Burghley XC thread...

I'm confused - what actually would she achieve by going that slowly? Dont want to be negative, no way in my wildest dreams I would get to Burghley, just seemed a bit strange
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I'm confused - what actually would she achieve by going that slowly? Dont want to be negative, no way in my wildest dreams I would get to Burghley, just seemed a bit strange
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She got round clear, no injuries to horse or rider......just look at how many have been eliminated or retired and how many of them were really pushing.....surely safety is paramount in these conditions.
 
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Don't know..................They haven't started giving CLEAR ROUND rossetts have they???
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She got 20 penalties, so cant have been that
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Well done Tracy and Dunauger, didn't tink they deserved 20pen at fence 4, didn't even present. She went though! Collected canter around a 4*, new thing? She had alot of critisism from Alice and Scottie though!

Well done Jeanette and Bob, hes such a grumpy s**te at home and hasn't run since Luhmuhlen.
 
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I'm confused - what actually would she achieve by going that slowly? Dont want to be negative, no way in my wildest dreams I would get to Burghley, just seemed a bit strange
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well, completing clear, in spite of time penalties, is a MAJOR achievement.
if you're not sure of your brakes, you don't dare open them up too much, the consequences could be catastrophic. sometimes the big crowds, atmosphere etc can make the horse feel totally different to how it's felt before.
 
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I'm confused - what actually would she achieve by going that slowly? Dont want to be negative, no way in my wildest dreams I would get to Burghley, just seemed a bit strange
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She got round clear, no injuries to horse or rider......just look at how many have been eliminated or retired and how many of them were really pushing.....surely safety is paramount in these conditions.

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She was given 20 penalties on the results page. Yeah of course I realise about safety etc etc, have seen others do that today and dont blame them at all, but this was exceptionally so, Scottie thought so and his opinion is OK with me
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