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Hello, and welcome to Burghley, this gorgeous estate in the heart of the | :00:27. | :00:34. | |
Lincolnshire countryside. It is home to one of the great three-day events | :00:34. | :00:41. | |
will stop it is an autumn classic, the Burghley Horse Trials. The | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
riders come because this is one of the Burghley Horse Trials. The | :00:43. | :00:49. | |
the big ones. We have a field of 67 from 11 different nations. It is a | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
star-studded line-up for a Star event, and it includes five former | :00:53. | :01:00. | |
winners. The ultimate event, William Fox-Pitt, brings Falklands Park. The | :01:00. | :01:10. | |
great thing about Burghley is that there was always a new challenge. | :01:10. | :01:15. | |
There are always new fences. Mark Phillips is a very good course | :01:15. | :01:20. | |
designer, and we believe in him. Andrew Nicholson from New Zealand | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
has been unstuck bubble since his victory last year here on Avebury, | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
and has two other rides. Avebury feels great. It is great to be back | :01:29. | :01:35. | |
here again. Amada, once ridden by Andrew, is now in the care of Oliver | :01:35. | :01:43. | |
Townend, who will want to improve on his fourth place last year. In the | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
last two years I have managed to be in the top 43 times. It used to be a | :01:48. | :01:54. | |
bit of bugs me, but now we have that out of the way, I look forward to | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
it. Another Burnley legend, Sir Mark Todd, brings a lower and ravens tied | :01:58. | :02:08. | |
to the party. It is a beautiful setting. The course is always | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
challenging, and it is always a great fun and relaxed event. The | :02:12. | :02:19. | |
only rider to win the Rolex Grand Slam in 2003, Pippa Funnell rides | :02:19. | :02:28. | |
her 12-year-old horse. It is lovely to be here, especially with a horse | :02:28. | :02:34. | |
that I think a lot of. Anything can happen. Every fence you come to you | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
think, really? Will they jump this? Yes, they will. The riders are | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
saying, we know it is Burghley. There has not been a course as big | :02:45. | :02:51. | |
as this for years. Even though the riders are global superstars, there | :02:51. | :02:52. | |
are two macro riders for whom this riders are global superstars, there | :02:52. | :02:57. | |
is a first. Ingrid Klimke is fresh the home individual silver at Malmo | :02:57. | :03:03. | |
in the European Championships. She is on searing form and looking | :03:03. | :03:09. | |
forward to a new challenge. I have never been in Burghley before, so I | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
am very excited. It is one of the most lovely causes I have ever seen. | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
Definitely it is impressive. When I walked it yesterday, I thought, | :03:19. | :03:26. | |
these jobs are really high! It is a once-in-a-lifetime show, that every | :03:26. | :03:32. | |
rider is streaming of. Now, I practice to 16, so I said to | :03:32. | :03:38. | |
myself, it is this year, or do not wait too long. And this year 's new | :03:38. | :03:44. | |
sensation Jock Padget, winner of Badminton, who will be looking to | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
bag Burghley for New Zealand. It is another big event. I would like to | :03:49. | :03:54. | |
be able to have the opportunity to another big event. I would like to | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
win a Grand Slam. I have come here with two very good, very experienced | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
horses, and I hope to get a good place with both of them. A top-level | :04:03. | :04:08. | |
event rider needs the right horses and the right kit. I wanted to show | :04:09. | :04:13. | |
you the equipment that is specific for dressage. The saddle is | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
different, much longer side panels with support here for the leg. | :04:18. | :04:23. | |
Support for the back, keeping everything in position. The bit has | :04:23. | :04:30. | |
to be quite simple. You are only allowed in the horses mouth a | :04:30. | :04:31. | |
to be quite simple. You are only snaffle, or this, a French bit. The | :04:31. | :04:37. | |
only other option is a double bridle, which means to bits in the | :04:37. | :04:44. | |
mouth, but also two Rains in the hand. Then you have this very | :04:44. | :04:54. | |
elegant long tail coat, the boots, and the Spurs. And this top hat. | :04:54. | :04:59. | |
Let's see who impressed the judges the most. | :04:59. | :05:06. | |
A great record, and her riding style much admired by her fellow | :05:06. | :05:15. | |
competitors. Ingrid was bred to be a dressage star. Her father was many | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
years ago. She has been brought up in this classic German dressage | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
style. She writes beautifully. What I like most about Ingrid is she | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
rides in a very sympathetic way. Her horses always look very relaxed and | :05:30. | :05:35. | |
go very kindly for her. She's got a great figure and looks great on a | :05:35. | :05:41. | |
horse. She is great to watch. She is the epitome of what dressage sued | :05:41. | :06:01. | |
being about. She sits very well, and the epitome of what dressage sued | :06:01. | :06:03. | |
any horse she sits on produces a fantastic test. On day two, the | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
crowds enjoyed a solid display from Parklane Hawk and William Fox-Pitt. | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
Kiwi Andrew Nicholson, here to defend his 2012 title, is the first | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
competitor to ride three horses at Burghley. His best test came from | :06:15. | :06:27. | |
Nereo. He finished in third place. Fellow Kiwi and badminton champion, | :06:27. | :06:34. | |
Jonathan Padget, scored a more than respectable 42 penalties on his | :06:34. | :06:39. | |
first ride, Clifton Marsh. On Clifton Promise, he displayed a | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
wonderful test, to be the man of the moment. He is a great guy, and he is | :06:43. | :06:51. | |
really shining at the minute. He has worked really hard, and it is his | :06:51. | :06:57. | |
temperament as a whole. It has not gone to his head at all. He has a | :06:57. | :07:03. | |
very natural way of sitting on the horse. Horses seem to understand him | :07:03. | :07:08. | |
very well, and perform very, very well for him. He rode the test of | :07:08. | :07:16. | |
his life to storm into the lead on a score of 36.7. All very close. The | :07:16. | :07:30. | |
top 11 only 7.5 marks apart. Fox-Pitt, Andrew Nicholson and | :07:30. | :07:34. | |
Oliver Townend all former champions. The top 20 also includes | :07:34. | :07:41. | |
stars such as Mark Todd, Andrew Nicholson and the great Pippa | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
Funnell. Some beautiful tests there. They | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
will admit that this is a competition that will not be won on | :07:49. | :07:54. | |
dressage alone. The crowds pouring in their thousands all year round to | :07:54. | :07:59. | |
see Burghley house. They are magnified in September, and this is | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
why they come. Captain Phillips has come up with a really big and | :08:04. | :08:09. | |
testing cross country course again. Riders go into the arena as early as | :08:09. | :08:14. | |
fence fall. There are big isolated challenges, as well as combination | :08:14. | :08:22. | |
fences that test a rider's and a horse's balance. They have 11.5 | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
minutes to complete it. It is about 4.5 miles in length. Let's find out | :08:26. | :08:32. | |
minutes to complete it. It is about what some of the leading contenders | :08:32. | :08:42. | |
make of it. We have just left the main arena. We have galloped down | :08:42. | :08:46. | |
the hill, pass the ditch on the right, which caused -- which could | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
cause a problem. You could lose your horse's attention. Here we are at | :08:51. | :09:00. | |
the first element, a and B. It is a seriously tall hedge, very narrow, | :09:00. | :09:08. | |
on quite a severe angle. The horses are not 100% concentrating and might | :09:08. | :09:14. | |
dodge past here. If you jump that successfully, we will land about | :09:14. | :09:19. | |
here. It is four of my strides for every one of the horses. One two, | :09:19. | :09:30. | |
three, four. It is for strides for the horses. The element is this big | :09:30. | :09:38. | |
white table, so it is a big combination of different questions, | :09:38. | :09:46. | |
and I think it could cause problems. This year, we have done discovery | :09:46. | :09:49. | |
Valerie first, and the first option is which trees you go through. -- | :09:49. | :09:56. | |
Discovery Valley Return. Then we have quite a way before the huge | :09:56. | :10:05. | |
drop into that leaf pit, which we all get so worried about that the | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
horses are suddenly going to get that shock. From here, I want to | :10:09. | :10:14. | |
leave the horse alone, and then at the halfway point between the two | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
fences, we need to be killing the speed, slowing them down, because | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
they have to have time to look and see what they are going to do. You | :10:23. | :10:27. | |
can come straight in the middle. The drop might be a bit bigger. I like | :10:27. | :10:32. | |
the option of being a little bit to the left. Allow them to use their | :10:32. | :10:37. | |
necks, and allow them to look. Keep the leg of there. Then up and out | :10:37. | :10:49. | |
over. So we have left the leaf pit, galloped 25 more seconds, and we are | :10:49. | :10:54. | |
back here at discovery Valley. We are here at sense eight. Narrow | :10:54. | :11:01. | |
hedge over the bonnet. We will jump that at the angle and run down this | :11:01. | :11:06. | |
hill with about three strides to the angled ditch here. We hop across the | :11:06. | :11:13. | |
angled ditch, land around here, and do three strides on a curving line | :11:14. | :11:20. | |
