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This is one of the world's great outdoor events and as such it's | :00:24. | :00:31. | |
almost entirely weather dependent. 12 months ago, it was a washout. | :00:31. | :00:35. | |
Abandoned. What a joy to be here this year with the sun shining and | :00:35. | :00:39. | |
the House looking magnificent, a huge crowd have been pouring in, as | :00:39. | :00:45. | |
ever. They will be treated to the most competitive field ever, for | :00:45. | :00:48. | |
two riders, though, even more is at stake than the big title. They're | :00:48. | :00:53. | |
in contention for the Rolex Grand Slam and which ever win that is | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
will take take home a cheque for �225,000. It's the ultimate big | :00:58. | :01:06. | |
money showdown. Me and William, we are very | :01:06. | :01:15. | |
competitive. We don't get along at all. I find it helps me a lot. | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
Andrew Nicholson is the ultimate competitor. He thrives on a bit of | :01:20. | :01:27. | |
needle. The William-Andrew thing is a bit of amusement. Beyond that | :01:27. | :01:31. | |
there is a serious competition here. William Fox-Pitt may be more polite | :01:31. | :01:40. | |
about the head-to-head but make no mistake, he wants to win. | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
Other horses, though, and riders, can't be ignored. This is Sugar | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
Brown Babe, one of the debutants. She will be ridden for Ireland. | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
There are 15 nations represented, six former winners and this isn't | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
the only one making a debut to watch out for. | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
Because here for the very first time is the man who is currently | :02:02. | :02:08. | |
world European and Olympic champion, Michael Jung for Germany. He will | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
be aiming to spoil the party for Andrew and William and he is joined | :02:11. | :02:17. | |
by three other riders from Germany's gold medal winning team. | :02:18. | :02:26. | |
The Olympic silver medallists are out in force. Zara Phillips, Tina | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
Cook and Nicola Wilson and Mary King. | :02:30. | :02:37. | |
And the bronze medal team New Zealand led by Sir Mark Todd | :02:37. | :02:40. | |
complete the Olympic medal collective. | :02:40. | :02:44. | |
She may not have made the Olympics but she will be the last rider out | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
on the course and Pippa Funnell has a special interest in proceedings. | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
I think it's going to be a really, really exciting competition. I am | :02:52. | :02:59. | |
really, really glad I am here just to see how it pans out, it's like | :02:59. | :03:07. | |
clash of the titans and with Andrew and William and Michael. Pippa | :03:07. | :03:12. | |
Funnell won the Grand Slam in 2003 and since then no one has managed | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
it. This year we have a unique situation with two riders who could. | :03:16. | :03:19. | |
They are two of the best in the world, they are great rivals. Let's | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
hear from them both. Andrew Nicholson and William Fox-Pitt. | :03:24. | :03:31. | |
The The Grand Slam means successive wins, in Kentucky, Burghley and | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
Badminton in any order. It was in Kentucky a week ago Andrew was | :03:35. | :03:41. | |
successful. To go out with a young horse doing the first full star, | :03:41. | :03:46. | |
but he was the one I was relying on. He has a lovely brain. He let's you | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
ride him in the dressage arena and that's what we did and things went | :03:49. | :03:58. | |
on from there. Of course I went to try and win | :03:58. | :04:05. | |
Kentucky, hopefully if I had won I would have stopped Andrew. This | :04:05. | :04:11. | |
Grand Slam has been a long time in the making. | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
This time last year we had been coming for a week and that can only | :04:15. | :04:19. | |
have been a good thing t stops too much time to focus on it, certainly | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
stops too much outside interests and other hype and excitement. But | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
having said that, it's sort of done a full circle now. Everyone's built | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
up to it. Everyone's got excited about it, which is great for the | :04:29. | :04:39. | |
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sport. Now we have to get on with Me and William, we are very very | :04:44. | :04:53. | |
competitive and don't get along at all. I find it helps me a lot. | :04:53. | :04:56. | |
William and Andrew thing is a bit of amusement but I think beyond | :04:56. | :05:00. | |
that I think there's a very serious competition here. | :05:00. | :05:03. | |
Both of them have a wealth of talented horses from which to pick. | :05:03. | :05:13. | |
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They bring two each to Badminton. would probably sway towards Norea, | :05:17. | :05:27. | |
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he keeps coming up with the goods for me. A thoroughbread. Oslo is | :05:29. | :05:32. | |
more of a jumper, maybe towards the end he will be thinking this is a | :05:33. | :05:36. | |
long way. He has a big heart and will plug along. Every sport needs | :05:36. | :05:43. | |
a great rivalry. In these two eventing has it. | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
The The publicity in New Zealand, I have done radio interviews amongst | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
the rugby, you know that's a big step up for eventing and they've | :05:53. | :05:59. | |
told me today it was ahead of the rugby. There is a lot of other good | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
riders who could easily beat us. It's easy for the media to make it | :06:03. | :06:13. | |
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me and William. Michael junk Michael Jung, Jonathan Paget. | :06:16. | :06:22. | |
There's quite a host of them. adds to the excitement, everyone is | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
reved up by the fact there are two riders in contention which there | :06:25. | :06:28. | |
never could have been before because of the cancellation | :06:28. | :06:34. | |
situation. Yeah, we have to go for it and see what happens. If I can | :06:34. | :06:41. | |
win Badminton, the Grand Slam takes care of it. With me now a man who's | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
won this title three times at Badminton. When you look at Andrew | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
and William and the intensity of their rivalry how good is that for | :06:50. | :06:54. | |
the sport? There is a bit of of personal history there. For the | :06:54. | :06:58. | |
sport it's brilliant. They're two intense riders. They're incredibly | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
talented, the best in the world. It has to be good for the sport | :07:01. | :07:05. | |
because it's drawing attention. They can have all the arguments and | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
an mossity between them, as far as I am concerned bring it on for the | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
sport. It's amazing they're as successful as they are because this | :07:12. | :07:16. | |
is a very broad pool of talent. Take us through some of the riders | :07:16. | :07:22. | |
from Australia and New Zealand. have Chris Burton, incredibly | :07:22. | :07:28. | |
talented and for New Zealand Jock Paget. They're the sort of Mark | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
Todd and William Fox-Pitt and Andrew Nicholson of the future. | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
They're knocking on the door here. They're going to be pretty close to | :07:36. | :07:40. | |
the big boys, if not even outdoing some of them. As far as the British | :07:40. | :07:43. | |
riders, who would you see having a chance of finishing top ten or top | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
five? Well, William, obviously. He has to be the hot favourite from | :07:47. | :07:52. | |
the British point of view. Then we have Zara and High Kingdom who did | :07:52. | :07:56. | |
a brilliant job in London and the horse for me having seen him warm- | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
up, he looks fitter and stronger, and it's great to see Pippa Funnell | :08:02. | :08:08. | |
back with Redesigned. He is short of match practice but no one better | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
than Pippa to produce a horse at this level. If you were a book- | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
maker you would make him your favourite, it's the German rider | :08:16. | :08:26. | |
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making his debut here, Michael Jung. The first time I came it was 1996. | :08:28. | :08:36. | |
I was a young boy and it was very fantastic and it was always a dream | :08:36. | :08:44. | |
for me to ride in Bad -- Badminton. He comes from a horse family, his | :08:45. | :08:51. | |
father was competing in eventing. Michael is an example of of | :08:51. | :08:55. | |
somebody all-rounded, he rides Grand Prix level dressage and show | :08:55. | :09:00. | |
jumping. He rides top level eventing. He is as comfortable in | :09:00. | :09:07. | |
any of those three disciplines. He isn't just a competitor, he trains | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
the horses, so he has a great feeling for the horses themselves. | :09:12. | :09:19. | |
This is the horse that's number one, this is Sam, the envy of all the | :09:19. | :09:23. | |
riders, bought at an auction when only five. He is the apple of | :09:23. | :09:26. | |
Michael's eye. He is special because he is very good in dressage, | :09:26. | :09:33. | |
very good in cross-country and good in show jumping. That's special | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
because normally the horse has two good disciplines and one not so | :09:37. | :09:43. | |
good. Everybody talks about Sam and how the ideal event horse that one | :09:43. | :09:46. | |
could imagine. Certainly he is a fantastic horse. But he is in the | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
end a product of Michael and as people say, animals and horses | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
become like their owners and Sam is a reflection of Michael. Michael | :09:55. | :10:01. | |
has made him that talent. Together they have done what no one | :10:01. | :10:10. | |
else has ever done, they are world European and Olympic champions. | :10:10. | :10:16. | |
have every time pressure from yourself you will give your best | :10:16. | :10:21. | |
and concentrate on competition. stays very much in his own world, | :10:21. | :10:26. | |
focused on his own performance. I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't | :10:26. | :10:29. | |
even know this is going on because he has one thing on his mind, which | :10:29. | :10:34. | |
is to get the best out of his horses this weekend and after that, | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
yeah, what happens will happen. Michael and Sam got off to a | :10:38. | :10:42. | |
