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teapot

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News for me, too. I thought that if you missed a flag it counted as a run out, and if the rider didn't retake the fence it was elimination? Rules must have been updated without me noticing :D.

That’s what I couldn’t understand, I’ve just looked at the rules to get myself up to date ..

I think it was brought in for those awkward jumps that went over the fence kinda but weren't fully run outs?
 

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I think it was brought in for those awkward jumps that went over the fence kinda but weren't fully run outs?
I can understand the reasoning behind it.

As a rider you must need be pretty sure that you don't need to re take the fence to continue without elimination, though.

From the side on angle shown on the tv it certainly looked like Tom had cleared the fence. I suppose it takes time to dig out the head on footage (if there was any).
 
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