Hmm, she's had a run of bad luck, but don't forget it was her great xc riding (on Icedancer, long ago, round Badders) that made everyone sit up and take notice...
i think that dangly-legged thing would have put anyone on the floor... it even managed it with AN!
colina went up today which she's pleased about as has been by herself with Hipp since tues so pressure is off a little now!! She's only done 1 event by herself for him b4 so was terrified about plaiting for trot up!!! Apparently no1 pointed and laughed though so she seems to have got away with it!!
haha! well i hope it goes well for her, and of course if Hip is good and Bill has a good weekend then she may become a lucky mascot
LC is on after AN whoever wanted to know! and AN is in now
(NB as the times for dressage have gone down I am judging this by numbers/results!)
there are a few in the top twenty i would expect to have a run out at least so i suspect the leader boeard will change significantly but i would really like ruth to win TBH. however it has rained torentially there again today so by the time she goes on her second the ground will be foul so sadly i think the odds against her.
same for laura, she will need everyone of those dressage good marks to maintain any sort of position by the time 80 others have been round. the selectors will be spitting about her missed qualification for young riders if she does though!
yeah the qualificatino fiasco is such a shame, she so deserves to be on that team and the horse is so class, and they are a brilliant partnership, and it seems rotten that as soon as Sox came sound and back into competing, Rayef was injured!
No but apparently she wasn't qualified for either but YR being international etc was non-negotiable. Blenheim was easier to sort. Thats what i hear anyways, could be wrong