Burghley XC thread...

[chestnut cob]

Is it just me that only saw about half of WFP's round before they put up the scores?!

 

[carys220]

ZP got an MBE???? WTF??!!!! She's just a royal with money to buy good horses IMO *runs away to join jules89*

 

[piebaldsparkle]

NO you were not alone.....................[****] BBC are crap.

 

[librauk]

sensible rider with the conditions as they are now, going for a steady clear !!

 

[jules89]

and she got some large portrait done which is for sportspeople who "push the boundaries in their chosen sport"

 

[Holidays_are_coming]

None of Zaras horses are easy, and Toytown was a bargain if I remember correctley. To ride at this level and win you need talent and dedication not money

 

[carys220]

 

[kerilli]

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Is it just me or have all of the horses who fell been attempting to jump the side of the mushroom, looking at WFP go perfectly over the middle then made me think!

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no, i think they were jumping in the middle, mostly. not much room to go to the side tbh.
vile fence. vile.
i've jumped mushrooms in a line, and that's fine, the horse can judge it. but the rugby ball fence at A-le-W has the same problem imho.

she was smart, a big setting up and a big "HUP" at the first shroom! only horse all day to give it any air imho!

 

[hotellie]

zara took toytown from novice to 4* she hardly bought success!

 

[Halfstep]

I'm sorry but lets not forget that Zara Phillips was World and European champion. She's one of the most successful international riders ever.

 

[carys220]

Who'll be next? Katie Price??

 

[chestnut cob]

Gutted that I didn't get to see the end, love Tamarillo

 

[Maesfen]

I'll be the only one who thinks the sloping ground down towards the first mushroom and the increasing bad ground is the main culprit then?
If those mushrooms were earlier on the course and on the flat, they wouldn't have caused half as much a problem I think but isn't that what XC riding is all about, taking into account the conditions and the sighting of the fences?

 

[carys220]

Has war broken out? I keep hearing jets and helicopters flying over very low!

 

[Flame_]

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None of Zaras horses are easy, and Toytown was a bargain if I remember correctley. To ride at this level and win you need talent and dedication not money

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Hmmm, yep you do need talent and dedication, but money is prime ingredient to horsey success IMO.

Come on Mary King

 

[jules89]

agreed zara has done amazingly well with toytown as he is by no means an easy horse and she came 2nd in her first 4* and won back to back euopean and world titles only done a few times but at the same time she has not "pushed the boundaries" as much as say mary king who has been to 5 olympics, or WFP who is a maestro etc
i just feel as much as toytown has given her a taste of this success she has not proved herself enough on other horses to be determined an MBE or such other prolific prizes. sorry
yes shes down to earth but i think the media play too much on her profile (yes i know shes attracted an audience for the sport which is great) but she doesnt work any harder than any other top riders...!?
sorry if this offends, it is just my opinion.

 

[Murphy3]

Is Mary's saddle green or am I starting to hallucinate??

 

[kirstyhen]

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She's just a royal with money to buy good horses

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Nothing to do with her ability as a rider then. I like ZP, it's not her fault she's royal, she is only trying to do well at a sport she loves. She could of remained a high profile party girl like some of the other "wasters" in this country.
It really annoys me that she comes under so much scrutiny for something she had no control over.

 

[lucretia]

yes i agree. its the terrain rather than the mushroom itself after all the second one jumped fine

 

[jules89]

toytown cost 20k i believ

 

[jules89]

yes its a bates extreeme saddle, is this the treeless one we were talking about earlier?

 

[skye123]

has mary got a green saddle? or am i just seeing things

 

[kerilli]

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None of Zaras horses are easy, and Toytown was a bargain if I remember correctley. To ride at this level and win you need talent and dedication not money

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hmm, Toytown wasn't a bargain. i know word went around that he'd been bought for £3k, but iirc when LG did her article for HH this spring the real price came out.
ZP is very good, it's not all nepotism. i wouldn't mind having her father as a free trainer all the time, but she's a seriously good jockey, if a bit chancy xc sometimes imho.

 

[carys220]

She has a green seat saver I think.


And I'm sure ZP didn't train and bring on her horses by herself....

 

[DiablosGold]

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Is Mary's saddle green or am I starting to hallucinate??

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Think it's a seat cover?

Well done Mary

 

[piebaldsparkle]

**cough** see my ealier post............. [ QUOTE ]
I'm guessing the ditch gives the horses a better ground line. Plus the 2nd one is on flatter ground. Think the slope runs them more into the bottom of the 1st one.

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[B_2_B]

great round Mary

 

[piebaldsparkle]

No IT IS GREEN

 

[jules89]

its a bates extreeme saddle!!! read above

 

[hotellie]

oo this is quite a long post...will it be on top forum posts???