Here we go again … :winkgrin:
Other Badminton threads will have a broader view, will follow the competition through the phases … so this one can just be stuck way down in the rabbit hole of cross-country. Never too early to start a nerd geek obsession thread … :yes:
Badminton livestream and radio … it is only mentioning dressage at this point, XC as well I hope?
https://www.badminton-horse.co.uk/badminton-live/
Badminton illustrated course walk, as it were …
https://www.badminton-horse.co.uk/20…ountry-course/
Does anyone have a link to the XC start times? Haven’t located it with the other start times …
https://www.badminton-horse.co.uk/index.php/dressage-results-2017/
Big galloping course is the early feedback. “Swashbuckling”, officially.
#5 Savills Staircase
As illustrated, and as in early photos, this jump is NOT OK. I hope the course decorators will fill in the airy rails at the top of the double-down. I wish I had more time to look up the old data on the badness this type of combination. Quite a few years ago at Rolex KY, this is the configuration that brought down three (3) pairs, including Oliver Townend who was attempting to complete the Rolex Grand Slam. The horses didn’t just fall, the rolled down the steps. Rotational, anyone?
Data compiled over the years showed that open rails at the top of a marked decrease in elevation led to horses catching their feet over the top rails. The speculation was that horses were looking through the rails at the drop and not reading the height they had to clear over the rails. I am shocked at such a disregard for this data.
#12 KBIS Bridge
Never rides well for many pairs. Then someone comes along and nails it, proving it can be done. Intended to weed out all but the superstars of XC?
Also I noticed that Lauren Kieffer and Landmark’s Monte Carlo look as if they will be the first out of the start box … I gotta figure out how to watch live and online …