to two further angled hedges, with one stride in between. I think the | :11:20. | :11:27. | |
crowd are seriously going to get their money 's worth. This starts | :11:27. | :11:36. | |
with fence number 12 over there. Quite a strong gallop up the hill, | :11:36. | :11:41. | |
before you reduce the speed and set the horse up, and then push enough | :11:41. | :11:49. | |
that it is a nice forward jump fluently through the first water | :11:49. | :11:55. | |
here. You have enough momentum, and I look at the windows and try to | :11:55. | :12:01. | |
approach fence number 13) point. Already my eyes at the corner, but I | :12:01. | :12:06. | |
try to ride it strong enough for a straight. I hope to land here. Now I | :12:07. | :12:18. | |
start my turn, first stride. Second. And third stride. Now my eye is | :12:18. | :12:25. | |
totally focused on the mushroom behind the fence. I must make sure | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
that I close the door here, really sit in the saddle, and make sure | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
there is absolutely no chance of a run on the right-hand side. From | :12:35. | :12:38. | |
here, you just gallop out of the water, pick your horse, and be happy | :12:39. | :12:46. | |
you have made it. Just past halfway. Our horses should be on the job | :12:46. | :12:49. | |
right now, but I think they will need a bit of a breather. The | :12:49. | :12:56. | |
important part is to get our line right. I will come round the turn | :12:56. | :13:02. | |
here, make sure I line up early. Not too fast, but strong, and then wait | :13:02. | :13:06. | |
for the moment to press the force in. It is important that the horse | :13:06. | :13:12. | |
understands that he jumps this first. Then I'm going to land, and | :13:12. | :13:18. | |
almost ride this fence as if I am on a bike. I will open my left frame, | :13:18. | :13:25. | |
and lead my horse into the next fence into strides. Hopefully, we | :13:25. | :13:32. | |
have the jump we want here. I think the turn here is a little bit | :13:32. | :13:36. | |
unrealistic to keep a nice bend. I think we need to lean your horse | :13:36. | :13:44. | |
into it a bit. One two, 3... One stride. And I think the experienced | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
horses will start to look on a little bit here. So you will not | :13:48. | :13:55. | |
have to do too much. Lean a bit like a bike. Because the fences are on an | :13:55. | :14:00. | |
angle, you have a couple of options. You can cut in a bit more if you | :14:00. | :14:07. | |
need to take away room. Now we come to fence 19. I think it is one of | :14:07. | :14:13. | |
the hardest on the course. We have just had a long gallop to get here. | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
The ground suddenly rises very steep, which is difficult to judge | :14:17. | :14:21. | |
the distance to this very wide triple brush arrowhead. This is a | :14:21. | :14:28. | |
serious offence and will take a lot of jumping, and you land on the flat | :14:29. | :14:34. | |
ground. Then it is suddenly running away, and you have a sharp term. | :14:35. | :14:40. | |
ground. Then it is suddenly running Then there is another one of these | :14:40. | :14:44. | |
triple brush skinny arrowheads, just as tough as the first one. This is a | :14:44. | :14:49. | |
serious question which will need us as riders to be really accurate. The | :14:49. | :14:57. | |
kit for cross country is completely different, you have boots on, the | :14:57. | :15:01. | |
riders are riding much shorter, the saddle is flatter at the back. The | :15:01. | :15:07. | |
control is all-important. Andrew Nicholson is wearing his crash hat | :15:07. | :15:12. | |
and a back protector. The grease on the front legs is so that if a horse | :15:12. | :15:16. | |
gets close to a fence and they wrap it, they are likely to slide over | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
rather than raise the skin -- and they rub it. The riders will wear | :15:21. | :15:27. | |
one stopwatch which will beep every minute so they know they are in the | :15:27. | :15:31. | |
right place and that they are going fast enough. Great conditions here, | :15:31. | :15:36. | |
a slight breeze, it is bright, a big crowd gathering, let's see how they | :15:36. | :15:40. | |
get on. Andrew Nicholson is out early. | :15:41. | :15:55. | |
Andrew is one of the best at cross country, he never looked like he is | :15:55. | :16:00. | |
in a hurry, he is away is very fast, always right on the button | :16:00. | :16:06. | |
further time -- for the time but never looks horrid. It is good he | :16:06. | :16:12. | |
has -- never looks hurried. It is good he has a horse going early | :16:12. | :16:15. | |
because they can all watch and see how you do it. | :16:15. | :16:21. | |
Three-time winner Andrew Nicholson. A very good horse that has some | :16:22. | :16:30. | |
great form. Away from the hurdles in the arena. Now we go down to the | :16:30. | :16:37. | |
discovery of. -- the Discovery Valley Return. There is an awkward | :16:37. | :16:46. | |
globe coming out of the first combination. This will be the first | :16:46. | :16:53. | |
real test on the course combination. This will be the first | :16:53. | :17:00. | |
Nicholson comes down on Calico Joe, a horse that he owns himself. He | :17:00. | :17:05. | |
took a slow route there but Andrew is showing competitors that the | :17:05. | :17:13. | |
quick route is very possible. Now up to the Classics Leaf Pit. This has | :17:13. | :17:21. | |
been in over many years since it started in 1961. A big drop down | :17:21. | :17:24. | |
into the bottom and then two alternatives, not a lot of time | :17:24. | :17:28. | |
between these roll tops, I think they will follow the yellow route. | :17:28. | :17:36. | |
Again, I think Andrew will be taking the quick route. Calico Joe, | :17:36. | :17:39. | |
Again, I think Andrew will be taking thoroughbred horse, very quick | :17:39. | :17:43. | |
across the country. Wasting no time to the | :17:43. | :18:13. | |
the angle and then two or three strides. Three strides and then one | :18:13. | :18:20. | |
stride. A bit hesitant, took the flag out, the riders will be glad to | :18:20. | :18:26. | |
see Andrew through there. Looking very relaxed, he is such a good man | :18:26. | :18:32. | |
as judgement of pace. Many think the optimum time is difficult here. The | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
first part of the course will be slower but it is whether they can | :18:38. | :18:43. | |
make up the time. Mark Phillips is certainly trying to slow the riders | :18:43. | :18:44. | |
down. Now we are at the famous trout | :18:44. | :18:58. | |
hatchery. Over two houses on difficult undulating ground and then | :18:58. | :19:03. | |
onto a big corner. It saves a lot of time. It is quite a tricky approach | :19:03. | :19:15. | |
to this trout hatchery. Down asleep slope that McRae steep slope and | :19:15. | :19:20. | |
then a big drop. -- down a steep slope. And then committed onto the | :19:20. | :19:28. | |
corner. That will encourage the riders. He had a little stumble in | :19:28. | :19:33. | |
that second part. Now the man who has won this title six times in all, | :19:33. | :19:39. | |
William Fox-Pitt on the first of two rides, Neuf des Coeurs, the French | :19:39. | :19:48. | |
horse who was placed here in 2011. The Maltings combination. Andrew | :19:48. | :19:54. | |
coming to gallop right through the middle of the combination. He is a | :19:54. | :20:03. | |
large red table, a committed five strides to a little skinny upright. | :20:03. | :20:08. | |
He is going to jump right to left, give yourself four strides before | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
this incredibly difficult corner. Calico Joe looking pretty confident. | :20:12. | :20:17. | |
When you turn back over this large, wide oxen. He just pumps it, this is | :20:17. | :20:28. | |
a huge fence. Moving very easily indeed, looking to certainly make | :20:28. | :20:35. | |
good time. Is it enough? He is down, how much is he down? This is about | :20:35. | :20:40. | |
the halfway point on the course as he comes to the Rolex Combination. | :20:40. | :20:47. | |
He is down 13 seconds. We always expected that happen. They have got | :20:47. | :20:52. | |
to make time up later, hopefully. A sharp angle over a ditch and swing | :20:52. | :20:57. | |
round in two strides to the brush. The brush is quite forgiving but a | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
tricky combination. We are now at the dairy farm, it is fence 19 on | :21:01. | :21:06. | |
the cross-country course and it splits over two narrow ones, those | :21:06. | :21:14. | |
triple brushes. The red goes round and round. The once you have gone | :21:14. | :21:20. | |
short are well on their way to the Cottesmore Leap. The riders asked to | :21:21. | :21:26. | |
get these fences lowered because they were enormous. Interestingly | :21:26. | :21:30. | |
enough it looks as though Andrew Nicholson has decided to take the | :21:30. | :21:34. | |
long route. That will be influential for the competitors later on. | :21:34. | :21:38. | |
Slightly more time-consuming but definitely much safer. He swings | :21:38. | :21:44. | |
back around the tree, wasting not much time. Only five or six seconds | :21:44. | :21:50. | |
in that. William Fox-Pitt, meanwhile, Neuf des Coeurs, 18th in | :21:50. | :21:54. | |
2011. Oh, Jini is -- he catches that with | :21:54. | :22:15. | |
his knee, good job it was brush. This enormous ditch, the Cottesmore | :22:15. | :22:22. | |
Leap, it is an easy jump for this course. -- for this horse. He is | :22:22. | :22:38. | |
cantering and wastes not a second, another man who is so good at | :22:38. | :22:44. | |
judging his pace. Getting towards home now, capabilities cutting. | :22:44. | :22:54. | |
There is a choice, Andrew takes the left-hand route. It is really | :22:54. | :23:04. | |
riders' preference. Now William Fox-Pitt, back with nerve to cap the | :23:04. | :23:10. | |
Discovery Valley Return. -- back with Neuf des Coeurs. Woody get some | :23:10. | :23:20. | |
confidence from that. Wasn't so proficient in the early part of the | :23:20. | :23:26. | |
course. -- William will get so much confidence from that. A bit of a | :23:26. | :23:32. | |
struggle there, down to this week oxen are -- to this big boxer. He | :23:32. | :23:40. | |
has a minute and a half to get home, he will be pushing it. An easy jump | :23:40. | :23:51. | |
into the water. A lovely rhythm. The balance is great and the quick route | :23:51. | :23:56. | |
is to the ghosts. You can see the brush fence -- route is to the | :23:56. | :24:03. | |
goose. Going under the Lion Bridge Double | :24:03. | :24:13. | |
which hasn't been used for a number of years. The horse is still full of | :24:13. | :24:24. | |