fabulous start with a dressage score of 36. Amongst those watching | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
was Olympic gold medal-winning dressage rider Laura Tomlinson. | :10:48. | :10:52. | |
She's been discussing the performance with Lizzie Greenwood | :10:52. | :10:56. | |
Hughes. It's trying to steer extremely fit horses designed for | :10:56. | :11:01. | |
all of fast and fury of cross- country through a controlled | :11:01. | :11:05. | |
dressage test that's still got challenges in it and Michael Jung | :11:05. | :11:09. | |
did a fantastic job. He really does sit like a dressage rider in the | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
dressage saddle and then looks incredible out cross-country and | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
show jumping. He is really the great all-rounder. It's very | :11:17. | :11:20. | |
impressive to watch. Even for someone who comes from a pure | :11:21. | :11:29. | |
dressage background. Do you find yourself being super-picky? I am | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
usually impressed, certainly with the top guys who do very well in | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
all three phases. I am always pretty in awe of them. They're | :11:36. | :11:40. | |
brilliant at what they do and I find it impressive to see how some | :11:40. | :11:45. | |
of them really do sit and control the horses extremely well. So, I | :11:46. | :11:52. | |
think it's good. We won't keep from you the action. Thank you. | :11:52. | :12:02. | |
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To confirm the final dressage That leader board will change | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
because the riders now have to face the cross-country course and some | :12:18. | :12:24. | |
of the fences are relikeled, the -- recycled, the timber. This was part | :12:24. | :12:29. | |
of the Olympic Games. It's one of 30 fences on the course. To answer | :12:29. | :12:38. | |
the major questions we have turned to four of our Olympic team members. | :12:38. | :12:46. | |
Fences six and seven. The first big question on the course this year, | :12:46. | :12:53. | |
have a big wide. Jumping from light into dark. Now we need to get our | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
control and our line accurate, about stride is where the horses | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
land and immediately take off again. After the bounce we have another | :13:03. | :13:09. | |
third part of the combination. The key to the angled log is the | :13:09. | :13:11. | |
accuracy of the line. The competition is not going to be won | :13:11. | :13:20. | |
here, but it could be lost. Fence nine. The lake. You come around the | :13:20. | :13:23. | |
corner, a big set of logs to jump over with a drop into the actual | :13:23. | :13:29. | |
lake. Once you have landed in the lake it's then a curving line of | :13:29. | :13:35. | |
four strides hopefully to a set of narrow brush fences. The horse has | :13:35. | :13:40. | |
to be very accurate here, and so does the rider, to stay on a nice | :13:40. | :13:47. | |
straight line. We go up the slope away from the lake then. | :13:47. | :13:54. | |
Fence 16, outlander bank. Three- quarters around the course now and | :13:54. | :13:57. | |
been galloping to this imposing bank. You have to get the horses | :13:57. | :14:03. | |
powerful and bouncy to jump on and straight off through this hole and | :14:03. | :14:06. | |
many horses don't like going through narrow spaces and will drop | :14:06. | :14:11. | |
their head. You have to give them a big kick and sit tight as there is | :14:11. | :14:17. | |
a huge drop on landing. Fence 21. HSBC marketplace. We have the | :14:17. | :14:21. | |
option of two gates behind me. It's important to make sure the horses | :14:21. | :14:28. | |
are really put back on to their hind leg and keep hands low. Then | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
we have six strides towards this very narrow right-handed corner. As | :14:32. | :14:37. | |
you can see, it's a very narrow gap to get through. Then we have a very | :14:37. | :14:41. | |
tight turn on four strides to a left-handed corner. When I walked | :14:41. | :14:47. | |
this I was wanting to make a much wider turn to close the door so the | :14:47. | :14:50. | |
horses were less likely to run out but the way it walks you have to | :14:50. | :14:56. | |
keep a tight line really encouraging them to nip that way. | :14:56. | :15:00. | |
We have to be focused, keep the horses between hand and leg and | :15:00. | :15:05. | |
make sure they go between the flags. The first horse we are going to see | :15:05. | :15:15. | |
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is Imperial Cavalier with the ever time riding Imperial Cavalier. The | :15:37. | :15:42. | |
middle element is perhaps the test here. Yes, a good long gallop, but | :15:42. | :15:52. | |
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it is fence three so it comes early in the course. A lot of experience | :15:54. | :16:04. | |
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showing, but this is a big rail in the middle with no ground line. | :16:11. | :16:15. | |
Let's have a look at the next complex, the red route is the direct | :16:15. | :16:25. | |
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route. This is quite a test. Here is Mary King, the going absolutely | :16:31. | :16:41. | |
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perfect. 11 minutes 13 is the optimum time. They are already on | :16:42. | :16:49. | |
two minutes here. Mary is leaning back, keeping her horse off the | :16:49. | :16:56. | |
rail, the final rail at quite an angle. Here, the Olympic gold | :16:56. | :17:05. | |
medallist away, the first of his two rides. Leopin, in good form this | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
season, the holder of the Olympic and the European title - the first | :17:11. | :17:18. | |
time that has ever been done. Sets off on a decent dressage score so we | :17:18. | :17:24. | |
will get an insight into the talents of this man. He is a real | :17:24. | :17:34. | |
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all-rounder rider. Quite a breeze, and it is a huge crowd still coming | :17:34. | :17:42. | |
in. No jump into the water, but it can be quite spooky the way they | :17:42. | :17:47. | |
have two approach the water, and two incredible angles over the hedges, | :17:47. | :17:53. | |
then a quick turn to the footbridge. An enormous parallel over the | :17:53. | :18:00. | |
ditch, then bread and butter for Mary and her horse. Now coming to | :18:00. | :18:10. | |
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the outlander bank, the enormous bank, and then the owl hole. The | :18:13. | :18:17. | |
riders were really concerned about this fence. I don't think the horse | :18:17. | :18:26. | |
even noticed there was an owl hole! Mary doesn't seem to be setting a | :18:26. | :18:33. | |
fast pace at this stage in the course, nearly halfway now. Yes, but | :18:33. | :18:38. | |
he has a big gallop stride and Mary has an inbuilt clock in her head so | :18:38. | :18:43. | |
I wouldn't be too concerned about the time at the moment. Now at the | :18:43. | :18:53. | |
famous late, and the red route is the direct route. Two narrow | :18:53. | :19:00. | |
hedges, and the long route is very long. On the way out, a nice | :19:01. | :19:06. | |
galloping stretch of this course. The long route is more difficult | :19:06. | :19:11. | |
than the direct route so I don't think we will see anyone tackling | :19:11. | :19:19. | |
that. Here is Leopin with Michael Jung. In the lead on his second | :19:19. | :19:29. | |
horse, and he comes straight. was meant to be one stride, but it | :19:29. | :19:39. | |
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does walk very short. Now, at the marketplace, fence 21. Two corners, | :19:47. | :19:52. | |
risky, plenty of chance to run out and this fence could be instrumental | :19:52. | :20:02. | |
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in the competition. Mary King on Imperial Cavalier, just setting off. | :20:02. | :20:10. | |
It is a big right-handed corner, takes the flag out but well inside. | :20:10. | :20:16. | |
It is important the horse's head, neck and shoulders stay inside the | :20:16. | :20:26. | |
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flag. Michael Jung of Germany, easily over. A huge spread of six | :20:27. | :20:32. | |
foot six, concentration written all over his face, as he comes to the | :20:32. | :20:38. | |
bank. One of the original site in Badminton in 1949, but with the owl | :20:38. | :20:44. | |
hole which has caused discussion but they seem to be making nothing of | :20:44. | :20:51. | |
it. William Fox-Pitt on his first ride, setting off. It would be good | :20:51. | :20:55. | |
for him to have two rides here, a challenger for the incredible prize | :20:55. | :21:04. | |
money. Away goes William, one of 11 riding two horses and this is the | :21:04. | :21:14. | |
first of the two challenges for the Rolex grandslam, the biggest pot of | :21:14. | :21:17. | |
gold for eventing, and it has attracted the biggest crowd we have | :21:17. | :21:24. | |
seen the years here. A nice easy start, and this is the horse he | :21:24. | :21:29. | |
hoped to ride in London, and this is the horse Mary did ride in London to | :21:29. | :21:39. | |
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be part of the medal winning team. Mary is going to be ten or 12 | :21:39. | :21:49. | |
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seconds over. 12 seconds, 0.4 of a penalty for each of her penalties. | :21:58. | :22:01. | |
This is difficult, particularly if they are beginning to get a shade | :22:01. | :22:09. | |
wary, and here comes Michael Jung. There are some very tall trees, and | :22:09. | :22:14. | |
there is an interesting one. What will the grand jury do? Did he | :22:14. | :22:24. | |
present? Did he get 20? Let's look at it again. I would like to give | :22:24. | :22:28. | |
him the benefit of the doubt. I think if he kicked he could have | :22:29. | :22:34. | |
done it, but he was changing his mind and decided to pull the horse | :22:34. | :22:40. | |
off. It was an exciting course to ride, the fences came thick and | :22:40. | :22:46. | |
fast. It is not an over big course, but a lot of awkward questions | :22:46. | :22:54. | |
starting early on at the Huntsman's close. When they are being a bit | :22:54. | :23:01. | |
fresh like Imperial Cavalier, it was exciting riding through that. I was | :23:01. | :23:08. | |
up on my time halfway, perhaps eased off a bit which I shouldn't have, I | :23:08. | :23:16. | |
am getting slow in my old age! has another ride to come later, but | :23:16. | :23:22. | |
now William Fox-Pitt on this big horse, Oslo. This would have been | :23:22. | :23:28. | |
his chosen horse in London, but sadly not fit enough. That is a | :23:28. | :23:32. | |
tight turn but he accelerated to work and jumped much more to the | :23:32. | :23:38. | |
left. He should have given himself five strides before that one and | :23:38. | :23:47. | |
that will be the favourite route. Here is Michael Jung and he has been | :23:47. | :23:52. | |
given the 20 penalties at that staircase, but he will be inside the | :23:52. | :23:59. | |
time and that perhaps reflects where the time will be. Remember, 11 | :23:59. | :24:03. | |
minutes 13 is the optimum time, but this man will be back at the end of | :24:03. | :24:10. | |
cross country and that is when it will be a very tense affair. Coming | :24:10. | :24:16. | |
to the farmyard for Williams, the big blue wagon and then offending | :24:16. | :24:21. | |
