The 2019 Badminton XC Thread

TPO said:
Shes maybe nervous...

I do think some of her comments are way off the mark and she doesn't seem able to bounce off of the others. Pretty much every time shes put anything out there Harry has said "No..."
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she might be, but I think she's done quite a bit of commentary, I remember her doing something else like this and not being much different.
 
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some of them just breeze through the bank combo and others seem to need quite a bit of time to read it , all in a stride or 2
 
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AdorableAlice said:
Just be thankful he was pulled up. Horse sport does not need any more bad press. The amount of horses lost at the high profile NH meetings has been very high profile in the press and on social media. Badminton is eventings Cheltenham or Aintree, and it is the toughest test of a horse, in front of a world wide audience. The last thing it needs is the Sunday papers reporting anything about a 19 year old horse being pressed around the course or having a fall.

The horse is a wonderful servant and wouldn't be there if his owners didn't consider him fit. Whether he should be there is open to debate. If he was mine I would be letting him enjoy himself and his remarkable longevity as a competition fit horse, at a lower level.
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That’s why I said I was glad he wasn’t carrying on...
 
Sheep said:
Clare Abbott's horse was lovely! She is very local to me, a friend actually works for her and says her horse is super sweet, she hacked him out all winter.
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I LOVE Euro Prince! One of my favourites, I always love watching him. Never forget him at Burghley taking on the big leap fence as if he was out hunting
 
I wish she'd improve her vocabulary. Nothing worse than 'This horse wouldn't be a full thoroughbred would it?' WTF is wrong with saying 'is this horse a full TB?' just to mix it up a bit?!
 
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Italian policeman is riding a lovely careful round from what I've seen so far

...did Harry just say he uses ears in the bath or am I imagining things :D
 
Did anyone hear ehat happened to Katie Preston, no 52? She didnt come round and the commentator was saying something about her, but i couldnt quite hear.
 
Honey08 said:
Did anyone hear ehat happened to Katie Preston, no 52? She didnt come round and the commentator was saying something about her, but i couldnt quite hear.
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Lissa Green is live tweeting it and said she was stunning down the steps but nothing since then...
 
I actually thought the 2 male commentators were really quite rude. They obviously didn't gel with Ellie but they essentially ignored most of her comments, talked over her or didn't engage, which made her sound awkward and stilted. They're already engaging far more with Ros.
 
I thought that was an interesting comment from Ros about committed horses that are going to jump "whatever" even if they are on a duff stride. she's great in the commentary box.
 
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