Badminton XC!

[only_me]

Did oli just get heckled?

Very nice horse!

 

[milliepops]

got a huge stride, hasn't it.

 

[milliepops]

eeesh, no more heart in mouth moments please!

 

[scats]

Oli is really going for this!

 

[wkiwi]

He’s irish. We don’t get stirrups till you’ve done at least 5 hunts

LOL - do you get a saddle to go with the stirrups then or do you have to wait for longer?

 

[milliepops]

he is! Oli's horse was quick and snappy through that water

 

[sasquatch]

Wii Limbo looks very tired, bless

 

[only_me]

LOL - do you get a saddle to go with the stirrups then or do you have to wait for longer?

If you’ve a pony with really high withers you get a saddle, usually just a poly pad held on by surcingle

 

[milliepops]

this is adrenalin fueled watching

 

[only_me]

Horse looking tired :/

 

[scats]

Oli’s horse looking tired, wonder if he slightly over cooked him early on. Understandable though.

 

[Experienced equestri]

Oli has done well there

 

[sasquatch]

ooooh this will be a tense jump off!

 

[wkiwi]

if you’ve a pony with really high withers you get a saddle, usually just a poly pad held on by surcingle :d

rflmao !!

 

[scats]

Well done Oli!!

 

[milliepops]

OOOhhhhhhh exciting!

 

[JFTDWS]

Wow!

Love how they threw water at Oli, and left him to pick it up from the floor, while sorting the pony!

 

[only_me]

WOw oli!

Very well done!!

 

[Wishfilly]

Well done Ollie. He put his all into that and still in with a good shot!

 

[wkiwi]

Oli’s horse looking tired, wonder if he slightly over cooked him early on. Understandable though.

Yes. Only one I've seen being hit that much on the way home

 

[only_me]

Oli must be knackered now!

 

[fetlock]

Not doing much for the sport, being seen to use his stick so many times, especially inbetween the second last and last fences on an obviously flagging horse.

 

[sasquatch]

Oli must be knackered now!

may need another nap.

 

[HashRouge]

Horse looked really tired on the way home!

 

[milliepops]

I don't think he actually hit the horse every time he raised his arm, he said earlier that he waved the stick at his other horse.

 

[Wishfilly]

Yes. Only one I've seen being hit that much on the way home

Being fair, I don't think the whip was making contact every time, and he does have $350,000 on the line.

 

[JFTDWS]

may need another nap.

Him and the horse both!

 

[MagicMelon]

I thought that wasnt pleasant viewing watching Oliver just then - I dont think a horse should be smacked round the course. He kept hitting him on the flat, it looks horrid. Even my 5yo asked me why he kept hitting him when he’d done nothing wrong. IMO there ahould be a rule about hitting in between fences. If you have to do it to wake the horse up, well surely the horse simply is not fit enough.

 

[sasquatch]

horses who went towards the middle of the day seemed to be finishing best.

last few horses have all looked tired as they're coming to the finish, I wonder if it's coincidence

Tom McEwen looks tiny on that lovely grey!

 

[JFTDWS]

I don't think he actually hit the horse every time he raised his arm, he said earlier that he waved the stick at his other horse.

He was very clearly (imo) waving it and urging the horse on, not beating it. That's not to say I'd rather not see it, but it's also not to say that with that sort of money on the line, I wouldn't do the same.