Badminton XC Thread :)

JennBags said:
So far only Oli has got round within the time. Quite a few fallers and refusals.
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Thank you! Have just heard Gwendoline Fur also got round within the time and is in second, I'm sad I missed OT's xc as him and Armada are a fave to watch xc!

Tom Crisp's fall didn't look nice, straight into the middle of the ditch but horse looks to be ok at least.

Sarah Ennis couldn't be anything but Irish with all that green.
 
JennBags said:
Sarah Ennis seems to sit back before each fence, does anyone think that might have contributed to her stop?
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Doubt it, with any horse that backs off/or suspects will stop you should be sitting back before the jump to make sure you can keep horse in front of you.
If I was doing badminton I'd be making sure to sit back before fence & ride strongly :p

:o at the horse rearing!
 
only_me said:
Definitely- I thought he rode it really well, determined And controlled, did not deserve to fall :(
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Nope, he looked pretty convincing too. Others have got away with more - but that's life, sadly.

JennBags said:
Sarah Ennis seems to sit back before each fence, does anyone think that might have contributed to her stop?
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It's an interesting style, isn't it? I thought I was defensive to a fence :p



Clever riding from the circus act!
 
Sitting back saved Sarah Ennis from falling there! #huntingstyle :D

I wish Simon grieve (no.23?) would retire, doesn't look very safe :(
 
only_me said:
Doubt it, with any horse that backs off/or suspects will stop you should be sitting back before the jump to make sure you can keep horse in front of you.
If I was doing badminton I'd be making sure to sit back before fence & ride strongly :p

:o at the horse rearing!
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If you did that on my horse, he'd stop, without a doubt.

Simon Grieve is really taking good care of his horse, giving him a lovely ride after his waving!
 
JennBags said:
If you did that on my horse, he'd stop, without a doubt.

Simon Grieve is really taking good care of his horse, giving him a lovely ride after his waving!
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Don't agree, he might be riding carefully but it doesn't look safe, especially considering the size and difficulty of the xc :/
 
ecb89 said:
Me too. That horse doesn't look happy
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I agree - all joking aside, Kali could be very backwards thinking out on a XC course and it's not ideal when you're tackling fences this big - Pops never went round anything bigger than an 80cm track XC so it's hardly a fair comparison, but the horse's attitude is very similar.

As Starkey said, not ungenuine, just backing off.

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PolarSkye said:
I agree - all joking aside, Kali could be very backwards thinking out on a XC course and it's not ideal when you're tackling fences this big - Pops never went round anything bigger than an 80cm track XC so it's hardly a fair comparison, but the horse's attitude is very similar.

As Starkey said, not ungenuine, just backing off.

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It's the reason I never xc-ed F competitively and I ultimately gave up jumping him in any real sense. But F isn't really comparable to any of these horses on any level ;)

But I presume he knows his horse, he's got him home at least!
 
I think the commentator's (I don't know who it is - the American one) comment about Michael Jung and Sam having a special relationship is one of the most accurate things I've heard from them today :)
 
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