Burghley thread

Supertrooper said:
How honoured are we all to get to see what has to be the best event horse & combination of eventing history

Now if his half brother (who my sister bred) and who is also with Ros can just do as well 🤞🤞🤣🤣
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You and your sister must be so excited…please do keep us updated…
No better stable and rider to be with….can you tell us name, understand if you cannot….
 
Was out at RC so just caught up after no looking at anything. What a fantastic competition. 👏 so chuffed for Salty and AOC. Good day at the office for Harry.

So who is best-Sam or Walter?

My vote goes to Walter.
 
Nicnac said:
Was out at RC so just caught up after no looking at anything. What a fantastic competition. 👏 so chuffed for Salty and AOC. Good day at the office for Harry.

So who is best-Sam or Walter?

My vote goes to Walter.
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Do you mean Salty,
Equiratings put a post up yesterday saying “we live in Walter’s world)….think Salty is extremely close….
 
Just watching on BBC. Some awful xc rounds. Lots of rough riding, with horses being repeatedly gobbed and ragged around. More than a few look utterly overwhelmed and not comfortable at this level.
 
When Walter and Ros won that first Badminton am I remembering wrongly, or did she also have a mare at Badminton with similar breeding to him. It went up for sale. I wondered where she went. Can anyone remember?
 
Fabulous victory for Ros, she really makes it look smooth and easy, the partnership is very special.

Generally I feel like the quality of the field has really diminished over the last few years…. So few European riders now attend, it feels much more limited to the Brits, New Zealanders/Aussies and the odd additional uk based rider. The gap between the top riders and the rest of the field feels very wide IMO.
 
I don't really follow eventing but watched the coverage on bbc 2 this afternoon, its so nice to watch some of them just flow round, some others not so much
 
Nicnac said:
Was out at RC so just caught up after no looking at anything. What a fantastic competition. 👏 so chuffed for Salty and AOC. Good day at the office for Harry.

So who is best-Sam or Walter?

My vote goes to Walter.
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Ginny Elliot’s Priceless was incredible and Mary King’s King William would have achieved more if he wasn’t so anxious in the SJ. If I had to pick one, it would be Walter for sure. He’s the one that is completely unfazed by it all!
 
myheartinahoofbeat said:
Simon Grieves horse is a half brother to Walter too
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As in same sire- I have a racing background - a half brother or sister is from the same dam. Paternal half/brother sisters can be plentiful as a sire can have many offspring in a year (yes ET does increase the number of foals a mare can have (not in racing obviously), but inherently a mare can only have a handful of offspring in their lifetime. Interestingly Cavalier Crystal who is by Jack Of Diamonds is out of Cavalier Iris who has another good young horse by Querlybet Hero and Colorado Blue has a half brother by Mill Law who also completed Burghley
 
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