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What a competition. My word! Such a partnership, these two. It is | :00:15. | :00:23. | |
exceptional. What a fabulous combination. Pure class as a rider. | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
# # That was easy. He's way over it. Welcome to one of the most iconic | :00:30. | :00:42. | |
and picturesque sporting events anywhere in the world. This is | :00:43. | :00:48. | |
Badminton House. It dooms back to the Doomsday Book and it has been | :00:49. | :00:56. | |
the home to the Dukes of Beuford. Since 1949 it has been home to the | :00:57. | :01:03. | |
Badminton Horse Trials. The course country course stretches over four | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
miles and it is this course, this place, it is this title which has | :01:08. | :01:13. | |
brought riders from Australia, France, Great Britain, from Ireland | :01:14. | :01:16. | |
- from all over the globe, because they want to compete here, ride | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
around here and win here, at Badminton. | :01:22. | :01:38. | |
The hot title to win this weekend is the man who has dominated the sport, | :01:39. | :02:05. | |
he's the European champion and stands on the verge of doing | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
something which only one rider, Pippa Funnell, has ever achieved | :02:10. | :02:13. | |
before because the Rolex Grand Slamming of events offers ?240,000 | :02:14. | :02:20. | |
prize to any rider who can win our Leigh, Ken tuckry and Badminton. He | :02:21. | :02:30. | |
won the other two this year. He could become the first German ever | :02:31. | :02:31. | |
to win Badminton. The winner of the Rolex 2016. To | :02:32. | :02:48. | |
complete the Grand Slam is a big challenge. Just one person won it | :02:49. | :02:51. | |
before. It is very difficult to have all three. | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
I think my horse is one of the best horses in the world. For me he's a | :02:56. | :03:02. | |
very good friend. Many years I have been with him - he was five years | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
old. He's a very special horse, very powerful in the cross-country. He | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
won nearly everything - European Championship 2011. Kentucky, 2010. | :03:13. | :03:20. | |
The Olympic Games in London, 2012. So, he's a very special horse. And | :03:21. | :03:31. | |
very excited for me was the win in Burleigh last year - it was a big | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
competition. He's very pierful. He listens to the rider. He -- patient | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
and he listens to the rider. It makes me happy. The Grand Slam is | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
always in my head because I won the two competitions before. I would | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
like to give him not too much pressure. I would like to ride him | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
as a normal competition. For me, in my head, we are normal and relaxed | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
and the horse will feel the same. When you sit on the horse and you, | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
as a rider, you know it from so many years and many competitions, then | :04:07. | :04:11. | |
you have is peerns and then you have to trust in each other. -- | :04:12. | :04:17. | |
experience and then you have to trust in each other. Badminton is | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
one of the biggest competitions in the world. Every rider will win one | :04:22. | :04:28. | |
time in their life. The one man who might have stopped him is pit pit | :04:29. | :04:38. | |
pit. William Pitt. He's thankful to be here at all. It is William Fox | :04:39. | :04:45. | |
Pitt's title for 2015. It started brilliantly. I won | :04:46. | :04:55. | |
Badminton and then at the end of the year I unexpected had a crunching | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
fall at the World Championships for horses in France. I was knocked out. | :05:02. | :05:06. | |
I was in an induced coma for ten days. It is one of those freak | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
things. Do you remember anything at all about the fall and the recovery | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
in hospital in France? My memory has been really weird. I remember | :05:16. | :05:18. | |
certain things on certain days and not other days. Like, in France | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
where the accident happened, I don't remember even having my horse there. | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
The horse that fell was, as far as I remember, he wasn't even there. | :05:29. | :05:32. | |
Whereas I remember riding my other horse cross-country that morning. I | :05:33. | :05:36. | |
remember doing dressage and cross-country, but the other horse, | :05:37. | :05:40. | |
my brain has moved away. When you were in hospital recovering, | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
obviously there was a long period of uncertainty and you, I am thinking | :05:45. | :05:48. | |
are pretty unaware of that, so your wife, Alice is taking the brunt of | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
the worrying? Absolutely. I was completely oblivious. I had the | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
nicest accident and rehab time, in a nice coma and coming around and | :05:59. | :06:02. | |
relaxed. It was the poor people that were there - poor Alice. That first | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
sort of 24 hours nobody would say anything. You know when nobody says | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
anything that it has to be bad. I think my first view of him in | :06:13. | :06:20. | |
hospital was what you dread. All the specialists there said, do you know | :06:21. | :06:24. | |
what, we just don't know because head injuries are so individual. We | :06:25. | :06:27. | |
don't which bits are damaged and what will come back. And then the | :06:28. | :06:33. | |
first time he squeezed my hand, you know, it's just so bizarre that | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
small things like that are like, it will for ever stay with me. How much | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
was the drive to ride again? To compete again - the fact the | :06:44. | :06:48. | |
Olympics are this summer? When I got out of rehab, I and I got home, I | :06:49. | :06:52. | |
thought, right I will ride by Christmas. It got me back in the | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
saddle. I can still ride. Because my balance was dodgy and my sight had | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
gone. It gave me pleasure to be on a horse, not to be jumping or | :07:03. | :07:06. | |
schooling, but to go for a nice hack. I know I am not quite me. I | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
know I am a little bit slow. I am a little bit unreactive. My sight has | :07:12. | :07:15. | |
now come back. My sight was a very good reminder, because I had double | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
and blurred vision for five months. I weirdly lost all sense of | :07:21. | :07:23. | |
adrenaline. My first few events were like I was riding at home. Normally | :07:24. | :07:29. | |
you go to events and get excited and look forward to that cross-country | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
course and going for it. It was like watching somebody else do it. Now I | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
am getting a little bit more butterflies are going, a bit of | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
pressure on. I think I am getting sharper all the time now. But you | :07:42. | :07:47. | |
have to be realistic, I imagine the withdrawal from Badminton is a hint | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
of realism? That was a real sadness. I knew it would be soon, but it was | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
not meant to be. We had a fall at Western Park. People would have | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
said, he really has had a fall on the head. So, enough was enough. I | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
held my hands up and I thought, you know what, last year was great, I am | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
very lucky to be riding Chilli Morning. He would not do it if he | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
didn't believe he could as well as he's done it. He's focussed and now | :08:17. | :08:21. | |
when he's riding as well as he always does, it is like the magic is | :08:22. | :08:27. | |
back. Just great to see William looking and sounding in such good | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
form. He will ride at Chatsworth next weekend, a first in a new | :08:33. | :08:36. | |
series. He will have to wait until July to know whether the British | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
selectors have given him the green light for Rio. Plenty of people here | :08:42. | :08:51. | |
hope to catch their eye. High Kingdom won silver in London 2012 | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
with Zara Phillips. The aim is to get to Rio this summer. Trying to | :08:57. | :09:06. | |
get qualified. It is great to be back at Badminton.lily matly, | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
getting a result here is -- ultimately getting a result here, if | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
I do it will work towards qualification. How is he? He's in | :09:18. | :09:25. | |
good form, actually. Had a quiet year last year, so hopefully that | :09:26. | :09:30. | |
has saved his legs a bit. He's in great form. Looking forward to | :09:31. | :09:36. | |
having him around a proper track. He's a proper four-star horse, | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
anyway. How are you? Fit and ready for the challenge. It is nice to be | :09:41. | :09:46. | |
back at the top events. That is what we aim to be there for. You have | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
lots of examples of top-class riders around you who have had children and | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
come back and been better. Have you felt any different in your approach, | :09:55. | :09:59. | |
in the way you prepare, in the way of your riding since you've had a | :10:00. | :10:06. | |
baby? I think you... A lot is getting your confidence back and | :10:07. | :10:10. | |
your body into the shape that it was in before, which, you know, it does | :10:11. | :10:15. | |
take a lot out of you. If there was, if you had a chance to achieve | :10:16. | :10:19. | |
anything in your career, how high does winning Badminton come on the | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
list of dreams? I think probably in our family, following my father's | :10:25. | :10:29. | |
footsteps, to having an engraving on the trophy would be very high on my | :10:30. | :10:36. | |
and probably family as well, on their list. And the big thing with | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
him is you know and you trust him. You know each other. We know each | :10:42. | :10:45. | |
other. We have been in partnership for a long time now. I have had him | :10:46. | :10:49. | |
since he was a five-year-old. He is experienced. He's great fun. He's | :10:50. | :10:55. | |
such great fun to ride. He's brave and he loves his job. All these | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
things help you try and get the best out of each other. And have good | :11:00. | :11:05. | |
results and hopefully be there right to the end. | :11:06. | :11:09. | |
Zara is one of 77 competitors setting out, hoping to win the | :11:10. | :11:12. | |
Mitsubishi Motors trophy. Over the last ten years we've had ten | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
different winners. Here are some of the major contenders for 2016. | :11:18. | :11:22. | |
Badminton means everything. It is an event that I have watched since I | :11:23. | :11:29. | |
was a child. I have dreamt of coming tond a it's probably the most | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
important -- coming to and it is probably the most important event in | :11:34. | :11:36. | |
the world. I have been lucky to be first, second, third. It has been a | :11:37. | :11:42. | |
really good positive event for me from the beginning of my career. | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
Badminton is a very special place. I have watched all the videos since I | :11:48. | :11:52. | |
was a boy so I know the place fairly well. Every time you come here you | :11:53. | :11:56. | |
