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PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Heather Fell gets silver behind the German.

Clearly there should be a larger pool of horses so they only have to jump once and there is a back up should one go lame.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Our girls are just pointing out that the men hung onto the horses too much and didn't let them actually jump....
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Which is absolutely true! The men riding were, to coin a phrase, bloody awful! At least one of our girls admitted being a bit inexperienced and therefore having to work harder at the riding phase. It looked like the men thought they could bully the horses....which as we know is not a good idea at any level!
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Our girls are just pointing out that the men hung onto the horses too much and didn't let them actually jump....


Ah, that explains a lot then

I didn't actually see the men going round, just the compilation of clips of riders flying off in all directions!

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
suejoe wrote:
Rowan wrote:
Our girls are just pointing out that the men hung onto the horses too much and didn't let them actually jump....


Ah, that explains a lot then

I didn't actually see the men going round, just the compilation of clips of riders flying off in all directions!

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A lot of them learnt the hard way that having your reins short is not the same as "having two inches of rein between hand and bridle".

Plus I think women are a little more sympathetic and probably more women tuned into their horses in the short time allowed than the men did.
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