The video provides a live broadcast commentary of the cross‑country phase of the 2016 Rio Olympic eventing competition, focusing on U.S. rider Boyd Martin and his horse Blackfoot Mystery, a former Kentucky‑bred thoroughbred racehorse. The commentators detail the horse’s racing pedigree, recent four‑star results, and Martin’s partnership since 2015, noting his world ranking (7th) and prior Olympic experience. They walk through the round, describing jumps such as the Sugar Loaf cable‑car fence, penalties incurred (e.g., 3.2‑second time penalties, refusals), and the final time‑and‑penalty score of 58.9, which qualifies Martin for the individual final. The commentary also mentions other U.S. riders (Philip Dutton, Linda Arguson), the overall U.S. team status (no team qualification), and highlights the course designer Guillermo Jorga, comparing his work to that of Bob Ellis. Additional observations include the performance of other competitors, course difficulty, and the strategic choices riders make (e.g., taking longer routes to save seconds). The tone is energetic, descriptive, and analytical, aimed at informing viewers about the competition’s progress and the athletes’ prospects.
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If you don't go all the straight routes, you shouldn't be able to get the time at the Olympics. Lloyd Martin, Blackfoot Mystery. Starting the challenge for the United States of America and already we're seeing they didn't have the best two days in dressage, but it's now not a dressage competition anymore. Blackfoot Mystery, Boyd's horse, this former racehorse bred in Kentucky, was sixth at Kentucky. The four star this year in top 10 at Plantation Field and well placed at Fairhill as well. Boyd, the world number seven riding in his second Olympics, 47.7. He was 35th after dressage, Julian Craevsky. So 86 points. Sorry, I'll just give you the overnight score for Sanjay alfat. It is 86.4. Putting together yesterday's dressage and today's cross country score, Boyd Martin, Blackfoot Mystery. We've just seen him over the big burly jump. He's coming to the Sugar Loaf Cable cars. Jumping well at the moment, this cable car fence, Boyd was Australian born. He followed his mentor Philip Dutton to Pennsylvania and America, declared for the USA and riding for them now in his second Olympics.
Tremendous gallop there and it's a long way down here now. He's got to get this line absolutely right. Steady five around the corner. Retreat. Well done. Well ridden because that was from the gallop as well. Wasting no time at all, this man.
Yeah, it is an ex racehorse, Blackfoot Mystery. And Boyd wants to do his very best and he might be just trying to, to get a few seconds into the bank to take a long route. David o', Connor, team chef and coach for the United States of America, was the individual Olympic champion in 2000 at Sydney. Just gives that a little rattle. It's on quite an uphill profile there as well that. He's having to hunt him here at these for the first in a while to go straight through it. Blackfoot Mystery and Void Martin. He's taking no prisoners time wise. He's, he's not, he's the Sugar Loaf. First problem of the day there and another one to have a problem at the Panam walls combination. Linda Arguson. So she might be ending up eliminated with those three refusals on course. He beat his four star personal best in the dressage to score 51.7. Here's the flying American, Boyd. Martin Blackfoot Mystery. He's just easing up this course.
Typical thoroughbred horses. Yeah, you know, getting towards the end of the course. Now he's off the bridle but still going at a really good gallop.
Lloyd Martin is with us now. First that we see from the United States of America. Just two riders remaining for them in the competition, so they won't compete as a team. But both riders are very well up in the individual rankings. This is Boyd Martin in sixth and Philip Dutton still to come is in fifth. Boyd with the thoroughbred Blackfoot Mystery. Boyd, a London Olympian. This horse was sixth at the Kentucky four Star this year. Boyd's only been riding the horse since summer of 2015. Had some good results at Three Star, both Plantation Field in Pennsylvania and fellow Fair Hill. The USF National Three Star Championships in America. 3.2 time penalties for Boyd yesterday, putting him on that 50.9.
22 horses gone. Four clears inside the time. One other clear, Gemma Tatusel. Gently clear but with time faults. So the ratio is quite good actually about roughly 25%. That's, that's course good course designing. Guillermo Jorga. He's a, he's a very good course designer. Trained for a long time, learned his trade with London Olympic course designer, show jumping course designer Bob Ellis, one of the leading four star course designers in the world. And Jorga really doing a very, very good job in his footsteps and in his own right of course.
Well, all right on the clock. It's two down on the ground, eight for jumping, so 58.9 for Boyd Martin and Blackfoot Mystery. But he is a qualifier on that score for the individual final.
Another front rail there gone on that Oxa.
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I do think that the man has done an absolutely brilliant job. The course is absolutely perfect for the job in hand, which is not to tax these horses, overtax them, but to certainly test them and the riders.