tell yourself not to be too excited. It is a nerve-racking place. I would | :11:57. | :12:00. | |
love to do well at Badminton, of course. The intensity of this | :12:01. | :12:07. | |
competition, the build-up, the other competitors, standard, the course, | :12:08. | :12:11. | |
the atmosphere and the fans - it really is the best event in the | :12:12. | :12:15. | |
world. I think most riders looking to go to the Olympics, Badminton is | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
important to prove yourself and your horse to get selected. What better | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
place to do it? If you can get on the podium here, I would think you | :12:26. | :12:29. | |
are straight on the team. It is just fantastic to be here at | :12:30. | :12:34. | |
Badminton. It is a most magical event. The crowd and spectators are | :12:35. | :12:38. | |
so passionate and behind every horse and rider. We come here with a | :12:39. | :12:46. | |
preparation that has gone to plan Coco or One Too Many is in great | :12:47. | :12:52. | |
form and we've left no stone left unturned. It is a strong | :12:53. | :12:55. | |
competition. It is an Olympic year. All we can do is our absolute best | :12:56. | :13:01. | |
and that is what we will be giving 100% our very best. The first part | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
of the test is dressage - a series of set moves which test the | :13:07. | :13:10. | |
suppleness, the balance and agility of a horse. Think of it as ballet on | :13:11. | :13:18. | |
four legs a and the Germansing sell at it. This was one of only three | :13:19. | :13:25. | |
scores in the 30s and that was excellent. It was beautiful. My | :13:26. | :13:30. | |
horse was so lovely and he was so much with me. I was able from the | :13:31. | :13:34. | |
moment to going into the arena to going out that I completely enjoyed | :13:35. | :13:40. | |
it from the beginning to the end. At 20 Emily King is the youngest | :13:41. | :13:45. | |
rider here. This feels like home. She has been coming since a baby, | :13:46. | :13:51. | |
with her mother the two-time champion Mary King. She has been | :13:52. | :13:57. | |
working on her dressage and she got a score of 36.8. Absolutely over the | :13:58. | :14:02. | |
moon. My horse was incredible. He is, we all knew he was capable of | :14:03. | :14:10. | |
doing a good test. Luckily so far we have grown to the occasion at the | :14:11. | :14:15. | |
bigger events. Leading to the way to no-one's surprise is Michael Jung | :14:16. | :14:19. | |
who once again showed not just accuracy and fluency, but an | :14:20. | :14:24. | |
incredible harmony between him and his horse, Sam, who seems to | :14:25. | :14:28. | |
understand what is required, and puts on a show without being too | :14:29. | :14:32. | |
flashy, does everything that is asked and their score of 34.4 was | :14:33. | :14:37. | |
better than anyone else. I am happy about my horse. Sam did a very good | :14:38. | :14:42. | |
job. Now I am looking forward to the cross-country. My horse is in very | :14:43. | :14:46. | |
good form. He feels very happy at this place. I think that we are | :14:47. | :14:49. | |
lucky enough for tomorrow. Let's look at the top 12. Michael | :14:50. | :14:56. | |
Jung setting the pace ahead of Emily King. A good chance for Francis | :14:57. | :15:00. | |
Whittington on Hasty Imp. This will not be a dressage | :15:01. | :15:15. | |
competition, this cross-country course is long and really tough. The | :15:16. | :15:19. | |
first rider on the horse is Oliver Townend. They finished second | :15:20. | :15:24. | |
together two years ago and they have come here to the Horse Quest Quarry. | :15:25. | :15:30. | |
Such a canny horse. He's 17 now. He is very clever. You see the | :15:31. | :15:34. | |
undulations on the course, that can be tiring as well. Away he goes, to | :15:35. | :15:38. | |
huge applause from this massive crowd. Now let's pick up commentary | :15:39. | :15:42. | |
on the cross-country. These three strides here looking | :15:43. | :18:22. | |
relatively friendly. The riders in the start box will get a lot of | :18:23. | :18:26. | |
confidence from the way these fences have been riding so far. | :18:27. | :18:35. | |
This is the influential part of the course. So is Sarah Bullimore coming | :18:36. | :18:46. | |
to the quarry. There is a big hole there at the bottom of the dip. No | :18:47. | :18:51. | |
problem for Sarah. A tight turn back. Very vertical w a big drop and | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
then quickly back up the hill. Nice and close. A good turn away. | :18:57. | :19:09. | |
Here we are at 17, 18 and 19 - the New Pond. We have come up a steep | :19:10. | :19:17. | |
hill before we get to the rails of the vertical. Not a fence we | :19:18. | :19:22. | |
particularly like as riders, but the Birch rails are a nice, light fence | :19:23. | :19:27. | |
which the horses can see clearly, followed by a steep drop down into | :19:28. | :19:33. | |
the water. Then the distance to the all important parallel at 14 before | :19:34. | :19:37. | |
we make the turn to the big corner. Fence 18 - the parallel in the | :19:38. | :19:41. | |
middle of the water jump, something we have not seen a lot of as riders. | :19:42. | :19:47. | |
It is a test of scope. Jumping out of water is difficult for horses | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
auven you see a brush in the water which is smaller. This is testing | :19:54. | :19:58. | |
their scope and power. I am late in the draw. I think there | :19:59. | :20:02. | |
is a four and a five-stride to this oxer. We will not want to get it | :20:03. | :20:07. | |
wrong because we don't want to get stuck on the back rail. In the | :20:08. | :20:11. | |
unfortunate event of that happening the course designer has been modern | :20:12. | :20:18. | |
- so you will get away unscathed, although you will occur penalties. | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
Fence 19 the big right angled corner. It has been kind in | :20:24. | :20:32. | |
numbering. Riders will have to be accurate. If they drift off their | :20:33. | :20:37. | |
line, it becomes unjumpable. You will see so many riders pop it by | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
the flag and make light work of it. It is a good fence, but a very | :20:43. | :20:55. | |
testing fence. COMMENTATOR: very intensive part of the course. It | :20:56. | :21:02. | |
will set you up for an optimum time. He doesn't get a great shot, but | :21:03. | :21:07. | |
jumps it. He is seven seconds up. That is a good start. | :21:08. | :21:20. | |
Here we have the vicarage Visa. I have jumped it about 30 times. Some | :21:21. | :21:28. | |
fences combine everything. The boldness, because of the width and | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
the height of the fence. But you need to be exactly on the right line | :21:33. | :21:36. | |
for the horses to be able to do it easily. Other fences you have bold | :21:37. | :21:42. | |
fences and different fences, accurate ones, but this one has it | :21:43. | :21:46. | |
all. Important to get on your exact line and make sure the horse, your | :21:47. | :21:52. | |
horse is going to notice the ditch. It is more of a rider frightener. | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
You have got to be precise so the horse doesn't pay the price of you | :21:58. | :22:01. | |
being slightly offline. Some horses will come and start to get a bit | :22:02. | :22:06. | |
wary about the ditch and jump off to the right and miss then and have a | :22:07. | :22:12. | |
20 penalties run out. I would rather than happen than just less and land | :22:13. | :22:18. | |
in the muddy ditch. But touch wood I haven't got muddy. Hopefully that | :22:19. | :22:34. | |
will continue for me! Olly Townend at the Vicarage Vee. Izzy Taylor | :22:35. | :22:46. | |
with Mattila coming to the pond. These fairly upright houses. The | :22:47. | :22:51. | |
riders consider this an easier fence this year. We are looking at the old | :22:52. | :22:58. | |
Irish bank and the red route the long route. Severing seconds more on | :22:59. | :23:03. | |
the blue route. This man at the moment is going all the short | :23:04. | :23:08. | |
routes. Armada looking strong and positive again and away from the | :23:09. | :23:15. | |
Outlander Bank. Heading up now to the hollow. A test of accuracy. | :23:16. | :23:22. | |
4.20. He is in a good place at the moment. Getting a great rhythm. | :23:23. | :23:37. | |
Great shot. Straight as a dye. At this stage of the course, the horses | :23:38. | :23:43. | |
are starting to feel tired. We need to have the horses awake. We have | :23:44. | :23:52. | |
jumped the cars and we can't afford to cut the corner and head out into | :23:53. | :23:57. | |
the lake off to the right, because the water gets very deep. I have | :23:58. | :24:02. | |
just about had a swim there! We need to make sure our turn is finished | :24:03. | :24:07. | |
and that we are actually heading in the direction that we want. We need | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
to have the horses with the hocks under them, prepared and because it | :24:13. | :24:16. | |
is a brush fence this year I think we can attack it a bit and make sure | :24:17. | :24:20. | |
we get the horses in. There is a bit of a drop on the landing side. We | :24:21. | :24:27. | |
need to be sitting up, balanced so the horses are balanced and ready to | :24:28. | :24:33. | |
go for the way out. This is where I would hopefully be landing. I'm six | :24:34. | :24:39. | |
foot three, it is a proper six foot drop. You need to be sitting up when | :24:40. | :24:44. | |
you land here. Through the lake here and it is important to keep the | :24:45. | :24:49. | |
horse balanced and keep them moving forward. This brush fence on the way | :24:50. | :24:53. | |
out here which I think this year helps a bit. Sometimes with a low | :24:54. | :24:58. | |
bank jumping out of water, horses can misread it. This is a proper | :24:59. | :25:03. | |
fence. They have to jump it well and then two strides to the narrow | :25:04. | :25:12. | |
bullfinch. The element here narrow, a little bit wide. The horses | :25:13. | :25:17. | |
normally coming out of the lake, they want to get out and they will | :25:18. | :25:23. | |
jump this and we can gallop on to finish the course. In the history of | :25:24. | :25:27. | |
this competition the lake comes as late as it has ever been. Will it | :25:28. | :25:32. | |
have an influence? Perhaps looks softer. But again a good time. That | :25:33. | :25:41. | |
green time. Here is the big drop. Beautifully controlled. Lovely | :25:42. | :25:47. | |
rhythm through the lake and again just asked the horse to extend. This | :25:48. | :25:56. | |
is a wonderful start for this great cross country course. Just really | :25:57. | :26:04. | |
needed to be attacking more. But they can go the alternative. She has | :26:05. | :26:13. | |
got to have her wits about her. Matilda is saying I have had enough. | :26:14. | :26:18. | |
Izzy puts her hand up and probably sensible. This great mare said, this | :26:19. | :26:23. | |
is one too many, mum. Thank you very much. Oliver Townend within half a | :26:24. | :26:32. | |
mile of home. These are big hedges on the side of a hill. Not always | :26:33. | :26:36. | |
easy to keep the horse together. Particularly when they maybe getting | :26:37. | :26:42. | |
weary. We are looking for that time of 11.58. There is many who don't | :26:43. | :26:46. | |
think there will be too many clear inside the time. Sarah Buliimore, | :26:47. | :26:56. | |
she stands off a bit. Elimination for Sarah. There is a chicane coming | :26:57. | :27:02. | |
into that fence and the horses don't see it that early. She comes around | :27:03. | :27:07. | |
the corner and there is no stride there and the horse picks almost one | :27:08. | :27:13. | |
too quickly. You notice pins on the back of the oxer broke. So sadly the | :27:14. | :27:24. | |
end of their day. Here is Armada flying for home. The Has given this | :27:25. | :27:34. | |
competition a great start. He will be inside. That is a sensational | :27:35. | :27:43. | |
opening. This man has knocked on the selector's doors. 46.02. You made | :27:44. | :27:56. | |
that look easy. How did it ride? It is tougher than it looks. Armada is | :27:57. | :28:02. | |
a machine cross country, is perhaps not what he used to be two or three | :28:03. | :28:06. | |
years ago. He is definitely getting older. So I had to work a bit. But | :28:07. | :28:11. | |
he wants to do it. He is just amazing. Of the fences you think | :28:12. | :28:26. | |
will cause the most trouble. Th Vicarage V EE, it is hard work. | :28:27. | :28:32. | |
There we have for France Jean Teulere. Gwendolen | :28:33. | :28:58. | |
Fer has brought a big consin gent. -- contingent. She has been here | :28:59. | :29:04. | |
before and was not successful. But she is looking a lot brighter | :29:05. | :29:11. | |
