Thoughts/comments on Burghley vids?

lannerch said:
Just got back from burghley a fabulous event well done to all concerned.

Well done to caroline and at last lenamore had the wing he deserved.

Goinb back to georgies fall and master monach I was at the corner just infront of where she fell can I assure everyone the fall had nothing to do with master monachs age he came in too fast the line was awful and he tried to jump the widest part of the corner, which was asking the impossible.
He fell on georgie and kicked her in the head, bouncing off her air jacket.
Thankgoodness all concerned fine it looke horific.

Burghley was still tough and huge a great weekend
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good grief my typos/spelling is horrific, I posted that when I had just got back from burghley after a 3 hour drive and obviously did not proof read, and was a little tired.

It is great to hear that georgie is not too sore, thanks for the update nullarbuor, glad that mm is unscaved and to hear she has not been put off by her experiance and contary to what she may or may not have posted on facebook or was it twitter, I am sure she will be a lot more careful in her approach next time, don't worry georgie we all make mistakes, that is how you learn.

In my experiance what people particularly young post on facebook etc is very rarely serious and almost always a variation of the truth and never to be taken too seriously!
 
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It's fine to learn, but not if another living being is part of your "learning experience". We all make mistakes, thank God, but a stupid risk will always be just that - a stupid risk, in this case for herself, the horse, and the sport. We should finally finally finally stop praising that of all things. Imo, as I said. And H+H should be wiser next time round as well, what chance did she have to think better, after she started writing her diary here...?
 
Thought Burghley TV Vids were great!

So pleased that Lenamore won - such a class horse. Well done to everyone!!

I thought that Lazy Acres Skip On and Sarah Stretton had both amazing xc and sj rounds, for such a little horse he makes it look so easy - watch his xc round, he looks like his is really loving it! And how lovely that she has brought him up through the grades herself, such an achievement. Clever pair
 
Ok, gonna be straight with our opinions……

Loved:-
Mark Todd – horse had the MOST appalling canter in the dressage (4-time canter!!) Mr Todd obviously knows this and still pulled him through to about 10th place (can’t quite remember?????) What a star!!

I loved Ollie T, loved his horse and thought he was going to win. I had obviously cursed him in the jumping. Girl behind us in the dressage was proper shlagging him off coz he did a bit of showmanship – big crime. I thought he was great.

WFP – the consummate professional. We were rooting for Seacookie coz he’s the half brother of OH’s horse. Still loved the fact that they were second and Seacookie did display some of the character traits of our mare that WFP did very well to suppress..

Loved Caroline Powell and Lenomore. We were at the jump she was stopped at and she was absolutely lovely and professional. It must have been awful for her to have to break her concentration like that but she was as smiley and sportsmanlike that anybody could be. What a winner.

Loved a horse called “just for fun” in the dressage. Don’t know what happened to him but he looked so lovely and relaxed in the dressage.

How much utter drivel did we hear in the stands for the jumping and the dressage????? Best to keep the mouth closed if you’re not in charge of the facts eh?

Biggest “TUT” of the world experienced in the dressage – I haven’t been in the UK for 3 yrs but I sure knew the power of the “TUT” again when some poor chap’s phone went off. Had to laugh though.

In short, we loved it. The only downer was that we had travelled from Belgium and I had invited my non-horsey sister and 3 kids for the jumping on Sunday only to be told we were shoved in a crappy stand reminiscent of Nottingham Forest circa 1995. We had paid over £140 to get in and my sister had paid £24 for one day to see the jumping. I had to apologise for the bobbness to the two of them. Not happy, just as well the rest of the comp. had been so good.
 
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