I am so thrilled for James! I was a working student of his when he first arrived to the states many years ago at this point. I’m so happy to see his talent and hard work paying off!
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The shoulders stayed upright.
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Thank you for the update. I’m certainly in no way affiliated with the event so don’t have that information. I can correct. The rule book doesn’t require a treating vet at every combination.
These treating vets under the umbrella you mention would not have the ability to eliminate a horse from competition but is under obligation to inform GJ/Veterinary Delegate
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There are veterinarians stationed all over the course as well as those in the vet box. Not at a specific jump, but at strategic locations near jumps/combinations where there might be issues. I am a veterinarian, and while I have not been one of the vets out on course, I know several who have.
Eta after seeing most recent reply: yes, unfortunately the vets have no authority to stop anyone on course. They can make recommendations to the GJ, who is ultimately responsible for making that call.
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I also noticed that the surname on the “now on course” for XC was wrong. Hannah Sue Burnett was showing as “H.Sue” instead of “H. Burnett.” 
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Yay! for Harry Mead
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Chronicle write ups.
Five star:
Four star:
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The whole round scared the life out of me, the fall and yes they did fall regardless of technicalities should have ended the round. No one is paying attention as to the thin ice eventing is already on with the public, but they pulled up Tim Price for non existent blood 
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Rules are one thing but GJ should have stopped them, sad the rider didn’t make that decision himself
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No…there are 15-20 vets stationed around the course with their trucks, but not at every fence - in addition to the official treating vets and the official veterinary delegate and the assistant delegate, who are at the finish vet box. The veterinary delegates and AAEP made a video about the vet services at the event and how it’s organized - it’s on the AAEP FB page (and the Vet Delegate is my home vet and I’ve spent plenty of time at FEI events)
If you’re eliminated you have to go have the official vets check you in the vet box…but there are plenty of vets on course ready to respond to an emergency. A good example is the horse who caught a foot in the breastplate at the head of the lake and went down a few years ago. The first vets to that horse were not the official vets, but the ones stationed with their truck closest to that fence
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There are vets stationed on course and roamers in 4x4s. Top level sports medicine vets, many of whom have been on course vets for decades. The report on Phantom was ‘horse down, no wait, he’s up - pause - looks fine’. I agree the optics for this were bad and it would be good to have a protocol in place. These kind of near misses happen so quickly in real time riders generally don’t know exactly what happened. The horses I’ve seen do this pop right up and go on. It is certainly a fright for anyone watching.
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They probably do need to change the rules for what constitutes a fall. To a non-eventer, that would have constituted a fall. I think if the horses body not including head and neck, its a fall.
Unrelated to that, I think the 4* and 5* courses were some of the best I’ve seen at Kentucky in a while. They asked all the right questions and really separated out the field properly.
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Why doesn’t CMH do a monthly subscription? I don’t want to pay almost $300 up front for the year but would gladly pay $25 for a few months for the things I want to watch.
And does the $300 include the Badminton TV pass or is that separate?
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Was so excited to see him in the top ten! I really wanted to watch his dressage test again but haven’t been able to find it without coughing up $$
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Yeah I saw the video on Milestone which was trying to flay the rider and the sport, but the slow mo actually showed how the horse responded more quickly than the rider. That was not rider decision to go on, that was horse. Rider was a balanced sack o’ po’s; probably shocked/trying to process what was happening.
Now whether or not the rider should have ALLOWED the horse to go on… I don’t know. Those things are so tricky. Given all that’s going on with social license it looked scary enough there probably should have been a quick “hold up let’s do a once over.”
OTOH, horses. I have seen falls that I didn’t think were anything only for the horse to have an injury that sidelined them for a year. I’ve seen other falls I thought were downright terrifying, and the horse was totally fine. Acted as if nothing had happened and was sound as a bell. I don’t get it 
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What about the one where she posts a bunch of random pictures from the jog and compares them to her own unmuscled TB and says none of the horses should be ridden? 
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Listen I do not get it; it’s like blind leading the blind over on that page. Disturbs me how much influence she has.
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When I looked at CMH yesterday after the event was over, I was still able to watch the replay videos. I have not tried it yet today.
Her page is definitely an echo chamber… and I think that’s by design. Years ago I commented on a post of hers that I didn’t agree with and she deleted the comment, then messaged me to say if I continue to comment I’d be blocked. Easy to make it look like everyone agrees with you when you can get rid of negative posts!
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Correct. They lack the ability to make the decision, but they do have the ability to report what they see and put forward information for the VD and PGJ to look into 
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