Yeah and I also noticed they cut out a LOT of Emporiums round. Several dangerous/hairy jumps that were shown on the live feed are gone now in the full replay (in addition to the horrible fall in the water). It’s a shame and feels shady like they are trying to sweep problems under the rug when we need to use these as opportunities to discuss and learn what went wrong to prevent the issue in the future. I am working on writing a letter to FEI/USEF outline my disappointment in that pair not being pulled up way prior to the fall due to how poorly the horse was jumping. I hope others that witnessed do the same.
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Still not seeing the one that took place during PD’s ride, but I did pull up the full 4* and I can see Jess Phoenix’s first fall and then Doug Payne’s. So I stand corrected— they didn’t cut them ALL out.
It wasn’t a grisly fall, but she was pretty shaken up. Videos are now no longer available to non-USEF members.
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Who has more power, the FEI/USEF or the sponsors? Serious question.
The PRAVDA level happy talk on the live stream, while Emporium was being tranquilized and winched onto a sled, came from somewhere.
Even the racing universe has a veterinarian spokesperson who keeps the facts upfront and straight. Can we not do that well in eventing? Especially if we want it to grow.
We do want to grow, right?
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Across all disciplines there should at a minimum be a prepared statement for the announcers that includes an explanation of what’s going on and the process involved. Something like the horse is being attended to by the on course vet and other experienced handlers and is receiving top care, The horse will be transported under vet care to ABC facility for further intense examination. Something at least explaining the process and then continue on with other discussion and maybe repeat the statement every so often if there is a prolonged stoppage.
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They definitely cut it from the replay, there were some odd cuts scraped together.
Does anyone know what Holly Jacks-Smither’s horse was wearing in SJ? It looked like a blinker hood from the track, but I thought those were prohibited?
It looked like a Fenwick titanium mask to me.
They could have just watched one of RNS Videos on YouTube and figured out how to film it.
Compression hood. Legal for FEI show jumping.
Very interesting. I couldn’t get a good look but it appeared to have small blinders/blinkers. I wouldn’t mind having those in that type of atmosphere!
The bridle had small (less than 3 cm) “blinkers” also legal for FEI show jumping.
I understand cutting falls when their are injuries. I like to watch the videos with the good, bad and the ugly because you get to see what pro’s do and can learn from it.
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Are you talking about Jess’s? I was there for her and Bobby’s fall on the wall, and hers had my heart in my throat. She was up immediately and basically running to Wabbit, but - I would say that of the 3 falls I saw, Doug’s was the only one that was a bit of a slow motion pop off you could see in a fall reel and not cringe.
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What happened for the Wabbit fall? I didn’t see it anywhere on the live stream. We were wondering what exactly happened.
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There are no blinkers, its a Fenwick mask.
The horse wore small Dy’on type blinkers in addition to this
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I was sitting at the ditch and brush when Jess fell. My heart was in my throat. From where I was sitting it looked like he slammed both stifles on the front side of the fence and then sort of scraped over and landed in a heap on the backside. From where I was sitting, I didn’t see anything go wrong on the takeoff but it all happened so fast.
Both he and Jess popped up fairly quickly but he definitely looked sore walking off the course.
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Oh no! That’s for sharing. I thought she just popped off - didn’t realize the horse may have gotten hurt 
I don’t want to speculate on any potential injury. I just meant that he looked like he’d stung himself, which makes complete sense considering the way he hit the fence.
There was this sickening thud and a scramble and then both of them disappeared for a second. We were all glad to see his ears pop back up over the top of the fence.
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