Scottish rider Nicola Malcom was arilifted from Burghley after falling from McFly at fence 19, the Birch Hedge, SportingLife reports. The cross-country was held for nearly an hour as she was treated and then transported to a hospital in Coventry. A Burghley spokeswoman said “The rider’s condition is stable following a head injury suffered when the horse fell during the cross-country phase…The horse was not injured.” We will have more information as we get it and Eventing Nation’s thoughts and prayers are with Nicola and her family this Saturday.
Link: Burghley XC Results
The XC video is viewable online for free through Burghley TV.
1.Caroline Powell on Lenamore (NZL) 38.7
2.Oliver Townend on Carousel Quest 39.6
3.William Fox-Pitt on Seacookie 41.9
4.Mary King on Apache Sauce 44.8
5.Mary King on Kings Temptress 45.3
Everything else that happened Saturday at Burghley in 7 sentences or less: Caroline Powell and the 17 year-old Lenamore galloped around Burghley with a double clear to move up from second to first going into the show jumping. Ruth Edge and Two Thyme led after the dressage but retired on course. Oliver Townend and Carousel Quest picked up just 0.4 time penalties and lurk less than a point behind Caroline in second. William Fox-Pitt and Mary King both have two horses in the top 10 after the XC. Of the 72 Burghley XC starters there were 12 double-clears and 25 rides with problems on the course. The US pair of Michael Pollard and Wonderful Will retired after picking up 20 penalties at fence #4, the Leaf Pit. The rest of the cross-country problems were evenly distributed amongst several elements, meaning there didn’t appear to be one particular bogey fence. Read more at the Horse and Hound.
If you don’t feel like watching Burghley, check out Buzzterbrown’s just released full Richalnd video.
Go eventing.
