Julian Stiller and Chapel Amble, photo courtesy of Kate Erickson
Annie is always very kind to pretend in her posts that I have a social life, but I can assure you that I don’t. Nope, tonight I’ll be watching an hour and a half replay of the Luhmuhlen cross-country in bed while the Chinchillas get helplessly drunk partying it up with good looking girls in the room next door. The Luhmuhlen XC video replay is available on a German website, the link is courtesy of albertaeventer. Click below:
[Luhmuhlen 4* XC Video Replay]
The video is obviously in German and only covers the 4*. I haven’t watched the entire video yet, but my guess from the way it plays out is that they started the video live around 3pm German time and replayed portions of the earlier rides–meaning that Jennie’s ride is excluded. The filming definitely picks out certain riders to follow–mostly German and UK riders–and I believe it completely skips Will’s ride, sadly. The theory for video coverage seems to be: pick one ride and play slow motion while they are galloping between fences.
Approximate start times in the video:
Piggy French: 6:00
Mary King: 30:00
Frank Ostholt: 40:00
William Fox-Pitt: 62:00
Luhmuhlen links: [Full CCI4* XC Results PDF, Full CIC3* XC Results, Horse and Hound Recap]
The good news for the Luhmuhlen XC is that there were no serious falls or injuries on either of the courses, although both rode tougher than expected. Andrew Hoy apparently fell in the Milford Pond for the third time and graciously accepted the applause of the crowd. You can definiteyl tell in the video that the footing got cut up in a few places as the day progressed.
We’ll do our best to link to the show jumping live. FEI TV had indicated that it would be showing Luhmuhlen but that never happened, and my guess is that the live show jumping stream will be available only through the above site, if at all.
Bonus: Video interviews with Andrew Hoy and Mary King (Andrew and Mary talk in English)
Have a safe and fun Saturday night Eventing Nation and good luck to everyone show jumping tomorrow. Until next time, go eventing.