prospect now. A sharp right to the big wall. Safe and sound. One of the | :29:12. | :29:22. | |
most successful riders in the world isn't competing, but it is a good | :29:23. | :29:26. | |
thing to see him looking fit and well, Andrew Nicholson, the last | :29:27. | :29:30. | |
people heard you were seriously injured a of a fall last August. | :29:31. | :29:35. | |
What happened and how are you? I hurt my neck in a fall. I had a very | :29:36. | :29:41. | |
good surgeon, who fixed me up and now I'm back in action. I wasn't | :29:42. | :29:46. | |
quite ready to ride. I didn't feel I could be competitive enough to be up | :29:47. | :29:50. | |
in the leaders. I thought it was best to watch on foot. When you say | :29:51. | :29:56. | |
you hurt you neck, what did you actually do? I don't sort of | :29:57. | :30:00. | |
understand all of the... Proper terms of it all. Apart from I | :30:01. | :30:06. | |
smashed one of the vertebras in my neck, it shattered and they have | :30:07. | :30:12. | |
taken it out and replaced it with some metalwork and bolted a few bits | :30:13. | :30:21. | |
together and here we are. Well Jean has been part of French team since | :30:22. | :30:28. | |
the 80s and it shows. A brilliant judge and he is one of the quickest | :30:29. | :30:29. | |
so far. The scores so close after the | :30:30. | :30:43. | |
dressage. At the Mirage Popped. No problems for Gwendolen Fer. | :30:44. | :30:49. | |
Jean not hanging around here. A beautiful jump. Then this tight | :30:50. | :30:53. | |
turn. The crowds are right up against the rail, but his horse is | :30:54. | :30:57. | |
not paying any attention to them. He's totally focussed. A great jump | :30:58. | :31:06. | |
in. A little bit of re-balance. Makes it look like child's play. | :31:07. | :31:12. | |
Sam Griffiths on this very horse - he won here before - he's been in | :31:13. | :31:21. | |
good form in the warm-up. He's been away in the early stages of this | :31:22. | :31:27. | |
course. Gwendolen Fer at the Shoogun Hollow. | :31:28. | :31:36. | |
She gets underknead that. Sits upright and keeps her leg on and | :31:37. | :31:41. | |
forces the horse through. Jean into the main arena. He's had a great | :31:42. | :31:46. | |
ride around here. He is flying. Look at the time. Is he going to make it? | :31:47. | :31:53. | |
It will be tight. He has an in-built clock in this head of his. Let's | :31:54. | :31:57. | |
make it... Nearly there. One second over. But there is a big smile on | :31:58. | :32:04. | |
the Frenchman's face. So there should be - excellent! | :32:05. | :32:10. | |
Sam Griffiths at the Mound. Australia looking to have a good | :32:11. | :32:16. | |
squad for Rio. Over the big log. Has he... Oh, no, he's just shot past | :32:17. | :32:23. | |
that right flag and when you look at that route the horse doesn't see the | :32:24. | :32:27. | |
question. You have to have a bending line. It just offers that option to | :32:28. | :32:33. | |
duck by. So, that is one of the big guns with 20 penalties on his card. | :32:34. | :32:42. | |
Quite a surprise. And Gwendoline, she gets there. More organised | :32:43. | :32:52. | |
there. She comes towards the end of the course. It is the Olympic and | :32:53. | :33:02. | |
European champion, Jung. They have achieved that Olympic title. He's | :33:03. | :33:07. | |
got a great team of horses. The crucial part here, he's won two | :33:08. | :33:12. | |
consecutive legs of the Rolex Grand Slam. If he happened to win here | :33:13. | :33:18. | |
then he could be in line for $350,000 as a Grand Slam prize of | :33:19. | :33:23. | |
eventing. The man is up for it, believe me. He had a great win in | :33:24. | :33:28. | |
Kentucky last week and he set off in a very positive mood. Two lovely big | :33:29. | :33:33. | |
hedges to get the horses away. Opening up. They are such stylish | :33:34. | :33:37. | |
and they make it look so easy. And look at this time - the French | :33:38. | :33:46. | |
will be singing and happy. They will be delighted with. This two of their | :33:47. | :33:52. | |
great riders and Gwendolen Fer punching the air inside the time. | :33:53. | :33:56. | |
This is looking positive for the French for Rio. | :33:57. | :34:01. | |
Well, what is really showing up in this course is positive riding. One | :34:02. | :34:09. | |
rider with conviction, you will get that from 33-year-old Michael Jung. | :34:10. | :34:14. | |
He won his Olympic title on his 30th birthday, of course, in 2012. Just | :34:15. | :34:19. | |
started, Jesse Campbell from New Zealand. A very talented young rider | :34:20. | :34:25. | |
and probably as tall as Mark Todd with his long legs. | :34:26. | :34:36. | |
And really... Beautifully ridden. So balanced, so controlled. | :34:37. | :34:43. | |
Michael Jung at the Mound, with his horse. This has caused a problem or | :34:44. | :34:56. | |
two. Gets underneath the log. A super line out. This man is looking | :34:57. | :35:00. | |
110%. This one is not looking so bad | :35:01. | :35:07. | |
either. Yes, and really punches with strides, looking positive, good and | :35:08. | :35:16. | |
looking classy. Michael Jung with his horse at the | :35:17. | :35:20. | |
New Pond. You can see his time at the moment. | :35:21. | :35:31. | |
Target time 5: 33. This, so intense sieve this section. | :35:32. | :35:39. | |
Is-the-is where it can be won or -- this is where it can be won or lost. | :35:40. | :35:45. | |
If you go behind the clock on this intense section, we will get a | :35:46. | :35:49. | |
chance to see how he's doing it. He makes his way over the Rolex Grand | :35:50. | :35:55. | |
Slam hedge. Now watch the time here. It is from the Mound to the Vicarage | :35:56. | :36:01. | |
skaf V. There it is - top right. A beautiful jump and he's right on the | :36:02. | :36:12. | |
target. He is the fastest so far. And Kaapachino is very focussed. | :36:13. | :36:18. | |
Now Michael Jung. Sam is still full of running. | :36:19. | :36:25. | |
It is where the dressage counts - keep the horse straight. No problem | :36:26. | :36:30. | |
at all for this man. My word, he is of course brilliant at dressage, | :36:31. | :36:35. | |
brilliant at showjumping and very good at cross-country. He's setting | :36:36. | :36:40. | |
new standards. Here is another one we want to be seeing, Andreas | :36:41. | :36:46. | |
Ostholt, for Germany. Very close to the leading points here. And a lot | :36:47. | :36:54. | |
of pressure on Andreas. Just overly steadied there. The horse shows all | :36:55. | :36:58. | |
his strength and power. He pops over that wall and that is a big wall at | :36:59. | :37:03. | |
the top of that ramp. The Germans at the moment of course hold all three | :37:04. | :37:08. | |
major titles - the worlds, the Olympics and the Europeans. This, an | :37:09. | :37:17. | |
important test, for them. He set this chance up after winning | :37:18. | :37:28. | |
Burleigh. He really is berm determined to set the pace. Remember | :37:29. | :37:34. | |
he's got to win here Sunday night. Looking balanced at the Mirage Pond. | :37:35. | :37:42. | |
A little bit of a rattle on the way out. Nothing wrong with that. At the | :37:43. | :37:53. | |
escalator... The rhythm remains the same. Just really shortens the | :37:54. | :37:58. | |
stride to get the accuracy. He's so good at that. We are getting a | :37:59. | :38:04. | |
wonderful lesson how to ride cross-country from him. Andreas | :38:05. | :38:12. | |
Ostholt into the water and over the oxer. Holds a good line. Doesn't get | :38:13. | :38:19. | |
a great jump. Pretty close to that time. He needs to quicken up a | :38:20. | :38:24. | |
little bit later on. Now, virtually inside of home. Over | :38:25. | :38:32. | |
the Rolex Crossing. Those two big logs, all done by chain saw - | :38:33. | :38:36. | |
brilliant work. He's got under 30 seconds to get home, but he's | :38:37. | :38:40. | |
flying. This will be another inside. He will stay on his | :38:41. | :38:43. | |
overnightdressage, which means he will be the leader of the | :38:44. | :38:47. | |
cross-country. That is sitting comfortably in his target. Turns for | :38:48. | :38:52. | |
home, takes a pull, gets the shot... Oh, that's been a real classic | :38:53. | :38:58. | |
class. There he is. Stops the clock. Seven seconds inside. 34. : 4. | :38:59. | :39:05. | |
It is beautiful to watch because you interfere so little. You ride him on | :39:06. | :39:14. | |
a long reign. He comes back when you need him to. We are such a good | :39:15. | :39:19. | |
partnership. I trust him and he trusts me. He knows that he can | :39:20. | :39:26. | |
trust me in everything that I do. Everything, when I prepare the | :39:27. | :39:28. | |
fence, he knows which fence is coming. He jumps very careful. He | :39:29. | :39:34. | |
jumps forward. He does everything that I say to him. And that gives me | :39:35. | :39:39. | |
such a good feeling. So, that is unbelievable. Everything feels so | :39:40. | :39:46. | |
easy. It is a tough course. But, through the energy of him, I didn't | :39:47. | :39:49. | |
have a feeling that I was galloping fast. It feels - everything is so | :39:50. | :39:54. | |
easy with him. It is a wonderful feeling. | :39:55. | :40:05. | |
So, coming to the Vicarage is Vee. Putting together a very good team at | :40:06. | :40:10. | |
the moment. He's taken the alternative. Not very confidently. | :40:11. | :40:17. | |
But he got over it. You can ask as well as going over that red flag, | :40:18. | :40:22. | |
you see the pins, they are very much for the safety of the horse and the | :40:23. | :40:27. | |
rider. You can see from this replay, the balance is good, the horse has | :40:28. | :40:31. | |
his eye on the fence. He's drifting through that right soldier and does | :40:32. | :40:35. | |
-- shoulder and doesn't get over the fence. His shoulders and front legs | :40:36. | :40:40. | |
go around the flag and therefore encourage 20 penalties. | :40:41. | :40:47. | |
And so at the Lake for Jesse Campbell. Got to put that little | :40:48. | :40:57. | |
hiccup behind him. He is such a cool rider, stylish and positive. The | :40:58. | :41:02. | |
horse is just not playing the game. He left his front leg there. He | :41:03. | :41:09. | |
still pushes and gets that two strides. | :41:10. | :41:18. | |
Andreas Ostholt at the Outlander bank again. | :41:19. | :41:24. | |
Goes right. Again for New Zealand Clarke | :41:25. | :41:33. | |
Johnstone. At the Mound. An influential fence already on the | :41:34. | :41:37. | |
course. The horse keeps his eye on. That it is too easy to turn too | :41:38. | :41:41. | |
quick to that final element. He's slow on the clock. He's some 30 | :41:42. | :41:53. | |
seconds behind. That one refusal will be disapointeding. He's a very | :41:54. | :41:59. | |
talented young man, this. He ends on 66. | :42:00. | :42:05. | |
In fact, 67.3. Goes seventh at this stage. A beautiful round of jumping | :42:06. | :42:09. | |
from Michael Jung means he's out in front. | :42:10. | :42:13. | |
Oliver Townend has moved from 24th after dressage to be second ahead of | :42:14. | :42:20. | |
three French riders, including 62-year-old Jean Teulere. | :42:21. | :42:29. | |
Clarke Johnstone been in New Zealand since 2014. That is where he's | :42:30. | :42:36. | |
campaigned for this Olympic event. He's looking good. And Andreas | :42:37. | :42:41. | |
Ostholt taking a pull there. Getting organised for this second last | :42:42. | :42:47. | |
fence. Makes nothing of it - leans forward, flying, trying to make up | :42:48. | :42:52. | |
that time. He's only got eight seconds to get into the main arena | :42:53. | :42:56. | |
and over the final fence. He's pushing on and the horse is | :42:57. | :43:00. | |
galloping well. There he is, on the time already. How many time faults? | :43:01. | :43:06. | |
Where will he end up? The main thing is he jumps the last fence well. | :43:07. | :43:10. | |
He's a very happy man. Into second position. | :43:11. | :43:16. | |
A chance to catch up with Andreas Ostholt. Well done. A few time | :43:17. | :43:22. | |
faults, but you are clear and into second place. Yes, thanks a lot. I | :43:23. | :43:28. | |
am very pleased. Generally speaking, how did it ride? I had a really | :43:29. | :43:34. | |
great feeling. For sure, at the Vicarage I was really lucky. It | :43:35. | :43:41. | |
shows me, did a little bit of acrobatics. Luckily I managed it. | :43:42. | :43:52. | |
So, it is the Kiwi, Clarke Johnstone, with Balmoral Sensation. | :43:53. | :43:56. | |
A big winner in New Zealand. Been to Adelaide. He's had good experience, | :43:57. | :44:00. | |
but this is a different game here and he's certainly answering the | :44:01. | :44:04. | |
questions through that New Pond. He's looking good on the clock as | :44:05. | :44:06. | |
well. Two seconds up at this stage. And so Jonathan Paget, at the | :44:07. | :44:22. | |
Huntsman's Close. That position of his - looking forward. | :44:23. | :44:29. | |
Balmoral Acceptation, a little stumble. He is kept steady as he | :44:30. | :44:39. | |