running. He certainly is, here we have William at the trout hatchery, | :24:24. | :24:29. | |
down that hill. The riders are having to work hard to get over that | :24:29. | :24:34. | |
house, the horses have backed off a little bit. Then three strides to | :24:34. | :24:40. | |
the brush corner. I think William got four in there, more of a curving | :24:40. | :24:45. | |
line. Andrew Nicholson, driving for the finish, he is going to get | :24:45. | :24:50. | |
inside with Calico Joe, the horse that he owns. They riders will find | :24:50. | :24:57. | |
this most encouraging, but they won't all go as well as this man. He | :24:57. | :25:00. | |
has set the target, 48.3. They have got a very strong team | :25:00. | :25:13. | |
here. Now we see 33-year-old Piggy French, a new horse for her. | :25:13. | :25:18. | |
Westwood Mariner. Twice been around this course. The first time with | :25:18. | :25:28. | |
this very talented rider. He is pretty much the guinea pig comedy | :25:28. | :25:32. | |
has done job well. I used him quick on the first half, he has got a lot | :25:32. | :25:36. | |
more gallop than that but at the same time he felt like he was doing | :25:36. | :25:41. | |
it very comfortably. When I told him to pick it up in the second half, | :25:41. | :25:43. | |
off he went. big, striding horse. Doesn't look as | :25:43. | :26:00. | |
though he is in a hurry, it'll be interesting to know time of this | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
course. William is very good at cruising round, never looking as if | :26:04. | :26:09. | |
he is in a hurry and always making the time. William just looking | :26:09. | :26:17. | |
down, he is a little uncomfortable about something. Nothing wrong | :26:17. | :26:21. | |
down, he is a little uncomfortable there, though. The horse is still | :26:21. | :26:29. | |
jumping, that is official. -- that is for sure. Piggy French coming | :26:29. | :26:36. | |
down to the return journey through discovery of. | :26:36. | :26:40. | |
Oh! That is really so unlucky. The horse drops his hind legs in the | :26:40. | :26:52. | |
ditch. He does. Piggy did nothing wrong. He jumps the brush well, | :26:52. | :26:58. | |
three strides down to this big angled ditch. His hind leg just | :26:58. | :27:05. | |
slips off the edge, into the ditch. He just rejects poor Piggy. They | :27:05. | :27:13. | |
missed out on the Olympics and the Europeans recently. Here is a man | :27:13. | :27:17. | |
who has not missed out, the Badminton winner on the first of his | :27:17. | :27:26. | |
two rides. Jock is cross-country riding, he has got natural flair, | :27:26. | :27:32. | |
natural talent. Slightly different style to some. He would stay a | :27:32. | :27:36. | |
little bit more forward in the way he writes. -- he rides. An amazing | :27:36. | :27:41. | |
judgement of speed. This man is a future star of this | :27:41. | :27:55. | |
sport, without doubt. Now to a man who has been welcomed one on the | :27:55. | :27:58. | |
number of occasions, one of Britain's best ever event riders, | :27:58. | :28:06. | |
William Fox-Pitt on Neuf des Coeurs. He is taking the quick route, going | :28:06. | :28:10. | |
under the tree, coming across the corner of the second triple brush, | :28:10. | :28:14. | |
takes the flag out but makes it look easy. John Padgett, Clifton Lush, | :28:14. | :28:24. | |
coming to this very open triple bar. This is a man who is going for | :28:24. | :28:26. | |
another Neatly down, beautifully written. | :28:26. | :28:54. | |
Very positive start through the Leith pet -- the | :28:54. | :28:57. | |
the world and their dog is here, huge crowd. | :28:57. | :29:04. | |
This is one of the rising stars of the British inventing -- eventing | :29:04. | :29:12. | |
scene. This is Dry Old Party, we will see how he gets on on the | :29:12. | :29:16. | |
cross-country after finding out more about him. I am Tom McEwen. I first | :29:16. | :29:22. | |
sat on a horse at the age of two, being held on tightly by my mother. | :29:22. | :29:27. | |
From there I was given up only to go in venting on. I am very much into | :29:27. | :29:32. | |
sports I am very active. I have always loved rugby, that has been a | :29:32. | :29:34. | |
sports I am very active. I have big passion. If you see people like | :29:34. | :29:40. | |
Andrew Nicholson, like you said in his horse and hound article, he is | :29:40. | :29:45. | |
training just as much as any other athlete, he is on the rowing | :29:45. | :29:49. | |
machine, watching his diet, it is a very important. I was very lucky | :29:49. | :29:53. | |
when I left school after my A-levels to go down to William's kennels. I | :29:53. | :30:02. | |
started breaking horses which has been so helpful for cross-country | :30:02. | :30:05. | |
riding. More than that they taught me to think about the horse's | :30:05. | :30:10. | |
brain. Before that I was a bit slapdash. It has made me understand | :30:10. | :30:14. | |
what I am doing, every horses individual, no different to a | :30:14. | :30:22. | |
person. I got given Dry Old Party, which has led to my experience at a | :30:22. | :30:24. | |
very young age, which has been which has led to my experience at a | :30:24. | :30:29. | |
slickly fantastic and I have loved every second. -- absolutely | :30:29. | :30:35. | |
fantastic. I could not have been luckier when Mark Todd bought this | :30:35. | :30:36. | |
yard and I was allowed to stay luckier when Mark Todd bought this | :30:36. | :30:42. | |
He is a legend of the sport. The way of doing things and the day-to-day | :30:42. | :30:45. | |
routine, I have learned so much already. It is not just mark you I | :30:45. | :30:49. | |
have learned from. He has some of the best girls helping on the yard. | :30:49. | :30:53. | |
have learned from. He has some of I have learned some much about | :30:53. | :30:56. | |
stable management, which is just as important as the rest of it for me. | :30:57. | :31:01. | |
Competing at the top level, it is what you dream of when you are | :31:01. | :31:05. | |
younger, whether it be the senior team at the Olympics, worlds all | :31:05. | :31:09. | |
Europeans going around Badminton or Burghley, it is extremely exciting | :31:09. | :31:19. | |
and as butterflies going. 22-year-old Tom McEwen. News in that | :31:19. | :31:25. | |
William Fox-Pitt has retired. Lost a shoe and has pulled out. Here is one | :31:25. | :31:31. | |
that has certainly not pulled out. Galloping well. A huge jump there. | :31:31. | :31:42. | |
Looks like abyssal bit of lard in the horse's nostril there. -- looks | :31:42. | :31:51. | |
like a little bit of blood. Here is Tom McEwen on Dry Old Party. Road | :31:51. | :31:56. | |
very well last year to finish in the top 20. Beautifully through there. | :31:56. | :32:03. | |
That's a great start from this young man. He was as good as any in the | :32:03. | :32:14. | |
main arena there. Turned out to prove his worth after the | :32:15. | :32:17. | |
disappointment of the European Championships. Massive crowds | :32:17. | :32:20. | |
everywhere on this course. He didn't get the shot he wanted. He | :32:21. | :32:31. | |
is in trouble. Can he hang on? Surely he can't get back from | :32:31. | :32:40. | |
there. And the horse accelerating away. That was real speed hitting | :32:40. | :32:47. | |
the ground there. Perhaps he did better not holding on. The horse | :32:47. | :32:51. | |
just caught it in front. Tom lost his reins. He had no chance of | :32:51. | :32:55. | |
just caught it in front. Tom lost getting back. Hangs on for all he is | :32:55. | :33:00. | |
worth and really, really tries. You have got to admire him for that, but | :33:00. | :33:06. | |
the inevitable is going to happen. When your luck is out, it is really | :33:06. | :33:12. | |
out. There was real hope for Tom. Now back with Jonathan Padget on | :33:12. | :33:16. | |
Clifton Lush. Had a problem here last year. I think he will put that | :33:16. | :33:24. | |
behind him. Three strides was a long way off that corner. Didn't get the | :33:24. | :33:29. | |
best strike at the house in the middle, so really had to open the | :33:29. | :33:35. | |
horse up. The horse wanders about. He takes the stride. Well done. The | :33:35. | :33:41. | |
last we saw of Tom McEwen he was having quite a nasty fall. Luckily, | :33:41. | :33:46. | |
you are fine. What happened? It is very rarely the horse's fault, and | :33:46. | :33:50. | |
this time it was definitely my fault. Sadly, I couldn't quite save | :33:50. | :33:58. | |
it. I did my best to save it, and it got a bit quicker each time. A bit | :33:58. | :34:04. | |
of bad luck and a bit of a bad run, but apparently it is character | :34:04. | :34:09. | |
building! Is that what everyone is telling you? Yes. Whether I believe | :34:09. | :34:12. | |
building! Is that what everyone is it or not is a different matter! The | :34:12. | :34:16. | |
very experienced German here. At the it or not is a different matter! The | :34:16. | :34:26. | |
very top of the sport, including Badminton. One an Olympic gold medal | :34:26. | :34:35. | |
in 2008 on this horse. Clifton Lush still galloping well. You can see | :34:35. | :34:39. | |
that red on his nostril, but it doesn't seem to be getting any | :34:39. | :34:45. | |
worse, or affecting the horse. I would be very surprised if the grand | :34:45. | :34:49. | |
jury don't bring him up, in this clean sport here are brought on by | :34:49. | :34:54. | |
the International Federation. The rules have been used. The horse is | :34:54. | :35:03. | |
in cracking form. He went beautifully through there. Andreas | :35:03. | :35:10. | |
Dibowski lost out on the European team gold medal in Malmo. But this | :35:10. | :35:18. | |
is a horse that went to the Olympic Games with a Thai rider. Hasn't | :35:18. | :35:21. | |
really found its form since it has been back. Up to the dairy mount for | :35:21. | :35:33. | |
Jock. There is a very clear note there of that blood. We are hearing | :35:33. | :35:35. | |
Jock. There is a very clear note news that the grand jury are going | :35:35. | :35:41. | |
to pull him up. That is drama. They will pull him up, the vets will have | :35:41. | :35:46. | |
a look, and if they are happy he will go on again. We will have to | :35:46. | :35:54. | |
wait and see. Andreas Dibowski the most experienced international there | :35:54. | :36:00. | |
is in Germany. This second part of the hollow is much more difficult | :36:00. | :36:04. | |
than the first. A big jump over the ditch. That was a little bit of a | :36:04. | :36:09. | |
dirty stop there from the horse. He has not been the easiest of horses | :36:09. | :36:14. | |
over ditches. Andreas was just hanging on to the contact, and the | :36:14. | :36:19. | |
horse just lost his balance. I don't think there was any need for that | :36:19. | :36:25. | |
