Hi from Melbourne, Australia. I used to ride (just galloping around a farm on an ex polo pony and trying to out run the swooping magpie each spring) and cannot get over how big these jumps are the talent that horse and rider have. I have just Googled Paul and saw that he has won a Badminton. Well bloody done! We never hear of Australian horse achievements , or about our NZ cousins either which is very annoying as they deserve recognition for their efforts. Instead we hear for a week about an AFL player who’s stubbed their toe and will be out for a month…..Anyway, well done to all Aussies and Kiwis who are overseas champions, not only the horsey ones but to all the others who do well internationally that we never hear about. ❤
Fact is, more penalties these days for going too fast. True that. I miss old school eventing. War of attrition? Yup. Probably. But you cannot make a horse jump or gallop this way. It's a partnership. Who says otherwise has never ridden. Sorry Paul. Sometimes my virtual soap box gets in the way. Before cellphones, I rode collecting jump sheets from x-country back east--Ledyard, etc--and my 14 hand pony got so hopped up he was jumping Intermediare fences backward. Guess what I am trying to say to the novice viewer? When they want to, they WILL. JUST HANG ON
I am sorry but I cannot stand it when a horse and rider fall, the rider gets up fine and just walks away!! Doesn’t look to see if the horse is okay. That is not acceptable!!! I saw this too much watching this, riders can do better!!
I remember watching this in 95'. What a phenomenal piece of riding. Especially with only 1 stirrup over a international course of that magnitude. 🙌🙌 Mark Todd was one of my heros.❤️❤️❤️
is it just me or i u get teary watching ros, she is such an inspiration and my absolute hero and always will be! love u ros, still hoping a can meet u one day! x
I remember 2 years ago, I was telling my friend about how I rode horses n stuff, and she just said "Riding is easy I bet you can jump 2 meters high already" and I told it her wasn't easy to ride a horse, I mean you're basically taming a powerful animal and telling the animal what to do with bravery, and once I took her to the marquise, and she rode a horse, and literally got *traumatized* because the horse lowered its head and started eating grass 🙄 (we weren't even trotting man)
Der gehört ausgeschieden!pferd komplett unter stress, Und der Reiter mit seinen sporen. Das kann es nicht sein, ,da ist ingrid klinkes pferd völlig ausgeglichen, aber dieses pferd am abdrehen, vor nervösität!,,
