Badminton thread!

[starryeyed]

I think it's a fence repair

 

[angelish]

Has there been more withdrawals? Should be at least 2 on course at present

there fixing a fence at VV

 

[9tails]

Oh fence repair.

 

[starryeyed]

...do I have time to run to the kitchen to get a drink?!

 

[armchair_rider]

Nothing on Natalie Blundell's FB about algebra yet either


ETA looking at the results. Thus far 15 finishers, 12 retired and 9 elim. 4 withdrawn before xc

 

[apachediamond]

Well sat!

 

[Dunlin]

All these pauses are so bad for my health, I have munched my way through all my Badminton snacks already! I am redeeming myself now with some raw carrot slices

 

[armchair_rider]

Oh ouch. Horrible fall for Flarup. Thank god for frangible pins

 

[starryeyed]

oh god, that fall was horrible!

 

[HihoGinger]

Oh that was scary. Glad they're both ok!

 

[Dunlin]

Oh no another dreadful fall but thank god for the frangible pins! Glad they both seem OK but that's 2 hard knocks that horse has had, poor boy will be feeling it.

 

[only_me]

Ouch that looked quite a hard fall

 

[MegaBeast]

Thank god for frangible pins

 

[Hedgewitch13]

Ooo nasty Thank god they both got up ok.

 

[9tails]

Nasty fall!

 

[bananaloaf]

Skip On was very clever there at the lake wasn't he, what a good horse.

 

[AdorableAlice]

That pin just stopped a fatality for Peter Flareup.

 

[starryeyed]

Oh no, and another one! They were going so well.

 

[apachediamond]

And another one struggling at the bank.

 

[Hedgewitch13]

And another!

 

[teapot]

Clever horse getting its legs out stopped a rotational!

 

[armchair_rider]

And nearly a nasty one for Sarah Stretton too. Good thing the horse didn't make it over the jump cos I think he'd have landed on top of her.

 

[debsflo]

Comb horrible fall

 

[Dunlin]

No no no!! Thank heavens the horse clambered over that fence, thought he was stuck for a moment!

Anyone else watching this in a high state of anxiety?

 

[9tails]

Lots of fence repairs.

 

[HihoGinger]

Goodness me! Another one out!

 

[nic85]

Another life saved by frangible pin. Sad to see Sarah Stretton has hit the deck at the owl hole

 

[only_me]

And another fall - poor poor horse and rider.

Too many falls for the amount of runners, but at least safety features have done their job and stopped some falls that could have been incredibly nasty!

 

[teapot]

Crossing fingers for Tina!

 

[teapot]

And another fall - poor poor horse and rider.

Too many falls for the amount of runners, but at least safety features have done their job and stopped some falls that could have been incredibly nasty!

But very few horse falls and that's the difference.