No doubt about it–we have all been there. A cross-country fall early in the weekend makes for a long afternoon of phone calls and walking your other courses. Doug Payne dismounted prematurely in the Pine Top advanced first water on Friday. Continuing our tradition from yesterday or reader submitted photos, Pine Top fence judge Devan Conttrell took this photo of Doug walking his intermediate course Friday afternoon and sent the following explanation:
EN Crew,
I’m not sure anyone will find this as entertaining as we-fence judges did Friday. Shortly after Doug’s fall in the water (which I fully suspect was planned to have photos in another add campaign, for possibly something like waterproof/balance boosting tall boots ;] ) he walked by our our car out on course, and I was able to snap a couple of photos. Needless to say, with the previous joke already stated, we went a little crazy about his odd hand placement and abused puppy dog face. We imagine his, for what I’m guessing was a phone call, went to his mother…saying something along the lines of. “Mom, I know you heard it on the radio…but I have got to start falling off in places besides the water complex; people are starting to get suspicious, because I’m so awesome all the rest of the time!”
We love Doug, but thought the rest of the eventing community might enjoy a little laugh…or at least whoever reads this email, in case they decide its not NSFEN (not safe for EN).
Thanks Devan, and, by the way, here is a photo of the premature dismount developing, as taken by resident Eventing Nation photographer Kate Samuels. Fortunately Doug is a good friend and has a good sense of humor, so I don’t think he will mind the photo:
Go eventing.
