Dom is no wimp, to put it mildly, but I follow him on Facebook and even he has been knackered doing gallop sets on Boly B. Even the commentators were saying, “whoa, whoa, I can see why he used to ride that horse in a double bridle, he looks very keen.”
The horse that made me think “shit, I could never stay on that horse even in my dreams” was Indy 500. Wow, is that horse appropriately named! She looked like she was in a race, with some jumps along the way. Andrea Baxter is a hell of a rider.
It should be on USEF Network, but I haven’t seen the feed pop up yet.
I only saw it once because they’ve taken it off the replay, but I’m quite sure he specifically did not rotate. Obviously he definitely fell, and he was certainly on his way to rotating, but the clip gave as it should have and changed the trajectory of his fall such that he skidded onto the ground (albeit in a more crumpled sort of shape than would have been ideal) rather than his whole body going up and over. Much safer for the horse, MUCH safer for Phillip.
Apologies for the nitpicking. I believe it’s really important to discuss this, because the frangible tech is working, and it is saving horses and riders from far worse outcomes than they could have experienced. The tech sometimes gets a bad rap, but it is critical in the moments where it counts. Even the best riders in the world (Leslie Law, PD) can make mistakes that don’t deserve punishment beyond the day. This one could have been very bad.
I must admit that Singapore and his low blood percentage has made me nervous for years (he’s only about low 30s) - PD knows what he’s doing far better than I, of course, but I much prefer seeing him (and everyone) out on the more TB types. Glad we seem to be moving more back towards that way in horse selection. It was a great day for the blood horses!
You are thinking of the gates at Burghley where Buck had his fall with Jak - angled gates that I believe were part of the impetus for the design of the yellow MIM clip, which was designed to break with less pressure to accommodate the result of an angled approach. They’ve been a bit tricky for course designers to get right in the implementation following their debut this year, but they are an important tool in the box. Ian seems to have solved the problem of horses brushing over them by putting the yellow clipped corner in a ditch, which worked very well - for all that it was terrifying, not one unwarranted activation of a yellow clip today!
USEF is showing a repetitive 1 minute cross country replay
maybe they are just starting late
They also start with the 3*, so at least we’re not missing the 5* yet.
I just messaged a vet friend who is there & they’re happening. There doesn’t appear to be a livestream. Does anyone have one?
my view as well. I am fairly sure the horse’s front legs / knees came down first, then the head, then bent terribly on the neck (that image is going to be hard to get out of my mind), then fell sideways before rolling over.
a horrific fall, but not a rotation, and if that is what the pins were designed to prevent, it was a “success”
The live stream has been so good all weekend with so much coverage that I’m so bummed they’re not showing the jogs now 
The MD 5* IG just went live, so they are probably streaming the jog from there.
I’m not seeing anything on their IG.
I can’t find them anywhere…
It was on for about a minute then ended.
Where
Go it. Instagram
FB quality is much better. FYI
The feed doesn’t seem to have a great signal 
though I shouldn’t complain, because at least we’re getting something!
Yeah cell service is not great in Fair Hill on a normal day 
me too, it buffers regularly, but not complaining about free live stream jog
i have it on facebook
instagram has live feed? ? I didnt know instagram was anything more than photos (yeah i am technologically very dumb)
Bug looks like someone woke him up too early today
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