comes to the Shogun Hollow. This man is certainly knocking on the door | :44:40. | :44:45. | |
for the Rio Olympics. A lovely line. Absolutely a lovely | :44:46. | :44:49. | |
line. A big check on the catch. | :44:50. | :44:53. | |
-- on the watch. He is always with the horse. The | :44:54. | :45:06. | |
horse responding there beautifully. Michael Owen now out on course. With | :45:07. | :45:14. | |
Bradeley Law. And he just goes too far left and clips the ditch, which | :45:15. | :45:19. | |
gives Michael no hope. There is such a fine margin that you can take to | :45:20. | :45:26. | |
make it safe there. And sadly Michael and Bradeley Law says, bye, | :45:27. | :45:31. | |
I'm off home. He is eliminated any way. But this horse is definitely | :45:32. | :45:38. | |
looking for home! A disappointed Michael Owen. He has had some good | :45:39. | :45:43. | |
performances, but this I'm afraid sees him out. Quite a clever fence | :45:44. | :45:54. | |
this. Could waste a lot of time. But the tight line shows how quick and | :45:55. | :46:05. | |
easy that fence can be. Clifton Lush, an ex-race horse. A new price | :46:06. | :46:15. | |
of ?1,000 for the best ex-race horse. Time looks good. So one Kiwi | :46:16. | :46:25. | |
out, but another one coming to the finishing line. Clark Johnstone is | :46:26. | :46:29. | |
only just over. A very good performance. Never easy to bring | :46:30. | :46:35. | |
horses from the southern to the northern hemisphere and get them to | :46:36. | :46:38. | |
compete well. A great round to go into third. A lovely clear round. | :46:39. | :46:49. | |
What was it like? Thank you, I'm excited to have gone clear. It was | :46:50. | :46:53. | |
hard work. It was a big track and took a lot of jumping. But I'm | :46:54. | :46:59. | |
thrilled to have come home clear. There is a long New Zealand | :47:00. | :47:03. | |
presence? Yes we are all trying to get selection for Rio. What do you | :47:04. | :47:08. | |
think of your chances? Jumping a clear round wouldn't have done them | :47:09. | :47:14. | |
any harm. Hopefully a nice dressage test on Thursday and jump a clear | :47:15. | :47:18. | |
round, a difficult trek here, so we put in a good clear round tomorrow | :47:19. | :47:22. | |
and hopefully it should be good. Well done. Thank you. So we have for | :47:23. | :47:34. | |
Britain Francis Whittington and Hasty Imp. A lovely jump there. It | :47:35. | :47:40. | |
is a clever fence and it is riding really well. I wasn't a fan of the | :47:41. | :47:48. | |
seeing the twisty, Turney approach, but the horses are coping well. It | :47:49. | :47:54. | |
is as quick as you can make the tight lines that will set you up for | :47:55. | :48:00. | |
the rest of the course. Clifton Lush 45.2 in the dressage. Was in 19th | :48:01. | :48:05. | |
place. Disa pointing for what he can do. But they're all so close. Oh, | :48:06. | :48:14. | |
picks up an early -- up a little early. But sits tight. Look at the | :48:15. | :48:24. | |
crowds - absolutely jam-packed. Enjoying great weather. The ground | :48:25. | :48:30. | |
trying out. It is -- drying out. It is riding fast. He straightens him | :48:31. | :48:36. | |
up and flies away towards the last sector. The mound for Hasty Imp. He | :48:37. | :48:45. | |
has had so many good horses over the years. This is a very nice horse. He | :48:46. | :48:51. | |
has got to stay focussed. The horse, gives the horse time to look at that | :48:52. | :49:02. | |
final element. A little nod of his body. This partnership now beginning | :49:03. | :49:14. | |
to run for home. Mark Todd here and Leonida. Looking as good and as | :49:15. | :49:23. | |
young as ever. Now Francis Whittington, Hasty Imp at the New | :49:24. | :49:28. | |
Pond. This fence had jumped quite beautifully. He doesn't get the shot | :49:29. | :49:33. | |
he would like. Keeps riding forward and gets the shot to the very big | :49:34. | :49:39. | |
corner. Down on the clock, but only fractions. He can pick that up. | :49:40. | :49:43. | |
Francis going as well as we have seen him in recent years. Here is | :49:44. | :49:56. | |
Jock coming in. He wants the horse to stay confident for this last | :49:57. | :50:00. | |
fence. This looks like another one inside the time. Earlier we thought | :50:01. | :50:06. | |
it would be sticky, but the horses are enjoying it and Jon is thrilled | :50:07. | :50:17. | |
with that. You finished third on this horse last time, you're | :50:18. | :50:20. | |
rocketing up the leaderboard. That was great. Yes I needed to head | :50:21. | :50:26. | |
north after Thursday. It wasn't the best test and I let him down in a | :50:27. | :50:30. | |
couple of movements. So I owed him a good ride. He responded well. Sir | :50:31. | :50:39. | |
Mark here at the sixth, one of the friendlier fences. But it is a | :50:40. | :50:45. | |
massive, big, square fence. Now to the pond. A good canter. And what | :50:46. | :50:53. | |
you want to watch there is the way that Mark Todd keeps his horses so | :50:54. | :51:01. | |
well in balance. Francis Whittington, Hasty Imp, at the | :51:02. | :51:06. | |
hollow. He too had a wiggle, but he does well to keep straight. The | :51:07. | :51:16. | |
horse still looking good. Now we see Astier Nicholas. Another of the | :51:17. | :51:22. | |
French who are up for this. Always very quick on this horse. Francis | :51:23. | :51:30. | |
coming to the lake. Just a bit long. He felt the horse didn't respond | :51:31. | :51:35. | |
there and he gave him a tap with the whip, saying come on, boy, we have | :51:36. | :51:40. | |
got a few more fences to go. It makes him think a bit more forward. | :51:41. | :51:45. | |
He is taking Francis into the jumps, rather than being a little | :51:46. | :51:50. | |
reluctant. He responds well there. And now coming to the final fence it | :51:51. | :52:03. | |
is Ben Hobday. This man a year ago had blood leukaemia, but he is | :52:04. | :52:07. | |
strong and finished in great style. The fans love that. Well done! This | :52:08. | :52:15. | |
is one of the most remarkable stories, Ben Hobday jumped around | :52:16. | :52:19. | |
that cross country course, there was a massive cheer in the riders' tent. | :52:20. | :52:25. | |
Why is it a miracle that you're here? I'm fortunate to be here. Last | :52:26. | :52:31. | |
year looked a bit uncertain at times. I got diagnosed with cancer | :52:32. | :52:40. | |
last year and... My and dad and mum and girlfriend have been brilliant | :52:41. | :52:44. | |
and it has been a real it is a tock get here. I'm so grateful to | :52:45. | :52:50. | |
everyone at the NHS. They have helped me. And the owner, she, | :52:51. | :52:59. | |
Sally, she made it possible. Sally it is amazing and the horse he has | :53:00. | :53:03. | |
ridden around has helped, must have helped in the recovery. Well | :53:04. | :53:06. | |
exactly. I think Ben was in his hospital bed and he was saying to | :53:07. | :53:13. | |
us, want to do badminton again. We were thinking, what? We never | :53:14. | :53:16. | |
thought, we never thought in a million years we would be here. Let | :53:17. | :53:19. | |
alone for him to go around like that. We are all just so proud of | :53:20. | :53:24. | |
him. Because he has had some very dark moments and to come back with | :53:25. | :53:27. | |
that fight and determination, fantastic. This Teddy bear behind | :53:28. | :53:32. | |
your back, who is this and why did you ride around with that under your | :53:33. | :53:40. | |
back protector. This is a new charity that has been set up. It was | :53:41. | :53:47. | |
set up by somebody who got diagnosed with cancer and the outcome of | :53:48. | :53:51. | |
hearse isn't looking very good. She set up this charity to give people | :53:52. | :53:57. | |
in her situation, not just with cancer, but who are terminally ill, | :53:58. | :54:03. | |
a chance to enjoy their last days. I have never met someone so brave and | :54:04. | :54:09. | |
it is an honour to be a patron of her charity. Mark Todd retired after | :54:10. | :54:16. | |
Sydney, but came back in 2008 to ride in Hong Kong, Beijing. Now | :54:17. | :54:23. | |
riding as well as ever. Those long legs helped him there. Jumped right | :54:24. | :54:26. | |
down the bank. That is a long way down. Sits up again. That won't | :54:27. | :54:35. | |
trouble him. Now comes to the Shogun Hollow. Caused an odd problem or | :54:36. | :54:44. | |
two. Oh! Leaves his leg and again nearly - two legs on one side. | :54:45. | :54:49. | |
Looking for his iron. Watch again. Toddy living dangerously here. Gets | :54:50. | :54:55. | |
a good stride in. Has to shorten and gets close and catches his legs, | :54:56. | :55:00. | |
because of the angle, flicks Toddy to the side. But stickability and | :55:01. | :55:06. | |
perfection. Reminding the selectors that he can do the business. Hasty | :55:07. | :55:12. | |
Imp over the keeper's brush. This is where you like the horses to be on | :55:13. | :55:21. | |
the bridle. Point four of a penalty for every one of the seconds you see | :55:22. | :55:26. | |
being clocked up in red. He was well up after dressage. So that will help | :55:27. | :55:32. | |
him. The horse looking weary, but still responding. Most horses have | :55:33. | :55:37. | |
finished very well. The going has tried out since the middle of the | :55:38. | :55:41. | |
week and that's very much to the horse's benefit. Turning for home, | :55:42. | :55:46. | |
going to be about 35 seconds I would think over. Here he comes to stop | :55:47. | :55:58. | |
the clock. 34 seconds, 53.6 and a broad grin on his face. The crowd | :55:59. | :56:06. | |
looking pretty tense as Britain's former European champion, Tina Took | :56:07. | :56:12. | |
with his Star Witness. A beautiful piece of riding. This man twice gold | :56:13. | :56:22. | |
medallist at the Olympics, heading this year for his sixth Olympics at | :56:23. | :56:27. | |
the great age of 60 and look at the time. He is incredible. He has shown | :56:28. | :56:33. | |
some great class, great stickability and he is well inside the time. Well | :56:34. | :56:42. | |
done Toddy. Clear seven seconds inside the time, the magic is there | :56:43. | :56:46. | |
still. Is it enough for the selectors? I would be disappointed | :56:47. | :56:52. | |
if it is not. The other horse I have was in Kentucky last week and he was | :56:53. | :56:57. | |
7th and this is also a good horse. Fingers crossed we will get there on | :56:58. | :57:05. | |
one of them. Tina Cook European champion. Won an individual bronze | :57:06. | :57:15. | |
in 2008. Now with Star Witness. Did well at Burleigh. Not the best | :57:16. | :57:18. | |
dressage, but going well at cross country. Astier Nicola taking the | :57:19. | :57:29. | |
long route. He is known for his speed across the country. This is a | :57:30. | :57:33. | |
very fast horse. Look at the time, he is three seconds down. But they | :57:34. | :57:38. | |
have been flying around the cross. They have taken the long route. . | :57:39. | :57:48. | |
Tina had some wonderful owners and they have clubbed together to get | :57:49. | :57:54. | |
another one. Beautifully ridden through there. Tina riding as well | :57:55. | :58:01. | |
as ever. Look at the clock - 16 seconds under at that point. The | :58:02. | :58:07. | |
first water splash and they don't like that. It is a fence that | :58:08. | :58:11. | |
surprises the horses. Very uphill approach. They can't see the water | :58:12. | :58:15. | |
until the last stride. In fact they can almost see the water unther the | :58:16. | :58:21. | |
rail and the horse -- under the rail and the horse still isn't keen. They | :58:22. | :58:24. | |
have got to get their act together now. She gives him a confidence pat, | :58:25. | :58:30. | |
but she needs to be riding more positively. 49.7 her dressage score. | :58:31. | :58:37. | |
Lovely line. Positive. That is what that if fence needs and sector split | :58:38. | :58:47. | |
the quickest. They're flying. Really settling into a lovely rhythm. That | :58:48. | :58:52. | |
is the hall mark of class. This lady has got that. That is for certain. | :58:53. | :58:59. | |
The crowd sticking to this wonderful cross country test. It is really | :59:00. | :59:05. | |
exciting. Another one just to land, just to stumble a bit. But Tina | :59:06. | :59:11. | |
picks up Star Witness and out over that and up to the hollow. Still | :59:12. | :59:18. | |
looking full of running. This course really does involve really judgment, | :59:19. | :59:22. | |
pace, judgment and that has always been one of the strong points of | :59:23. | :59:26. | |
Tina. Into the last third of the course. Astier Nicholas for France | :59:27. | :59:37. | |
at the last and look at the time he has taken a pull. Thumbs up to his | :59:38. | :59:42. | |
mates. That is pretty cool. This is some young rider and one that we are | :59:43. | :59:47. | |
going to see a lot of in the future. Here is Zahra Tindall, she has got | :59:48. | :59:53. | |
