twiggy2
Well-Known Member
thank you
Idiotic riding. I know I'm nowhere near that level but her round was dangerous, even non-horsey folk said that.
Wonder how she is getting away with it so lightly....?
I didn't manage to catch any of Burghley this year, so thanks for the link!
I find these these threads quite fascinating.
Firstly the fence she fell at - shocking piece of riding. The horse looked wrong behind coming up the straight and I agree she rode recklessly at it. Poor poor horse.
I don't know the specific criteria for what warrants a verbal warning versus a yellow card, but I do agree that some consideration should be taking with regards to prior verbal warnings, with a view to upgrading to a yellow card if previous warning has failed.
That said, I'm not sure her round up until that point in time was bad enough for the officials to step in and stop her.
She had a couple of mildly sticky fences early on - the sort that many top event horses will have not infrequently.
The fence where the horse left a leg in the ditch was definitely a big blunder - but I'm not sure I would condemn her for picking him up and kicking on at that point in time. He may possibly have strained himself there which could attribute for later problems - but it wasn't evident from the ground and that is where the rider has to make a judgement call - given he threw some good jumps afterwards there wasn't anything screamingly wrong.
Glance off at a corner - well that is exactly what that fence is designed to test, and it would be reasonable to expect a couple to do precisely what she did.
However we are now getting into the territory of an accumulation of smaller incidents that build up to a bigger picture. For me the fence prior to the fall was the turning point where the horse didn't get much air and starting to look as if either the petrol or the confidence was going.
With the adrenaline pumping I am under no illusion how difficult it must be as a rider to know when to make the call to stick your hand up. I'm sure much of that comes with experience. I hope she has had good reflection on this round, realised how lucky she has been and will learn for the future. Eventing doesn't need another death, equine or human.
Firstly the fence she fell at - shocking piece of riding. The horse looked wrong behind coming up the straight and I agree she rode recklessly at it. Poor poor horse.
With the adrenaline pumping I am under no illusion how difficult it must be as a rider to know when to make the call to stick your hand up. I'm sure much of that comes with experience. I hope she has had good reflection on this round, realised how lucky she has been and will learn for the future. Eventing doesn't need another death, equine or human.
I've never really looked into yellow cards/warnings before this year, its all come to light a bit since Mary and the list makes interesting reading actually... interesting that OT got one for abuse of whip at Badminton, don't remember his round but remember others using whip poorly that haven't been given one so must have been bad!?
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