The Queen - shocked!

Can someone put an iplayer thingy link on here please for me, who it will take all day to search for myself 😳😳😃😃😃
 
Mmm I only caught half of it. She clearly loves her horses but I agree with the others about the obese Highlands ... shame.
I did think the jockey was fab. Must watch the whole thing properly on iplayer.
 
misterjay said:
I'm going to get shot down with this, but did anyone else think that her legs were a little far forward when she was riding :eek::eek::eek:

At 87 it's amazing she can sit on a horse at all, hips get a lot tighter with age and somehow I don't see her doing Pilates! As a pretty old person I find her inspirational, fingers crossed I can keep going that long!
Loved the problem even though i'm not a great royalist!
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oldie48 said:
misterjay said:
I'm going to get shot down with this, but did anyone else think that her legs were a little far forward when she was riding :eek::eek::eek:

At 87 it's amazing she can sit on a horse at all, hips get a lot tighter with age and somehow I don't see her doing Pilates! As a pretty old person I find her inspirational, fingers crossed I can keep going that long!
Loved the problem even though i'm not a great royalist!
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Fantastic at that age, I know people who want to give up at 40, wimps.:)
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So everybody knows it's not a normal headscarf, one of the boffins at MI5 has made a few adjustments and if she falls off it puffs up to protect the royal head, similar to an airjacket ;):D:eek:
 
That's totted up to five now, still below average...

1. Obese highlands
2. CB
3. Lack of CB's
4. MR is an embarrassment
5. Headscarf
 
Rollin said:
I am upset that whilst she is credited with helping to preserve the Highland Pony, no mention made of the Cleveland Bay, which is critically endangered (20 foals last year) and she is patron of our breed society.
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Yes, I was really hoping there would at least be a little mention for the CBs :(
 
misterjay said:
PR, and Oldie - you are both absolutely right, and if I am half as mobile at that age, I'll be happy :)
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Not sure how to add this one... I recognise that it should be added however, should it be that at 87 Her Majesty should know how to ride... Or... We should all be riding like Her Majesty at 87...

Thoughts on a postcard.
 
tallyho! said:
That's totted up to five now, still below average...

1. Obese highlands
2. CB
3. Lack of CB's
4. MR is an embarrassment
5. Headscarf
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Here's another - lack of Richard Waygood and the queens' lovely coloured eventers, PeterPan, Tinkerbell etc.

Too much racing generally for me & why did every horse have a Dually type Headcollar on, ridiculous.

Actually didn't enjoy it very much which is a shame as I was lookng forward to it, but CB was a bit nauseating and I often wonder how she can have grown up with horses but be so clueless.
 
misterjay said:
I'm going to get shot down with this, but did anyone else think that her legs were a little far forward when she was riding :eek::eek::eek:
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She rides in the style she was taught - the classic hunting seat ;)

I am guilty of this - see my position in 1992 :eek:

 
siennamum said:
Actually didn't enjoy it very much which is a shame as I was lookng forward to it, but CB was a bit nauseating and I often wonder how she can have grown up with horses but be so clueless.
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I wondered that re CB, but then it occurred to me that she might have been putting on the ignorance a little, so she could ask the possible "silly" questions the viewers (many of whom wouldn't be horsey) might have asked? Because I can't believe she wouldn't know what bagging up meant.
 
chestnut cob said:
I wondered that re CB, but then it occurred to me that she might have been putting on the ignorance a little, so she could ask the possible "silly" questions the viewers (many of whom wouldn't be horsey) might have asked? Because I can't believe she wouldn't know what bagging up meant.
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I think she does it purely as a way of interacting with the staff that are dealing with the animals on a day to day basis.
 
I thought it was great! Nice to see her being able to be herself more around her horses, that it's something she's stuck with her whole life and probably knows more than any of us ever will :)
She seems to genuinely care about every single horse she owns/breeds and is always looking at ways to improve their care and training. The highlands were a bit overweight but they were out, not rugged or in a stable with tons of feed and have a job to do! Great to see the lady that looks after the highlands really pleased with the 3rd place too rather than saying it should have won etc :)
 
chestnut cob said:
I wondered that re CB, but then it occurred to me that she might have been putting on the ignorance a little, so she could ask the possible "silly" questions the viewers (many of whom wouldn't be horsey) might have asked? Because I can't believe she wouldn't know what bagging up meant.
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I have heard her often say things which leave me a bit shocked at her equine ignorance. Her comment about horses being broken in with fear, was typical of her IMO.
 
Polos Mum said:
This gets my vote, many 87 y/os don't make it out of a chair - If I can get someone to winch me on at that age I'll be happy with any position that doesn't involve me falling off!!!
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Yes, I was favouring that one too as the first is very inaccurate.

Noted.

6. Interfering during foaling
7. Not enough people ride in their old age
8. Too much about racing
9. Too many dually headcollars
 
MochaDun said:
I love Princess Anne's sense of humour. I think she likes Clare Balding fine?
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I would have thought so. My dad used to run a show which Princess Anne once visited. Of course, all the local bigwigs turned up just because she was there. She asked every one if they'd been to the show before, they all said no and my dad thought this was because she wanted to know if they were there for the horses or there for her. He thought she much perfered to talking to horsey people about horses than...well, I'd better not say it! I was there that day but didn't meet her and after hearing what my dad had to say I'm sorry I missed out.

I did find the programme rather disappointing - it was pratronising and there was not enough of the Queen herself, eg, the Queen does not foal the mares herself, does not break them herself so the time given to the foaling and MR was wasted IMO.
 
I was a bit squinty about the mare having a loose fitting head collar on while she was foaling. Dear folaie COULD get a foot trapped while floundering around, trying to get up :D.
 
oldie48 said:
misterjay said:
I'm going to get shot down with this, but did anyone else think that her legs were a little far forward when she was riding :eek::eek::eek:

At 87 it's amazing she can sit on a horse at all, hips get a lot tighter with age and somehow I don't see her doing Pilates! As a pretty old person I find her inspirational, fingers crossed I can keep going that long!
Loved the problem even though i'm not a great royalist!
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I agree, fantastic to ride at her age. I am a nervous rider at 63 I wonder if I can go on for another 20 years!! Mind you I would not mind having someone to muck out, feed, groom and clean tack, plus a groom to ride with me.
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