an uphill task. She has got to qualify still to get a chance of | :59:54. | :59:57. | |
going to Rio. Having had quite a lot of time off, they have also too got | :59:58. | :00:01. | |
to show their form. Remember they were in that silver medal team in | :00:02. | :00:09. | |
London and of course Zahra a former world and European champion. | :00:10. | :00:20. | |
And the second water splash for Alice with her horse. | :00:21. | :00:29. | |
A sneaky little stop, I have to say. She didn't do much wrong there. He | :00:30. | :00:34. | |
had a look at it, as he did the first water and now she has to get | :00:35. | :00:40. | |
her wits about her and get him sorted out. The riders slightly | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
underestimated the fence. It is not so easy. I think that might be | :00:46. | :00:52. | |
calling it a day. In fact, that is three spots for Alice on the course. | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
-- stops for Alice on the course. In fact, I think the grand jury will | :01:00. | :01:05. | |
talk to her because she's gone for a fourth time and that could well give | :01:06. | :01:09. | |
her some problems in terms of discipline. | :01:10. | :01:16. | |
Out she goes. Alice Dunsdon with Fernhill Present. | :01:17. | :01:24. | |
Well, here is Tina. Alice and Tina are related. Their mums are sisters. | :01:25. | :01:30. | |
Meanwhile, that is not in this lady's mind at the moment. She's at | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
the escalator. Not more than a quarter of a mile to home. It has | :01:36. | :01:42. | |
looked very good on the clock to the Hollow. The horse has kept up the | :01:43. | :01:47. | |
momentum. It would be great to have this lady back with the Rio Olympics | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
in mind. Got a tremendous record, this horse without a lot of | :01:53. | :01:59. | |
experience at the moment. It was so impressive at Burleigh and now | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
looking good here and will gallop all the way home and that is what we | :02:04. | :02:08. | |
want to see. Coming to the crossing - a big | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
fence, tired horses tend to make it look bigger than ever, but not the | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
lovely horse, Star Witness. The crowd is beginning to build in the | :02:20. | :02:24. | |
arena. One of the great featuresor the riders to come into -- - | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
features for the riders to come into - all the shouting and cheering and | :02:30. | :02:33. | |
people coming into the arena for the big finish we have in prospect. And | :02:34. | :02:37. | |
this is the fastest time we have seen. That is a very good round. | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
Finishing 18 seconds inside the time. | :02:42. | :02:45. | |
I am pretty certain it is the fastest round so far, Kristina Cook | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
on Star witness. You flew around there. He is quite lazy. If I stop | :02:53. | :03:02. | |
kicking, he slows down a bit. I trusted his thorough bred. How is | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
the Vicarage Vee? It is so frightening coming to that. I have | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
jumped it so many times over the last 20 years. The horse kept | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
straight. It was magic. Back to another of the London silver medal | :03:17. | :03:22. | |
team, Zara Tindall, with High Kingdom. Up the hill. The flag does | :03:23. | :03:29. | |
fall down, but she was well inside it. | :03:30. | :03:38. | |
The horse owned by Trevor Hemings. Emily King and Brookleigh. Brilliant | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
dressage put her into second place. A lot of pressure on these young | :03:44. | :03:45. | |
shoulders. If she's as cool as her mother | :03:46. | :03:58. | |
there'll be no problem. Zara at the big New Pond. This horse has had the | :03:59. | :04:02. | |
best part of a year on the sidelines. It is a big test for | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
them. They are answering it. Zara has always been one for a big | :04:07. | :04:10. | |
occasion. Slightly behind the clock. This is a horse which can gallop. | :04:11. | :04:17. | |
And Emily had a great ride in France at the end of last year. | :04:18. | :04:26. | |
Went a little bit far off that. The horse showing scope. The horse | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
didn't worry about it. It was definitely a couple of feet too far | :04:31. | :04:35. | |
away on the take off. Nice and close to that wall. | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
The nice thing is Emily sits quietly. She doesn't fluster. Gives | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
the horse time and lets him ease himself properly. Here is Zara now. | :04:47. | :04:57. | |
She's with the approach. Oh... Oh, my word. They both had to work hard | :04:58. | :05:04. | |
to survive that. They so nearly caught it, they could just have | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
tipped over so easily. Well, that is a moment saved. Let's look again. As | :05:10. | :05:13. | |
she comes around the corner, I was there with her father and Zara this | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
other day when they walked this line. Walked and walked it and the | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
horse drifted a fraction left. A great recovery. | :05:24. | :05:27. | |
Well, it is certainly ice cream weather. It was forecast to get a | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
bit warm and it certainly is. Emily King at the Mound. She has been with | :05:34. | :05:40. | |
Mark Enning trying to improve her position and better balance | :05:41. | :05:54. | |
Zara, meaning business. She's got to keep up this pace. | :05:55. | :06:02. | |
As we have seen in the past High Kingdom is very quick across the | :06:03. | :06:04. | |
country. Has to push... Shoulders, arms, | :06:05. | :06:19. | |
everything going there. Emily King, over the big brush, now it is the | :06:20. | :06:26. | |
Vicarage Vee. 20 years old, for this iconic fence. A great piece of | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
riding. Spot on. As cool as a cucumber. Is that training doing | :06:33. | :06:39. | |
good? And Zara is flying at the Keeper's Brush. | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
Such a brilliant competitor and always comes up with the goods when | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
it really matters. A little bit of pressure on here, the last | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
combination. Now she's got to sit down and ride. How is the clock | :06:53. | :06:57. | |
going? Is she going to make it? She's termed -- determined looking. | :06:58. | :07:04. | |
Flying into the main arena. Listen to the crowds cheer her. They cheer | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
her everywhere they go. Brilliant crowds in eventing. They are always | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
supporting. She's over the time. How much closer can she get to the | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
clock? She's a happy girl. Well done! | :07:21. | :07:23. | |
Zara Tindall, you are nearly there. He's such a cool horse. At the | :07:24. | :07:38. | |
beginning he was a little bit keen. I couldn't let the hand break off | :07:39. | :07:43. | |
too much. I had a rubbish line into the Vicarage Vee. He stayed | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
straight. To get his head up again. He is just awesome. He saved me some | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
other place too, which hopefully wasn't on TV. So another one for | :07:53. | :07:55. | |
Germany. A very experienced rider, Andreas | :07:56. | :08:05. | |
Dibowski. Their trainer has changed these German riders and their | :08:06. | :08:09. | |
cross-country riding. Emily King. Brookleigh at the | :08:10. | :08:15. | |
Escalator. She's nearly home. She's ridden so well. She's of course been | :08:16. | :08:21. | |
in the youth championships of the British teams and done pretty well. | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
Had the odd tumble, but it has stood her in good stead. Can she get her | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
second big international three event. November was her first. This | :08:33. | :08:36. | |
is her second. It has always been a dream for this lady as she comes | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
down to the Keeper's Brush. Time will be good. Whether it will be | :08:42. | :08:45. | |
inside, I am not sure. It is certainly a round she's kept going. | :08:46. | :08:54. | |
Jumps well over the Keeper's Brush. Now this Crossing. Emily wouldn't | :08:55. | :09:00. | |
have ridden too many horses getting weary. Dives in. It is going to be | :09:01. | :09:07. | |
long. Oh and he went to take off realised it was a long way away. The | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
horse gets up. Emily on the floor. It would have been a hard landing | :09:14. | :09:18. | |
for Emily. And that, I am afraid, is the end of her dream. She was so | :09:19. | :09:25. | |
near, yet so far and of course having the full eliminator. She's | :09:26. | :09:28. | |
pushing for the long stride. The ground is uneven here. He drifts a | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
little bit right which makes the distance longer. If she could have | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
been nearer that white flag, but unfortunately a very sad picture and | :09:39. | :09:41. | |
Emily is out. It is good to see the horse up and | :09:42. | :09:48. | |
indeed it is great to see Emily up, being helped away there. She is more | :09:49. | :09:52. | |
concerned about the horse I would think than she is about herself. | :09:53. | :10:02. | |
Twice runner up here, Andreas Dibowski, and he, of course, has | :10:03. | :10:08. | |
been in the Olympics and won an Olympic medal. | :10:09. | :10:17. | |
Very experienced. All that experience showing. Time a | :10:18. | :10:19. | |
little behind, but not far. Marry is playing the role of groom | :10:20. | :10:29. | |
and I saw you leave the tent hopefully to greet her as she | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
finished and then it came to a crunching end. Very sad. I have done | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
it myself. I have fallen at that fence when I was in the lead. Emily, | :10:39. | :10:43. | |
unfortunately it happened to her as well. They are both fine and | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
fantastic around the rest of the course. It will not put her off, | :10:49. | :10:55. | |
she'll be back. Until that point you were having a terrific round? He | :10:56. | :11:01. | |
felt good. I am over the moon with how it felt. Really annoying, but, | :11:02. | :11:07. | |
hey. As your mum said before, you have many more years here. It can | :11:08. | :11:09. | |
only get better. Former European champion back in | :11:10. | :11:22. | |
1997, Bettina Hoy. Water Mill Stream is her horse. | :11:23. | :11:29. | |
The Hunt'sman's Close now, with Tim Price. A brilliant line. Effortless | :11:30. | :11:41. | |
there. The quickest I have seen through t Huntsman's Close. | :11:42. | :11:44. | |
Very experienced. Good line. Sees her through. Nine seconds down. And | :11:45. | :11:53. | |
Andreas Dibowski coming to the final fence. Still galloping. He's already | :11:54. | :12:00. | |
over the time. But pretty close. A great dressage start of 43.7. How | :12:01. | :12:06. | |
close can he get to the leader? He is kicking as he crosses the line. | :12:07. | :12:12. | |
Into 11th position. Another great performance by another great German. | :12:13. | :12:23. | |
Bettina Hoy coming to the Alexanders Silver Birch. | :12:24. | :12:27. | |
Come on to the scene for the German team in the last year or two. And | :12:28. | :12:37. | |
Tim Price, with Classic Moet. One of the fastest ever cross-country | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
horses this. Produced by Karen Dixon now - a | :12:43. | :12:44. | |
British team member for many years. Caught the lip, but so agile, so | :12:45. | :12:56. | |
light on his feet and quick to recover. Bettina Hoy, into the | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
arena. She will be over. Her best finish ever at Badminton was last | :13:02. | :13:05. | |
year on this horse where they finished fifth and they are going to | :13:06. | :13:10. | |
be right up there after this round. Another good round for Germany. 13 | :13:11. | :13:19. | |
seconds over. 49. 2. Kiwis are together. An impressive | :13:20. | :13:27. | |
squad heading towards Rio. And she is one of those. | :13:28. | :13:31. | |
