Badminton XC thread

They aren’t talking about Nicola at all - just referring to it as ‘an incident’ which worries me too. They are keeping very very quiet. I’m sure in the past I’ve heard them say ‘precautionary, up on her feet’ or whatever. Hopefully they literally just don’t know.
 
I’m going to have to watch the rest hiding behind my sofa I think. I was afraid Nicolas horse would break its neck so was so relieved to see it get up. These riders and horses are so incredibly brave. So nervous for my friend.
 
Ambers Echo said:
They aren’t talking about Nicola at all - just referring to it as ‘an incident’ which worries me too. They are keeping very very quiet. I’m sure in the past I’ve heard them say ‘precautionary, up on her feet’ or whatever. Hopefully they literally just don’t know.
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I’ve had a look on twitter, and latest I’ve seen is that she’s unconscious. Will keep checking as twitter sometimes gets quicker updates than commentator

I think they’re probably not talking about Nicola as they don’t want to report anything incorrectly or they don’t have an update. At least that’s what I’m hoping.

Will be interesting to see if OTs horse passes trot up tomorrow
 
I've just tuned in (couldn't get rid of the relatives we had staying last night on time!) thought I wouldn't have missed much by this point but sounds like I was wrong ?
 
Have seen a comment on twitter to say Nicola is up and receiving medical attention - really hoping this is the case and they’re just taking their time to get her assessed
 
It’ll take time to immobilse and get her onto an ambo, they’ll be doing an initial assessment and deciding on how to transfer her. They’ll also have to take off her air jacket or deflate if she was wearing one?
 
I reckon it might be air ambulance time. This is not good at all. Let’s hope they’re just be overly cautious. ?? for Nicola.
 
Ps when this happens radio silence is mandatory. So no one can hear anything and pass it on incorrectly. And they’d be stupid to say anything in tv about until they’ve been told by the organisers.
 
What’s going on?! Unable to watch during the day today and was following results online but it keeps crashing. Was it the bounce fence that caused an issue?
 
I'm not sure the course is particularly at fault - the issues are spread throughout and Toledo and Nicola's falls weren't at the fences that looked like they would cause issues. The course is huge and bold and there has been some brilliant riding and rounds. I see they've now taken out part C at the Mars fence.

I just hope everyone is ok, I'm still feeling a bit queasy after seeing Nicola so still on the ground.
 
j1ffy said:
I'm not sure the course is particularly at fault - the issues are spread throughout and Toledo and Nicola's falls weren't at the fences that looked like they would cause issues. The course is huge and bold and there has been some brilliant riding and rounds. I see they've now taken out part C at the Mars fence.

I just hope everyone is ok, I'm still feeling a bit queasy after seeing Nicola so still on the ground.
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Tom’s fall looked to be more rider error to me, he had a keen horse who seemed to come down the bank very strong and be jumping very bold coming into a bounce
 
fetlock said:
Which fence has been taken out? The Nicola one or the Tom bounce?
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Nicola one, it was fairly standard wide fence on a straightforward combination. It was wicker though so I wonder has the front of the fence been damaged/too easy for greased legs to slide over?
 
SOS said:
What’s going on?! Unable to watch during the day today and was following results online but it keeps crashing. Was it the bounce fence that caused an issue?
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Tom M came in quite fast to bounce, Toledo caught himself on second part pinged Tom off and went down. Both horse and rider up (and Toledo carried on himself down course) straight away.

Nicola had a really nasty fall at third part of Mars M combination, horse left a leg at the basket and had a full on rotational over Nicola. Dublin up and trotted off, Nicola wasn’t moving as camera cut away.
 
sasquatch said:
Tom’s fall looked to be more rider error to me, he had a keen horse who seemed to come down the bank very strong and be jumping very bold coming into a bounce
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Yes, you could see it coming as soon as he took off at the first element of the bounce.
 
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