line of five strides to know think on with a narrow back rail. | :24:21. | :24:31. | |
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Beautifully done. Michael Jung's first experience of this Badminton | :24:35. | :24:40. | |
country course. Your horse looked very strong, did that make it | :24:40. | :24:45. | |
difficult or could you enjoy it? fence he jumped very well, but he | :24:45. | :24:51. | |
was so strong and had so much fun, galloping fast, and I look at my | :24:51. | :24:59. | |
watch and I am very fast. Yes, and that is difficult, also at the last | :24:59. | :25:05. | |
steps he jumped so much forward and also in the water, yes. It was a | :25:05. | :25:12. | |
very nice course and the spectators always directly on the road and yes, | :25:12. | :25:18. | |
it was very nice. Now the four times winner, Sir Mark Todd, coming to the | :25:18. | :25:28. | |
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lake on the first of his rides on the left-hand side. A big jump over | :25:42. | :25:52. | |
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the middle. There was just a little bit of a correction in the middle, | :25:53. | :25:59. | |
which may have lost him his line. The danger of that left-hand direct | :25:59. | :26:03. | |
route is that it is a very straight line to the corner and they do jump | :26:03. | :26:11. | |
the first corner rather big, then it is a controlled four strides around | :26:11. | :26:21. | |
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a tight turn. You can see he was on quite a sharp angle and the horse | :26:22. | :26:31. | |
didn't really focused on it. Then comes the second man for the | :26:31. | :26:41. | |
:26:41. | :26:51. | ||
grandslam pot of gold, Andrew Nicholson on his first ride, it is | :26:51. | :26:59. | |
Avebury. It will have to be the second horse for him to try for the | :26:59. | :27:04. | |
grandslam. He definitely slowed down after the 20 penalty points and you | :27:04. | :27:14. | |
:27:14. | :27:24. | ||
cannot blame him for that. He will not win on this one, and he will be | :27:24. | :27:33. | |
relying on Parklane Hawk. Now it is the challenger from New Zealand, the | :27:33. | :27:41. | |
one event he has never won. Oh, my word, a dog with him, luckily it has | :27:41. | :27:48. | |
come to heal. Has that finger caused William Fox-Pitt problems on his | :27:48. | :27:57. | |
first ride? Did you ride in the glove West Germanic yes, I did get a | :27:57. | :28:01. | |
glove over it. It sounds like I am making an excuse but it was more of | :28:01. | :28:05. | |
a hindrance today than it was yesterday and that gave me a | :28:05. | :28:09. | |
surprise. He jumped and hold the reins through my fingers and that | :28:09. | :28:15. | |
was it. You cannot really jump a corner on a long rain. Will you go | :28:15. | :28:25. | |
:28:25. | :28:27. | ||
out with confidence? I think so but I ride him with two reins so I don't | :28:27. | :28:36. | |
know what I will do. Fingers crossed I don't make the same mistake again. | :28:36. | :28:42. | |
This horse has been cheeky in the past in his youth, but he looks very | :28:42. | :28:48. | |
professional and very established, and finding it easy. Now it is the | :28:48. | :28:55. | |
Australian Sam Griffiths, lives down in Dorset. Very much out of luck in | :28:55. | :29:00. | |
London with a fall on the flat but he will be determined to put that | :29:01. | :29:08. | |
kind him. The way he goes to the lake. Mark Todd coming to the end, | :29:09. | :29:14. | |
will he make it? He has to keep going, heading for the last but he | :29:14. | :29:20. | |
will be over the time I reckon. He is kicking, and one second over. | :29:20. | :29:30. | |
Pretty good from Mark Todd. Just 0.4 of a penalty to add to him. What | :29:30. | :29:36. | |
about Sam Griffiths coming to the bank, the famous Irish bank that | :29:36. | :29:43. | |
came to Badminton back in 1949. That is how they have been jumping it, it | :29:43. | :29:53. | |
:29:53. | :30:00. | ||
with the time. And he is going to set the pattern for the day. | :30:00. | :30:04. | |
It's going to get faster and faster, I suspect. A lovely piece of | :30:04. | :30:11. | |
judgment from a man who is absolutely the master judge of pace | :30:11. | :30:18. | |
and Avebury comes home, ears pricked. Stays on his score and | :30:18. | :30:28. | |
:30:28. | :30:30. | ||
heads the leader board in the early Griffiths. Happy Times. It's about | :30:30. | :30:35. | |
a minute 13 seconds from home on this undulating terrain. Tests out | :30:35. | :30:45. | |
:30:45. | :30:48. | ||
a tired horse. Happy Times is not realised it had 20 foot of rope | :30:48. | :30:52. | |
behind it. He is a cool thing and better when things are agitating | :30:52. | :30:56. | |
him a little bit. We had another dog later in the course, as well, | :30:56. | :30:59. | |
which just helps them. Some horses it puts them off. He probably | :30:59. | :31:06. | |
thinks I have a new tactic. Exactly, keep his mind on the job! You made | :31:06. | :31:11. | |
the time look easy there. You must be looking forward to later. It's | :31:11. | :31:15. | |
lovely to ride around here, the ground is perfect. Everyone knows | :31:15. | :31:19. | |
you have perfect ground conditions, good weather conditions and horses | :31:20. | :31:23. | |
skill along happily and love it. It's a credit to everyone who does | :31:23. | :31:33. | |
:31:33. | :31:35. | ||
coming to the final fences on the course. Over the Rolex crossing. 21 | :31:35. | :31:39. | |
seconds to get home. He is going to be quite pushed. Need a good 20 | :31:39. | :31:43. | |
seconds, if not a few more, to get home from there? He probably does | :31:44. | :31:46. | |
need more time but he will be happy. Because this horse has had problems | :31:47. | :31:50. | |
in the past. It was an exciting young horse and then it had a few | :31:50. | :31:53. | |
hiccups and he's really come back with a vengeance here at Badminton. | :31:54. | :31:57. | |
He is on the time now. He is a couple of seconds over. But I don't | :31:57. | :32:03. | |
think that will be worrying him. 44.9 penalties. Four seconds over. | :32:03. | :32:13. | |
:32:13. | :32:21. | ||
as Christopher Burton comes on course with Holstein Park Leilani. | :32:21. | :32:28. | |
This man has impressed us with his style and ability. Wasn't the | :32:29. | :32:32. | |
smoothest I had hoped for. A couple of strides weren't perfect but he | :32:32. | :32:35. | |
is an an experienced horse and sometimes cross-country riding is | :32:35. | :32:38. | |
about doing what you have to do and that's what it felt like today. | :32:39. | :32:43. | |
He's an experienced campaigner and he did a great job. He was a star. | :32:43. | :32:49. | |
The lake looked interesting. Yeah, I just missed my stride into that! | :32:49. | :32:52. | |
He bailed me out of trouble. Sometimes you have to do what you | :32:52. | :32:56. | |
have to do and grit your teeth and get on with it. Luckily, he is a | :32:56. | :33:01. | |
competitor like that himself. He really helped me out there. | :33:01. | :33:06. | |
Another great combination for Great Britain, Nicola Wilson and | :33:06. | :33:13. | |
Opposition Buzz. Now they're on their own trying to | :33:13. | :33:20. | |
win the title. They've gone well through Huntsman ap close and | :33:20. | :33:25. | |
Opposition Buzz looking in very good form. | :33:25. | :33:30. | |
Christopher Burton, favours the left side. Christopher never moves. | :33:30. | :33:36. | |
Regains the balance and makes the corners look like child's play. | :33:36. | :33:39. | |
What's great about this partnership it looks effortless. Now the new | :33:39. | :33:49. | |
:33:49. | :33:50. | ||
star on the block for Ireland, Aoife Clarke in the Olympic team | :33:50. | :34:00. | |
:34:00. | :34:05. | ||
for Ireland. This is a good start Burton. That time looks as though | :34:05. | :34:10. | |
it's going to elude him. He has had a brilliant ride around her. Very | :34:10. | :34:14. | |
impressive. Another one to be a few seconds over the time. He goes into | :34:14. | :34:24. | |
:34:24. | :34:28. | ||
third position at the moment on leader board. We see Opposition | :34:28. | :34:35. | |
Buzz, now 16 years old. Good dressage, 48.2 you can see. | :34:35. | :34:45. | |
:34:45. | :34:51. | ||
ever. He has been saufp great horse. -- such a great horse. Aoife Clarke, | :34:51. | :34:55. | |
he loses the back leg! He was clever and quick thinking with his | :34:55. | :34:59. | |
feet. Didn't get the perfect spot on there but recovered brilliantly. | :34:59. | :35:04. | |
A good sight for Great Britain, she's now turning to the last. I | :35:04. | :35:08. | |
don't think she's going to make it. We have had one or two who have | :35:08. | :35:12. | |
been a few seconds over, just misjudging. Is Nicola Wilson going | :35:12. | :35:22. | |
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horses while he was in Kentucky. Let's see if the advice to inject | :35:48. | :35:58. | |
:35:58. | :36:03. | ||
lady who has caught the eye of the world's eventing public. She's gone | :36:03. | :36:08. | |
very well here. First Badminton three years ago and got better and | :36:09. | :36:18. | |
:36:19. | :36:21. | ||
better. Away goes Stefano Brecciaroli. | :36:21. | :36:25. | |
Never gone quick enough. Andrew really was getting him wound up and | :36:25. | :36:30. | |
he set off at tremendous pace and got the eye in Kentucky and then | :36:30. | :36:33. | |
didn't go fast enough. But this lady has. Ireland at the moment | :36:33. | :36:38. | |
very much on the up under their new trainer Nick Turner. This is good | :36:38. | :36:43. | |
news for him. She is inside the time or is haoe? She's done exactly | :36:43. | :36:53. | |
:36:53. | :36:54. | ||
the same as Nicola Wilson. Two That's what happened to Nicola. | :36:54. | :36:59. | |
Ends up with one time fault. She's the leading British rider. The | :36:59. | :37:02. | |
leader board is dominated by Australia and New Zealand. | :37:02. | :37:12. | |
:37:12. | :37:26. | ||
Sam Griffiths in front on Happy horse bought out of Belgium. | :37:26. | :37:31. | |
They've been a combination now for four years and they certainly have | :37:31. | :37:39. | |
strengthened the Australian sport - - the Italian sport the last few | :37:39. | :37:45. | |
years. I have to say he's gone out much faster. Andrew has definitely | :37:45. | :37:50. | |
had an effect on him. He looks fast and furious. The horse is jumping | :37:50. | :37:54. | |
so well. Incredibly sharp. Gets away from that truck fence so | :37:54. | :38:01. | |
quickly. Sandra Auffarth an Olympic | :38:01. | :38:05. | |
medallist from London. Won team gold, individual bronze and | :38:05. | :38:09. | |
certainly looks a combination that could feature here. They've set out | :38:09. | :38:19. | |
:38:19. | :38:37. | ||
be up on the time. He looks faster than anyone we have seen so far. | :38:38. | :38:42. | |
Looks to have a good long stride covering the ground and Stefano | :38:42. | :38:50. | |
looking very confident. The approach quick and that's where | :38:50. | :38:56. | |
often you can lose time in the approach to each of these. 45 | :38:56. | :39:06. | |
:39:06. | :39:07. | ||
rail in. An incredible drop on the landing. So quick! That's a long | :39:07. | :39:14. | |
three strides and another long three strides and he almost point- | :39:14. | :39:24. | |
:39:24. | :39:28. | ||
to-point speeds over that fence. Sandra Auffarth. Picks up pace and | :39:28. | :39:31. | |
rhythm. Well ridden. Did a lot of show jumping before she came into | :39:31. | :39:35. | |
the sport but slotted in well indeed. Germany now hraog to be | :39:35. | :39:40. | |