Plenty of time on this turn. This horse jumps as though he's on | :13:32. | :13:42. | |
springs. Lands away from the fences, so doesn't waste any time. Never | :13:43. | :13:48. | |
wastes a second. Well, now another for France - | :13:49. | :13:54. | |
Rodolphe Scherer, at the Outlet Mound. A good number of years now, | :13:55. | :14:01. | |
spent two years over here - a long time part of the French team and you | :14:02. | :14:05. | |
saw his experience. Had a hiccup earlier on. Overcame that and is | :14:06. | :14:11. | |
safely through. Jonelle coming towards the end of | :14:12. | :14:15. | |
the course. And we have seen some hairy turns there. And it looks like | :14:16. | :14:23. | |
exercise in the arena at home for Jonelle. Here comes Nicola Wilson, | :14:24. | :14:30. | |
with one of the top hopes for Britain - with Rio in mind. One too | :14:31. | :14:35. | |
many at the corners and had a really good season last year. | :14:36. | :14:40. | |
Disappointed at the end, particularly at the Europeans. She's | :14:41. | :14:43. | |
very determined and great across-country. And Rodolphe | :14:44. | :14:53. | |
Scherer, flying at the Vicarage Vee. And enormously, way out beyond the | :14:54. | :14:58. | |
fence. Lapsed a little bit behind. But a good recovery. | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
Here is Jonelle Price, one of the fastest horses in cross country. | :15:05. | :15:15. | |
47.3 and they go ninth. New Zealand showing their strength. | :15:16. | :15:26. | |
A little bit sticky there, put a great jump in. Extraordinary how the | :15:27. | :15:35. | |
ride verse underestimated that pond. It has caused a fire amount of | :15:36. | :15:42. | |
trouble. And stands off a mile! Great recovery, but there is a | :15:43. | :15:45. | |
broken pin. That will be 11 penalties. The new ruling is if you | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
break the pin there is 11 penalties added on. She is pushing, but it is | :15:52. | :15:59. | |
almost impossible. The horse picks up she is stretching back, hills a | :16:00. | :16:05. | |
cab. The horse is on its knees and a brilliant recovery. Sadly it look as | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
if she is going to call ate day. You can -- call it a day. You understand | :16:11. | :16:14. | |
why. There are more opportunities for this pair to perhaps show their | :16:15. | :16:21. | |
true form. Brabham up in Yorkshire, an important competition in June. | :16:22. | :16:28. | |
Nicola Wilson has retired One Two Many and the news from the British | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
camp is not good so far. Very disappointing to see them walking | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
off the course. They could be such an important part of team. Here is | :16:38. | :16:41. | |
France now. What a day they have had. Rodolphe Scherer another of | :16:42. | :16:51. | |
their best. Riding this grey horse. One remembers his round in the World | :16:52. | :16:55. | |
Championships in Normandy. He had the crowd on their feet. Here is a | :16:56. | :17:03. | |
great one for Britain, fantastic round at the European Championships | :17:04. | :17:08. | |
last year for Jemma Tattersalls. Makes nothing of this big brush | :17:09. | :17:15. | |
corners. Here comes Rodolphe Scherer. Slowly to the last, but he | :17:16. | :17:22. | |
won't be many seconds over. Another experienced competitor looking to | :17:23. | :17:26. | |
get in the squad for Rio for France. Goes 16th. The leaderboard Dom named | :17:27. | :17:30. | |
by Germany. Can a British rider get into the top | :17:31. | :17:49. | |
five? Here is one who might. Gemma Tattersall. Went well at Europeans, | :17:50. | :17:56. | |
but didn't pull it off in the show jumping. They're very determined | :17:57. | :18:04. | |
now. Lucy Jackson and Bosun at the Vicarage Vee. Didn't quite get the | :18:05. | :18:09. | |
line right and pays the penalty. Good to see them both up. That was a | :18:10. | :18:14. | |
nasty fall. But they're walking away. Probably more disappointed | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
than anything else. The horse was an interesting one, the horse was | :18:20. | :18:23. | |
fighting a bit on the approach. You can see his head is up. A bit | :18:24. | :18:28. | |
arguing and he is not focussing where he is going. He is still head | :18:29. | :18:33. | |
up and you should be looking at the jump and he suddenly sees it and he | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
tries his heart out. Does an enormous jump, but in the wrong | :18:39. | :18:42. | |
direction and wow, that was a nasty, but it is great to see them in full | :18:43. | :18:48. | |
recovery. Fight for another day. There will be another competition | :18:49. | :18:56. | |
next week for them. Arctic Soul at the new pond. Ex-race horse there. | :18:57. | :19:03. | |
Another in that train a race horse competition. At the moment it is | :19:04. | :19:10. | |
Jock Paget out in front in that competition. But she is well on her | :19:11. | :19:14. | |
way. Just a four seconds is up on that time at this stage of the | :19:15. | :19:26. | |
course. Danny Evans for Britain. Coming to Huntsman's Close. Did a | :19:27. | :19:32. | |
good dressage test. A seriously good jumper. A bit drifted right. But | :19:33. | :19:42. | |
they're OK. Huge stride this horse. Back with Gemma Tattersall at the | :19:43. | :19:50. | |
Outlander Bank. . Several horses have stumbled. It makes that | :19:51. | :19:56. | |
distance difficult. But not Gemma and Arctic Soul. As they come to the | :19:57. | :20:04. | |
turn. This horse looks much more rideable now. Certainly setting up | :20:05. | :20:09. | |
for this test of accuracy here. Does it well. Doesn't lose a lot of time | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
and gets the results as a result of that very good set up. Danny | :20:14. | :20:25. | |
galloping along, not in a big hurry. I know she is coming to a difficult | :20:26. | :20:33. | |
combination at the mound. But a bit steady. At the turn. The horse is | :20:34. | :20:45. | |
jumping well. But she is going to have to quicken away tr this fence | :20:46. | :20:50. | |
to get back on the clock. Looks as if she is wasting too much. Two | :20:51. | :20:56. | |
thirds of way round, still clear Gemma Tattersall. This horse has the | :20:57. | :21:02. | |
speed to get home inside the time. 44.6 would put her in that top five. | :21:03. | :21:10. | |
Lovely rhythm through. Really become a very good rider of cross country, | :21:11. | :21:18. | |
Gemma. Here is Izzy Taylor on her second ride. Disappointed on | :21:19. | :21:23. | |
Matilda, but she puts that behind her. Very tight turn. Very neat. | :21:24. | :21:30. | |
Wasted not a second there. And a neat little pop and quickly turn | :21:31. | :21:43. | |
away. Looking good. Now at the final, Gemma Tattersall quickens up. | :21:44. | :21:48. | |
That is good to see. A horse full of running as they come into the arena. | :21:49. | :21:53. | |
I'm sure time will be good. It is, 16 seconds to get home and they will | :21:54. | :22:00. | |
do that no doubt whatsoever. This is good news for Britain. We wanted | :22:01. | :22:06. | |
some and we have got it. And goes third. That is more like it. Gemma | :22:07. | :22:19. | |
has gone into third place on Arctic Soul. He is incredible. He just eats | :22:20. | :22:26. | |
up the ground. He skipped over Vicarage Vee like it was a pony club | :22:27. | :22:32. | |
jump. I landed and I laughed to myself and thought, no, God | :22:33. | :22:36. | |
concentrate, we have got lots more to go. But he is some machine. Here | :22:37. | :22:49. | |
is Danni at the Vick rage visa. She is going attack and she got a gentle | :22:50. | :22:53. | |
landing, but not pleasant for the horse. He said, I'm going home, you | :22:54. | :23:02. | |
lot can get lost! One thing is certain he didn't look that | :23:03. | :23:06. | |
convicted. Yes, she is riding forward, but not with enough energy | :23:07. | :23:10. | |
and there wasn't a Gad stride and she tried to help the horse, but it | :23:11. | :23:14. | |
was too little too late and they paid the penalty. I'm glad to see | :23:15. | :23:21. | |
the horse off on his own. Looks a bit dejected poor Dani. It is a long | :23:22. | :23:31. | |
walk home. Here is Izzy Taylor, still on the bridle at the Mirage | :23:32. | :23:37. | |
Pond. Very good natural rider. She is not getting the response she | :23:38. | :23:45. | |
would like from the horse. Christopher Burton for Australia. A | :23:46. | :23:52. | |
great dressage test and one of the fastest horses ever at cross country | :23:53. | :23:57. | |
I should think. Made nothing of that splash earlier on. So sharp in | :23:58. | :24:04. | |
front. Look how neat he is. Very impressive start to the course. Here | :24:05. | :24:10. | |
is Izzy Taylor around to the Vicarage Vee. She is going to long | :24:11. | :24:16. | |
way. That is a good decision. It was here where her first ride came | :24:17. | :24:21. | |
adrift and she retired. So over that and onward. After a brilliant ride | :24:22. | :24:34. | |
earlier on, Oliver Townend comes to the New pond. The elbows are going, | :24:35. | :24:41. | |
you can tell when he is determined, those elbows get going. Another a | :24:42. | :24:44. | |
brilliant jump. But impressive on the time. Only a couple of seconds | :24:45. | :24:50. | |
down avp it is a real galloping machine this, so should be able to | :24:51. | :24:56. | |
make that up. He comes down the hill towards the Vicarage Vee. | :24:57. | :25:02. | |
Christopher Burton, one of the best riders of cross country in the | :25:03. | :25:09. | |
business. On this ex-Michael Young horse. A little deep there. But | :25:10. | :25:16. | |
again well ridden at that narrow fence. Away he goes. Izzy Taylor has | :25:17. | :25:25. | |
had to work hard on this horse. But the horse has grown in confidence | :25:26. | :25:30. | |
and stature. We have seen her give it a couple of smacks, but she has | :25:31. | :25:36. | |
an effect on the horse. If it needs confidence with a smack, she gives | :25:37. | :25:40. | |
well, if it goes well, she gives it a pat. She is still riding forward. | :25:41. | :25:46. | |
A bit weary on its leg, she gives it a pat, saying, thank you very much. | :25:47. | :25:52. | |
Christopher Burton has been in Britain several seasons as he comes | :25:53. | :25:58. | |
to the new pond. He had a very good dressage. At this point Michael | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
Young has extended his lead. He is well over the corner. He is 16 | :26:03. | :26:07. | |
seconds up and not surprised at that and looking easy. Coming to the | :26:08. | :26:15. | |
second last Izzy is still riding. Two strides and gets in a third | :26:16. | :26:23. | |
ride. But she is still nimble. Still pushing for this clock. She will be | :26:24. | :26:29. | |
happy to get this one round. Disa pointment earlier, but the horse is | :26:30. | :26:33. | |
slowing down. She is still looking enthusiastic. Still got her ears | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
semi pricked and very close to the time. Only a few seconds over. This | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
will be a good one for the British selectors. They will be happy to see | :26:44. | :26:49. | |
this. How many time faults? 15 seconds over. Into ninth position. | :26:50. | :27:00. | |
Well done. Here is Olly Townend with Black Tie. An important contributor | :27:01. | :27:05. | |
perhaps for Rio. Going the long way round. Coming to second of the two | :27:06. | :27:11. | |
and the horse dropped the bit and suddenly up goes Ollie's happened. I | :27:12. | :27:15. | |
suspect he felt the horse beginning to faulter and get tired and he | :27:16. | :27:22. | |
calls it a day. That is again more disappointing news for Britain as | :27:23. | :27:29. | |
Black Tie and Ollie Townend retire. Big frustration for Ollie. So near, | :27:30. | :27:41. | |
yet so far. Christopher Burton coming to this hollow. Caused a | :27:42. | :27:45. | |
surprising amount of trouble and another one has a problem. The horse | :27:46. | :27:54. | |
left his left lowing Legg leg so low. Quite often we see riders | :27:55. | :27:59. | |
sitting on the ground for a few seconds, a bit winded. Usually it is | :28:00. | :28:03. | |
frustration. You can't believe it has happened. That is good news to | :28:04. | :28:08. | |
see him up. That was a surprise. Probably one of the biggest | :28:09. | :28:13. | |
surprises of the day. See it again. The horse really doesn't get high | :28:14. | :28:20. | |
enough at all. Hits the hard part. Twists and sees his jockey disappear | :28:21. | :28:25. | |
on the ground. Very surprising sight and it means Michael Young will have | :28:26. | :28:31. | |
an extended lead after cross country. He does and he leads by | :28:32. | :28:36. | |
nine penalty points. That is more than two fences. It is very tight | :28:37. | :28:40. | |
