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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2010 21:14:02 GMT
Thought you might need this warning genghis....... It's Badminton Horse Trials this Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday ;D Better get all your shopping etc done on Thursday, so you don't get caught up in all the traffic, and stop us getting to the event on time  |
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Post by Genghis on Apr 28, 2010 11:53:06 GMT
Thought you might need this warning genghis....... It's Badminton Horse Trials this Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday ;D Better get all your shopping etc done on Thursday, so you don't get caught up in all the traffic, and stop us getting to the event on time I hope the fucking Duke gets stuck in the traffic himself.   |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2010 13:09:15 GMT
It's Badminton Horse Trials this Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday So a 3-day event actually takes 4 days...? |
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Post by Genghis on Apr 28, 2010 15:45:40 GMT
It's Badminton Horse Trials this Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday So a 3-day event actually takes 4 days...? Well, counting is difficult for these horsie types, most of them have got 6 digits on each hand.  ;D (Only joking Badger ) |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2010 15:57:33 GMT
Well, counting is difficult for these horsie types, most of them have got 6 digits on each hand. Mind you, speedway also has 4-team tournaments with five teams...  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2010 22:28:55 GMT
Well, counting is difficult for these horsie types, most of them have got 6 digits on each hand. Mind you, speedway also has 4-team tournaments with five teams... Just one of the many little anomalies, that makes sport so different!!! The reason why a 3 day event is on for 4 days, is because the first 2 days are taken up with the dressage phase, obviously a 10 minute test per horse, with upwards of 50 horses is too many to fit into 1 day, whereas the cross country and show jumping phases can be completed in 1 day each, therefore taking 4 days to complete.....understand But obviously the main reason, is to annoy the non-horsey type people who insist in living nearby to those lovely estates where we like to congregate in our 100,000's to watch the events |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2010 9:10:43 GMT
But obviously the main reason, is to annoy the non-horsey type people who insist in living nearby to those lovely estates where we like to congregate in our 100,000's to watch the events Well I have a secret confession in that I have been to several of these horsey events in the past, dragged there by Mrs Wibblemuis who is a closet horsey type. Fair enough, the cross country is quite a spectacle, and I see the merits of the showjumping in a heptathlon sort of way. I can't fathom the point of the dressage though, and to have two days of it seems a bit disproportional. I seem to remember they got rid of the erm.. pointless point-to-point parts of 3-day events, so why not save time and do away with the most boring part of it all? |
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Post by Genghis on Apr 29, 2010 12:28:00 GMT
But obviously the main reason, is to annoy the non-horsey type people who insist in living nearby to those lovely estates where we like to congregate in our 100,000's to watch the events Badge, I'd long suspected as much Looking forward to the traffic nightmare this weekend... not!! |
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