changing the -- look to be changing the powerbase of the sport. They're | :39:40. | :39:50. | |
:39:50. | :39:54. | ||
flying away from the lake. Just gold medal-winning team in London. | :39:54. | :39:58. | |
Very experienced combination. She's not hanging around either as she | :39:58. | :40:06. | |
comes out of the quarry. They're waiting at the start, former World | :40:06. | :40:11. | |
and European champion, Zara fill independents -- Phillips on High | :40:11. | :40:15. | |
Kingdom. They'll be next on the course. | :40:15. | :40:19. | |
Getting Getting towards the end of the course, Sandra. Over the big | :40:19. | :40:23. | |
table. Comes to the marketplace. Looks as though she's heading for | :40:23. | :40:28. | |
the gate on the left. Just leaning a little bit on the bridle. Does | :40:28. | :40:37. | |
tend to get low in front at times, very sharp in front. Another one to | :40:37. | :40:47. | |
:40:47. | :40:55. | ||
take the flag out but no doubt she family. This horse not great in the | :40:55. | :41:01. | |
show jumping - picks up one early! Ingrid sits there well. She is one | :41:01. | :41:10. | |
of the stars of equestrian sport in Germany. | :41:10. | :41:19. | |
Stefano across that combination at This is a different picture than we | :41:19. | :41:23. | |
have seen from this combination before. The Italian sport is | :41:23. | :41:27. | |
beginning to develop a world-class team. | :41:27. | :41:33. | |
This combination will be part of it. Each second that ticks by, 0.4 of a | :41:33. | :41:36. | |
penalty to add. Will he go in front? | :41:36. | :41:42. | |
Will he just drop back a place? Just gets home in time. He adds six | :41:42. | :41:47. | |
penalties to his overnight score. Away goes Zara and High Kingdom. A | :41:47. | :41:52. | |
lot of expectations on Zara and this horse. Brilliant performance | :41:52. | :41:56. | |
in London. The horse just looks as though he is getting stronger and | :41:56. | :42:06. | |
more developed every time I see him. She's certainly up for a good ride. | :42:06. | :42:16. | |
:42:16. | :42:22. | ||
Gentle introduction over the first gallop. Picture of concentration as | :42:22. | :42:28. | |
Sandra Auffarth now at the big keeper's brush. Huge fence in front. | :42:28. | :42:38. | |
:42:38. | :42:41. | ||
They make it look like a pony club Alzheimer's, the charity this year | :42:41. | :42:45. | |
at Badminton. Here are a combination that are going to be | :42:45. | :42:49. | |
stars of the sport in the years to come, I am sure. 17 seconds to get | :42:49. | :42:52. | |
home. This will be another inside the | :42:52. | :43:02. | |
:43:02. | :43:02. | ||
top of the leader board. There's one phase still to come, | :43:02. | :43:12. | |
:43:12. | :43:16. | ||
just to miss out. She's going to add to 1.2 time | :43:16. | :43:21. | |
penalties but does creep away of Stefano and now Germany back to the | :43:21. | :43:31. | |
:43:31. | :43:45. | ||
to the outlander bank. He gallops along and can jump out at any speed. | :43:45. | :43:55. | |
:43:55. | :43:56. | ||
attacking and the time should be easy for this combination. He is | :43:56. | :44:05. | |
very fast. He's got to be careful, as well, at this rail. | :44:05. | :44:15. | |
:44:15. | :44:17. | ||
seconds over the time. Did it jump well? He jumped amazing. It was a | :44:17. | :44:23. | |
great feeling. It felt really easy with the horse, such a good horse. | :44:23. | :44:28. | |
Really fun and and it the crowd and everything, perfect. You have done | :44:28. | :44:31. | |
well at the Olympics and World Championships, where does Badminton | :44:31. | :44:36. | |
rank in things you want to achieve? It was totally different goal for | :44:36. | :44:41. | |
me and it was really cool to ride here and I think it was a big thing | :44:41. | :44:51. | |
sport wants to come to Badminton once in their life and they've all | :44:51. | :44:54. | |
come this year to make it a dramatic competition. Here is a | :44:54. | :44:59. | |
lady who has never won here. Now with this nice horse, High kingdom. | :44:59. | :45:04. | |
A bit quick! And hits it on the angle. She had to sit tight there | :45:04. | :45:10. | |
but has got such a good temperament these days. Zara away to the lake. | :45:10. | :45:20. | |
:45:20. | :45:20. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds | :45:20. | :46:01. | |
effortless, as received through the village. Now it is highly kingdom, | :46:01. | :46:11. | |
:46:11. | :46:23. | ||
Zara Phillips at the lake. Was he focused on it? I don't think he was | :46:23. | :46:29. | |
looking at it, and she has retired. The crowd are giving her a very | :46:29. | :46:33. | |
appreciative applause. He looks quite keen, certainly growing into | :46:33. | :46:41. | |
himself with strength. Zara is focused, she has the contact, but he | :46:41. | :46:46. | |
never really looks at it, doesn't even look like he is intending to | :46:46. | :46:56. | |
:46:56. | :46:58. | ||
jump it. She so wants to win a Badminton title. It is Ingrid Klimke | :46:58. | :47:02. | |
at the last, and she joins the party at the top of the leaderboard. It is | :47:02. | :47:12. | |
:47:12. | :47:16. | ||
getting a bigger and bigger party, Germany looking so strong. Another | :47:16. | :47:26. | |
:47:26. | :47:30. | ||
German, Dirk Schrade. Lovely, effortless. Such a neat little | :47:30. | :47:39. | |
horse, I wanted to do one stride into the water but he decided easy | :47:39. | :47:44. | |
in and out and he is very clever. He is nearly 15 so it is a big pleasure | :47:44. | :47:51. | |
to enjoy these rides. One day I come here and I want to win for sure but | :47:51. | :48:00. | |
this year I will be happy if I am top ten, it is true. She was second | :48:00. | :48:10. | |
:48:10. | :48:12. | ||
in 2002. Now we are watching another talent, Dirk Schrade. He really has | :48:12. | :48:16. | |
got the cross-country world class. They have always been brilliant at | :48:16. | :48:19. | |
the dressage, now they look spectacular at the cross country as | :48:19. | :48:29. | |
:48:29. | :48:30. | ||
well. Was that the commentators curse? I don't know. He looks like | :48:30. | :48:36. | |
he was going for a long stride and the horse didn't quite know what he | :48:36. | :48:43. | |
was asking for. He switches off his watch, and he is cantering into the | :48:43. | :48:48. | |
water to get his feet wet, to make sure the horse knows what he was | :48:48. | :48:56. | |
asking him to do and to make sure he has the confidence to do it in the | :48:56. | :49:01. | |
future. You can see he was pushing for the long stride, and was a | :49:01. | :49:05. | |
little bit too far off it. The horse didn't quite think he would take | :49:05. | :49:15. | |
:49:15. | :49:23. | ||
it. By the time he took another one, crash, and they are out. Tiana | :49:23. | :49:28. | |
Coudray, and they have started off very well in their first attempt. | :49:28. | :49:35. | |
Zara Phillips with me now and it wasn't to be today. No, I didn't | :49:35. | :49:40. | |
want to ruin the grand slam. Really annoying because he was good on the | :49:40. | :49:48. | |
dressage, and he was jumping too well. Like he was coming back to the | :49:48. | :49:53. | |
combinations and in Huntsman's close he almost jumped it too well and | :49:53. | :50:03. | |
:50:03. | :50:10. | ||
rubbed the knee on the left, then on the final jump he put his head up | :50:10. | :50:15. | |
and ran past. These days there is no point in carrying on because you can | :50:15. | :50:21. | |
always reroute. I decided to save him for another day and try to have | :50:21. | :50:31. | |
:50:31. | :50:39. | ||
time in London but we have seen a lot of them in America, a very | :50:39. | :50:48. | |
special young horse. A bandage has come loose and that could be very | :50:48. | :50:55. | |
dangerous. It looks stretchy so hopefully he will just rip it off. | :50:55. | :51:05. | |
:51:05. | :51:09. | ||
Mary King with Kings Temptress, a lovely mare, homebred. This is a | :51:09. | :51:15. | |
very big log in the middle, but it has jumped well, and Mary King looks | :51:15. | :51:23. | |
more positive on this second ride, compared to what she started out on | :51:23. | :51:33. | |
:51:33. | :51:35. | ||
weight Imperial Cavalier. Tiana Coudray, looking more polished than | :51:35. | :51:40. | |
she did in London. I just have a feeling the Olympic Games came a | :51:40. | :51:46. | |
little early, just 24 years old, and a combination that looks like one | :51:46. | :51:56. | |
:51:56. | :51:59. | ||
for the future for the Americans. They did well in Kentucky last week. | :52:00. | :52:09. | |
A very classy jumper. And a big jump, looking very impressive I have | :52:09. | :52:17. | |
to say. This could be one to come up the leaderboard. What can Mary King | :52:17. | :52:24. | |
do? She first competed here in 1985, and with the great Sheila Wilcox | :52:24. | :52:29. | |
before she started, and she has been competitive ever since. And she has | :52:29. | :52:39. | |
:52:39. | :52:42. | ||
a daughter, Emily, who will keep the family line. This mare was a winner | :52:42. | :52:49. | |
in Kentucky in 2011. She is looking confident. Yes, much more positive | :52:49. | :52:56. | |
locking, and another one looking positive is Tiana Coudray. An | :52:56. | :53:01. | |
enormous ditch in front of that hedge, but the horses just pop over | :53:01. | :53:09. | |
it. There are seven jumping efforts in the last minute on this course so | :53:09. | :53:14. | |
there is a lot of jumping at the end and it is important the horses keep | :53:14. | :53:21. | |
some petrol in the tank. This horse is still full of running. I don't | :53:21. | :53:30. | |
think she will get there, but she will not be much over it. The new | :53:30. | :53:33. | |
manager is here and certainly inspiring the Americans to greater | :53:33. | :53:43. | |
:53:43. | :53:46. | ||
things, and they need it, as they turn into the last. 45.3 and this | :53:46. | :53:56. | |
American is in with her best. Now it is the second ride for Sam | :53:56. | :54:03. | |
Griffiths, now with this young horse at the hollow. This is one for the | :54:03. | :54:13. | |
:54:13. | :54:22. | ||
future, only ten years old. Look at that crowd. This is the best spot on | :54:22. | :54:26. | |
the cross-country course, right next to the lake. | :54:26. | :54:30. | |
I am standing next to Corel, how long have you been coming to | :54:31. | :54:40. | |
Badminton? Nine years, I enjoy the horses. It is really thrilling. What | :54:40. | :54:47. | |
do you like about coming here? Absolutely everything, watching a | :54:47. | :54:52. | |
mixture of cross-country and a bit of the dressage and everything. | :54:52. | :54:58. | |
long have you been coming? It is my first year but he has been coming | :54:58. | :55:05. | |
for the last nine years or so. you support particular riders? | :55:05. | :55:15. | |
Always on the British team. We are supportive for whoever wins it. | :55:15. | :55:18. | |
Everyone is very friendly because you end up sitting next to people | :55:18. | :55:24. | |
you have never met before. They are enjoying themselves and we are going | :55:24. | :55:29. | |
to take you back out onto the course now. It is all part of the Olympic | :55:29. | :55:39. | |
:55:39. | :55:39. | ||
legacy, more and more interest in the equestrian sport. Here is Mary | :55:39. | :55:43. | |
King, she so desperately wanted the gold at the Olympics but it didn't | :55:43. | :55:52. | |
happen. Here she is with Kings Temptress. Yes, I homebred mare, | :55:52. | :55:58. | |
which makes it so much more special when you breed them right from the | :55:58. | :56:07. | |
word go. That is debatable. To the side of that flag. My first instinct | :56:07. | :56:13. | |
is possibly to the wrong side. That will be reviewed by the grand jury. | :56:13. | :56:18. | |
