Cash
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As title. Sorry if this is a really numptyish question
What's the difference between a ditch and a coffin?
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afaik, ditch is just a ditch, coffin is multiple elements so rail ditch rail
Thistle
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half coffin is just a ditch and a fence
kerilli
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a ditch is just a long hole in the ground, a coffin has uprights too...
MandyMoo
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a ditch is just a ditch.
a coffin is rail - ditch - rail; (| being a rail, D being ditch)
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coffins i *think* are usuall one stride distances between the parts...but can be more. and there are ones that are just ditch - rail;
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a coffin is rail - ditch - rail; (| being a rail, D being ditch)
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coffins i *think* are usuall one stride distances between the parts...but can be more. and there are ones that are just ditch - rail;
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only_me
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I was told a ditch was usually on its own, whereas a coffin has jumping elements before and after a ditch, usually an open one.
you can get a half coffin, which is where there is only one jumping element before or after an open ditch
you can get a half coffin, which is where there is only one jumping element before or after an open ditch
Chloe_GHE
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it's a ditch if you clear it, and a coffin if you end up in it!
OldGit
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it's a ditch if you clear it, and a coffin if you end up in it!
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PMSL
it's a ditch if you clear it, and a coffin if you end up in it!
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PMSL
Chloe_GHE
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thought you'd like that!
Thistle
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In these politically correct days it's unusual for the fence to be called a coffin, now it's usually rail ditch combo.
Double_choc_lab
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Beauchamps - If we can't have "coffin" what about "huntsman's close" should it be "rider with hounds and bird of prey hacking through countryside close". Sorry for hi-jacking but can't believe that - madness. Signed grumpy old woman.
Cash
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it's a ditch if you clear it, and a coffin if you end up in it!
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LOL
I remember a hunter trial my sister did- her horse refused at the ditch then jumped away, so she fell straight in and was lying literally in it
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it's a ditch if you clear it, and a coffin if you end up in it!
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I remember a hunter trial my sister did- her horse refused at the ditch then jumped away, so she fell straight in and was lying literally in it
kerilli
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In these politically correct days it's unusual for the fence to be called a coffin, now it's usually rail ditch combo.
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up at Burgie it's called a Niffoc. took me a moment to get it...
In these politically correct days it's unusual for the fence to be called a coffin, now it's usually rail ditch combo.
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up at Burgie it's called a Niffoc. took me a moment to get it...
Cash
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In these politically correct days it's unusual for the fence to be called a coffin, now it's usually rail ditch combo.
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up at Burgie it's called a Niffoc. took me a moment to get it...
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Took me SEVERAL minutes to get it
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In these politically correct days it's unusual for the fence to be called a coffin, now it's usually rail ditch combo.
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up at Burgie it's called a Niffoc. took me a moment to get it...
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Took me SEVERAL minutes to get it
Nic
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In these politically correct days it's unusual for the fence to be called a coffin, now it's usually rail ditch combo.
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up at Burgie it's called a Niffoc. took me a moment to get it...
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Took me SEVERAL minutes to get it
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Me too!
I landed flat on my back in the coffin at Floors. fun.
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In these politically correct days it's unusual for the fence to be called a coffin, now it's usually rail ditch combo.
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up at Burgie it's called a Niffoc. took me a moment to get it...
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Took me SEVERAL minutes to get it
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Me too!
I landed flat on my back in the coffin at Floors. fun.
DuckToller
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Still trying... yes, got it finally
Years ago I went on a clinic round the local pn xc course with a very well known ex-eventer/instructor. Unfortunately the groups were rather too mixed. In my group of 4, two were rather good (one was intermediate level but horse had lost confidence) and two (me included) were less so.
All was going ok, although me and my new best friend were holding back the better two a little. We got to the coffin (niffoc?) and my horse was green so we just popped the ditch on an angle. NBF was dreading this bit as she had coffinitis, but gave it a go at the instructor's insistence.
So of course horse jumped the rails, stopped dead at the ditch, she tipped off and landed full length in it. She lay there moaning, the instructor looked down at her rather disdainfully, paused thoughtfully to check that she was moving, then announced, "Oh well, we will leave this rider here until she recovers, and move on to the next fence". Which she promptly did! I swear she was thinking one down, one to go.
Luckily the girl lying in the ditch had a friend with her who held the horse while she lay winded. Prize for guessing the name of the instructor (or maybe not, I don't want to be sued!).
Years ago I went on a clinic round the local pn xc course with a very well known ex-eventer/instructor. Unfortunately the groups were rather too mixed. In my group of 4, two were rather good (one was intermediate level but horse had lost confidence) and two (me included) were less so.
All was going ok, although me and my new best friend were holding back the better two a little. We got to the coffin (niffoc?) and my horse was green so we just popped the ditch on an angle. NBF was dreading this bit as she had coffinitis, but gave it a go at the instructor's insistence.
So of course horse jumped the rails, stopped dead at the ditch, she tipped off and landed full length in it. She lay there moaning, the instructor looked down at her rather disdainfully, paused thoughtfully to check that she was moving, then announced, "Oh well, we will leave this rider here until she recovers, and move on to the next fence". Which she promptly did! I swear she was thinking one down, one to go.
Luckily the girl lying in the ditch had a friend with her who held the horse while she lay winded. Prize for guessing the name of the instructor (or maybe not, I don't want to be sued!).