Ambers Echo
Well-Known Member
Quality of the pictures has been
fine all day bar about 5 minutes. The coverage and commentary has been brilliant.
fine all day bar about 5 minutes. The coverage and commentary has been brilliant.
And it’s not like it’s the less experienced riders falling off! I’m not sure about Hazel Shannon but everyone else has represented their country at championships.
I think commentators said her and her horse have won Adelaide 3 times, so wouldn’t say they’re inexperienced. Horse just took a dislike to the fence and hesitated, and that’s not really a fence you can get away with a bit more hesitant jump at
Oh yeah, I didn’t mean she was a novice! Just wasn’t sure if she’d been on an Australian team or not and was trying to be accurate ?
That's what the sport has to be about, going forward. If the rider messes up, or if they're not on the same wavelength as the horse, and they fall and get a brain injury - that's on them. They knew the risks going in. But the horses didn't ask to be there; frankly, from what I've seen, I'm not sure many of them like it there. They certainly shouldn't have to pay for any mistakes made.It meant that riders were the ones dealing with the consequences of mistakes rather than the horses and that felt like a better option than what we've seen today.
Who’s on course now?
I’m probably going to curse him by saying this but I love Tom Jackson’s horse.
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