I would have to say the horse was the wrong side of that flight and it | :56:18. | :56:23. | |
is an interesting one. Mary has no choice but to keep going unless | :56:23. | :56:29. | |
somebody calls her back. She will have to put that out of her mind as | :56:29. | :56:38. | |
she continues. Which way will they go? Here is some Griffiths's second | :56:38. | :56:42. | |
ride, and a good performance for a quite inexperienced horse at this | :56:42. | :56:52. | |
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level. Sam Griffiths has had a good day. A very popular competitor based | :56:53. | :57:03. | |
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here in Britain. Now, Mary King is being stopped. The jury have | :57:03. | :57:08. | |
adjudicated that Mary went the wrong side of the flag with Kings | :57:08. | :57:16. | |
Temptress, and here we can see it again. Yes, the horse's head, neck | :57:16. | :57:21. | |
and shoulders definitely the wrong side of the flag. There was no real | :57:21. | :57:31. | |
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doubt. This is Jock Paget, the outstanding young jockey from New | :57:35. | :57:45. | |
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Zealand. He has risen to the top of the world rankings. Now Tina Cook | :57:57. | :58:05. | |
and Miners Frolic, has to be the most glamorous horse I was going to | :58:05. | :58:12. | |
say! Leaves his back legs on it, but it hasn't affected the flow. You can | :58:12. | :58:18. | |
see a little sliding over the fence. You can see her driving the horse to | :58:18. | :58:22. | |
the fence and he jumps the first part beautifully and then just picks | :58:22. | :58:32. | |
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up. This is the combination that everybody has to beat - Michael | :58:36. | :58:45. | |
Jung, the leader after the dressage. Could they win Badminton | :58:45. | :58:55. | |
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at their very first attempt? We are with Jock Paget, a man now based | :58:55. | :58:59. | |
with Mark Todd and has a team of horses but only came to the sport | :58:59. | :59:05. | |
when he was 18 and has very quickly risen to the top. He was an | :59:05. | :59:10. | |
apprentice bricklayer in Australia for some time, but now he is at the | :59:10. | :59:15. | |
top of the world rankings. Incidentally, we are getting rumours | :59:15. | :59:23. | |
of a crowd of 150,000, and that is a record. They have come to watch this | :59:23. | :59:29. | |
man. Olympic, world, European champion, never been done before on | :59:29. | :59:36. | |
the horse that he has won all of those titles on, and this is the one | :59:36. | :59:40. | |
man who could spoil the party for that Rolex grand slam for either | :59:40. | :59:48. | |
William Fox-Pitt and Andrew Nicholson. Michael Jung on course. | :59:48. | :59:58. | |
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Just watch him. You will see the reason why. | :00:29. | :00:39. | |
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Classic start for the Germans. hassle to him. | :00:49. | :00:54. | |
Michael Jung at the huntsman close, it's caused a little bit of trouble. | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
That angled log has had two or three that's tumbled. | :00:59. | :01:08. | |
Very good judge of pace. This man is technically absolutely brilliant. | :01:08. | :01:13. | |
Tina flying into the arena. She's got to keep going. You can't just | :01:13. | :01:23. | |
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spend too much time sitting up for Absolutely spot on. How accurate | :01:23. | :01:30. | |
can you get? Badminton hasn't always been Tina's lucky venue but | :01:31. | :01:40. | |
She's not going to feature in the top ten quite, maybe just. But this | :01:40. | :01:49. | |
man certainly could. New Zealand's Jock Paget. And | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
Clifton Promise. We saw him on the approach, an enormous jump through | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
that. Just on the approach having a check of his watch. Making sure he | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
is up on time. That was a brilliant jump there. Almost the bigger the | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
jump, the more impressive the jump the more the horses are punished | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
because they land at the bottom of that steep bank. It hasn't upset | :02:10. | :02:19. | |
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the lake. Michael Jung and Sam. He's struggling! How did he get | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
that line back? Amazing! He can just do no wrong at the | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
moment, this guy. This was very, very quick reaction from the horse | :03:00. | :03:06. | |
and the rider. You can see the left leg is left behind. The hind legs | :03:06. | :03:09. | |
go newspaper the air. Phaoeugle is leaning back, trying to get control | :03:09. | :03:16. | |
and grabs the reins. Sam isn't even looking and oh, there it is, you | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
want me to jump that? How pwhreul kwrapbt -- brilliant. That's a | :03:20. | :03:24. | |
classic piece of saving riding, correcting riding, whatever you | :03:24. | :03:28. | |
want to call it. Riding by the seat of the pants! Good old-fashioned | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
stuff. Now The Staircase for Clifton Promise. Another sequence | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
of fences that's caused disappointments for some. What a | :03:37. | :03:43. | |
quick reaction over that second step. | :03:43. | :03:46. | |
Absolutely cat-like. This combination are working as a great | :03:46. | :03:56. | |
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team. That's Clifton Promise. This first element. Quick thinking and | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
Michael's position never changes. It keeps the horse in balance. | :04:03. | :04:13. | |
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I say, it's a little chancy. This man is so cool. And indeed so is | :04:14. | :04:21. | |
this man, jock Paget. -- Jock. It's another young Mark Todd in the | :04:21. | :04:27. | |
making, surely. He could go into the lead. Jung is out on the course, | :04:27. | :04:37. | |
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he's being as quick as he can and as soon as it's over - over the | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
Rolex fence and he accelerates away. It's going to be close. | :04:45. | :04:55. | |
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This is another one inside the time, who's misjudged it? One second | :05:05. | :05:10. | |
inside. And he is the new leader. There is a real battle between | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
Germany and New Zealand at the moment. Remember, I would think | :05:14. | :05:18. | |
Jock will be off quickly to be watching Michael Jung. | :05:18. | :05:28. | |
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hiccup at the lake. Not the best at the pond. But still looks very | :05:39. | :05:43. | |
impressive. He is so correct in his technique, this horse. It's no | :05:43. | :05:53. | |
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wonder he is good at all three of problems today, the odd hiccup. | :06:01. | :06:05. | |
He could be in the arena at home, the way he is jumping those. I have | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
been with the horse a long time now and know him quite well and he | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
knows me. Always starts off a little bit nervous and then settles | :06:13. | :06:16. | |
in and gets quite brave and almost too brave to the end but gives you | :06:16. | :06:20. | |
a fantastic feeling. Show jumps his way around, he is beautiful. | :06:20. | :06:22. | |
Terrifically strong New Zealand challenge here. How much does it | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
mean to you to be not just part of it but at the head of it? Well, I | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
would really like to win this event, that's why I came and I have been | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
preparing all year. It's great to have all the kiwis around us, as | :06:36. | :06:42. | |
well. If I don't win I would like a kiwi to come first. They're | :06:42. | :06:48. | |
certainly trying. Here is a man who would like to stop them. The | :06:48. | :06:51. | |
prolific William Fox-Pitt on the ride that matters, can he put | :06:51. | :06:59. | |
himself in with a chance of winning the �65,000 first prize? And put | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
himself in for the pot of gold for the Rolex Grand Slam? But we are | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
back with Jung. He can spoil the party for Fox-Pitt and Nicholson. | :07:10. | :07:14. | |
What was so good about that table because he never altered the rhythm. | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
The stride pattern stayed the same and the horse gave a brilliant jump. | :07:18. | :07:22. | |
He looks as though he is going to the right gate. But he is not | :07:22. | :07:28. | |
taking the long route. He's cut across that 90 degree corner and | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
got the four strides. We have only seen about two horses do that the | :07:32. | :07:40. | |
whole day. I have to say for me it would be the favoured route. Fox- | :07:40. | :07:50. | |
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away stylishly and well. Michael Jung and Sam. He's decided to take | :08:07. | :08:10. | |
the alternative. How sensible is that? Is he quick enough? Is he | :08:10. | :08:14. | |
going to do the time and get away with that long route? It's got rid | :08:14. | :08:20. | |
of the risk. He's actually kept a good pace up and probably got ahead | :08:20. | :08:30. | |
:08:30. | :08:31. | ||
of the clock. Now the tricky sequence of fences | :08:31. | :08:41. | |
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wonderful athleticism there of the thoroughbreds. | :08:47. | :08:51. | |
Look at the stride on this horse. That's the end of the course, at | :08:51. | :09:01. | |
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by going the long route at the staircase. | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
It is worth saying that the man is always in that balance, that the | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
worse is comfortable and able to use its wonderful athletic skills | :09:15. | :09:20. | |
to the full advantage, both by galloping along and by jumping and | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
they take no more out of themselves, either horse or rider, wherever | :09:24. | :09:33. | |
they're going. It is the sure way to save energy, keep them in a good | :09:33. | :09:38. | |
rhythm. He never alters rhythm. He is galloping easily and jumping | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
brilliantly. He has had hiccups on the course, but it's looked so | :09:42. | :09:48. | |
smooth and easy. The majority of it. Look at the time, one of the | :09:48. | :09:58. | |
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We are privileged to be watching one of the best combinations we | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
have seen in this sport for years and years. And could be ever. He's | :10:05. | :10:11. | |
cruised around. He's maintained his position on 36. He was the | :10:11. | :10:16. | |
