Kentucky XC thread

Well sat Martha Mcdowell, very nearly another fall, luckily the horse stood still.
Lots of Point 2 's being worn I notice.
 
Also do not forget Mary's horse is v.experienced as done quite a few 4* now. Most of these only ever do one 4* and thats Rolex.
 
Yes, very true.
Laine Ashker, no idea of a coffin canter imho. deserved that stop, horse was good to somehow scramble over the first element. the others that i've seen have all ridden it really well and gone through well because of it.
 
I was watching Anthony Patch and thought where is she going as he was not focused on the fence and her line did not look great. Hard to tell from the angle about the canter.
 
LEC said:
I was watching Anthony Patch and thought where is she going as he was not focused on the fence and her line did not look great. Hard to tell from the angle about the canter.
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i thought he looked a bit strung out coming in to it. but then, i'm not a big fan of hers (after what happened to poor old Frodo Baggins) so maybe i saw it wrong!
 
Basically she killed him. Had a hospital stride going into a fence.
 
I am liking a fresh complexion on the commentary, the main Badminton man gets a bit samey??,
However, I am agreeing about the accents, I dont hear too well the best of times!!
St Barths having been held is off again.
 
LEC said:
Basically she killed him. Had a hospital stride going into a fence.
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this, tragically. she galloped him into fence 5 at rolex a few years ago, a big flower basket le up fence, absolutely flat out and he didn't even take-off, the most horrific fall i have ever witnessed. it killed him and she was very lucky to live. she's very gutsy, i'll give her that.

she'd been getting 'fastest time of the day' at loads of events running up to that, kind of riding for a fall i believe... if you're going faster, routinely, as a young rider, than the very best in the world.. you know...
 
The good riders are making it look fine and the less experienced are making it look hard. It looks a good course and I think Joe Meyer, WFP and MT will be relishing the chance to attack it now.
 
kerilli said:
pinktiger, you can do a daily fee for fei tv, that's where i'm watching (i subscribed last year for weg or something, can't remember).
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thanx for that but i came into it all so late (wasnt really worth paying for 1/3 of the field i felt) due to trying to get the other free site up and running that ive phoned my friend in desperation and we have arranged next year a mass viewing (so will pay for the FEI one) with wine and nibbles!! Im sure at some point it will be on tv but theres nout like watching it live as the action happens!! Best of luck to all the runners and riders come home safe !!!!
 
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milo'n'molly said:
I give up, stupid pooter i cant even do the proxy thing:(:(:(:(:(:(
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pinktiger said:
thanx for that but i came into it all so late (wasnt really worth paying for 1/3 of the field i felt) due to trying to get the other free site up and running that ive phoned my friend in desperation and we have arranged next year a mass viewing (so will pay for the FEI one) with wine and nibbles!! Im sure at some point it will be on tv but theres nout like watching it live as the action happens!! Best of luck to all the runners and riders come home safe !!!!
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My geek OH said he could do a really simple step by step (with pictures) thing on how to do it if you wanted?
 
this is how I did it:-

Load Fire fox

then go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxyproxy-standard

and download the foxy proxy standard addon

Need to restart Firefox after wards.

Then goto Tools (I didn't get the little blue button other mention) - open Foxy Proxy Std - then options - Add new proxy.

You then need to open a new tab & go to http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy-list/

this will give you a list of proxy ip addresses - choose one ( I picked a US one - don't know if it makes a difference) and copy & paste the IP address into the Add new proxy ( in the Manual Proxy box) then add the port number as well from the hidemyass page.

I ignored the box that came up - You didn't enter and enable any whitelisted (inclusive) URL patterns. This means the proxy won't be used unless FoxyProxy is set to "Use Proxy 75.65.184.94:27977 for all URLs". Continue anyway?

Final step is to click on the mode box at the top of your foxy proxy box and tell it to use the IP address you've just added



Sounds more complicated than it is - I'm no computer wizz but got there by trial & error.

You might have to refresh the Kentucky page as well & ignore the bit about the hosting - should redirect after 10 secs

Good luck!
 
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