Pippa Funnell withdraws BOTH horses from Badminton

[Superted]

Pippa with drew redesigned yest and Mirage d'elle today as she said it was to hard for a young horse check out the course I think she is right

http://www.horseandcountry.tv/news/2011/04/24/image-gallery-xc-course-walk

shame not to see her go tho

 

[Hels_Bells]

NOOOOO!! I can't believe it!! There was a post yesterday about WFP being worried about one of the corners. I hope this isn't the start of a mass walk out!!!

 

[Doris68]

That's a shame. I see that Mary has withdrawn Apache Sauce too.
I can understand the concern for a young horse, or for any horse, if the ground is firm. If we don't get (a lot of) rain soon, there will be many more who decide not to risk their horses XC I'm afraid.

 

[teagreen]

Phillip Hobbs, the racehorse trainer, walked the course yesterday and said he wouldn't run racehorses on it. Which says a lot to me.

 

[Superted]

check out what Sharon Hunt says about the ground I trust her http://www.horseandcountry.tv/badminton2011/video

 

[Simsar]

I spoke to Pippa a little while ago (back home and riding out) and one of them was a little sore.

 

[missnaughty]

She usually does, nothing is quite right for Pippa. I dont think god could make the going right for Pips.

Could it possibly be she is thinking of the welfare of the horses, which is a refreshing thought

 

[missnaughty]

I was at BAdminton and the going was great - the ground was very good on the xc course.

Miss Naughty - I think all the riders think of their horses first. At this level they;re worth too much money for them not to!

Agree, I would guess that some horses are more suseptable to firmer ground than others, as they say horses for courses

 

[Tinkerbee]

She usually does, nothing is quite right for Pippa. I dont think god could make the going right for Pips.

Well, I was going to say she probably withdrew so the good folk of HHO wouldn't be able to moan that she was whipping too much/not enough/riding too fast/going dangerously slow BUT turns out she'll be moaned about away.