The Burghley 2017 Thread

Tina made it look like an Intro - it's not! Harry and Xam were lovely to watch too. Really feel for Willa - such a lovely rider - horse not onside.

Hope Andrew's ok - it was his mistake which is so rare from him.

Great to see Harry back at this level too. I think he's hailed about 5 cabs so far.
 
sarahann1 said:
I wonder if she goes on those crazy Irish hunts you see on YouTube? She's definitely got nae fear! I mean no doubt any of them have, but still!!
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Lol she doesn't afaik. She's a math teacher :p she's near me and the hunts are heavy on the wire so I doubt she goes out. Bet her arms are going to be sore tonight :D
 
Think this commentary pairing is working much better than the one at the Europeans!

Surprised by Xavier Faer - they were absolutely cruising up till that point.
 
Jumped into the water big and missed turning the horse to the skinny brush so he ran out. Rider error as the horse couldn't see what to do until the last minute.
 
Oh flip! Well he isn't the first one to do that. Must be sams first fault xc in a very long time!

There's been quite a few falls in the past 10mins, that horse that jumped too big and into the bottom of the hill at the land rover bush :O
 
Oh no! And now Another one is off, that's really unlucky :(

Interesting that a lot of horses are over jumping the log into that water, and looks like a few horses are getting stronger the further you go around the course. Wonder if that's because it's such a big bold track that has to be attacked everywhere, so horse starts to take over?
 
Not sure what happened at that last jump for Zara Tindall. Looked a bit doomed from the take off. Seems to be getting a lot of riders off this year. Maybe i'm wrong but don't remember quite so many hitting the floor last year?
 
redapple said:
Not sure what happened at that last jump for Zara Tindall. Looked a bit doomed from the take off. Seems to be getting a lot of riders off this year. Maybe i'm wrong but don't remember quite so many hitting the floor last year?
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There were loads of trouble at the Trout Hatchery last year.

So unfortunate for Zara she was riding a cracking round. Emma HW just needed some superglue, that was a soft fall
 
I really feel for the American girl who tipped off at Storm Doris. That's a long way to come for such a soft fall!

I'm enjoying King Eider so much. What a glorious, happy horse he is.
 
Do you know if you can watch the trot up's anywhere? I always like the bloopers of horses being a handful, makes me feel better when mine is doing her ballerina moves!
 
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