stock. The horse just let him down there. Over the second attempt quite | :36:25. | :36:33. | |
nicely. Meanwhile, Jock Padget looks in a hurry. He has been stopped, but | :36:33. | :36:39. | |
they will have stopped the clock. He looks to be making good advantage of | :36:39. | :36:45. | |
that. Yes, you can see a tiny bit of blood, but the nose is cleaner. So | :36:45. | :36:51. | |
the grand juror obviously happy with it. He is flying now. No long-term | :36:51. | :36:56. | |
effect of that blood at all, obviously. Andreas Dibowski top of | :36:56. | :37:06. | |
the world rankings for Germany. He has got that 20 jumping penalties in | :37:06. | :37:13. | |
the Discovery Valley. And he gallops straight past. It looks to me if he | :37:13. | :37:20. | |
thinks his chance is gone. Up goes the hand, and out goes Andreas | :37:20. | :37:26. | |
Dibowski. Now Ingrid Klimke, the First Lady of German eventing. Butts | :37:26. | :37:33. | |
Abraxxas. Never been here before, but been a big horse in the German | :37:33. | :37:39. | |
success ever since those worlds in 2006. | :37:39. | :37:50. | |
This is a horse that we have seen quite a lot of. Quirinal de la | :37:50. | :38:05. | |
Bastide. And Clifton Lush, he is a long one at that first boat. He has | :38:05. | :38:11. | |
obviously got an eye on the clock. Difficult when you have been stopped | :38:11. | :38:16. | |
on the course. You do not stop the watch on your wrist. Get very | :38:16. | :38:25. | |
confused about the timing. Leans forward, kept his balance well | :38:25. | :38:33. | |
there. Well ridden. The French are back to form. They won the bronze in | :38:33. | :38:40. | |
the Malmo Europeans. Is this going to be number two inside the time | :38:40. | :38:47. | |
now? Jock Padget on Clifton Lush. He got inside the time, which means he | :38:47. | :38:51. | |
will stay on his dressage score of 42. That is the score to beat in the | :38:51. | :38:57. | |
early stages of this Burghley cross-country. How well does that | :38:57. | :39:10. | |
horse finish? Ingrid at the Leith pit. Very fast across the country. | :39:10. | :39:16. | |
She takes the tightest line into that pretty big round table. She's | :39:16. | :39:27. | |
in a hurry! Jock Padget got stopped out on the | :39:27. | :39:30. | |
course by the vet and then restarted. What happened? Early on, | :39:30. | :39:36. | |
he jumped the Elephant Trap quite awkwardly, and I wonder if he bumped | :39:36. | :39:40. | |
his nose, because there was a bit of blood. The vet looked and said that | :39:40. | :39:44. | |
it looked as though he had just bumped it, so good to go. You go | :39:44. | :39:50. | |
into the lead on this horse. Obviously, Clifton Promise to still | :39:50. | :39:54. | |
to come. Are you looking forward to riding him? I always look forward to | :39:54. | :40:03. | |
riding him. I need to think about my plan now. I need to forget about it | :40:03. | :40:08. | |
now, and move on. Always looking forward to it. Coming back to Ingrid | :40:08. | :40:14. | |
now, and move on. Always looking on Butts Abraxxas. Not got a huge | :40:14. | :40:20. | |
stride, this horse. Keeps motoring at the fences. Click -- quick and | :40:21. | :40:29. | |
sharp as any through there. Crowe now the lab. -- Quirinal de la | :40:29. | :40:38. | |
Bastide. He was in that team that went so well. The French winning the | :40:38. | :40:47. | |
team bronze in the Malmo Europeans. Going the correct way at the dairy | :40:47. | :40:52. | |
mount, and does that as well as anyone. A because, this. -- a big | :40:52. | :41:03. | |
horse, this. Andrew Nicholson one in style with Rosemary and Mark | :41:03. | :41:09. | |
Fellows. He is right on target to try and win the title again. Safely | :41:09. | :41:23. | |
away, Andrew Nicholson on Avebury. Ingrid at the gives him a little | :41:23. | :41:30. | |
reminder there. She wasn't happy with that jump, wants him to keep | :41:30. | :41:35. | |
going here. Those three strides were quite long for him. Crikey, she was | :41:35. | :41:41. | |
lucky there! I don't know what the horse was thinking. It jumped into | :41:41. | :41:47. | |
the water, took the stride too far off. Tried it anyway. He could have | :41:48. | :41:53. | |
put another stride in. Ploughed all over the fence, but they survived. | :41:53. | :42:01. | |
That is a very good time. Seventh at the end of dressage. This horse is | :42:01. | :42:07. | |
one of the best in the world now. Bred by Andrew himself. Ingrid | :42:07. | :42:17. | |
coming up to the malt in, just back from a brilliant silver medal | :42:17. | :42:22. | |
individually at the European Championships. Team gold for the | :42:22. | :42:26. | |
Germans. A very exciting young horse. This horse has been such a | :42:26. | :42:38. | |
star. Sometimes looks a bit hit and miss, as we saw in the trout at, but | :42:38. | :42:46. | |
my word, they are quick! Germany are right in the hunt for this title. | :42:46. | :42:56. | |
Discovery Valley for Avebury. He has been here. He knows what to expect. | :42:56. | :43:05. | |
That was quite brilliant. That could have been a gymnastic exercise in | :43:05. | :43:12. | |
the arena at home. One to emulate. Another chance to check the time of | :43:12. | :43:18. | |
Ingrid Klimke. She's down with Butts Abraxxas. Her father originally | :43:18. | :43:26. | |
started with eventing, one silver medal at Harwood and other | :43:26. | :43:31. | |
international events. Then became the worlds most famous dressage | :43:31. | :43:36. | |
rider. Her daughter following in his footsteps. A beautiful demonstration | :43:36. | :43:41. | |
of how to that Rolex Combination. She is down on the clock, but looks | :43:41. | :43:45. | |
to have enough horse to catch it out. A big, striding horse. Got | :43:45. | :43:54. | |
close to the rail, but still sharp in front. Still only two inside the | :43:55. | :44:07. | |
time. This man, his first ride Calico Joe. You see them looking so | :44:07. | :44:13. | |
strong. This combination literally cruising. The win here started off | :44:13. | :44:24. | |
such a purple patch for this man. The big pot is more leap. Butts | :44:25. | :44:33. | |
Abraxxas was a little far off that. He stood off a long way, but tried | :44:33. | :44:38. | |
anyway, but didn't quite make it. He dropped his back legs. That can just | :44:39. | :44:45. | |
knock the stuffing out of a horse. Butts Abraxxas starting to look a | :44:45. | :44:51. | |
little bit tired. This horse doesn't, though. He is over the | :44:51. | :44:57. | |
time. Going to be 20 seconds over. 58.5. The French don't have their | :44:57. | :45:04. | |
strongest contingent here. But that is a good score for the Frenchman. | :45:04. | :45:11. | |
We've got two Kiwis home inside the time. I think they are the | :45:11. | :45:17. | |
exception. I don't think that will be the rule here at Burghley. Very | :45:17. | :45:22. | |
difficult to get near that time. Avebury never looks in a hurry, but | :45:22. | :45:27. | |
he just doesn't waste any time at the fences. Keeps such a brilliant | :45:27. | :45:29. | |
rhythm. Making it look so easy, quite depressing for the others. FRH | :45:29. | :45:47. | |
Butts Abraxxas at the Anniversary Splash, she is still behind the | :45:47. | :45:54. | |
clock. Now the famous goose, it has caught one or two in the past but | :45:54. | :46:01. | |
not Ingrid Klimke. 40 seconds to get home, that is not going to be | :46:01. | :46:05. | |
enough. Need a bit more than a minute to get home from here. Quite | :46:05. | :46:09. | |
a lot of galloping. Although this Lion Bridge is quite energy sapping | :46:09. | :46:16. | |
and slows them down. It does and Butts Abraxxas is such a fast | :46:16. | :46:17. | |
course, normally it is easy to get Butts Abraxxas is such a fast | :46:17. | :46:23. | |
the time. The only two we have had inside the time have been | :46:23. | :46:25. | |
thoroughbreds, they have come to the fore. Avebury now up this undulating | :46:25. | :46:33. | |
terrain and that is what makes it so testing. Andrew Nicholson now, on | :46:33. | :46:39. | |
his first horse, went a long way over the triple brushes. They are | :46:39. | :46:45. | |
wider and less risk and he still got inside the time. He nips inside the | :46:45. | :46:53. | |
tree, doesn't waste a centimetre. Here is Ingrid Klimke coming to the | :46:53. | :46:55. | |
tree, doesn't waste a centimetre. last. She is already over, so she is | :46:55. | :47:00. | |
going to add to her dressage score of 39. The most difficult phase for | :47:00. | :47:06. | |
this horse that has let them both down over the air is has been the | :47:06. | :47:13. | |
show-jumping. -- over the years. She is second at the moment but sadly | :47:13. | :47:17. | |
for her, the worst phase still to come. I hope she is not listening to | :47:17. | :47:25. | |
you. Here is one that is a brilliant horse, Redesigned, Pippa Funnell, | :47:25. | :47:33. | |
they have gone so well in the past. The horse has been plagued with | :47:33. | :47:37. | |
issues, hasn't had Berlin reparation for this event. -- hasn't had | :47:37. | :47:40. | |
brilliant preparation. To ride it was even more impressive. | :47:40. | :47:53. | |
The jumps are really high but it is a wonderful atmosphere. So many | :47:53. | :47:58. | |
people are cheering, it is great ground, a real adventure. She won | :47:58. | :48:05. | |
the individual silver and team gold in Malmo, we are going to see a lot | :48:05. | :48:09. | |
more of Ingrid. Here is Andrew Nicholson, back at Capability's | :48:09. | :48:13. | |
Cutting with a brick and he is making up the time -- with Avebury. | :48:13. | :48:21. | |
He is on a good dressage score. One of the reasons this is such | :48:21. | :48:26. | |
course is because of the natural undulations. They are used to good | :48:26. | :48:32. | |
effect at the Leaf Pit. They launch and dropped 56 feet down. We are | :48:32. | :48:39. | |
waiting for Pippa Funnell who won this title two years ago. See how | :48:39. | :48:47. | |
easy they make it look. The Lion Bridge for Avebury. | :48:47. | :48:58. | |
Interesting to see the time. We have only got one inside the time. | :48:58. | :49:02. | |
Avebury never looks the fastest but covers the ground. | :49:02. | :49:07. | |
Here is Pippa Funnell with Redesigned, coming back through the | :49:07. | :49:13. | |
Discovery Valley now. She was worried about this fence. You feel | :49:13. | :49:17. | |
the horse is lacking in match practice but she gives it able into | :49:17. | :49:22. | |
ride and lots of encouragement afterwards. She will be happy it is | :49:23. | :49:27. | |
out of the way. Andrew Nicholson, driving to the last. He is away | :49:27. | :49:33. | |
inside the time. He has made all the time he was behind. Just as Captain | :49:33. | :49:41. | |
Mark Phillips, the course designer, said might happen. 42.3 is his | :49:41. | :49:49. | |
