MissDeSummer
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As the title says really, any news on the walking wounded from Burghley???
I really loved Rose's Merlin!! Anyone heard how it is??
Also, all the poor horses who fell at the mushroom near the end??
I've never seen so many horses looking so shocked to have fallen, most landed hard on their heads, and i hear of two who got up wickering 
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TableDancer
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I have no news, but agree re Karen's horse - he was so cute wasn't he, and obviously completely thrown by the crowds but kept trying I hope he just over-reached badly, fingers crossed. I take your point re rotational falls (other thread), watching again today, they mostly (all?) got one or both front legs out to land on, then buckled and rolled down the hill, didn't they. THank goodness for the soft ground or there would be some even sorer jockeys, nevertheless.
Nobody's commented on the Goose episodes ie Joe's fall and many other near misses - do you think there was a problem with the footing going into the water, or just tired horses not being set up enough?
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I dont think Karin's horse over reached I was 2 foot away and no blood I hope its something small and not a tendon or something.
Any news on how Laura is anyone??
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MissDeSummer
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As i said in the other thread, i've only seen what was just on the BBC2, which only showed 2 fallers at the mushrooms, but they defo wern't rotational falls!! Yes, they were horrid, but they wern't rotational!!
I also saw 2 horses trip badly 1 or 2 strides before the goose in the water, Black Drum which was AMAZING in staying on his feet, and Black Andy who wasn't so lucky!! Again, another horrid fall!! I hope made to look worse cos the horses was slightly cast and unable to get up, and nothing worse!! Joe was showen a few mements later with a smile on his face, which i very much doubt he'd have if the horse was in anyway injured!!
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TableDancer
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Balck Andy def got up ok, saw him resting a hind leg but hopefully not too serious - don't think there was a hold on the course at any rate... Mushrooms: quite a few horse falls (check out the fence stats) and for every fall, another couple of near misses. Some of the horse falls characterised by decent approaches and what looked like good shots in, although there were one or two horrors (Twinkle Bee approached in trot!!!  )
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ElleJS
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We're fine HJ, just I'm a bit battered and stiff. Connie is 100% only one little scratch. Very sound and went galloping round her field this afternoon! I on the other hand am a little stiffer! Not really got any war wounds tho apart from a few scratches.
Just been watching my round on the DVD we get, over and over in slow mo. Connie had been flying foot perfect and hadn't touched a thing till that evil mushroom, the explanation is the holding ground and the fact she may have mis read it, other than that I shrug my shoulders. A few people had been muttering about it being a dangerous fence and when I went for a medical check over they thought that they should have least put some take off stones down. Horses like the ones that fell are not clumsy horses in fact quite the opposite. MW horse is exceptionally careful as is the Italian horse. My mare is soooo careful too.
I am over the moon with her tho, she was truly awesome!! 
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TableDancer
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Delighted to hear you are ok, and well done on an awesome round to there, it looked class on TV! Bad luck at the mushrooms but you were in very good company 
Hope you and Connie will be back on games very soon
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Bubblegum
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It was a real thrill to watch your round on TV..... Looked to be going so well until the mushroom. Glad you are both ok.
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Glad you're both ok - your round up to that point was fantastic 
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Glad to hear both you and Connie are OK Laura - am sure we will see you both there again next year...via Badminton 
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i hear that sadly karin donkers horse not great last night dont know about today, most of the others as you would expect. not heard about phillip duttons but think it was withdrawn last night so probably tweaked something as it finished pretty good and didnt appear unduly stressed but what ever happened was obvious within a few hours.
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MissDeSummer
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i hear that sadly karin donkers horse not great last night dont know about today,
That's the one i was worried about option a) was that it had just hit a nerve and would have been fine in 5 mins, but felt option b) was more likely, and that landing in the water something rather serrious had happened, which would then have been made worse by jumping the fence out the water
Although unlike a certain American rider, she couldn't pull the horse away from the fence, but the second it landed she got off....
But what a cracking horse!! looked sooooo classey and obviously genuine!!! I so hope it's alright!!!
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yeah i was thinking about THAT rider as well yesterday.
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We're fine HJ, just I'm a bit battered and stiff. Connie is 100% only one little scratch. Very sound and went galloping round her field this afternoon! I on the other hand am a little stiffer! Not really got any war wounds tho apart from a few scratches.
Just been watching my round on the DVD we get, over and over in slow mo. Connie had been flying foot perfect and hadn't touched a thing till that evil mushroom, the explanation is the holding ground and the fact she may have mis read it, other than that I shrug my shoulders. A few people had been muttering about it being a dangerous fence and when I went for a medical check over they thought that they should have least put some take off stones down. Horses like the ones that fell are not clumsy horses in fact quite the opposite. MW horse is exceptionally careful as is the Italian horse. My mare is soooo careful too.
I am over the moon with her tho, she was truly awesome!!
So so glad to hear you are both ok My heart went as we were standing there waiting for you to come around, and I went 'oh sh*t!!' she so didnt deserve that after such a cracking round. The commentators were saying what a cracking round you were having too.
She is such an awesome horse Do you have plans for Badders 09?
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Glad to hear you are ok, we were cheering you round when watching on TV yesterday and couldn't believe it when you fell as you were having such a good round. Not surprised you are stiff and bruised just glad no lasting injuries. Major well done again for just getting that far and making the majority of the course look 'almost' easy, not that I would ever even think of doing it myself!
Well done and lots of arnica for you!
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I never knew we had a Burghley rider on here Well done to you, I'd have bottled after the first (if I got that far!) Gorgeous horse!
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well done for getting as far as you did. I missed your round. Are you allowed to put a link on of you round from your DVD??
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Glad your both OK, what a star your horse is!
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ALF123
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Well done, your round looked great, I suppose you at least are in good company with some of those fallers.
Hope Connie is OK and that other horses recover well.
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You looked fantastic on TV Laura! V Impressive! You dealt much better with your fall than a certain male jockey, whose expletives were audible even with low volume on the telly.
You'd done all the really tough stuff as well
Hope KD's horse is as ok as it can be
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