overnight leader and he will stay there. Of course, there's one phase | :10:16. | :10:20. | |
left, the show jumping. Can this man close within a fence and still | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
keep that challenge up, both for his second title and also for that | :10:24. | :10:32. | |
Grand Slam? William, who won in 2004, but this could be a much more | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
valuable win for William, if he can do it. We were talking about rhythm | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
and there's no one better at keeping a rhythm and what's | :10:40. | :10:43. | |
incredible about William and his horse is he never looks as though | :10:43. | :10:48. | |
he is in a hurry and he's always there or thereabouts on the time. | :10:48. | :10:54. | |
He made that look like child's play. Looks as though he has all the time | :10:54. | :11:04. | |
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pressure on you, you were the leader. Hairy moment at the lake, | :11:06. | :11:10. | |
and all that steering! Yeah, I think that's cross-country, not | :11:10. | :11:18. | |
everything is perfect. But my horse do a really well job. After the | :11:18. | :11:21. | |
mistake he was directly concentrating and listen to me, | :11:21. | :11:27. | |
what we do now and perfect. He was so fresh in the end I do a little | :11:27. | :11:31. | |
bit and he go forward, amazing horse. | :11:32. | :11:36. | |
Is the balance of power in the sport changing? Michael Jung | :11:36. | :11:44. | |
certainly did make his attempt to do so as William comes to the pond. | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
Not perhaps the neatest, but safe and that's what matters. Looks to | :11:48. | :11:58. | |
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has two reins on this horse. How is it affecting him? So far it's not | :12:16. | :12:23. | |
been an issue. The problem must be when he jumps that down, he has to | :12:23. | :12:29. | |
slip the reins through and gather them up again. If that finger the | :12:29. | :12:33. | |
the isn't working properly it will have an effect. Like all great | :12:33. | :12:37. | |
competitors, he can put the pain out of the head and get on with the | :12:37. | :12:47. | |
:12:47. | :12:56. | ||
William held him off that fence. He got a little close. The finger is | :12:56. | :13:04. | |
working. Certainly it. The clock is looking reasonable. Mark Todd and | :13:04. | :13:12. | |
his second ride, Ravenstar. New for him. | :13:12. | :13:17. | |
He's got a great catch ride record here. Didn't feature too well in | :13:17. | :13:23. | |
the dressage. How lucky New Zealand are to have | :13:23. | :13:28. | |
two supreme horsemen as Todd and Nicholson, still at their very best | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
and helping the younger generation, as well. The table towards the end | :13:33. | :13:37. | |
of the track for William. A huge jump there. You can see the quality | :13:37. | :13:42. | |
of this horse when he is galloping. He opens up. Looking at the clock | :13:42. | :13:52. | |
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there, I would say he is in pretty he is taking the long route. He is | :13:54. | :14:02. | |
obviously concerned having had that whoopsy earlier on. He is up on the | :14:02. | :14:05. | |
clock. He has to keep galloping to make sure he makes it. That's | :14:05. | :14:14. | |
probably a sensible move for William. | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
Coming down through the dip to the steps. | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
The great thing here is to be able to control what power you have, if | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
you are tired you have to hold it together and push. If you have got | :14:25. | :14:29. | |
too much holding, because the distance between the two steps and | :14:29. | :14:36. | |
he jumps a long way out is tight, but beautifully - again looks to be | :14:36. | :14:46. | |
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Four-times winner and the reigning champion, won that in 2011. We go | :14:58. | :15:04. | |
back to William and Parklane Hawk at the village. Getting a little | :15:04. | :15:08. | |
strong there and William is having to keep hold of him. He needs those | :15:08. | :15:18. | |
:15:18. | :15:22. | ||
two reins. And the fingers, too! Waiting in the wings, the other man | :15:22. | :15:29. | |
who wants that Rolex grand slam and the 350,000 American dollars. When | :15:29. | :15:39. | |
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Philip won it, it was 250,000 American dollars. This New Zealand | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
Thoroughbred ex-racehorse looks superb and he is wasting no time at | :15:51. | :16:00. | |
all. He will not be waving at the public and not getting the time. | :16:00. | :16:07. | |
What we have seen in Badminton 2013, dare I suggest, it is more | :16:07. | :16:13. | |
thoroughbreds taking part at the top level of the sport. I am all in | :16:13. | :16:18. | |
favour of that. You cannot beat a good Thoroughbred. When the sport | :16:18. | :16:22. | |
changed and we got rid of the steeplechase, there was talk about | :16:22. | :16:29. | |
different types of horses. Look at the time, absolutely brilliant, into | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
third place, knocking on the door and putting pressure on Michael | :16:33. | :16:39. | |
Jung. He is closer to the optimum time, so is Michael Jung takes | :16:39. | :16:49. | |
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offence down and William jumps clear, Michael will be ahead. This | :16:50. | :16:57. | |
is a man more focused than ever, always wanting to improve, and | :16:57. | :17:03. | |
riding better than ever. He was unlucky in the Olympic Games to | :17:03. | :17:08. | |
finish in fourth place just out of the medals individually, one team | :17:08. | :17:12. | |
bronze and they were thrilled with that, but this man is now riding | :17:12. | :17:22. | |
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that. That really lifted spirits and my finger didn't get in the way too | :17:49. | :17:51. | |
much because he is very strong. I was very aware Michael Jung would | :17:51. | :17:54. | |
canter around with his eyes closed as he always does, so I thought I | :17:54. | :17:57. | |
need to cut this is fine as I can do. You have got to be inside | :17:57. | :18:00. | |
because I know that Andrew Nicholson is 0.2 behind me so there is no | :18:00. | :18:03. | |
leeway. What a fantastic climax for everyone watching, not so great for | :18:03. | :18:13. | |
us! The man is absolutely right. After the dressage, 0.2 of the | :18:13. | :18:20. | |
penalty behind, and that is just nothing. Nereo, the horse that he | :18:20. | :18:30. | |
:18:30. | :18:36. | ||
won with in the world are -- equestrian event. Here is Mark | :18:36. | :18:46. | |
:18:46. | :19:01. | ||
toured -- Mark Todd with Ravenstar. He is as enthusiastic as ever, based | :19:01. | :19:11. | |
near Swindon. Andrew Nicholson comes through Huntsman's close. A big | :19:11. | :19:20. | |
jump, and he captures that knee. We have seen a couple on the floor by | :19:20. | :19:30. | |
:19:30. | :19:34. | ||
capturing that left-hand knee, but Andrew never moves. This is the | :19:34. | :19:41. | |
best-known three-day event in the world, and it is providing a classic | :19:41. | :19:49. | |
as Mark Todd finishes. A huge crowd here for the final stages and it | :19:49. | :19:54. | |
creates such a good atmosphere. This is the famous Badminton house, the | :19:54. | :20:04. | |
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backdrop for all of those years to do that, and how spectacular was | :20:26. | :20:36. | |
it? And saving time. Such a strong position in the saddle, gives the | :20:36. | :20:41. | |
horse so much confidence and that is what it is all about. Here is the | :20:41. | :20:51. | |
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lady who has won the Rolex grand slam, that was back in 2003. Pippa | :20:58. | :21:07. | |
Funnell, with Redesigned, and comes here with a lack of match practice. | :21:07. | :21:12. | |
He does, but you couldn't have a more experienced rider on top to | :21:12. | :21:22. | |
:21:22. | :21:24. | ||
help him. Laura Collett, going on the right, about to take the longer | :21:24. | :21:34. | |
:21:34. | :21:36. | ||
route. She has had a good ride round with him, and playing it safe. | :21:36. | :21:40. | |
Funnell, without doubt one of the ladies of the sport, European | :21:40. | :21:49. | |
champion twice, first in 1999. On this very big, capable chestnut | :21:49. | :21:57. | |
horse. If she can go clear inside the time, and that is what she means | :21:57. | :22:07. | |
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to do if she can, she will be taking on these folk. Andrew Nicholson on | :22:11. | :22:17. | |
Nereo. Andrew Nicholson with his now famous goggles, very distinctive and | :22:17. | :22:24. | |
totally focused. A little tap on the shoulder just to open up for the | :22:24. | :22:31. | |
fence. If they jump right-handed there is a risk of landing in the | :22:31. | :22:40. | |
ditch and it is very smelly, isn't it? I do remember! Michael Young's | :22:40. | :22:50. | |
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home, 36, cannot be beaten. William Fox-Pitt home on the fence with a | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
better optimum time than Michael Jung. Andrew goes clear, he will be | :23:00. | :23:09. | |
in fourth place, and he is flying easily. He takes the tightest line, | :23:09. | :23:16. | |
turning into that beam he was almost underneath the tree. He shaves every | :23:16. | :23:26. | |
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second of the course he can. And the dog, if you remember. He would take | :23:28. | :23:38. | |
:23:38. | :23:40. | ||
that home with him and not even notice! This is certainly one of the | :23:40. | :23:50. | |
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future stars, Laura Collett. Pippa Funnell with Redesigned, and he is | :24:04. | :24:11. | |
in great form. He did a brilliant dressage test, looking great at the | :24:11. | :24:18. | |
lake. Owned by Roger and Denise Lincoln, who owned one of her other | :24:18. | :24:27. | |
great rides. The owners are so important, as Nereo comes to the | :24:27. | :24:34. | |
marketplace. He got the line no problem at all, and there is no one | :24:34. | :24:39. | |
who knows how important the owners are to them in this sport than the | :24:40. | :24:49. | |
:24:50. | :24:52. | ||
owner of this Spanish bred horse. This is certainly one of the best. | :24:52. | :25:02. | |
:25:02. | :25:13. | ||
Now, the steps. Just a slight little peck, but perfect really. Pippa | :25:13. | :25:23. | |
:25:23. | :25:36. | ||
Funnell, as good as anyone through since 1980, came here to groom for | :25:36. | :25:46. | |
:25:46. | :25:51. | ||
Mark Todd and then became a big star in his own right. Now only 500 | :25:51. | :25:57. | |
metres from home and looking good on the clock. Looking very impressive | :25:57. | :26:03. | |
on the clock, and no one has better judgement on time and speed across | :26:03. | :26:07. | |
country than Andrew, but we have been witnessing some incredible | :26:07. | :26:12. | |
riding today at Badminton. The absolute top of the game, and the | :26:12. | :26:21. | |
riders have not disappointed us in any way. One has to say, as Andrew | :26:21. | :26:26. | |
comes towards home, the course designer has done a very good job. | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
Lots of little mistakes all around this course, it is for a world-class | :26:30. | :26:35. | |