dressage score, he stays on that. New Zealand are now first and | :49:49. | :49:53. | |
second. They are absolutely in magnificent form. Ingrid Klimke in | :49:53. | :50:02. | |
third. Andrew again in fourth. Then Stanislas in fifth. Pippa Funnell | :50:02. | :50:12. | |
has taken the sharper bit out of his mouth. She has to sit quietly at the | :50:12. | :50:19. | |
combinations. Most horses are struggling to get there in three | :50:19. | :50:24. | |
strides. As soon as the horses finish the | :50:24. | :50:27. | |
cross-country course they are kept on the move. Avebury is washed | :50:27. | :50:32. | |
down, scraped off and washed down again so his body temperature comes | :50:32. | :50:36. | |
down. He has a thermometer just under his tail and that will be used | :50:37. | :50:40. | |
by the vet to monitor the drop in his temperature and how quickly he | :50:40. | :50:44. | |
is recovering. Already his heart rate has come down coming is not | :50:44. | :50:48. | |
distressed, he is recovering really fast. He is 13 years old now, he is | :50:48. | :50:54. | |
very fit, sort of at his peak for an event horse and he looks as if he is | :50:54. | :50:59. | |
very happy with the job he has done. It is a privilege to ride him, he | :50:59. | :51:03. | |
knows his job inside out and he made it feel like it was an open | :51:03. | :51:11. | |
intermediate one-day event. In the first half it felt like he was | :51:11. | :51:13. | |
spinning around the corners as happy as can be. Oliver Townend won it in | :51:14. | :51:23. | |
2009. He is riding an ex-Nicholson horse, Armada. Fourth last year, he | :51:23. | :51:31. | |
has been out of the big time in the last few seasons but this horse | :51:31. | :51:36. | |
could get him back. Beautifully through the fifth fence, the | :51:36. | :51:40. | |
Discovery Valley first combination. And Redesigned is flying down to the | :51:40. | :51:46. | |
Rolex Combination. A little bit down on the clock. That horse, 27 seconds | :51:46. | :51:53. | |
down in fact. He is a bit of a galloping machine but she has got to | :51:53. | :51:57. | |
concentrate on this combination, quite a tight turn for a big | :51:57. | :52:03. | |
striding horse. Has him anchored but makes it look easy. | :52:03. | :52:15. | |
This combination looks so good when they represented Britain in Kentucky | :52:15. | :52:24. | |
in the world Equestrian games. Finished fifth there and we hoped | :52:24. | :52:29. | |
this would be a combination that could feature at the Olympic aims. | :52:29. | :52:34. | |
Didn't work out, as she jumps through the triple brushes very | :52:34. | :52:42. | |
well. It is a real combination to be reckoned with. Discovery Valley for | :52:43. | :52:48. | |
Oliver. He has developed a great partnership with this horse. They | :52:49. | :52:55. | |
get on so well. A big striding horse again. A strong horse. | :52:55. | :53:04. | |
Back in the Anniversary Splash, not the stride she wanted. It was | :53:04. | :53:11. | |
towards the end of the course they had their run out at Badminton which | :53:11. | :53:17. | |
was their return to the big time. During the long route, probably a | :53:17. | :53:21. | |
sensible move, it is quite a sharp turn to the goose. She won't have | :53:21. | :53:28. | |
lost a lot of time, 35 seconds to get home, it is not enough. She is | :53:28. | :53:32. | |
going to get time penalties. She was handily placed after dressage. Now | :53:32. | :53:36. | |
at the Lion Bridge. This combination, back on form could | :53:36. | :53:48. | |
be a huge asset to the British squad with the world championships next | :53:48. | :53:56. | |
year in France. Jonelle Richards and The Deputy, coming to the arena. | :53:56. | :54:01. | |
Finds those strides quite short there. Doesn't look in a hurry but | :54:01. | :54:05. | |
could be deceptive. Jonelle Richards was the lead-off | :54:05. | :54:18. | |
rider for the New Zealanders in the Olympics in London. This horse went | :54:18. | :54:26. | |
to Kentucky this spring, finished 18th but certainly on the | :54:26. | :54:35. | |
improvement. Just leaves a leg there. Not really attacking this | :54:35. | :54:40. | |
course, could do with upping the gear. Pippa Funnell is already 20 | :54:40. | :54:48. | |
seconds over the optimum time. It is there a point for the penalty for | :54:48. | :54:56. | |
every second. -- it is 0.4 of a penalty for every second. The | :54:56. | :55:01. | |
combination could be back, which is very good news for Britain. | :55:01. | :55:03. | |
Redesigned and Pippa Funnell, The Deputy has got the twisted turn | :55:03. | :55:14. | |
bits at the beginning of the course out of the way. Now it is time to | :55:14. | :55:22. | |
open up and go that bit faster. The injury he had two and a half years | :55:22. | :55:27. | |
ago, he missed a lot. I take a big gamble in the management and getting | :55:27. | :55:31. | |
him here and it is lovely how it paid off. I will move on and think | :55:31. | :55:36. | |
how he can go faster because he felt full of running at the end. Around | :55:36. | :55:40. | |
is the sort of course you are worried they will get tired. -- | :55:40. | :55:45. | |
is the sort of course you are around this sort of course. Armada | :55:45. | :55:52. | |
is a Spanish bred horse, coming up to the Rolex Combination. 17 seconds | :55:52. | :55:58. | |
behind the clock. He has always fashioned his style on Andrew | :55:58. | :56:02. | |
Nicholson. The similar time to Andrew being behind a plot at this | :56:02. | :56:07. | |
fence. Beautifully written. -- being behind the clock. Beautifully | :56:07. | :56:08. | |
written. Only seven or eight marks behind the | :56:08. | :56:21. | |
lead, it is not much. He is going the quick way. Jumping across the | :56:21. | :56:26. | |
corner... Doesn't quite get there. Quite a surprise. He was trying to | :56:26. | :56:31. | |
come across the corner of the second element. Now he has got to go the | :56:31. | :56:42. | |
long route. That rules out Ollie Townend winning it again. Some | :56:42. | :56:45. | |
others were not quite so lucky on the cross-country course. Astier | :56:45. | :56:57. | |
Nicolas did not get his line at all. Pascal Leroy is at the Discovery | :56:57. | :57:04. | |
Valley and he goes out. Lucy Jackson for New Zealand, Willy Do through | :57:04. | :57:11. | |
the Trout Hatchery. Sadly gets an seated. Lucy Jackson goes out and it | :57:11. | :57:18. | |
wasn't a lucky day for France because Benjamin Massie and Piano | :57:18. | :57:25. | |
Star take a spectacular tumble coming out of the water. I'm lucky | :57:25. | :57:30. | |
but probably was going too fast. And then Mark Davidson, the only | :57:30. | :57:35. | |
American here. The only problem at the cottage all day. | :57:35. | :57:43. | |
Now Ludwig Svennerstal, and here is a very exciting star for Sweden. | :57:43. | :57:52. | |
Just 23, was in the Swedish silver medal team. He is at Discovery | :57:52. | :57:57. | |
Valley with King Bob, his second horse. In Malmo he was on for an | :57:57. | :58:03. | |
individual medal but then had two fences down. Jonelle Richards and | :58:03. | :58:11. | |
The Deputy, coming up the hill. If that time is right, doesn't look as | :58:11. | :58:16. | |
though she has been in a hurry at all. | :58:16. | :58:21. | |
Certainly spending a lot of time setting up for the fences. Very neat | :58:21. | :58:26. | |
through the Rolex Combination. Here again, she married her | :58:26. | :58:47. | |
long-time boyfriend from New Zealand. Both Kiwis. Has been based | :58:47. | :58:53. | |
here for the best part of ten years. Her promotion to the New Zealand | :58:53. | :58:57. | |
team in London, winning that team bronze, has certainly set this lady | :58:57. | :59:02. | |
on her way. It looks as though it is New Zealand practised ago the long | :59:02. | :59:07. | |
route at the dairy market. They have decided it is not worth the risk, | :59:07. | :59:13. | |
going the long route. Ludwig Svennerstal, King Bob, a horse that | :59:13. | :59:18. | |
really got him on the international map. Now based over here. His sister | :59:18. | :59:26. | |
goes to the young riders event in France next week. This man has got | :59:26. | :59:30. | |
the future of Swedish sport very much on his mind. On the way home, | :59:30. | :59:35. | |
Capability's Cutting. Another one to go to the upright on | :59:35. | :59:47. | |
the left. Makes a good job of that. Might be deceptive, this horse. | :59:47. | :59:53. | |
Another one down on time. Coming up to the Rolex Combination. This is | :59:53. | :59:59. | |
the switchback part of the course, where riders have to use their | :59:59. | :00:03. | |
skills to keep the horses balanced. This fence really is all about | :00:03. | :00:11. | |
control and accuracy. Good preparation and very good | :00:11. | :00:14. | |
performance through there for the young Swedish rider. The Anniversary | :00:14. | :00:28. | |
Splash. I just wonder if perhaps this horse has gone faster than we | :00:28. | :00:35. | |
imagine. It is a very big horse, with a long stride. A minute to get | :00:35. | :00:40. | |
home. Could do it. Could. If the petrol is in the tank. Berry very | :00:40. | :00:47. | |
deceptive, because I wouldn't have put him at that time at all. She has | :00:47. | :00:51. | |
never looked as though she is in a hurry. That is a sign of a good | :00:51. | :00:57. | |
horse, when it just looks effortless. Certainly looks to have | :00:57. | :01:07. | |
enough left. Sam Griffiths for Australia. Represented Australia in | :01:07. | :01:12. | |
the world question games. A man with a lot of ability. The dash the world | :01:12. | :01:22. | |
Equestrian games. Happy Times looking good there. An experienced | :01:23. | :01:29. | |
combination there. It is going to be nip and tuck here. A very good | :01:29. | :01:37. | |
dressage score, as you see. 46.2. Don't think it is going to quite | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
make it. Three inside the time. Three New Zealand rides, but not | :01:42. | :01:50. | |
quite a fourth. The New Zealand domination continues. I didn't think | :01:50. | :01:58. | |
that she would be anywhere near that time, but Sam Griffiths is certainly | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
not hanging around. Sam always has a time, but Sam Griffiths is certainly | :02:00. | :02:12. | |
sheepskin nose band on the horse. It can affect the horse's head position | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
and how they look at jumps. Obviously experimented to work that | :02:17. | :02:22. | |
out. That is a very difficult corner. The line to it on the | :02:22. | :02:28. | |
approach is so acute. The horses just lock onto these flags. A lovely | :02:28. | :02:32. | |
jump. CLARE BALDING: Is that as big a | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
course as you have jumped in a few years? Yes. I don't think it is | :02:36. | :02:42. | |
