Nicola wilson- Opposition buzz, what scope (pic)

fantastic pics. must admit, this gives more ammunition to my argument about being forward being okay. LG says a horse is like a see-saw, one end can't come up unless you are sitting on the other, so if you go forward on take-off the horse can't come up in front to clear the fence.
yeah, right... as we can see from these pics!
btw, that fence is prob about 3'9" at the front, 3'11" at the back, spread of about 6'ish, and i reckon he's taking off about 10' or 11' away.... it's a long one, but there wasn't another one there if he was on an increasing, open stride. he'd easily have cleared it if it had been 5' imho.
iirc the great Murphy Himself took a stride or two out somewhere and the fence judge measured take-off to landing as 27 yards...
i love these horses who make 4* look like a Novice. we don't see them often.
 
I only have a picture of just before his feet hit the floor but you can see where he'll land. Sorry I don't know how to make them any smaller... I wish they were as good as the OP's pic

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As some other fellow HHO'ers have said, he is my favourite too. Wonderful to watch.

Has nothing to do with the fact that I think he looks an ickle bit like my horse! LOL.

Seriously, talented and amazing boy. Nicola rides him brilliantly. Hope to see more of them next year!
 
He really is a seriously awesome horse and the first I have ever seen make 4* look like a PC track
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The video of Gatcombe on EWW shows him take about 2 strides out to a big oxer, and clear it by miles. He really is amazing!!
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