Bare bottom alert! 9 moments when things didn’t quite go to plan in 2016

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Chris Easton unseats with Alex Wood jumping behind thrills and spills fall falling
(Image credit: © Hamish Mitchell 2016)

The H&H photographers were on hand to capture those moments when things didn't quite to plan — as well as the hair-raising occasions that had us reaching for a hip flask...

Chris Eaton sees the funny side after landing in a hedge whilst out with the Berkeley
Chris Easton unseats with Alex Wood jumping behind thrills and spills fall falling
(Image credit: © Hamish Mitchell 2016)

Chris Eaton sees the funny side after landing in a hedge whilst out with the Berkeley

A streaker wriggles out of a tackle before the Cheltenham Foxhunter Chase
The streaker avoids the tackle just before the start of the Foxhunters. 18-3-16
(Image credit: Bill Selwyn)

A streaker wriggles out of a tackle before the Cheltenham Foxhunter Chase

Unowhatimeanharry fluffs the last before winning his fifth race in a row, the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham
unowhatimeanharry 1st Seen here leaving a leg as he jumps the last at cheltenham 18-3-16
(Image credit: Bill Selwyn and Stephen Sparkes)

Unowhatimeanharry fluffs the last before winning his fifth race in a row, the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham

Lost horse: Emily Fleming has some ground to make up after a tumble
Grafton Hunt 06.02.16 Emily Fleming after fall
(Image credit: Trevor Meeks)

Lost horse: Emily Fleming has some ground to make up after a tumble

Carl Hester tries to keep a lid on Nip Tuck’s spookiness at Rio
Carl Hester riding Nip Tuck being naughty refuse refusing during the grand prix of the dressage competition at the Olympic Equestrian Centre in Deodoro near Rio, Brazil on 11th August 2016
(Image credit: Peter Nixon)

Carl Hester tries to keep a lid on Nip Tuck’s spookiness at Rio

Edward Jones is feeling confident with the Radnor and West Hereford hunt
Radnor & West Hereford Hunt 05.03.16 Edward Jones
(Image credit: Trevor-Meeks-Photography.co.uk)

Edward Jones is feeling confident with the Radnor and West Hereford hunt

Katie Walsh keeps smiling after being unseated in the Grand National
katie walsh still manages a smile after falling in the grand national 16
(Image credit: Bill Selwyn and Stephen Sparkes)

Katie Walsh keeps smiling after being unseated in the Grand National

Living dangerously, but Zara Tindall completes Badminton in 23rd place
Zara Tindall riding High Kingdom GBR during the Cross Country Phase of The Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials at Badminton in Gloucestershire, UK on 7th May 2016
(Image credit: Peter Nixon)

Living dangerously, but Zara Tindall completes Badminton in 23rd place

Ukraine’s Fine Fleur Du Marais struggles over an Olympic parallel in Rio
Cassio Rivetti UKR riding Fine Fleur du Marais in the 1st Qualifier of the individual Show Jumping Competition at the Olympic Equestrian Centre in Deodoro near Rio, Brazil on 14th August 2016
(Image credit: Peter Nixon)

Ukraine’s Fine Fleur Du Marais struggles over an Olympic parallel in Rio

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