going to get much bigger. That's is as big as it gets. Suddenly, the | :02:42. | :02:53. | |
horses come to the fore. The Anniversary Splash. So many of | :02:53. | :03:00. | |
these international riders now based in Britain. This is a man who stands | :03:00. | :03:08. | |
out, who we will see a lot more of. Went well in London, but not on this | :03:08. | :03:19. | |
horse, Shamwari four. He is an incredibly talented young guy. Great | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
to see that he got one horse at the Europeans and is here the next week. | :03:24. | :03:31. | |
Look at how quickly he went through that gap. There's another one | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
getting on with the job. Sam Griffiths, Happy Times. Was actually | :03:35. | :03:42. | |
forth here at Badminton in 2009. They have been a very consistent | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
combination, just not had the luck at championship level. Going through | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
the Dairy Mount, and making the best of his way home. Now, Ludwig van | :03:53. | :04:05. | |
style. Looking very concentrated. He comes to the very last fence. Nips | :04:05. | :04:13. | |
over that. A very grown up around for the 23-year-old. Add six marks | :04:13. | :04:24. | |
to his dressage score. There is the leaderboard, and look at the | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
domination of New Zealand. Four in the top six. Still some big guns to | :04:28. | :04:37. | |
come. Sam has had a great ride so far on Happy Times. I am surprised | :04:38. | :04:46. | |
quite so many are taking the outside. It is probably a faster | :04:46. | :04:52. | |
route. The horse was good. It was a little bit too keen in the beginning | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
and we had some slightly awkward moments, but it was a fantastic | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
course and he did two 's job, and I am happy. It was a decent track. I | :05:01. | :05:09. | |
am very happy. There are precious few British names on that | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
leaderboard. The one rider who could make an impact for great written is | :05:12. | :05:17. | |
William Fox-Pitt. This is the horse who won the title here a few years | :05:17. | :05:23. | |
ago, Parklane Hawk. Let's see how he fares. | :05:23. | :05:30. | |
This course could suit this horse. He is an ex-New Zealand bred horse. | :05:30. | :05:38. | |
He won an tacky. He stepped out on the course on a score of 41 point | :05:38. | :05:47. | |
five. -- 41.5. William is a fantastic rider. His balance on | :05:47. | :05:52. | |
cross country is unbelievable. He sits back and makes sure that the | :05:52. | :05:58. | |
horses doing his job. The horse is really trusting. He makes the horse | :05:58. | :05:59. | |
look easy. Class written all over it. Now, Sam | :06:00. | :06:15. | |
Griffiths. Home is inside. Already 15 seconds over, and counting. Sam | :06:15. | :06:20. | |
Griffiths, who had that dressage of 46.3. | :06:20. | :06:30. | |
57.5. Australia get one in the top ten. Australia didn't have a great | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
Olympics. Sam Griffiths safely home. ten. Australia didn't have a great | :06:35. | :06:45. | |
Happy Times. Parklane Hawk already a winner here at Burghley. A very fast | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
horse across the country. But William will need to get their | :06:50. | :06:54. | |
inside the time if he is going to challenge for winning this | :06:54. | :06:59. | |
competition. Very fast. Third here last year. In the top five at | :06:59. | :07:09. | |
Badminton. Nikola Wilson, with the great Opposition Buzz. Good to see | :07:09. | :07:15. | |
this combination back and jumping. Great dressage. They had one of | :07:15. | :07:20. | |
their best dressage is ever, in the 40s. Trout Hatchery. This horse is a | :07:20. | :07:36. | |
good gallop. Makes it look child's play. Here is Opposition Buzz. 43.3 | :07:36. | :07:46. | |
in the dressage. Not had a good year by their standards. Had a pretty | :07:46. | :07:53. | |
dramatic fall earlier in the season, which meant Nikola was on the | :07:53. | :07:59. | |
sidelines. This combination has done Britain proud in the Europeans. | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
Helped to win the world team gold medal. Opposition Buzz and Nicola | :08:02. | :08:12. | |
Wilson have made a tremendous contribution to British eventing. | :08:12. | :08:23. | |
Probably in the best form ever. Really accelerating away. Now, he is | :08:23. | :08:34. | |
the oldest rider here, but probably the most famous. Sir Mark Todd, on a | :08:34. | :08:41. | |
new ride for him. 18th after dressage, 48.3. Ground to make up. | :08:41. | :08:49. | |
Double Olympic gold medallist. Mark Todd is in a class of his own. | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
Always has been, always will be. He makes it look so easy. So supple. | :08:55. | :08:59. | |
The rhythm is always there. And the fact that he used still competing, | :08:59. | :09:05. | |
and competing so well at this level, games huge admiration from | :09:05. | :09:14. | |
other riders. Lord Burghley started this event off, and one Olympic gold | :09:14. | :09:21. | |
in the hurdles, and then was the IOC chairman for the London Olympics in | :09:21. | :09:27. | |
1948. Mark Todd away for the Lord Burghley Hurdles. It is a fairly new | :09:27. | :09:33. | |
horse for him, but the way he came through that main arena, it was as | :09:33. | :09:36. | |
though they've been together for years. | :09:36. | :09:44. | |
Didn't get the highest there. As heard, this man held in such high | :09:44. | :09:59. | |
esteem by his ears. William Fox-Pitt. Parklane Hawk. The horse | :09:59. | :10:08. | |
that loves a galloping track. He is bred to stay. | :10:08. | :10:40. | |
At the Discovery Valley. A big, striding | :10:40. | :10:48. | |
experience coming to the fore big-time. Opposition Buzz 16 years | :10:48. | :10:57. | |
old, but looking as good as ever. Such a popular combination. So good | :10:58. | :11:05. | |
to see. A great hunting family in this lady. She really does show the | :11:05. | :11:11. | |
rest of the field how to go cross country when they are in top form. | :11:11. | :11:18. | |
Those flags break away these days. All part of the very big safety work | :11:18. | :11:24. | |
now being done to make sure that horses and riders have the best | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
chance possible in this risk sport. Here is William Fox-Pitt near the | :11:28. | :11:35. | |
end with Parklane Hawk. He looks as if he has been flying. He is | :11:35. | :11:41. | |
certainly trying to do this time. Just at times he has looked a | :11:41. | :11:49. | |
fraction casual. It is a very fast horse, so maybe Willie thinks he's | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
got it under control. He's going to be close. £60,000 to | :11:52. | :12:09. | |
the winner. Over £40,000 to the second. He is currently lying handy. | :12:09. | :12:14. | |
If he goes clear he could go into the top three. | :12:14. | :12:29. | |
Oloa Trout Hatchery. Assessing the situation quickly, is forward. | :12:29. | :12:35. | |
Now this is going to be nip and tuck. Takes a quick look at the | :12:35. | :12:41. | |
clock. Crowds cheering him home here. The British support want one | :12:41. | :12:47. | |
in to challenge the Kiwis. Every second was costly there. Two seconds | :12:47. | :12:58. | |
over. 42.3. He goes behind Clifton Lush and stays just ahead of Andrew | :12:59. | :13:06. | |
Nicholson. Nicola on Opposition Buzz did the test of their lives in the | :13:06. | :13:12. | |
dressage. Usually quick across country. If she can finish on her | :13:12. | :13:16. | |
dressage score, she will be right up there. | :13:16. | :13:21. | |
CLARE BALDING: The frustrating thing is that two seconds go in the blink | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
of an eye, and had you ever known it would make such difference? It's | :13:25. | :13:32. | |
amazing. He gave me a superb ride. He was eating up that course and | :13:32. | :13:37. | |
never gave me a second's worry. I thought I was quite comfortable. If | :13:37. | :13:41. | |
only I had realised that I wasn't. I could easily have done it. Very, | :13:41. | :13:47. | |
very annoying, but that is how it goes sometimes. I have been there | :13:47. | :13:52. | |
before, but I hope it doesn't end up being very, very expensive. He is | :13:52. | :13:59. | |
actually on the same score as Andrew Nicholson, but not as close to the | :13:59. | :14:03. | |
optimum time as Andrew, so he does go behind Avebury. How good is it to | :14:03. | :14:11. | |
have Mark Todd back in the sport? He retired in 2000 after the Sydney | :14:11. | :14:15. | |
Olympics. Won the individual bronze there, and then came back for the | :14:15. | :14:20. | |
2008 Olympics. He is back in a big way. The customary speed and | :14:20. | :14:29. | |
accuracy of Opposition Buzz. They are flying around this course. It | :14:29. | :14:32. | |
will be interesting to see what her time is like. It does highlight how | :14:32. | :14:37. | |
will be interesting to see what her difficult this time is. When William | :14:38. | :14:42. | |
gets two seconds over... This is another horse that would normally be | :14:42. | :14:50. | |
inside, and he is over. That is penalties added. 19 seconds it is. | :14:50. | :15:00. | |
50.9. If she could only have got through on her dressage school, she | :15:00. | :15:03. | |
would have been right in there with show-jumping to come. Now we have | :15:03. | :15:19. | |
Tina Cook and De Novo News. She was just lining up and angling the fence | :15:19. | :15:22. | |
are little more than some of the other riders. Good dressage, | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
probably the best test this course has ever done. It is a home bred | :15:26. | :15:33. | |
horse, which is always a great thrill, to ride a horse you have | :15:33. | :15:35. | |
bred. Safely on the way. | :15:35. | :15:56. | |
You are still so full -- he is still so full of enthusiasm and energy? | :15:56. | :16:02. | |
Yes, he just lives for the sport. It is a real treat for him to come here | :16:02. | :16:08. | |
and see lots of crowds, a real joy for him and of course me. | :16:08. | :16:18. | |
There is Mark Todd with Oloa, coming up to the Capability's Cutting. | :16:18. | :16:24. | |
Another man... An anxious moment there. Pressing on, he is going to | :16:24. | :16:30. | |
be pushed to make the time but what about this man? John Paget with his | :16:30. | :16:37. | |
Badminton winner, Clifton Promise. He loves this horse and it has done | :16:37. | :16:41. | |
