The 2019 Badminton XC Thread

[scats]

That was a pin rattle!

 

[sasquatch]

Oooh well sat there

 

[TPO]

Yay, Waldo home safe.

That's how you bring a tired grey horse home...

 

[Denbob]

ooooh pins...

 

[Ambers Echo]

Oil's horse looks a bit tired too and is naturally careful so is needing really strong riding. But it is a course that I think rewards care as there are some really tricky tight turns and awkward banks

 

[scats]

Oil is scaring me a bit now... horse looks knackered

 

[Beausmate]

Has Oliver's horse pulled a shoe off?

 

[Bustermartin]

Very tired ...

 

[milliepops]

Oil is scaring me a bit now... horse looks knackered

definitely an anxious watch now.

 

[Denbob]

God that was sticky... tense final few fences to watch.

 

[milliepops]

God that was sticky... tense final few fences to watch.

yes, good to see him home safe and incredible time considering how tired he seemed to get.

 

[Lexi_]

Think he controlled that round really well. A few hairy moments but isn’t it nice to see him patting the horse rather than picking the whip up?

 

[TPO]

Ian mentioned Oli's "troubles" last year...

 

[sasquatch]

Arctic Soul looks enthusiastic

 

[Denbob]

Go Spike! Love watching Arctic Soul.

 

[milliepops]

Think he controlled that round really well. A few hairy moments but isn’t it nice to see him patting the horse rather than picking the whip up?

he's clearly a very talented rider, I'm sure there will be people who will say he should have pulled up but he was skilled enough to present the horse well at each fence even though it was pooped, I think that a less able rider would have come a cropper.

 

[TPO]

Izzy and the flag- Inside?

 

[Ambers Echo]

I hate that brush off the bank. Its horrible!
And that turn to 18. Is Oli the only one whose done that direct?

 

[Lexi_]

Izzy and the flag- Inside?

Didn’t look it to me!

I’m not enjoying 17 & 18. Looks messy and the poor horses are being hoicked around no end.

 

[milliepops]

nice interview from Pippa

 

[scats]

Tim’s having a brakes failure there!

 

[TPO]

Eeek Tim Price and no apparent brakes??

 

[milliepops]

ooh yikes, you don't want to be fighting like that all the way round

 

[scats]

Arctic Soul looking fresh at the last!

 

[Lexi_]

Shame we didn’t get to see a bit more of Arctic Soul. I love him. (Not Gemma though 🙈)

 

[TheMule]

Think he controlled that round really well. A few hairy moments but isn’t it nice to see him patting the horse rather than picking the whip up?

He's not stupid- he knows that if he'd gone to the whip on exhausted horse he'd have been crucified!

 

[Denbob]

It's a real break in the rhythm at 18. Yeeks Tim Price!!

 

[milliepops]

Ughhhh Tim's going to have a difficult ride.

 

[Ambers Echo]

Not surprised he's pulled up. What a shame.

 

[Ambers Echo]

Oh he is off again!