for second place. Big mention for Tina Cook, the | :28:41. | :28:54. | |
fastest round of the day. A fabulous clear. And also Zara Tindall. If she | :28:55. | :29:05. | |
completes the show jumping she will have qualified. An Janet Breakwell | :29:06. | :29:15. | |
who had a heavy fall and was kept in hospital. She has cracked ribs. But | :29:16. | :29:22. | |
she will be riding again soon. The vet's inspection there were no | :29:23. | :29:25. | |
problems for any of the leading contenders. So 32 jumped around | :29:26. | :29:34. | |
clear. The most emotional story was Ben Hobday. You saw his interview. | :29:35. | :29:38. | |
This was him coming into the show jumping. Bear in mind that in June | :29:39. | :29:45. | |
he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was only given the | :29:46. | :29:52. | |
all-clear in November. He got a huge ovation. Zara Tindall had to | :29:53. | :29:57. | |
complete to qualify for Rio. She did so. She finished on 62 penalties. | :29:58. | :30:03. | |
That should be good enough to finish top 25. And this is our current | :30:04. | :30:08. | |
leader. Because Tina Cook on Star Witness jumped clear. She won a | :30:09. | :30:14. | |
bronze in Beijing and a team bronze and silver in London. | :30:15. | :30:22. | |
Let's join the action live. We're into the top nine. Kristina Cook | :30:23. | :30:33. | |
leading on 49.7th going in at ninth place is Izzy Taylor, looking to | :30:34. | :30:38. | |
Finnish the top ten here at Badminton. | :30:39. | :30:50. | |
?10,000 to the ninth place. A clear round from Tina has taken her up six | :30:51. | :30:58. | |
places. It is still so close that there's still more potential | :30:59. | :31:02. | |
climbing for Tina. Let's go around the course with Ian. | :31:03. | :31:08. | |
It is a good course here. It is quite technical - sort of bendy | :31:09. | :31:13. | |
lines at the beginning and a few technical straight lines. It is | :31:14. | :31:17. | |
mixed up, so it keeps the horse's interest. It is difficult the day | :31:18. | :31:21. | |
after the cross-country the horses can get flat in the showjumping, as | :31:22. | :31:32. | |
we see there. Izzy had one down. The footing round conditions yesterday | :31:33. | :31:37. | |
were almost perfect. The horses are springing today: The showjumping | :31:38. | :31:40. | |
ground is very good. They are on the top of the ground and the horses all | :31:41. | :31:44. | |
look wonderful this morning as they trot up. That was one of the more | :31:45. | :31:50. | |
technical lines there. Around the corner. | :31:51. | :31:58. | |
And seven into this combination one in one. We've had a few parts of | :31:59. | :32:07. | |
that combination now. It was nice for this horse. Coming to the end of | :32:08. | :32:12. | |
the course. So one down means that she drops | :32:13. | :32:31. | |
down one place. 50.4. Kristina Cook into the top ten, with | :32:32. | :32:42. | |
Star Witness. The poles down are very, very expensive. So, only four | :32:43. | :32:50. | |
have gone clear in the horses that we've had in this afternoon's | :32:51. | :32:54. | |
jumping. 11 of them and then there were eight clear rounds in the 28 | :32:55. | :32:59. | |
that we jumped this morning. Of course, there is the added pressure | :33:00. | :33:03. | |
with the scores so tight and quite expensive poles if they go down. | :33:04. | :33:09. | |
They are expensive. You are right, the morning's showjumping, there's | :33:10. | :33:12. | |
no pressure on the riders, it is a question of competing rather than | :33:13. | :33:15. | |
getting into the placing. There were a lot of clear rounds. This | :33:16. | :33:19. | |
afternoon, the first two jumped clear. We thought, wow, this will be | :33:20. | :33:24. | |
a walk in the park for them all, but then the problems starting. The | :33:25. | :33:28. | |
pressure is on. Here we have Oliver Townend for Britain. The wonderful | :33:29. | :33:34. | |
Armada. Such a brilliant trail blazes round yesterday. In fact, | :33:35. | :33:39. | |
made the cross-country look easy and finished inside the time. It proved | :33:40. | :33:43. | |
that the cross-country was not that easy. | :33:44. | :33:47. | |
It has not always been the easiest in this phrase. Saw him walking the | :33:48. | :33:55. | |
course earlier with the previous rider of this horse. | :33:56. | :33:59. | |
You might remember that in fact this time last year he was in second | :34:00. | :34:06. | |
place after cross-country and then had a number of poles down. Paul and | :34:07. | :34:15. | |
Diana have been super owners, both for Andrew and for Olly, but they | :34:16. | :34:20. | |
have had disapointeding times when they have been so near triumph. | :34:21. | :34:25. | |
Already with eight penalties. It looks as if he's been trying to ride | :34:26. | :34:33. | |
this a little bit more forward and less restricting in the showjumping. | :34:34. | :34:37. | |
He's good across-country, but he's not reliable in this phase. Has no | :34:38. | :34:44. | |
real respect for the coloured poles. And Oliver is chopping and changes | :34:45. | :34:47. | |
the way he's riding the horse. Trying to get him thinking. You can | :34:48. | :34:52. | |
see he finds the distances short because he's got this massive | :34:53. | :34:56. | |
stride. Such a great horse. So frustrating when you have these | :34:57. | :35:00. | |
downs and expensive, I might add. Yes, indeed. Of course Olly had | :35:01. | :35:06. | |
frustration in his other horse, well placed after the dressage. Actually | :35:07. | :35:13. | |
he pulled up, retired in the last part of the course. Disappointing | :35:14. | :35:18. | |
for Oliver Townend. In all 20 jumping penalties. 66.2 and he drops | :35:19. | :35:23. | |
down some 13 places. You can see he gets quick and holly | :35:24. | :35:35. | |
ver can't -- and Oliver can't shorten. The horse doesn't want to | :35:36. | :35:42. | |
shorten. Well a beneficialry of that is Britain's Tina Cook. She goes up | :35:43. | :35:48. | |
another place. She's into eighth. She couldn't have dreamt that to | :35:49. | :35:53. | |
happen, I don't think, even if she had crossed everything. | :35:54. | :36:04. | |
?12.500 to eighth. Not only clear... So Tina Cook talking to Clare now. | :36:05. | :36:08. | |
Yes, because Tina is our leader. Congratulations. Gosh, that is a | :36:09. | :36:16. | |
lovely horse, Star Witness. We have a lovely relationship together. He | :36:17. | :36:20. | |
came out, even after that cross-country yesterday. He didn't | :36:21. | :36:24. | |
half try for me in there. The bigger the event the better you ride. You | :36:25. | :36:29. | |
have proven if you are selected for a British team you will be a key | :36:30. | :36:34. | |
selector? I hope the selectors are listening to you. I prep them in the | :36:35. | :36:38. | |
one day events, don't prime very much. This is what makes me tick and | :36:39. | :36:43. | |
what I absolutely love, at this level of competition, taking on the | :36:44. | :36:46. | |
best in the world. You have moved into the top ten. You will watch the | :36:47. | :36:51. | |
others closely, very closely. I am so pleased with the horse. He's | :36:52. | :36:57. | |
pulled out another personal best. The scores are ridiculously close. | :36:58. | :37:00. | |
All the pennies counting towards that final total. Well done you. | :37:01. | :37:03. | |
Thank you. Astier was in seventh place. They | :37:04. | :37:24. | |
are now in all five horses, all within a fence. | :37:25. | :37:26. | |
This is one of the fastest horses on the cross-country course. It is ak | :37:27. | :37:45. | |
actually jumping very well. Can flick the odd pole out. | :37:46. | :37:51. | |
And again he got a little brave in that related distance and paid the | :37:52. | :37:54. | |
penalty at the middle part of the combination. So, that is a couple | :37:55. | :37:56. | |
down. Another expensive round. Only the final one to go. And that | :37:57. | :38:18. | |
has dropped him down seven places places. | :38:19. | :38:21. | |
Certainly pressure making a big difference to this course in the top | :38:22. | :38:30. | |
20. Yes, you can see here Astier boots that middle element out big | :38:31. | :38:33. | |
time. It wasn't even just a casual rub that one. You are right, as we | :38:34. | :38:39. | |
get nearer the final placings, the money gets bigger and better and the | :38:40. | :38:43. | |
riders feel the pressure and they all want to have a go at winning it | :38:44. | :38:47. | |
and then the nerves creep in. It is all about having the cool, calm, | :38:48. | :38:52. | |
collected attitude and not translating the nerves to the horse. | :38:53. | :38:59. | |
The New Zealand combination which really impressed here yesterday - in | :39:00. | :39:09. | |
sixth place it is Clarke Johnstone with Balmoral Sensation. Risky to | :39:10. | :39:16. | |
bring a horse from New Zealand, but the change of the seasons of course | :39:17. | :39:20. | |
and he showed what a really good horse he S three times he's been | :39:21. | :39:26. | |
national champion in New Zealand. Clarke has been here before. Been in | :39:27. | :39:30. | |
New Zealand since 2014. He would love to clinch a top six point. In | :39:31. | :39:35. | |
sixth. Impressive so far. Brave to that oxer. | :39:36. | :39:46. | |
He paid the penalty a little bit. He was a little close to that vertical. | :39:47. | :39:50. | |
It looks as if he's got a conscience. They have to want to | :39:51. | :39:57. | |
leave these poles up, if the horse has disdain, little respect for the | :39:58. | :40:01. | |
poles, they there is little anyone can do. They have to be as | :40:02. | :40:06. | |
competitive as the rider and want to leave them standing. | :40:07. | :40:16. | |
The famous Spanish international showjumping has been helping the New | :40:17. | :40:22. | |
Zealanders for a number of years now and he's made a big impact. Still | :40:23. | :40:28. | |
clear. A clear round could put the pressure on as he turns for home. | :40:29. | :40:36. | |
So, he's doing a pretty good job on this horse. The final fence, and | :40:37. | :40:47. | |
yes, a lovely clear round. So, he stays on 45.6. It will guarantee him | :40:48. | :40:53. | |
sixth place. There is four within a fence. | :40:54. | :40:57. | |
Clare, what is the news? Clarke going into the lead for New | :40:58. | :41:02. | |
Zealand. We have big names to come, including Mark Todd, who has won the | :41:03. | :41:06. | |
title here four times and is 60. Our leader is Michael Jung of Germany. | :41:07. | :41:11. | |
This is his father here in white with the cap on. He does all the | :41:12. | :41:16. | |
training with him. He was telling us about the relationship between him | :41:17. | :41:20. | |
and his horse, he adores Sam. They trust each other entirely. Michael | :41:21. | :41:26. | |
is a pure, good show-jumper. He competes on the professional | :41:27. | :41:30. | |
circuit. He can have two knockdowns and still win the title. Let's point | :41:31. | :41:35. | |
out the leading British rider, Gemma Tattersall, she will go in third | :41:36. | :41:42. | |
last. We wish her good luck. Now Jonathan Paget, known in the | :41:43. | :41:48. | |
competitor's area as Jock - winner of course in 2013, when he pipped | :41:49. | :41:52. | |
Michael Jung at the very final show jump fence. That was on Clifton | :41:53. | :42:03. | |
Promise. Now on Clifton Lush. 45. 2. Still a fence between the three | :42:04. | :42:08. | |
horses above him. He cannot afford a fence down to go below his colleague | :42:09. | :42:17. | |
Clarke Johnstone. Well, that is one away, ex-penive. A little tight in | :42:18. | :42:20. | |
the back legs of that previous fence. | :42:21. | :42:27. | |
It is so tempting at this stage when the horses have been around that | :42:28. | :42:30. | |
gruelling cross-country to protect the front end. They look after the | :42:31. | :42:34. | |
horse. Then the risk of doing that is that they drop their back legs on | :42:35. | :42:42. | |
the poles. One down, he stays just ahead of | :42:43. | :42:50. | |
Tina Cook. 49.2 is what Jock is on at the moment. | :42:51. | :42:54. | |
Tina is on 49.7. The time really lean yentd. A lot of | :42:55. | :43:09. | |
horses getting well inside. Four it is. 49.2. He will drop the one | :43:10. | :43:17. | |
place, Clarke Johnstone from New Zealand will move up to fifth. | :43:18. | :43:22. | |
One down for Jonathan Paget means Clarke is our leader on a horse who | :43:23. | :43:29. | |
has always been a good show-jumper. He is. I have done a lot in New | :43:30. | :43:35. | |
Zealand with him. It is different when you jump cross-country the day | :43:36. | :43:39. | |
before. It is a different feeling. Your first Badminton experience - | :43:40. | :43:42. | |
you must be enjoying this? It is amazing - it is the best horse show | :43:43. | :43:47. | |
in the world. We are about to see Mark Todd go - he's in the arena | :43:48. | :43:53. | |
now. As a young New Zealand rider with this guy riding to the level he | :43:54. | :43:58. | |
