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Tagalie
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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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Rowan
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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.... |
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jennywales
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| 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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suejoe
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| 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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Rowan
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| Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:38 am Post subject: |
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| 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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