrill but it was a beautiful spectacle
how did your round feel Conrad the first round I screwed myself up a little bit this morning
I was a little anxious I was second gate and I caught one just stomping on the throttle
a little too much but other than that I was plenty happy I mean I'm happy that I just
got to the end of it well it was a it was a thrill for us to watch and I congratulate
you both for doing such an outstanding job and now back to you Chris all right and the
only three individual gold medal winners are right two of them are in the picture there
Tad Cuffin from whom you just heard the three-day event individual gold at Montreal Joe Farges
today and my colleague and friend Bill Steinkraus you started it all in 68 by winning that first
individual gold and look what's happened since I just like to go on to keep sharing that
honor Chris so for the United States Equestrian team to go three goals and two silvers so
productive but this afternoon and this morning and in a jump off Joe Farges with touch of
class a wonderful mare winning the gold Abdulah the stallion Conrad Holmfeld the silver and
Heidi Robione also on a mare named Jessica from Switzerland the bronze medal