absolutely nothing wrong since he first came on the New Zealand team. | :16:41. | :16:49. | |
He just gets better and better. Keep it the great Michael Young at | :16:49. | :16:58. | |
Badminton, can he win Burghley and Badminton back-to-back -- he picked | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
the great Michael Young. The leader after dressage is out on course, the | :17:03. | :17:12. | |
crowd will look forward to this. He looked quite casual at the start but | :17:12. | :17:17. | |
this is a very fast horse. Jock certainly knows his way around this | :17:17. | :17:18. | |
course. Very neat through the arena. certainly knows his way around this | :17:18. | :17:29. | |
Quickly back in his rhythm. Kristina Cook, De Novo News, European | :17:29. | :17:38. | |
champion. In 2009. An Olympic silver and bronze for the team and an | :17:38. | :17:48. | |
individual bronze. She knows what it is all about, can she nursed this | :17:48. | :17:53. | |
horse through? Mark Todd has given this horse a brilliant ride. I have | :17:53. | :17:58. | |
to say the horse has answered all his questions. A bit frustrating | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
that he has not quite made the time but he must be thrilled with this | :18:02. | :18:04. | |
that he has not quite made the time new right. Very exciting prospect | :18:04. | :18:08. | |
that -- thrilled with this new ride. What about this man? He is going to | :18:08. | :18:25. | |
be such an exciting star for the sport in the future. Coming to the | :18:25. | :18:32. | |
Leaf Pit now. Look at that, cantors right to the edge, wastes no time at | :18:32. | :18:39. | |
all. Gets a lovely level stride out of the Leaf Pit. You could still be | :18:40. | :18:45. | |
top ten and that would be an amazing thing. I would be chuffed to bits if | :18:45. | :18:53. | |
he finishes in the top ten. It is looking a strong leader board. | :18:53. | :18:58. | |
Andrew and Jock are on very good horses so I think they will be | :18:58. | :19:02. | |
fighting it out tomorrow. William is there too, to add a bit of spice. | :19:02. | :19:11. | |
Tina, coming to the Rolex Combination. We are going to check | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
on her time soon. It is just a matter how much she is down. 31 | :19:16. | :19:21. | |
seconds, it is quite a lot to try to make up. It'll be interesting to see | :19:21. | :19:27. | |
how this young horse copes. A little bit of an argument but pops through | :19:27. | :19:35. | |
there. Just had a brilliant ride last week at the European | :19:35. | :19:41. | |
Championships on Miners Frolic. Jock Padget's Clifton Promise. Down | :19:41. | :19:49. | |
towards the big hedge. It is enormous but jumped it very easily. | :19:50. | :19:58. | |
Clifton Promise, one of several horses from a tremendous owner who | :19:58. | :20:02. | |
was based in New Zealand, now in France. They have Clifton Pinot in | :20:02. | :20:08. | |
this competition, ridden by Kevin McNab, who started Jock Padget. He | :20:08. | :20:13. | |
has not been in the sport that long but what a meteoric rise to the top. | :20:13. | :20:19. | |
He rattles the house little bit but he is very quick coming out of the | :20:19. | :20:24. | |
water. He is determined to get there. Really riding for his life. | :20:24. | :20:29. | |
Clifton Promise, answering the questions. Andrew Nicholson, on what | :20:29. | :20:36. | |
would be one of two of his best rides, no ray oh, -- Nereo. It is a | :20:37. | :20:47. | |
real star and he is right in there after dressage, third on 41.3. | :20:47. | :20:56. | |
Already with two in the top ten. The Maltings for Clifton Promise. This | :20:56. | :21:02. | |
class horse. Jock Padget, a seriously class rider. With an | :21:02. | :21:07. | |
incredible future ahead of him. Still a young rider. So much talent. | :21:07. | :21:20. | |
Interestingly enough, this horse, like his last tours, has blood in | :21:20. | :21:28. | |
its mouth. What a coincidence. Here comes Nereo, owned by a New Zealand | :21:28. | :21:35. | |
lady who has lived in Great Britain for a number of years, a huge | :21:35. | :21:40. | |
supporter of Andrew. Another of the Spanish bred horses, a real star. An | :21:40. | :21:52. | |
uncharacteristic stop at the open but Andrew will be trying 100%. | :21:52. | :22:01. | |
Heading for home, the Lion Bridge for Tina. How much petrol has he got | :22:01. | :22:15. | |
left in the tank? Tina is kicking on. What is her time? Here is the | :22:15. | :22:21. | |
time and it is just behind the clock again. It is a good ride. At | :22:21. | :22:29. | |
Badminton they had an unlucky run out. Today it is clear all of the | :22:29. | :22:34. | |
way, it is still getting better and can still go on improving. 38 | :22:34. | :22:44. | |
seconds, it is, over the time. Goes 12th on 58.4 with show-jumping still | :22:44. | :22:51. | |
to come. Coming to the Cottesmore Leap for Jock Padget, how | :22:51. | :22:56. | |
extraordinary is that. The judges trying to stop him. It is very easy | :22:56. | :23:03. | |
to criticise, but Jock didn't get a very fair chance. The fence judge | :23:03. | :23:05. | |
was not positive. Once more, it is very fair chance. The fence judge | :23:05. | :23:14. | |
the blood, quite lucky for Jock to spot that. He is talking to the vets | :23:14. | :23:21. | |
and it looks to me as if the vet is happy. This time it is out of the | :23:21. | :23:26. | |
mouth so it could be biting the tongue, we will have to see. Two | :23:26. | :23:32. | |
occasions, Jonathan Paget has been stopped. He makes is challenged to | :23:32. | :23:42. | |
retain the Burghley title. Could he have three in the top ten -- he | :23:42. | :23:50. | |
makes his challenge. The horse has obviously been checked, no problem. | :23:50. | :23:56. | |
It is interesting, when you are held on the course, it is difficult to | :23:56. | :24:00. | |
get back into the rhythm. Has his horse had a breather or does it | :24:00. | :24:08. | |
distract the horse? To add to that, he stopped right at the top of the | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
downhill run where he can make up some good time. It looks as if he is | :24:12. | :24:18. | |
on target again and full of running, to go inside the time. Going to be | :24:18. | :24:24. | |
close, 53 to get home. It could go against him. | :24:24. | :24:35. | |
Jock is certainly trying to get there within the time, he is pushing | :24:35. | :24:42. | |
for all he's worth. Andrew Nicholson and Nereo, this horse that is | :24:42. | :24:50. | |
normally more than quick enough. 15 odd seconds behind the clock. This | :24:50. | :24:59. | |
is a real class machine. A lot of thoroughbred in no Spanish | :24:59. | :25:04. | |
bloodlines. -- those Spanish bloodlines. He gets quite wide there | :25:04. | :25:09. | |
but still right on the line. I think he was only wide because he jumped | :25:09. | :25:16. | |
so big over the rails. Climbing up to the dairy mound. The thing about | :25:16. | :25:29. | |
Andrew Nicholson, you really don't see him change his pace, change his | :25:29. | :25:34. | |
stride in preparation, he wastes nothing across the fences. He has | :25:34. | :25:36. | |
stride in preparation, he wastes gone the long route again, as he did | :25:36. | :25:43. | |
on his other two rides. Immediately increases the length of the stride | :25:43. | :25:47. | |
to make up time. Here is another man increasing the pace. Jock Padget | :25:47. | :25:52. | |
coming home, 11 seconds, is it enough? He has got a lead, he is | :25:52. | :25:59. | |
going to maintain his dressage lead. One second over! 0.4. 37.1, he is | :25:59. | :26:10. | |
going to be at least a fence ahead of anybody. Even what Andrew | :26:10. | :26:19. | |
Nicholson will do. Show-jumping is tomorrow. What can this man do | :26:19. | :26:25. | |
today? He has done absolutely nothing wrong so far. A little bit | :26:25. | :26:29. | |
close to that rail. This is the third of three great rides that | :26:29. | :26:35. | |
Andrew has had today. Well done, brilliant two rides. They | :26:35. | :26:39. | |
were both exceptional, both very good horses. How extraordinary that | :26:39. | :26:46. | |
you get stopped on both of them. People are going to start thinking I | :26:46. | :26:51. | |
planned it. The first one bumped his nose at fence six. The second one | :26:51. | :26:58. | |
bit his tongue, he flaps it around like a fool so he is going to bite | :26:59. | :27:04. | |
it. Did you think, not again?As soon as the lady put the flag up, | :27:04. | :27:09. | |
she put it up in front of Cottesmore Leap, I thought I would get that out | :27:09. | :27:14. | |
of the way and then stop for the I saw blood on his lips and I thought, | :27:14. | :27:21. | |
OK, that will be why. He is absolutely fine. Yes, he does bite | :27:21. | :27:28. | |
his tongue. When you came to Burghley, did you think you could be | :27:28. | :27:32. | |
first and second? No, I didn't think I was going to be. With these two | :27:32. | :27:38. | |
horses, I know in the back of my mind it is very possible because | :27:38. | :27:43. | |
they are both great horses. These competitions, against these sorts of | :27:43. | :27:46. | |
riders, you never imagined you will be first and second at Burghley, it | :27:46. | :27:51. | |
is amazing. What a cool cookie. Here is another, Andrew Nicholson. After | :27:51. | :27:56. | |
dressage, 41.3. Can he stay on that? is another, Andrew Nicholson. After | :27:56. | :28:04. | |
If he should be able to stay on that, it'll be New Zealand one, two, | :28:04. | :28:16. | |
three and could even be four. Coming down to the Lion Bridge. The horse | :28:16. | :28:23. | |
has not looked quite as much on song, looking a little weary but | :28:23. | :28:27. | |
has not looked quite as much on still bonding to Andrew's efforts. | :28:27. | :28:35. | |
-- still responding. Andrew has two inside the time, Jock has one, could | :28:35. | :28:41. | |
Andrew make it three in a row? Is getting very close. He knows it. | :28:41. | :28:46. | |
Yes, he does. I am not sure he is quite going to do it. So near, yet | :28:46. | :28:54. | |
so far. He jumped the last. He has got three, four, five it is. 43 when | :28:54. | :29:02. | |
three. He goes behind William Fox-Pitt into fifth. They will | :29:02. | :29:09. | |
certainly be enjoying this in New Zealand, with seven in the top ten. | :29:09. | :29:17. | |
What a performance. William Fox-Pitt, right in the mix. An | :29:17. | :29:22. | |
exciting finish in prospect. On the second page, compensation for Great | :29:22. | :29:29. | |
Britain with two good performances on Redesigned and De Novo News for | :29:29. | :29:37. | |
Pippa Funnell and Kristina Cook. We are moments away now from the | :29:37. | :29:41. | |
final show-jumping phase, to see who will be the winner of Burghley 2013. | :29:41. | :29:48. | |
