Badminton XC day

Anyone beginning to think the BBC course preview is cursed? Chris B had his problems at the same fence he previewed, as did Jonty!
 
HashRouge said:
Does anyone know when the SJ will start on BBC2? Atm it's all XC but don't want to stop watching in case I miss anything!
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Half 3 ish, but the live stream on the Badminton website will start fairly shorty, then stop as the BBC starts.
 
mypegasus said:
Is it just me who thought they perhaps shouldn't have shown Elisa Wallace's fall?
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Made me feel very uncomfortable watching that again. There's a world of difference between an unlucky fall and terrible riding and IMO, they shouldn't choose to show the latter in a highlights programme.
 
SJ results are showing quite a few with time faults - could make things very interesting towards the top of the leaderboard!
 
mypegasus said:
Is it just me who thought they perhaps shouldn't have shown Elisa Wallace's fall?
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I don't like the idea of including falls in a highlights programme full stop. It's the idea of making events which could cause serious injury into entertainment - you don't see it in other sports (crunching tackles in rugby / football for example) so why in eventing?
 
TheOldTrout said:
I don't like the idea of including falls in a highlights programme full stop. It's the idea of making events which could cause serious injury into entertainment - you don't see it in other sports (crunching tackles in rugby / football for example) so why in eventing?
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It's highlights - why would/should they only show the good bits? The whole point of them is so you can see a range of events that happened!
 
SpringArising said:
It's highlights - why would/should they only show the good bits? The whole point of them is so you can see a range of events that happened!
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It does nothing for the public image of a sport that's struggling for sponsorship and place in the Olympics.
 
teapot said:
It does nothing for the public image of a sport that's struggling for sponsorship and place in the Olympics.
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Yup. And they haven't chosen to show all the falls, so why choose the one of an exhausted horse which looks terrible for the sport?
 
Still no mention of Emily Gilruth? Am I alone in being a bit worried. Theyve shown lots of the horse and rider falls and said in commentary that those concerned got up OK. Why no mention of Emily or her horse, in recent years the beeb have been quite good at keeping us updated, this is worrying me :(
 
MyBoyChe said:
Still no mention of Emily Gilruth? Am I alone in being a bit worried. Theyve shown lots of the horse and rider falls and said in commentary that those concerned got up OK. Why no mention of Emily or her horse, in recent years the beeb have been quite good at keeping us updated, this is worrying me :(
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Statement on the Badminton website this morning - she's in ICU.

SpringArising said:
Well, that IS the sport and horses falling is unfortunately pretty common. We shouldn't try to hide that fact.
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Except the constant safety improvements are trying to stop exactly that. Besides which that fall in question was pretty much avoidable and ended up with a rider getting a slapped wrist almost immediately afterwards.

You've got to try and look at press coverage, whether it's a newspaper or BBC2 on a Sunday afternoon, from a non horsey point of view. Eventing's in a far more precarious state at the top level of competition and championship than people realise, and nasty falls, especially ones that shouldn't have happened are not helping the cause imho.
 
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MyBoyChe said:
Still no mention of Emily Gilruth? Am I alone in being a bit worried. Theyve shown lots of the horse and rider falls and said in commentary that those concerned got up OK. Why no mention of Emily or her horse, in recent years the beeb have been quite good at keeping us updated, this is worrying me :(
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This was just posted
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-39835955

She's still in intensive care, keeping everything crossed here :(.
 
Not sure I think much of the commentary on the live stream. I know people complain about Mike (love him personally) but he was very good at making it accessible for people who don't know much about horses. Harry just rambles on in a very "pro" manner and keeps making very unfunny and slightly inappropriate jokes, plus he's SO posh, which I know shouldn't matter, but it will hardly attract unhorsey people.
 
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