Some competitors didn’t have as good of a weekend at Boekelo as the US riders. Take Zara Phillips, for example, who fell from High Kingdom into the water jump when the horse tripped on landing after a drop. Zara is searching for a 2012 horse and I have heard good things about High Kingdom but this was not their weekend. Both Zara and the horse walked away from the fall uninjured.
You can see how quickly Zara’s Point-Two deploys from one photo to the next.
You can see more photos and read the whole story here–the article mentions some sobering statistics about eventing falls, but it does point out the Boekelo is the largest sporting event in the Netherlands. We will hear more about Boekelo from Sinead soon. Until then, go eventing.