is. He is quite inspirational, not quite, hugely. Sometimes our younger | :43:59. | :44:07. | |
ones have a go ourselves, but he's an amazing athlete and someone we | :44:08. | :44:11. | |
all aspire to be like. Let's see how he gets on. Thank you. | :44:12. | :44:19. | |
Sir Mark Todd these days. Two brilliant recoveries on the | :44:20. | :44:22. | |
cross-country when he could easily have hit the hit. Those long legs | :44:23. | :44:29. | |
did the business. 44.8. This man rods in the pure showjumping | :44:30. | :44:36. | |
international Olympics of Barcelona. So, this is a phase that he doesn't | :44:37. | :44:43. | |
find too difficult. It is something which most of the New Zealand riders | :44:44. | :44:48. | |
do actually. They show jump a lot of their horses, not only the event | :44:49. | :44:53. | |
horses, but pure showjumping horses. They do ak sell in this phase and he | :44:54. | :45:02. | |
was saying Sir Mark would back off and let the younger ones get in. The | :45:03. | :45:07. | |
way he rode yesterday it looks like he's not thinking about backing up. | :45:08. | :45:12. | |
He's always been so brilliant in this phase at helping horses that | :45:13. | :45:18. | |
aren't particularly the best jumping in -- jumpers in the world. | :45:19. | :45:22. | |
Turns for home. Two left. Four times winner. Double Olympic gold | :45:23. | :45:32. | |
medallist. Could be in Rio as a rider and a trainer and he certainly | :45:33. | :45:37. | |
is going to hold on to fourth place. Clear round and that really puts the | :45:38. | :45:42. | |
pressure on. He is just over 10 marks behind the leader. But he is | :45:43. | :45:48. | |
going to secure a top five place for sure. A man who lives up the road in | :45:49. | :45:59. | |
Wiltshire so, the crowd know this man and they adore him. A full house | :46:00. | :46:05. | |
here, history very much in the wind, with Michael Jung on the edge of a | :46:06. | :46:12. | |
second Grand Slam of eventing and this is a really special afternoon | :46:13. | :46:15. | |
to be here at badminton. Out goes Mark Todd and in comes the | :46:16. | :46:30. | |
leading British rider. Could be in line for the Butler Troughy. Trophy. | :46:31. | :46:40. | |
It is Gemma Tattersall. Arctic Soul. A brilliant performance yesterday | :46:41. | :46:45. | |
and she is just putting her finger to her mouth, because this horse | :46:46. | :46:54. | |
does react. He is an ex-race horse. There is a thousand pound prize for | :46:55. | :47:05. | |
the best race horse. Gemma is in line for this prize. Jon Paget is | :47:06. | :47:11. | |
the one behind her and he has one fence down. They did a great | :47:12. | :47:22. | |
performance in the cross country in the Europeans, but disappointed in | :47:23. | :47:27. | |
the showjumping. Not the easiest of showjumpers. He has not been the | :47:28. | :47:32. | |
easiest, but he is overly enthusiastic. He wants to get on | :47:33. | :47:36. | |
with it. He has a great jump and yesterday was just fantastic. Gemma | :47:37. | :47:42. | |
and this horse looked so settled and established and by far the best | :47:43. | :47:47. | |
round I have seen from this combination. Let's hope we can | :47:48. | :47:52. | |
emulate that in the showjumping. He was asking the crowd to stay quiet. | :47:53. | :47:58. | |
He has some ear covers on to help deaden the noise from the crowd. | :47:59. | :48:03. | |
When they have been on the racecourse, you want to make sure | :48:04. | :48:06. | |
they're settled in the atmosphere and not let the atmosphere get to | :48:07. | :48:13. | |
them and that quickens them up and they lose concentration and respect | :48:14. | :48:14. | |
for what they're doing. What is very important here is the | :48:15. | :48:27. | |
temperament of the rider. She is looking much more cool and calm than | :48:28. | :48:35. | |
she did in those Europeans. That again, riding in a team for the | :48:36. | :48:42. | |
first time it has that effect on you and here they're individuals, but | :48:43. | :48:45. | |
they're striving to get that place in Rio. She certainly doing her | :48:46. | :48:50. | |
reputation an enormous amount of good so far. Just two to go. Time's | :48:51. | :48:58. | |
all right. Just the last. And does it! In style! That surely books her | :48:59. | :49:09. | |
ticket to Rio in August. 44.6. She is 10 points behind the leader. Hard | :49:10. | :49:14. | |
to catch. But she has done all she could. So Mark Todd stays in third | :49:15. | :49:26. | |
place. In fourth place, Gemma Tattersall in third. Two more to go, | :49:27. | :49:31. | |
Mark Todd could move up into the top three. Whatever happens, you have | :49:32. | :49:36. | |
had a hugely successful time. It has been brilliant. After the | :49:37. | :49:40. | |
disappointment of the dressage, I thought he could have been up there. | :49:41. | :49:46. | |
But he has been brilliant since and I can finish no worse than fourth | :49:47. | :49:50. | |
and that is not a bad result. You said after the cross country, you | :49:51. | :49:56. | |
hope you'd had done enough. If you go to Rio how many Olympics will | :49:57. | :50:00. | |
that be? I have competed in seven and been to eight. I have lost | :50:01. | :50:05. | |
track. It is so long. In London there was problems getting on buses | :50:06. | :50:12. | |
and things. Yes they kept thinking I can't have been an athlete and kept | :50:13. | :50:19. | |
trying to kick me off. Well you are a brilliant athlete. Well done. | :50:20. | :50:24. | |
Thank you. It is two left and they're both from Germany. Here is a | :50:25. | :50:32. | |
name that has been top of eventing for a wile, Andreas Ostholt. No 40 | :50:33. | :50:47. | |
it is. The 13-year-old. He had a very good round on this horse | :50:48. | :50:56. | |
yesterday. 43.4. So he is just over two fences behind his colleague | :50:57. | :51:04. | |
Michael Jung, who is going for a first German win in this | :51:05. | :51:10. | |
Championship. A wonderful trophy. And of course the Grand Slam of | :51:11. | :51:13. | |
eventing. Can this man put the pressure on? Stay clear. You said | :51:14. | :51:21. | |
earlier the time here for the showjumping has been lenient | :51:22. | :51:28. | |
compared to previous years and it it has taken some pressure off the | :51:29. | :51:31. | |
riders. They can take their time. But there is plenty other pressure. | :51:32. | :51:36. | |
There is a bit of a rub with the back feet there. He gets away with | :51:37. | :51:40. | |
it. Sometimes you can benefit from that. A lit p -- a little tap and | :51:41. | :51:48. | |
the horse thinks the I had better go higher. Gemma Tattersall and | :51:49. | :51:57. | |
Britain's Arctic Soul could benefit. An interesting horse to watch | :51:58. | :52:03. | |
jumping. He looks dare I say fairly careful, but he sort of steps over | :52:04. | :52:07. | |
the fences. His body doesn't get very high. His legs do all the work. | :52:08. | :52:14. | |
That was a bit risky. But he got away with it. Has he gone? No, it | :52:15. | :52:19. | |
stayed. Turns for home. He is over the last. We are going to | :52:20. | :52:33. | |
get our first German victory whatever. First ever German victory | :52:34. | :52:44. | |
here at Bad minuteton. Minton. -- at Bad Minton. This could be Germany's | :52:45. | :52:51. | |
afternoon and as you're aware, the Olympics are in mind. Michael Jung | :52:52. | :52:58. | |
is taking his time before he goes in and gives us a chance to catch up | :52:59. | :53:02. | |
with the leading British rider bgs you will be third at worst. Well | :53:03. | :53:10. | |
done. I can't believe it. I can't believe Arctic Soul jumped a clear | :53:11. | :53:16. | |
round. You did such a job, you calmed the crowd down, you know how | :53:17. | :53:20. | |
fizzy he can be. He is wants to jump a clear round, but he gets | :53:21. | :53:25. | |
frightened and worried and that is when he is not thinking about what | :53:26. | :53:32. | |
he is doing. When we go showjumping, he jumps clear rounds, because there | :53:33. | :53:37. | |
is no crowd. So I was pretending I was at my local place and not here | :53:38. | :53:42. | |
and he jumped clear. Into the arena now the man who has led from the | :53:43. | :53:49. | |
beginning and it on the verge of doing something only Pippa Funnell | :53:50. | :53:58. | |
has done before. I know one viewer who will be watching and that is | :53:59. | :54:07. | |
Pippa. Did it in 2003. Won Badminton that day. Michael Jung started his | :54:08. | :54:13. | |
consecutive three at Burleigh last September. Then a fantastic victory | :54:14. | :54:20. | |
in Kentucky on his other good horse. Which has led him here to the | :54:21. | :54:24. | |
richest prize in the sport of eventing. The grand slam worth | :54:25. | :54:36. | |
$350,000 and the ?80,000 first price here. A lot at stake in the next 60 | :54:37. | :54:45. | |
seconds. He has always been reliable in this phase. But he's particularly | :54:46. | :54:53. | |
clear over the fences. He is stringing off his feet. He is | :54:54. | :54:57. | |
getting way up in the air. I don't think he has ever had more than two | :54:58. | :55:03. | |
down. Most of the time he has had clear rounds. But he was beaten here | :55:04. | :55:09. | |
in 2013. Heed that very last fence down. He has got to have more than | :55:10. | :55:16. | |
two down here to get beaten. He is turning for home. Two left. Is this | :55:17. | :55:22. | |
the first Grand Slam of eventing since 2002? Many thought it would | :55:23. | :55:29. | |
never be done again. And he's there! He is there! He has led from start | :55:30. | :55:38. | |
to finish and the crowd rise to salute a wonderful hero. He was | :55:39. | :55:44. | |
Olympic, world and European. He holds two of those titles now. But | :55:45. | :55:54. | |
now has won Grand Slam of venting and takes the Mitsubishi motors | :55:55. | :56:00. | |
trophy, fantastic. What more can you say about him? He is incredible. He | :56:01. | :56:07. | |
has taken this sport on to another level. He is something for every | :56:08. | :56:15. | |
other ride rider to drive to beat. Phenomenal. So we have seen history | :56:16. | :56:24. | |
here at Badminton today, Michael Jung and Sam winning the Grand Slam | :56:25. | :56:31. | |
of eventing. He also BPs the first German -- becomes the first German | :56:32. | :56:37. | |
to win at Badminton. I want to say well done and to pay tribute to how | :56:38. | :56:44. | |
good Michael is. Thanks a lot. I'm so happy you can't believe. I was so | :56:45. | :56:51. | |
unlucky in the warm up, I lost two times a shoe. I lost again at the | :56:52. | :56:57. | |
third last fence a shoe. We decided the ground is perfect. We have to | :56:58. | :57:01. | |
try without the front shoe. And... So I'm so glad. So happy it is | :57:02. | :57:07. | |
unbelievable. We are joining in with the rest of German team. Tell me how | :57:08. | :57:14. | |
big a deal it will be in Germany and how good a rider Mickey is. Y. Yes | :57:15. | :57:22. | |
he is something special. It is difficult to find words for it. He | :57:23. | :57:32. | |
is here, the Badminton champion, there is Joachim. You did it and led | :57:33. | :57:37. | |
from start to finish and you now have the record winning score at | :57:38. | :57:43. | |
Badminton. Lowest score ever? I can say nothing, I'm so proud of my | :57:44. | :57:48. | |
horse. He jumped a fantastic clear round. I'm very happy about him. We | :57:49. | :57:55. | |
say always in my head that this is not a special competition. It is | :57:56. | :58:02. | |
very normal. Just easy going. Concentrate and do normal on an easy | :58:03. | :58:07. | |
competition. But this is unbelievable. This is really... A | :58:08. | :58:19. | |
big feeling. Thank you so much to every people they help me that I can | :58:20. | :58:24. | |
ride such a good horse. I'm very happy about my whole team. You have | :58:25. | :58:31. | |
made history. Well done. Thank you. Well here is the full result. | :58:32. | :58:48. | |
The New Zealanders packing in there. Tina Cook climbing. A great | :58:49. | :58:57. | |
competition and history being made by the win and the Grand Slam of | :58:58. | :59:03. | |
eventing for Michael Jung and Sam. It is an extraordinary performance. | :59:04. | :59:07. | |
They call him Mr Ice, because he remains so cool. He said he was | :59:08. | :59:12. | |
trying to play down the magnitude of being the first German winner here, | :59:13. | :59:16. | |
but you could see how much it meant. Coming up next on BBC Two we have | :59:17. | :59:21. | |
got Rugby League action, Challenge Cup and it will be good and also on | :59:22. | :59:30. | |
the red button the basketball league play-off finals. Details on that and | :59:31. | :59:37. | |
next week the women's FA Cup final. Here in the sunshine I hope you have | :59:38. | :59:44. | |
enjoyed a stunning three-day event and a bit of history for the Germans | :59:45. | :59:47. | |
and Michael Jung. Goodbye. | :59:48. | :59:52. |