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Thanks Kerilli, I now know where David gets his ability for imparting information from then! I think we should borrow her over here from time to time, she makes the dressage far more interesting.
 
Sally is kind of 'Lady Hugh Russell meets Pammy Hutton meets Pat Burgess'. Her 'Practical Eventing' was the bible before the explosion of eventing books. I'm sorry I missed the commentary.
 
Go and have a listen TarrSteps, the dressage tests are up on usefnetwork.com. I didn't do anything fancy or sign up to anything, they're just there. I was quite surprised! She didn't seem overly keen on Henny and Peter but gushed about William and CM.
 
Thanks for this, was just about to ask if I could watch it on usef again this year. That's my afternoon/evening sorted :D
 
kerilli said:
She's David O'Connor's mother Sally O'Connor I think, very experienced, a former 4* judge iirc. Her books are good, btw. She is very very knowledgeable, I have really enjoyed her comments, esp the ones about flying changes and timing of footfalls etc.
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Ahhh, that would explain why she refers to David (no last name)- I guessed it would be him, but I didn't realise it was his mother :) Been watching on FEI TV.
 
She is a good commentator as she throws in facts and tips and reasoning behind any criticism, it was interesting to listen to her talking about riders' seats and how some sit/lean to the left when asking for a right handed lateral movement and how it's not good.

No she wasn't overly keen on Peter and Henny which is a shame but then she wasn't overly keen on other popular combo's like Hawley with Gin n Juice.

Is there any way of watching the x-country live today without paying £20 for the FEI subscription as I thought I had been paid but I haven't! :rolleyes:
 
lindsayH said:
Thanks Kerilli, I now know where David gets his ability for imparting information from then! I think we should borrow her over here from time to time, she makes the dressage far more interesting.
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If you get dressage seats at Burghley with the headphones, then Sally is one of the ladies who does the commentary. I agree, she is indeed excellent :)
 
Guys I am watching (or hoping to watch) via hidemyass.com but at the mo all I can see is spinning "loading" style icons in the video boxes... is that right or have I dont something wrong ?
 
PapaFrita said:
Oh IS she? I thought the commentary at Burghley was excellent and I was leaving the stands with the 2 ladies who were commentating and thanked them for it :)
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Yes. They do get the odd thing wrong though - like when they thought that Francis Whittington was a 'she' and a first timer at Burghley... :D
 
mrussell said:
Guys I am watching (or hoping to watch) via hidemyass.com but at the mo all I can see is spinning "loading" style icons in the video boxes... is that right or have I dont something wrong ?
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Well I tried this as described in the other thread and I couldn't get beyond the "add proxy" thing as it kept saying that I had to open ports, use whitewalls, add url things and do all sorts of things I had no idea what to do.

I've just stuck the FEI subscription on my credit card rather than messing my computer up doing naughty things on it with proxy's. Watching KUR at the moment and it's a great stream with good quality picture so worth the money, plus I also get to watch Badminton on it too.

X-Country starts 14:55 (our time).
 
Puppy said:
Yes. They do get the odd thing wrong though - like when they thought that Francis Whittington was a 'she' and a first timer at Burghley... :D
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Oopsy, can't expect foreigners to understand the Francis/Frances line, huh?
She did say yesterday that this was Chilli Morning's first time at the level... obv 5th place at Pau last autumn doesn't count as a real 4* then... ;) ;) ;)

I think you have to pay for hidemyass this year, mrussell.
 
Hidemyass isn't working for me either! How much is the FEI website?

Trying to get a Kentucky stream and an Army Navy stream is going to kill my work ethic this afternoon!
 
FEI sub is £21 for 1 month. I figure it's worth it to see Rolex and Badminton as a Sky sub is £36 for a month and there's a whole host of other great videos to watch as well to really get your moneys worth.

Watching now, it hasn't started but they've turned the mic's on and are just discussing cutting falls and showing the start box until they know horse and rider are OK and about how guests don't know how to work the on air mic buttons, it's quite amusing knowing they have no idea we can hear them :D
 
I do love this forum sometimes, so many random bits of info I'd never ever hear otherwise!

Those of you watching live, enjoy. I shall look forward to seeing the highlights when I can.

Come on WFP and MK! Oh, and Henny!
 
Hidemyass working for me without a subscription. Although last time I had to try a few to find one that worked, this time I got lucky and the first one I picked worked :D
 
As I'm watching live shall I post any important updates especially for UK riders?

Just heard that they are cutting all falls from the footage as they are running an 8 minute delay and don't want to air anything nasty. Just started :):)
 
William and Cookie are away, up to 1st water and going nicely.

The commentary on this FEI stream is dreadful, they are commentating live and the picture stream is about 10 seconds behind and they are just yacking NON-STOP!
 
So anyway... just downloaded http://www.spotflux.com/ (Took about 5 mins..very easy to do..click download and run...then loaded Java as part of its package... step-by-step service...) because I wanted to..erm...browse securely by using their free IP hiding service to block malware...

and er clicked on the link at the start of this thread for the coverage and er...

I am now viewing live streaming. FREE. Wonder how that happened ? :D
 
James Alliston and Parker going well for the UK (live in California).

Seacookie is jumping out of his skin through the quarry and now clean through the Lake.
 
Buck Davidson and Park Trader on course looking classy, horse has a HUGE jump!

William and Cookie home clear and bang on the time. Finished looking well. It's a big course with some very wide tables.
 
mrussell said:
So anyway... just downloaded http://www.spotflux.com/ (Took about 5 mins..very easy to do..click download and run...then loaded Java as part of its package... step-by-step service...) because I wanted to..erm...browse securely by using their free IP hiding service to block malware...

and er clicked on the link at the start of this thread for the coverage and er...

I am now viewing live streaming. FREE. Wonder how that happened ? :D
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where do I find the live feed........im thick!!!!
 
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