Earlier today we mentioned that Mary King missed a movement in her dressage test but continued and finished the test. After she halted ground jury member Marilyn Payne walked out of the judging box and asked Mary to redo the test starting with the missed movement. Of course the question is why did Mary finish her test in the first place? The word from a very good source is that the dressage judges repeatedly rang the bell but that Mary continued her test. Granted, the missed movement was towards the end of the test, but it is certainly a curious situation.
One thing I should have mentioned earlier today for our US readers is that EN favorites Michael Pollard and Wonderful Will had a fantastic dressage test and are tied for 10th after Thursday’s action.
The online Burghley TV worked well for me when I tried it. You have to register and sit through commercials for Joules, but they have all of the rides on demand. Or, you could search Youtube for illicit personal videos from Burghley–
Pippa and Mirage dressage from Thursday:
WFP and Mark King chat about the dressage:
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I’m competing at Five Points in Southern Pines, NC on Friday and it looks like Hurricane Earl will miss us. I wish our readers along the eastern seaboard, particularly near the Outer Banks and New York City, the best of luck on Friday. Do you have any horse related hurricane survival stories?
Go eventing.
