Pratoni Xc thread.

[Jemayni]

Awful isnt it, The lesser experienced nations dont seem to appreciate such a difficult xc

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[moodymare1987]

Ooh did anyone see that fall then? Its mad I have seen all crazy things happening today. horses bolting. refusals all over. yellow flags etc.

 

[flohelf]

OMG !

Any/who are the survivors so far

 

[moodymare1987]

Not sure who has survived up to yet. But horse bolted after a drop and flew into the plastic thing that is around the course. Its crazy there are some who have got round.

 

[flohelf]

A shame the "Live results" section is not working on Pratoni website...

 

[moodymare1987]

Another faller. Rider ended up in the ditch :O

 

[LEC]

How did OT do?

 

[moodymare1987]

Im not sure about OT I think I saw a bit of his round and he was going good. Think he had a stop dont count me on that though.

 

[Scarlett]

OT had a run out at the third part of the evil slide fence.... Commentator has said he is blaming himself....

 

[CastleMouse]

He had a run out at the third part of the slide fence, and was 12 seconds over the time.

 

[Jemayni]

20 pens. Nice round though...

 

[Puppy]

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Awful isnt it, The lesser experienced nations dont seem to appreciate such a difficult xc

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Yes, there certainly seem to be some out there who aren't really up to the task...

 

[Puppy]

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He had a run out at the third part of the slide fence, and was 12 seconds over the time.

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Ten secs over.

 

[LEC]

I am at work and somebody came into the show room so have missed a whole load! Is it me or are the results not up to date?

 

[Jemayni]

Not many survivors, Daisy Dick is in lead & had best xc so far. Nothing inside time. The 2nd french rdier has completed with lots of time and 20 pens as he missed part of a fence & had to circle!

 

[CastleMouse]

The results aren't up to date for me either...

 

[dieseldog]

I don't think it is that hard if you take the options, anyone who goes direct at the slide is very brave. I think the course is fair, and if you are on not so good a horse you should still get round clear as long as you don't get tempted to go for the direct routes.

 

[LEC]

I think it sounds like a proper championship course then that lesser nations can get round but penalised. Oh dear not a good year for OT.

 

[Puppy]

Good to see the officials aren't shy about using the flags!!

 

[Eventer101]

Where are you getting your results from ?

 

[Jemayni]

20 pens really isnt a bad round... so many stops its unreal

another red flag - I quite like this system, seems to be working well!

 

[CastleMouse]

http://www.eueventingchampionship.com/index.php?id=60&no_cache=1&L=1

 

[Scarlett]

yeah - the yellow/red flag idea seems to be working quite well....

 

[dieseldog]

Have the flags been introduced since Amy Tryon?

 

[flohelf]

Congrats to DD then !

2nd French rider must be Didier Dhenin with Ismène Du Temple, what a pity

 

[CastleMouse]

I think so.

 

[CastleMouse]

http://www.horsesport.org/c/news/from_department.htm?vID=1770&sub=&active=

 

[LEC]

Yes they have - who was given a yellow flag another I missed!
Shame they did not get used at Burghley or Blenheim even though they were there. Seems the Brits are very slow on the uptake of using good ideas.

 

[dieseldog]

Yellow flag went to a horse was called Top gun. And the russian girl got a red flag

 

[CastleMouse]

http://www.horsesport.org/c/PDFS/listwarningcardsAugust2007_000.pdf - Scroll down to the bottom of the page and it gives you a list of riders who have recieved one (it was only updated in August though).