The Burghley 2017 Thread

We're just on our way home after a lovely day. Fab weather, felt sorry for the poor American girl who had a proper decking at the dairy mound. We all gasped as she skid across the floor!
 
quite an eventful day!
Loved Tina Cooks round as the path finder.
Thrilled for Gemma too - it's taken me a while to warm to her but I do think her and Arctic Soul deserve to win a 4*
Lizzy Kings round was also brilliant.
Sad to see Zara take a dunking.

Shocking seeing some of the big boys crash out but looking forward to tomorrow's jumping.
 
We just got back from Burghley, had a great day.

The course looked great. Big, but superb ground and until the last 45 minutes (in Discovery Valley) we didn't see any fallers or many issues. It was "nice" that some of the big names had issues too. Micheal Jung came past us at the Cottesmore Leap, very fast! Mark Todd fell off in front of us and walked away looking back and shaking his head. Zara falls off virtually every time my husband goes - she should pay him to stay away!

My fave rounds were Tina Cook (who is probably the neatest and smoothest rider XC at the moment) and Oliver T, who deserves a bit of good luck! I'm looking forward to watching some to coverage of it for a different perspective. You don't really have a clue what's going on elsewhere when you're walking round.

(And Storm Doris was a heck of a corner!!)
 
Is the SJ on the red button again today? Who do we think deserves the win.. personally I would like Tina to win after that masterclass round.. but equally so does OT after the last few years. Anyone else a bit glad Yung is out- gets a abut boring when he wins everything 😁
 
Puff said:
Is the SJ on the red button again today? Who do we think deserves the win.. personally I would like Tina to win after that masterclass round.. but equally so does OT after the last few years. Anyone else a bit glad Yung is out- gets a abut boring when he wins everything ��
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Well it's nice to see Jung is at least human! And how graceful and professional at interview. Shame he won't be jumping today, but it does leave the door open for the brits.
 
Puff said:
Is the SJ on the red button again today? Who do we think deserves the win.. personally I would like Tina to win after that masterclass round.. but equally so does OT after the last few years. Anyone else a bit glad Yung is out- gets a abut boring when he wins everything 😁
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2 hour highlight prog at 15:00 will include conclusion of the SJ. Shame it's not all on red button though.
 
cold_feet said:
2 hour highlight prog at 15:00 will include conclusion of the SJ. Shame it's not all on red button though.
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Thanks.. that is a shame but better than nothing- rainy Sunday afternoon in front of the TV sorted! What's the weather like at Burghley anyone know?
 
ihatework said:
Well it's nice to see Jung is at least human! And how graceful and professional at interview. Shame he won't be jumping today, but it does leave the door open for the brits.
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Agree he is a class act, very good of him to give others a chance on this occaision however! I'm dreaming of a British top 3 😁
 
I think Andrew still has some issues with his speaking voice after the operation to his neck after his fall at Gatcombe, the surgeron had go in from the front and touched the vocal cords. This was all in an article I read somewhere.

But well done Ollie, I thought he was riding that horse so sympathetically.
 
Getting all excited abt eventing (with no previous experience really at all)... I take it that taking a child's buggy around Burghley (next year, obvs, and assuming weather good) is over-ambitious? Thinking of the terrain/Saturday crowds if we wanted to take the day going very slowly around the course... Not sure I can drag the little one without yet although might get lucky...
 
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