Badminton XC Thread :)

Wow - that was just a masterclass in xc riding from Michael Jung.

And I'd put oil towenend & armada right up with Michael Jung in their display of "how to ride badminton" :)
 
Woo hooooo! Teapot I wasn't a fan till I saw him at Burghley, he was so lovely to his horses and his little face when he won and how humble he was with his team made me change my mind. Everything crossed for him tomorrow :)
 
JFTD said:
It's a little too clinical, isn't it? Without a doubt it was a classy round and his horse is incredibly well prepared for this. Made it look easy.
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Clinical is a good word.

ElleSkywalker said:
Woo hooooo! Teapot I wasn't a fan till I saw him at Burghley, he was so lovely to his horses and his little face when he won and how humble he was with his team made me change my mind. Everything crossed for him tomorrow :)
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I've seen him ride and win too. Can't put my finger on it, but no doubt he's a level above everyone else.
 
I've warmed to him in the last year. I used to find him robotic, but he just doesn't give much away. He's just a very cool customer and you can't knock him. My only grudge with him is that he's prevented WFP from a few titles that I'd love to see him win.

And yes, Ollie has always been a very good xc rider, as are a lot of GB riders. He's up there with his dressage riding too, but just needs to up his show jumping level (I'd love to see him sj well on this horse this final time at Badminton). The thing about MJ is that he is right on top of his game on all three phases, and doesn't have to hope that one good phase wings it for him.

Re The Vicarage Vee, it has been in recently, but this year it (and a few more fences) seem a bit old style, in that they are open rails that the horse sees through and they can focus on the ditch etc rather than the fence.

Anyway, I'm abroad and can't watch, so please elaborate more in your commentary guys!
 
That looked really, really unpleasant. Watching them stuck down there was a bit horrifying.


eta for Honey's benefit: VP's horse totally misread/ knobbed about at a big oxery thing and jumped through the front rail, she whacked her head off the back rail and the horse came out under the back rail after a few moments stuck between them in the wreckage of the fence. VP sort of dismounted before he went under. But mounted up to walk home, so hopefully ok.
 
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What a horrible fall and horrible position for Vittoria and her horse to be in!

Looked as if she was trying to lift the back rail off as well and it wouldn't go, thankfully the horse scrambled from underneath :O
 
Wonder how often that happens, with a horse getting stuck under a parallel fence - maybe need to look at having frangible pins that release from upwards pressure as well as down?
 
Vets will be kept busy today.

That horse that has just shouldered the Vicarge V out of his way took a massive thump and then gave the back end a walloping.

From a public viewing point of view there has been a couple of uncomfortable moments.
 
JFTD said:
That looked really, really unpleasant. Watching them stuck down there was a bit horrifying.


eta for Honey's benefit: VP's horse totally misread/ knobbed about at a big oxery thing and jumped through the front rail, she whacked her head off the back rail and the horse came out under the back rail after a few moments stuck between them in the wreckage of the fence. VP sort of dismounted before he went under. But mounted up to walk home, so hopefully ok.
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Thank you.x
 
AdorableAlice said:
Vets will be kept busy today.

That horse that has just shouldered the Vicarge V out of his way took a massive thump and then gave the back end a walloping.

From a public viewing point of view there has been a couple of uncomfortable moments.
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I agree . . . there will be quite a few withdrawals after this phase.

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