Badminton thread!

[debsflo]

Yes. Really nice to see British riders doing well on young horses they've bred themselves.

Agree, have always loved her and he went really well.

 

[Hedgewitch13]

I wish she would stop whacking her horse!

 

[Spot_the_Risk]

Plenty of time for shopping tomorrow morning with so few finishers so far, looking forward to seeing the second horses soonish.

 

[teapot]

has she missed a fence?

 

[Dunlin]

Not sure what happened with Tiana there, looked like she missed the jump back over the stream to me but who knows, maybe she found a new route!

 

[armchair_rider]

Plenty of time for shopping tomorrow morning with so few finishers so far, looking forward to seeing the second horses soonish.

Last time I looked 15 had got round and 22 hadn't. So I doubt there will be more than 30-35 finishers overall - though there are a lot of good combinations to come.

 

[BBP]

I wonder if she'd taken long route which they didn't show and then after jumping b element she went left and crossed ditch twice instead of turning right straight to mirage pond?

 

[Supertrooper]

Chuffed that Harry Meade finished too

 

[armchair_rider]

I wonder if she'd taken long route which they didn't show and then after jumping b element she went left and crossed ditch twice instead of turning right straight to mirage pond?

Well she hasn't been stopped yet. Had a refusal at Huntsman's Close though.

 

[Dunlin]

Wow what a little jump jet Rumour Has It is!!

 

[HihoGinger]

Holy cow! That was never going to end well!
He nearly went into orbit over the first two parts!

 

[only_me]

Any word on Joseph murphy?!

 

[armchair_rider]

Wow what a little jump jet Rumour Has It is!!

Brave too. Cracking horse

 

[9tails]

Wow what a little jump jet Rumour Has It is!!

Agreed, he was very sticky at the Mirage pond but just slithered through.

 

[Dunlin]

That was not a pretty picture from Dani.

I am loving Rumour Has It though, he's a dude!

 

[armchair_rider]

Any word on Joseph murphy?!

Still clear at Huntsman's Close. Bit slow though apparently

 

[HihoGinger]

Any word on Joseph murphy?!

Beautiful through huntsman's

 

[Dunlin]

Any word on Joseph murphy?!

Just popped up, went long route through Huntsmans. 1.20 over the time, 16th place but judges reviewing his route through the pond.

 

[armchair_rider]

Joe finishes, 1.20 over finishes on 133.6 pens. Might be in trouble over his route through the pond though. Think he's only about the 17th finisher, might be the 18th

 

[nic85]

Still clear at Huntsman's Close. Bit slow though apparently

That was dani evans that fell off. Joe Murphy has finished the course

 

[only_me]

Thanks all

 

[starryeyed]

Loving Merel's horse.

 

[Dunlin]

Super super round by Merel and Rumour Has It, only 40 seconds over! 8th place.

 

[armchair_rider]

Merel home, 40 seconds over so must be about the fastest all day. Great round. Dutch currently have 3 riders in top 10.

I would say her horse is one of my favourites but Gin and Juice was awfully unlucky after I declared my fondness so I think i'll keep my gob shut

 

[Lexi_]

Feel a bit sorry for the FJs down in the Vicarage area - those long routes are horribly confusing.

 

[Fools Motto]

Is Sam going yet?

 

[frostyfingers]

Where do we complain to about the BBC coverage? Aside from the "outages" I don't think they're showing as many fences as they used to, and certainly not as many horses and the rather vague through the trees pictures are pretty hopeless. Far too many shots of "cute" children and dogs - I want to see horses please!

 

[Dunlin]

Did I hear right that there was a coloured horse competing at Badminton, anyone know who he/she is?

 

[Lexi_]

Did I hear right that there was a coloured horse competing at Badminton, anyone know who he/she is?

It's Nicola Wilson's horse, isn't it? They're quite late to go if I remember rightly.

 

[Fools Motto]

Nicola Wilson - Beltane Queen