AAJ married the Princess Royal. Big difference.
Princess Anne decided to not have her children titled. That may have something to do with it as well.
Yup. Itâs funny how that always works out. I can think of a number of young Americans who have shown up when they probably shouldnât have, completed, and even occasionally done really well.
Ariel Grald⊠that girl has ice water in her veins.
But with all that said, I still donât understand it and probably never will!
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Has Julie Tew been discussed yet? Nice ride, great horse, amazing story. Both looked quite tired coming home, but happy tired with enough fuel in the tank to still cheerfully take on the last few obstacles. Really really nice horse.
Can anyone explain why some of the skinnies seem to catch riders/horses on a half stride? I was watching off and on so maybe I just caught a few weird ones by chance.
Yes, sheâs totally on my radar now for one to watch. I was so moved by her interview, too. She really seemed to have worked so hard to develop her horse and sacrificed so much for her career.
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I know. Just being snarky about CMP.Ă°ĆžËâ°
Watching the replay since I couldnât catch it live.
I must say, Buck has the how-to-get-your-hung-up-foot-out-of-the-stirrup-with-your-other-foot technique, down pat. Very impressive. :yes:
Iâd be concerned, after seeing the x-ray of his clavicle the last time he broke it, that it canât take much more damage. His clavicle though, so obviously his choice. Iâm glad to hear heâs OK.
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With respect to the sentiment expressed upthread regarding pulling riders off course if they seem overfaced or dangerous⊠it seems a bit of a slippery slope to do that as a routine matter. A rider must qualify to compete at the level, and if too many riders are getting to the level not sufficiently prepared, then the qualifications need to be tweaked. Burghley may be the biggest and baddest of the 5*s, but the FEI qualifications are the same for all of them.
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Oh, I dunno, count me with those who think it looked like a bit of carnage. Four minutes into this video and Skeltâs fall looked like a very hard one for the horse, followed immediately by a much less drastic parting of company and scrabbling fall from Ginny Howe and her mount. https://livestream.com/burghley/events/8799670/videos/195974050
Then, just looking at the leaderboard, the percentage of eliminations and retired looks a bit dramatic, even for Burghley.
Burghleyâs generally my fave four (now five) star to watch but I can see where both sides are getting their general impressions from.
Out of curiosity, contemplate:
At this yearâs Grand National, 17.5% failed to complete the course because of rider or horse falls.
At this yearâs Burghley, 20.3% failed to complete the course because of rider or horse falls.*
Eventing Nation quoted Phillipsâ response to the lack of completion says** there was nothing wrong with the course, :
"In many ways, we had a weakened field today, and to be honest, that showed. "
The Prices came with 4 horses⊠only one horse completed. Gemma Tattersall and Izzy Taylor got eliminated on horses. Does Phillips feel these are weak riders? :rolleyes:
At one point during the commentary Ian said there was a fence that he never would have placed at its location and that the course designer might unconsciously be making more difficult combinations thinking that that frangible pins will compensate.
*assuming I totaled the numbers correctly from the live stream.
** seems more like rubbing some salt in the wounds of anyone who didnât finish, none of whom have publicly criticized him yet and some of whom had horses who might be injured from falling. Classless and smug.
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After watching the XC Iâm torn. Some of the rider falls shouldnât have happened - they were jumped out of the tack, or just didnât think their horses were going to react that way. Some combinations didnât look ready but how do you prepare for the likes of Burghley? It is a big, bold, tough course.
If XC is reduced in size, haters are going to call it a glorified dressage competition. Damned if you do, damned if you donât.
Would increasing the time to get around make it âsaferâ?
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Scotty was as diplomatic as possible while saying exactly that those jumps should not have been there. I agree that Phillips was relying on the pins rather than designing fairly. Phillips admitted that the gates rode worse than he thought because the pins didnât activate. Well, they shouldnât have needed to so frequently.
Youâre also spot on regarding the field. Dan Jocelyn called the course with all the huge oxers relentless. Phillips knew it was a European Championship year, itâs not a secret.
The horses donât deserve this. Even when the pins broke a lot of horses had hard hits and confidence-shattering jumps or half-jumps. The cumulative effect of the course was a punishment to many horses today.
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I noticed a difference this year in the riding.
It seemed to me that too many riders continued on when they were riding badly and/or when their horse was obviously overwhelmed, when a better rider would have known to retire (as several did).
Glad I watched the replay and not the live stream. Well done to those who made it around.
The time seemed tough and the fences came up so quickly.
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Chris Talley didnât present. James Sommerville failed the vet. Santiago Bay and Carry On Bobby Boy passed on second attempt.
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I though SJ would start at 5:30 (est) did something change or is it not being streamed?
Iâm waiting too. I just checked the FB page. It looks like 6:40.
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https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=834150963645932
Watch while you are waiting. Very obvious admiration for Mark Phillips shown here.
I really canât recommend watching that little interview sesh I posted on page 18 of this thread with Pippa Ollie and CMP.
I cant tell if it was the riding or the course that caused the bad riding so to speak.
I agree they were relying on pins which should not be the purpose of the pins, otherwise we are just Showjumping and teaching our horses the jumps fall down when, they donât always.
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Iâm surprised there were not more withdrawn this AM. Hoping for an exciting finish later todayâŠthose top 3 scores are tight!!
Is there an order of go for sj posted anywhere?