field, not easy to do. Many thought it was perhaps not the biggest | :26:35. | :26:40. | |
Badminton they have ever seen but it still provided the competition and | :26:40. | :26:49. | |
that is what matters. Beautifully home, seven seconds. Stays on his | :26:49. | :26:58. | |
dressage to go in fourth place, four of them with 40.2 covering the top | :26:58. | :27:05. | |
four. There could be drama tomorrow with the showjumping. Pippa | :27:05. | :27:15. | |
:27:15. | :27:15. | ||
Funnell... Oh, no! He wasn't looking. Is that a result of the | :27:15. | :27:22. | |
lack of match practice? Needing the outing? He jumped the steps as well | :27:22. | :27:28. | |
as anyone, his head is a little high and he is not really focused on it. | :27:28. | :27:38. | |
:27:38. | :27:41. | ||
A little bit like Zara at the lake. He is superb to ride, he pulled very | :27:41. | :27:46. | |
hard in the first few minutes which he doesn't do normally but I think | :27:47. | :27:53. | |
he got quite wound up with the crowd, quite rightly, and making a | :27:53. | :28:02. | |
racket didn't help. It just made me hold and pulse a bit more. What | :28:02. | :28:06. | |
realistically do you think now? day left, what was I after the | :28:07. | :28:16. | |
:28:17. | :28:17. | ||
dressage? In fifth place? Confidence, I have to be, don't I? I | :28:17. | :28:24. | |
moved up last season, and some of the riders who were in front of me | :28:24. | :28:29. | |
are behind me today. We will see what happens. Many people in the | :28:29. | :28:33. | |
crowd would have loved to have seen this lady in the mix but it is not | :28:33. | :28:43. | |
:28:43. | :28:45. | ||
to be. Will this combination be part of the European Championships? At | :28:45. | :28:48. | |
the moment only one British competitor in the top ten and you | :28:48. | :28:58. | |
:28:58. | :28:59. | ||
have to wonder how the balance is changing, as Pippa comes to the | :28:59. | :29:03. | |
last. I don't think she will quite get home but that is not surprising | :29:03. | :29:13. | |
:29:13. | :29:18. | ||
after that problem with the steps. Disappointment for her, but we have | :29:18. | :29:28. | |
:29:28. | :29:33. | ||
a very international leaderboard. Michael Jung, head -- in the lead. | :29:33. | :29:43. | |
:29:43. | :29:43. | ||
Pippa Funnell, here alongside me, and just not your competition this | :29:43. | :29:53. | |
year. No, but it was quite a task getting the horse here. He has not | :29:53. | :29:57. | |
had many runs in the last two years and when it is not going your way, | :29:57. | :30:03. | |
it is not going your way. competition is very tight at the | :30:03. | :30:10. | |
top. It was always going to be Clash of the Titans, and what better way. | :30:10. | :30:15. | |
We all came here expecting it to be between Michael Jung, William | :30:15. | :30:24. | |
Fox-Pitt and Andrew Nicholson, but we mustn't forget Jock Paget. | :30:24. | :30:29. | |
think William Fox-Pitt and Andrew Nicholson are too far off the pace? | :30:29. | :30:35. | |
I think they could still do it. Either of them, if they could do it, | :30:36. | :30:41. | |
they are two of the top horse men in the world and I think it does come | :30:41. | :30:45. | |
down to Michael Jung. They will be going in with a little less pressure | :30:45. | :30:55. | |
because they have got to put the pressure on Michael. If he does win, | :30:55. | :31:01. | |
he will be the first German to win here at Badminton and he may be | :31:01. | :31:04. | |
looking back at this moment at the lake as the time when it went | :31:04. | :31:14. | |
:31:14. | :31:25. | ||
horribly wrong or what won him the gives him freedom. He never | :31:26. | :31:30. | |
pwupblgs. -- budges. It's when things go wrong how quick you react | :31:30. | :31:33. | |
and he reacted really quickly. Andrew Nicholson putting pressure | :31:33. | :31:36. | |
on, you heard his interview and he says even though he has three | :31:36. | :31:39. | |
riders between him and the lead position he says I am feeling | :31:39. | :31:46. | |
confident. He has two horses in the top ten and Aveb rurbgs Aveburies | :31:46. | :31:55. | |
had already jumped. Both bits of that parallel went and slow on time. | :31:55. | :31:59. | |
The time you have to keep plugging on, you have to keep quite tight | :31:59. | :32:03. | |
around the corners and you have to remember that so much - we have | :32:03. | :32:07. | |
seen a few get silly little time faults. You have to keep moving, | :32:07. | :32:11. | |
which is which is easier said than done when you have so much pressure | :32:11. | :32:16. | |
heaped on you. They're saying this is one of the toughest courses ever | :32:16. | :32:20. | |
built at Badminton and makes it hard for horses that have been | :32:20. | :32:25. | |
cross-country yesterday and those that have gone quick on fast ground. | :32:25. | :32:35. | |
:32:35. | :32:38. | ||
part of a second over the time of 86 seconds and you pick up another | :32:38. | :32:43. | |
penalty point. That could end up being absolutely crucial. It always, | :32:43. | :32:47. | |
and you found it this morning, it's difficult, and we are seeing Ingrid | :32:47. | :32:50. | |
now, one of three Germans in the top ten, it's difficult to jump | :32:50. | :32:54. | |
clear in the third phase of a three-day event. I think, depends | :32:54. | :32:59. | |
what you are sat on, but also the ground yesterday encouraged horses | :32:59. | :33:04. | |
to run quick so some are feeling tired. Then there are always - the | :33:04. | :33:08. | |
last day depends how they come out and we have seen horses jump super | :33:08. | :33:12. | |
rounds. My horse definitely is lacking match practice and he was | :33:12. | :33:17. | |
body weary. I think the top guys will still be doing pretty good job. | :33:17. | :33:21. | |
Ingrid was so bubbly yesterday after her cross-country round. | :33:21. | :33:26. | |
Already one down here. Let's join Ian and Mike. | :33:26. | :33:31. | |
Yes, one down. This is not her strong phase. | :33:31. | :33:41. | |
:33:41. | :33:49. | ||
On 49, already dropped down two Show jumping is so important these | :33:49. | :33:54. | |
days, Ian. It certainly is. It's a question of which fence - that's | :33:54. | :33:58. | |
the first fence Ingrid has jumped that the horse hasn't rattled. Only | :33:58. | :34:02. | |
one down. Three jumps to go. It has been expensive in the past | :34:02. | :34:12. | |
:34:12. | :34:19. | ||
Didn't jump in the final individual in London because she had | :34:19. | :34:21. | |
disappointment in the past. Again she's been second here before but | :34:21. | :34:30. | |
it's two down, eight to hand and eight - eight to add and finished | :34:30. | :34:34. | |
on 53. Rattled a bit the double and coming to the last, should have | :34:34. | :34:39. | |
jumped it, but drifted left and kicked it out. Actually, for him | :34:39. | :34:46. | |
two down is not a bad round. Capacity audience. Absolutely | :34:46. | :34:56. | |
:34:56. | :34:58. | ||
gripped by this final session. That wonderful trophy and now the turn | :34:58. | :35:04. | |
of Sam Griffiths for Australia. One Australian in the top ten. Been | :35:04. | :35:14. | |
:35:14. | :35:35. | ||
third and fourth in the past with down at all with Happy Times. This | :35:35. | :35:41. | |
now is crucial. It is crucial. He has had his moments in the show | :35:41. | :35:47. | |
jumping, Happy Times. Brilliant cross-country yesterday. A nice | :35:47. | :35:53. | |
introduction. A vertical the first fence, quite upright and then big | :35:53. | :35:57. | |
wide oxer and then slightly downhill slope, six strides to the | :35:57. | :36:04. | |
double. That's a temptation, running down the hill they get a | :36:04. | :36:14. | |
:36:14. | :36:31. | ||
little bit free. Vittoria Panizzon you are up there with the leaders. | :36:31. | :36:41. | |
:36:41. | :36:41. | ||
And challenging for a good placing. The time is tight. 86 seconds | :36:41. | :36:45. | |
allowed, you have to keep going and travelling. With a horse that's not | :36:45. | :36:48. | |
always the most careful, you want to take your time and get the | :36:48. | :36:53. | |
striding absolutely spot on and help the horse. If do you that, - | :36:53. | :36:58. | |
oh, rattle! You You suffer the time penalties, if you do that. Jumps | :36:58. | :37:08. | |
:37:08. | :37:13. | ||
the last. It's eight to add. He drops down. 15 places. It's that | :37:13. | :37:17. | |
give. -- it's that expensive. So, down in the ring with all the | :37:17. | :37:22. | |
exciting action is Claire. It's interesting back stage and | :37:22. | :37:26. | |
watching the top riders warming up. Andrew Nicholson there. William | :37:26. | :37:32. | |
Fox-Pitt in the distance, you see the long tall back. And Pippa, what | :37:32. | :37:37. | |
did you say to William? He is a great friend of yours and team-mate. | :37:37. | :37:42. | |
I said to him earlier what I thought when I did it, what will be | :37:42. | :37:46. | |
will be, what's meant to be. He has to get out there and I feel it's | :37:46. | :37:49. | |
down to fate. He is either meant to win it or not and that's what I | :37:50. | :37:56. | |
said. He is very calm, he is very - seems laidback. Andrew Nicholson | :37:57. | :38:02. | |
likes to wind everybody up and make them feel the tension, he thrives | :38:02. | :38:05. | |
on it. It's known in the eventing world that they're great rivals, | :38:05. | :38:10. | |
the two of them. It will be interesting to see what will unfold. | :38:10. | :38:20. | |
:38:20. | :38:41. | ||
Stefano Brecciaroli. 42.8. He did lie in second place | :38:41. | :38:45. | |
behind Michael Jung after the dressage. Incidentally, I was | :38:45. | :38:50. | |
mentioning with Vittoria how she's been climbing. She represents Italy, | :38:50. | :38:56. | |
of course. Not only her, because Aoife Clarke, for Ireland, had one | :38:56. | :39:02. | |
time fault and she has come up 14 places, as well. At the moment | :39:02. | :39:11. | |
first and second with these six to jump. Italy now. | :39:11. | :39:17. | |
An enormous amount of pressure on Stefano. He was so impressive | :39:17. | :39:25. | |
yesterday. Has the horse kept enough spring left in those legs? | :39:25. | :39:35. | |
:39:35. | :39:44. | ||
It Looked it over that big wide More One Show fence but one -- - he | :39:44. | :39:50. | |
can't afford to have a fence down. One against will certainly put him | :39:50. | :39:56. | |
down at least one place. Actually he stays where he is, but | :39:56. | :40:00. | |
another one will drop him down four places. | :40:00. | :40:04. | |
The horse is jumping really well. I was surprised he dropped on the | :40:04. | :40:08. | |
back bar. But it's over a water ditch so he may have had a little | :40:08. | :40:18. | |
look and hopefully that's kept the horse sharp. Getting a little wild. | :40:18. | :40:22. | |
Wonder if Andrew has been at him to keep up the speed. He is not | :40:22. | :40:27. | |
hanging around in there. No doubt Andrew has been warming him up, | :40:27. | :40:37. | |
:40:37. | :40:42. | ||
6th place with one down. Here is a combination we are going to see a | :40:42. | :40:47. | |
lot more of in the world of eventing. The Duchess of Cornwall | :40:48. | :40:54. | |
one of those enjoying the final dramatic stages of this show | :40:54. | :41:04. | |
:41:04. | :41:04. | ||
jumping phase for Badminton 2013. Stefano is trying everything here. | :41:04. | :41:09. | |
He is jumping himself up into the air. Watch him here, gets quite | :41:09. | :41:13. | |
high with the legs. The horse is trying. Disappointing one down but | :41:13. | :41:19. | |
I should think he will be happy with this result. No doubt at all | :41:19. | :41:23. | |
