Cross country is in needlessly dangerous sport and should be completely redesigned to something Much safer for the horse and the rider 😖😡!!! The only Two equestrian sports I support at this point our vaulting at Hunter jumping.
Oliver Townend is a disgrace. His horse was visibly tired and he kept pushing them. I’m pretty sure he lacks care for his horses too. At least that’s what I’ve heard I’m not sure. But I mean he probably does if he keeps pushing them like this to the point of exhaustion. And his riding at 0:18 is horrible. Like what are you doing? Flapping your arms like a chicken? Ridiculous. Edit: The music is horrible 😂
The quality of riding is atrocious. These riders are directly causing the horse to fail. Waving arms, sitting way behind the movement, no balance, bumping in the saddle ... what a baggage the horse needs to carry at on top of the hard work of strenuous jumping. No wonder they slip and refuse.
What happened to the horse of # 20 ?? He couldn't get back up. This isn't a good sign... Also very poor choice of music for a video in which horses break their legs and get euthanized because of poorly designed parcours.
Horse is 7:21 is lame. Rider should have never rode horse. No telling how many of these horses are actually "sound" without bute. The way these people push their horses is insane. Rich people get away with Rich things.
And it's always on the same jumps and combinations... almost like it's not the riders' or horses' faults. Almost as if the course designers need some re-education about safe and effective course making
These poor horses. Round of applause to all the riders who chose to retire there horses after something happend instead of pushing them to keep going! xx <3
Unless you're referring to something the video didn't show, I'm not really an expert, but as I understand it, most of the sections have a shorter and longer route so you can choose to take more time but present your horse with an easier 'question', or a more direct route that's more challenging (for obvious reasons, you'll mostly see people at least attempt the shorter route); he definitely presented to the first element and had a run out, and I'm not sure what the rules are these days on crossing over your own tracks, so I think rather than trying the harder route again, he went the longer route. Edit: the sudden flustered pull-up/retirement at the end of his clip I suspect is because he may have taken a wrong route and disqualified himself.
Eventing has become a spectator sport instead of a "horse sport"!! Stupidly designed jumps, teeny corners and dangerous combinations that just ask for wrecks and falls. We used to hold lower level horse trials at our farm..safe and fun....now I can hardly watch some of the videos. We no longer sell horses as event prospects! Sad...and inhumane in some cases.
De mon point de vue d'amoureuse des chevaux, mais de néophyte en matière de Cross, c'est un désastre... il est clair que certains tracés sont bien trop durs, autant pour les cavaliers que pour leurs montures... les Chevaux sont épuisés, ce qui n'est pas normal, même pour un Concours haut niveau... Les Chefs de Pistes et les Organisateurs devraient se remettre en question. Certes un Cross de ce calibre doit être difficile, mais pas à ce point. Et les conditions climatiques devraient toujours jouer sur la difficulté, les chevaux étant plus éprouvés. Bref, un bien mauvais "spectacle".
Poor horse's with riders who are unbalanced and their hands/reins position all over the place! Clearly they were not ready for this event 😕 Really happy with the adjustments to the jumps❤
@kimsutherland977 I am exactly at the level ,where I am all over the place. So, I know where I am😀. They don't and thats my point. I am currently watching rider Meghan Elphick - sorry if my spelling isn't correct 😅- go to her chanel, look how she did it, look at her horse and then you'll know the difference 😄. Have good day
Never watched the video as although I enjoy watching Xcountry, the idea of watching 'falls and refusals' is quite gruesome. It is like someone watching F1 just for crashes.
I was listening to the broadcast and apparently there was a VERY heated debate among the riders and course designers about this course design and how it would exhaust the horses in the humidity and heat ...not only that it is clearly set up for failure. The horses are notably at exhaustion point and you usually only see that with very few at the end....not well thought out at all.
Always love to see footage of Badminton its my favorite to watch. Learned alot watching the videos of the great British and New Zealand riders over the last 40+ years. 😁 Suprised at how many horses were looking fatigued this year.🤔 14:15 that was a very unfair question the rider tried to ask that horse. That horse had no idea where the rider wanted to go coming out of the water.🤨
I think at least some of the fatigue was probably due to the unprecedented heatwave the UK was in at the time (24 C that early in the year? wtf?); ironically, it might've been better if the timing hadn't been pushed back a week by the good ol' Beeb, not as hot, but maybe a bit wetter, which can cause its own problems with horses slipping.