Italy looking a much stronger nation in the world of eventing | :41:23. | :41:27. | |
after Badminton this year, than they were before. | :41:27. | :41:31. | |
Here's now one for Germany that again is going to see them very | :41:32. | :41:40. | |
high up the leader boards in the future, it's the young German | :41:40. | :41:50. | |
:41:50. | :41:51. | ||
Sandra Auffarth on this lovely horse, powerful horse Opgun Louvo. | :41:51. | :42:01. | |
:42:01. | :42:07. | ||
She took up eventing to hit the high spots. Just 6.5 behind team | :42:07. | :42:17. | |
:42:17. | :42:18. | ||
colleague Michael Jung. One fence down would put her just ahead of | :42:18. | :42:28. | |
:42:28. | :42:33. | ||
you can see him getting a little low in the outline with his head | :42:33. | :42:38. | |
dropping down. But he is very, very neat in the front legs. Always | :42:38. | :42:48. | |
:42:48. | :42:53. | ||
stride quite short. You can see the horse drifted a little bit left to | :42:53. | :43:03. | |
:43:03. | :43:17. | ||
give him more room so he didn't lot of trust. She knows him well. | :43:17. | :43:27. | |
:43:27. | :43:40. | ||
Knows he is careful. She's allowing Just the last. 46.8 current leader. | :43:40. | :43:46. | |
This could change that, and does! A very, very convincing clear round | :43:46. | :43:56. | |
:43:56. | :43:56. | ||
from the young German, 24 years old, Sandra Auffarth. So, 42.5 and down | :43:56. | :44:04. | |
in the arena, she takes the applause. Claire is with Stefano. | :44:04. | :44:12. | |
You are going to finish 6th or better, how tkaod tkaod -- good | :44:12. | :44:18. | |
does that feel? Exciting. Pressure is high. I come here with a good | :44:18. | :44:25. | |
horse. I want to do the best job before, because we work hard here. | :44:25. | :44:29. | |
You will be at the European Championships for Italy this | :44:29. | :44:37. | |
summer? I hope, why not. Now we finish here. And we see what we | :44:37. | :44:44. | |
finish. I hope for him now we can finish with a good result. Great | :44:44. | :44:54. | |
:44:54. | :44:56. | ||
friend of Andrew Nicholson. He will safety belts. The first of the two | :44:56. | :45:00. | |
going for the Rolex Grand Slam. Andrew will have to jump clear and | :45:00. | :45:09. | |
the rest have to make mistakes if Andrew is going to win that | :45:09. | :45:19. | |
:45:19. | :45:31. | ||
this competition and won the four star in America in Kentucky just | :45:31. | :45:37. | |
last weekend on a young horse. Could he win two in a week? | :45:37. | :45:43. | |
I have to say, Mike, I am feeling sick just watching these guys. The | :45:43. | :45:48. | |
pressure they're under... Someone's going to be happy at the end of the | :45:48. | :45:53. | |
day and then three slightly disappointed. But it's certainly | :45:53. | :45:59. | |
great viewing. It's a combination that's got better and better in | :45:59. | :46:04. | |
this phase. Dare I say it, he jumped very well to win the | :46:04. | :46:10. | |
individual bronze in Kentucky at the World Equestrian Games, 2010 | :46:10. | :46:15. | |
that was and so nearly won at that individual medal in London. Andrew | :46:15. | :46:20. | |
is doing everything he can to help this horse. He has a big range | :46:20. | :46:24. | |
stride for show jumping and you can see him fighting Andrew, wanting to | :46:24. | :46:29. | |
get going and lengthen. Andrew has to keep pace up but keep strides | :46:29. | :46:33. | |
short enough that the horse stays athletic and gets newspaper the air. | :46:33. | :46:38. | |
Turns for home. We are going for a Badminton victory for the first | :46:38. | :46:43. | |
time. Going for the Grand Slam. Coe still be in it -- he could still be | :46:43. | :46:53. | |
:46:53. | :47:04. | ||
in it and he does! It's game on! He this afternoon. He is imperious. | :47:04. | :47:14. | |
:47:14. | :47:18. | ||
This is tactics! He is a great favourite. Yes, and the next one in | :47:18. | :47:28. | |
is William Fox-Pitt. Oh, my word, there is a little competition going | :47:28. | :47:36. | |
on here. Is that friendly rivalry or what? But that does put enormous | :47:36. | :47:40. | |
pressure on the rest. What a competition. Andrew was confident | :47:40. | :47:49. | |
when he was interviewed. He has put his money where his mouth is really. | :47:49. | :47:54. | |
The crowd have settled down, and this man, normally as cool as a | :47:54. | :48:00. | |
cucumber, but I bet the butterflies are flying around in there. | :48:00. | :48:10. | |
:48:10. | :48:16. | ||
wouldn't be normal, wouldn't be human otherwise. Now the second | :48:16. | :48:23. | |
challenge for the grand slam, and he is exactly four penalties behind the | :48:23. | :48:33. | |
:48:33. | :48:33. | ||
leader with Parklane Hawk. The first two had penalties, Michael Jung had | :48:33. | :48:41. | |
a fence down, and William would go ahead of Michael Jung simply for | :48:41. | :48:50. | |
being ahead of the optimum time. Fingers crossed, he is on his way. | :48:50. | :49:00. | |
:49:00. | :49:10. | ||
It is interesting he came in on the left rein. He was second behind | :49:10. | :49:16. | |
Andrew Nicholson at Kentucky last weekend, can he get in front of him | :49:16. | :49:26. | |
:49:26. | :49:44. | ||
here. It has gone. That is all over for William, but it is still on for | :49:44. | :49:54. | |
:49:54. | :50:02. | ||
Andrew. Now, on that score of 44, going down two places at the moment. | :50:02. | :50:06. | |
It is interesting, the horse gives so many of the fences so much room, | :50:06. | :50:16. | |
:50:16. | :50:20. | ||
then has the odd clonk. Jumps that, inside the time, 44, so at the | :50:21. | :50:30. | |
:50:31. | :50:47. | ||
moment he is behind both Nereo and Sandra Auffarth. This is his | :50:47. | :50:57. | |
:50:57. | :50:59. | ||
reaction. It could still happen, he needs Jock | :50:59. | :51:02. | |
Paget and Michael Jung to make mistakes, but you could still win | :51:02. | :51:10. | |
the grand slam. It might not sound very sporting, but I hope Jock gets | :51:10. | :51:17. | |
one down, simple as that. How did you feel going into that? The same | :51:17. | :51:25. | |
sort of pressure I would normally feel coming into this. With a horse | :51:25. | :51:31. | |
like Nereo, I have an awful lot of faith in him. He has pulled some | :51:31. | :51:39. | |
down quite a lot of times before when I have needed it. So, the man | :51:39. | :51:49. | |
:51:49. | :51:54. | ||
in second place, fellow colleague, Jock Paget. One fence down will put | :51:54. | :52:03. | |
him behind Andrew, but it has got to be two for Michael Jung. Or a couple | :52:03. | :52:12. | |
of time faults. Exactly, yes.This man, still young in years, but a | :52:12. | :52:19. | |
great talent and they really have got a great partnership. Yes, just | :52:19. | :52:26. | |
to be in the same breath as some as these experienced top riders, Jock | :52:26. | :52:35. | |
Paget must be very happy to be there. New Zealand have taken on a | :52:35. | :52:38. | |
world-class Spanish international showjumping rider is a great coach | :52:38. | :52:44. | |
and he has done wonders for the Kiwis, and he will be watching. He | :52:44. | :52:48. | |
is a really good man, and New Zealand has now got a management | :52:48. | :52:58. | |
:52:58. | :53:01. | ||
second to none. He hasn't got many to go. The horse is giving him a | :53:01. | :53:09. | |
lot, dare I say. This man or the next man can spoil the grand slam | :53:09. | :53:17. | |
party. One left, he will be putting the pressure on Michael Jung. He has | :53:17. | :53:27. | |
:53:27. | :53:34. | ||
never won here. 39.7, Jock Paget go on to 39.7, their dressage score and | :53:34. | :53:42. | |
they become the challengers to Michael Jung. I bet it is warming up | :53:42. | :53:48. | |
down there. It is silent down here, so quiet and far away from the noise | :53:48. | :53:55. | |
of the arena. Michael Jung has been putting Sam through his final | :53:55. | :54:04. | |
practice fences and he knows he could complete an unprecedented set | :54:04. | :54:10. | |
of prizes. He is the European, world, and Olympic champion, and he | :54:10. | :54:17. | |
could now win Badminton if he runs clear. | :54:17. | :54:23. | |
His father is the trainer, very focused, although very much a German | :54:23. | :54:28. | |
team man they train on their own. They know what has got to be done | :54:28. | :54:32. | |
and they have certainly done it in their short career in the sport. | :54:32. | :54:39. | |
Remember, he is the only man or lady to win the Olympic, the world and | :54:39. | :54:45. | |
the European, to hold them all at the same time. There is the target, | :54:45. | :54:52. | |
39.7, which means Michael Jung has got to jump clear, and he is a man | :54:52. | :55:00. | |
who can certainly soak up the pressure. Every blade of grass that | :55:00. | :55:10. | |
:55:10. | :55:10. | ||
he and Sam covers now they will have planned, that is the detail they go | :55:10. | :55:18. | |
down too. A clear round, and he will become the first German to win the | :55:18. | :55:24. | |
Mitsubishi motors Badminton title. think the claim is that Sam has | :55:24. | :55:32. | |
never had a pole down, but anything is possible. As you say, nothing | :55:32. | :55:42. | |
:55:42. | :55:43. | ||
left to chance in the preparation for this. Michael has done so much | :55:43. | :55:49. | |
grand prix showjumping, the size of the fences are nothing to him, but | :55:49. | :55:59. | |
it is a question of how much the cross-country took out of Sam | :55:59. | :56:05. | |
yesterday. We are watching a man who is changing the sport, raising the | :56:05. | :56:14. | |
bar, just in a super way. Such class. He has won all of these | :56:14. | :56:20. | |
championships, and he is only 30 years of age. If he wins here, where | :56:20. | :56:28. | |
does he go next? He could do dressage or showjumping, but he | :56:28. | :56:36. | |
loves this sport. Down the final line. Just the last, hardly touched | :56:36. | :56:46. | |
:56:46. | :56:48. | ||
offence. No, it has gone! The very last fence, and Chris Bartle is just | :56:48. | :56:51. | |
alongside talking to Michael 's mother and she can hardly believe | :56:51. | :56:59. | |
it. It is Jock Paget that is the Badminton winner for 2013 and the | :56:59. | :57:03. | |
Olympic champion has been beaten on the very last fence that he jumps. | :57:03. | :57:09. | |
Quite a surprise! And there is the winner. The young man from New | :57:09. | :57:19. | |
:57:19. | :57:20. | ||
Zealand, Jock Paget. The New Zealanders celebrate, a | :57:20. | :57:27. | |
delayed reaction here because the last fence took so long to fall. | :57:27. | :57:33. | |
Everybody crowded around him and said well done, you have won | :57:33. | :57:38. | |
Badminton. I need a little time to come to grips with it, it was | :57:38. | :57:44. | |
something else. When you came into the competition, what were you | :57:44. | :57:51. | |
expecting? I didn't think I would win, but I thought I could win. | :57:51. | :57:56. | |
Michael Jung comes to offer his congratulations. Michael, such a | :57:56. | :58:01. | |
shame for you because you were jumping to perfection and the pole | :58:01. | :58:06. | |
took so long to fall. It was a very good round and I am happy about my | :58:06. | :58:14. | |
horse. I was to much forward, I needed more control and I am very | :58:14. | :58:19. | |
happy here. It was a good debut for Michael Jung, but an even better one | :58:19. | :58:27. | |
for Jock Paget. He was barely able to say anything, he says it will | :58:27. | :58:32. | |
take a while to sink in. As we confirm the results, Jock Paget is | :58:32. | :58:42. | |
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the winner of the trophy. Michael Jung in second place, and in third | :58:43. | :58:47. |