Jock Padget now only has one horse to ride, and that is because he | :29:48. | :29:51. | |
withdrew Clifton Lush this morning before the vet's inspection. He | :29:51. | :29:58. | |
picked up a really nasty bang at the Elephant Trap. They have scanned the | :29:58. | :30:03. | |
knee. There is nothing broken, but there is some swelling. It isn't a | :30:03. | :30:07. | |
long-term problem, but it has put him out of action for today's final | :30:07. | :30:13. | |
phase. A three-day event have to stay fit and sound for all three | :30:13. | :30:19. | |
days. He could become the first rider and horse combination since | :30:19. | :30:24. | |
1989 to win both Badminton and Burghley in the same year. He will | :30:24. | :30:28. | |
be last to go in the show-jumping phase. This morning, the crowd were | :30:28. | :30:33. | |
entertained by various displays, including displays from two X | :30:33. | :30:41. | |
champion horses. Including the Grand National winner two years ago. The | :30:41. | :30:52. | |
connection between racing and eventing is very close. The | :30:52. | :30:59. | |
show-jumping course today is proving very difficult. We have seen 11 | :30:59. | :31:05. | |
horses go, and no clear round so far. They included Andrew Nicholson, | :31:05. | :31:09. | |
on the first of his three rides, Calico Joe. He absolutely | :31:10. | :31:14. | |
the fourth fence. He recovered to get through the double clear, but | :31:14. | :31:20. | |
had two more fences down, so 12 penalty points to add to his | :31:20. | :31:25. | |
school. That will prove expensive. He has two more rides to come, | :31:25. | :31:29. | |
including Avebury, who lives in second place. Andrew Nicholson, | :31:29. | :31:31. | |
then, on Nereo. So, Andrew Nicholson with Nereo. | :31:31. | :31:51. | |
Lying fourth overnight. Three horses in the top ten, so jumping out of | :31:51. | :32:00. | |
order. 43.3 is his score. Nereo has been his star horse. Bronze | :32:00. | :32:10. | |
medallist individually in the world in 2010 behind William Fox-Pitt. | :32:10. | :32:13. | |
individually in London. Trying to win the Grand Slam at Badminton. | :32:13. | :32:24. | |
They finish right in the money, in third place. Fourth at the moment. | :32:24. | :32:26. | |
Very tight indeed. Nereo, as we saw yesterday on the | :32:26. | :32:34. | |
cross country, keeping him connected and not | :32:34. | :32:50. | |
gaining too much ground in the combination distances. That is | :32:50. | :32:55. | |
typical of the sort of problem with a extra riding horse. Just | :32:55. | :33:05. | |
lengthened a little bit. He will need to stay clear now. He is just | :33:05. | :33:15. | |
0.1 of the mark... Jonelle Richards is in fourth place. 47.3. You can | :33:15. | :33:29. | |
long in the frame there. Sadly, it flattened it last stride and clipped | :33:29. | :33:41. | |
the bar. Pippa Funnell now. Tina Cook and Pippa Funnell the greatest | :33:41. | :33:46. | |
of mates. Those two together, with William Fox-Pitt, have been part of | :33:46. | :33:51. | |
the British dynasty ever since they have been in juniors together. | :33:51. | :34:02. | |
problems. Currently lying 12th. That is just under three points ahead of | :34:02. | :34:19. | |
Andrew Nicholson. Paper is a real perfectionist in all | :34:19. | :34:35. | |
the disciplines, and she was apologising to her owners and her | :34:36. | :34:40. | |
long-term trainer for not doing a good enough job in the dressage. | :34:40. | :34:45. | |
Then she was kicking herself for not going fast enough cross-country. As | :34:45. | :34:50. | |
you say, this horse has had its problems staying sound and staying | :34:50. | :34:54. | |
on the road. But she was thrilled with him yesterday. We already know | :34:54. | :35:01. | |
he's a superstar. She just needs to be able to put the training and the | :35:01. | :35:03. | |
work into him. He's certainly got be able to put the training and the | :35:03. | :35:09. | |
all the ability in the world. A little bit keen for some of these | :35:09. | :35:17. | |
show jumps. But he has had very, very few runs in the last year or | :35:17. | :35:23. | |
so. To get him to compete at this level, I should think, has been | :35:23. | :35:29. | |
quite a hard job for paper. But no one more up for the task. And the | :35:29. | :35:42. | |
last goes. That's expensive. 73.9. That will drop her right down the | :35:42. | :35:50. | |
leaderboard. Tina Cook comes up one. Andrew Nicholson also picks up a | :35:50. | :35:57. | |
place, despite his three down. Disappointing for paper there. I am | :35:57. | :36:01. | |
pretty sure that this horse will be Disappointing for paper there. I am | :36:01. | :36:08. | |
right up there. Tina Cook is with me now. Just one fence down on De Novo | :36:08. | :36:14. | |
News. You are going to be top ten. Well done. I am really pleased, but | :36:14. | :36:21. | |
he is a fabulous jumper. He is a classy horse. Singing you, Pippa | :36:21. | :36:28. | |
Funnell, and William Fox-Pitt really up there. Where do you think British | :36:28. | :36:34. | |
eventing is there right now? In a bit of a lull. In the Europeans, the | :36:34. | :36:37. | |
Germans really thrashed us. But we bit of a lull. In the Europeans, the | :36:37. | :36:41. | |
saved our young horses. We have got some young riders coming through. It | :36:41. | :36:46. | |
is a quiet year, but we are building up to Rio. Rio is our main | :36:46. | :36:51. | |
objective. Don't wipe us out completely. So you would say, don't | :36:51. | :36:57. | |
panic. Yes, there is a good system in place, thanks to lottery funding. | :36:57. | :37:02. | |
There is a great team around us. It takes a while to build people up. It | :37:02. | :37:07. | |
takes six seven years to build them to this level. Thank you. | :37:07. | :37:18. | |
Mark Todd, five times winner of this Burghley title. One of the true | :37:18. | :37:24. | |
greats of all time. Oloa new rider to him. Currently on 55.5. He has | :37:24. | :37:32. | |
got a fence in hand on Andrew Nicholson, just behind him at the | :37:32. | :37:37. | |
moment on Calico Joe. This man has not only one double gold medals, but | :37:38. | :37:47. | |
he has also ridden in the Olympic show-jumping in Seoul in 1998, and | :37:47. | :37:53. | |
again in 1992. This man is multitalented. He showed some of | :37:53. | :37:59. | |
that talent there. He dropped his reins at the boxer. The rhythm and | :37:59. | :38:08. | |
the balance never changes. This horse looked a little green at times | :38:08. | :38:14. | |
yesterday. Certainly impressive. There's another one just to have a | :38:14. | :38:17. | |
little look at that water tray. There is a water tray under that | :38:17. | :38:23. | |
boxer, and you could see Mark working quite hard. Another fence | :38:23. | :38:30. | |
down will drop him three places. Living dangerously! And he jumps the | :38:30. | :38:53. | |
last. Nicely judged. So he goes on to 59.5. He stays on his ninth | :38:53. | :39:00. | |
place. Now, Nicola Wilson with Opposition | :39:01. | :39:19. | |
Buzz. Currently lying in sixth position on a score of 50.9. Well, | :39:19. | :39:29. | |
Nicola Wilson now, from up in Yorkshire on this lovely horse, | :39:29. | :39:32. | |
Opposition Buzz. What a combination they've been. They did their best | :39:32. | :39:37. | |
ever dressage here earlier in the week. They really did do a wonderful | :39:37. | :39:51. | |
dressage. They helped Britain to a number of championship medals when | :39:51. | :39:56. | |
they joined the team in 2009. A great partnership. Those three bar | :39:56. | :40:04. | |
senses, in show-jumping terms, looks a bit of a freebie. But didn't quite | :40:04. | :40:14. | |
make the spread. It was great to see him yesterday in such cracking | :40:14. | :40:21. | |
form. Sadly, he went out to Germany in June and had a bit of a tumble in | :40:22. | :40:28. | |
the water, which was probably the only real mistake in his | :40:28. | :40:32. | |
cross-country career. But he was certainly back on form yesterday. 16 | :40:32. | :40:36. | |
years old. Nicola isn't doing very certainly back on form yesterday. 16 | :40:36. | :40:46. | |
well of late, but he really has been a star again, as has the jockey. | :40:46. | :41:04. | |
Down it goes as well. All right for time. So 62.9, and she drops behind | :41:04. | :41:18. | |
Calico Joe, Andrew Nicholson's first horse. | :41:18. | :41:32. | |
Nicola Hall will be director of the European Championships in Blair | :41:32. | :41:36. | |
Nicola Hall will be director of the Castle in 2015. | :41:36. | :41:56. | |
It is now the turn of one of the German stars who has been so much | :41:56. | :42:04. | |
part of the German climb right to the top of the world. They of course | :42:04. | :42:11. | |
were world champions in 2006, Olympic champions in 2008, and again | :42:11. | :42:17. | |
in London last year. Ingrid was on this very horse then. Been an apt | :42:17. | :42:25. | |
salutes staff. Not always easy in this phase. He is a thoroughbred. | :42:25. | :42:31. | |
That is what the Germans are so successful in doing, putting | :42:31. | :42:34. | |
thoroughbred bloodlines on their horses. She didn't jump in the | :42:34. | :42:40. | |
individual final round because she knocked several down in the first of | :42:40. | :42:46. | |
the last two show-jumping rounds. It happened in being to be jewel in | :42:46. | :42:51. | |
2011 as well. Just one at the moment. He can be a little bit | :42:51. | :43:02. | |
casual in this phase. He had a couple of hairy moments in the cross | :43:02. | :43:09. | |
country yesterday. But his short little is guide flying round the | :43:09. | :43:17. | |
course in great form. This new young mayor, a nine-year-old in Malmo, won | :43:17. | :43:24. | |
the individual silver medal. She would love to finish right up there | :43:24. | :43:26. | |
on Burghley on this horse. Every would love to finish right up there | :43:26. | :43:36. | |
element of that line walloped and kicked, but they stayed up. Lucky, | :43:36. | :43:45. | |
lucky. She jumps the last. That's a good round. 52.2. They will | :43:45. | :43:54. | |
certainly retain their overnight place. | :43:54. | :44:06. | |
There's Chris Bartle, the team manager. He has been so important | :44:06. | :44:13. | |
with the tremendous rise of Germany. manager. He has been so important | :44:13. | :44:18. | |
My word, they were impressive in Malmo when they won that world title | :44:18. | :44:20. | |
a week ago. Now, Jonelle Richards. And how this | :44:20. | :44:34. | |
lady has developed since she was in this New Zealand team who won the | :44:34. | :44:38. | |
team bronze in London! She was the lead-off rider. Jonelle Richards, | :44:38. | :44:45. | |
married last December to Tim Price. Riding The Deputy. Finished on 47.4. | :44:45. | :44:50. | |
Already up to 51.4. So very tight around here these | :44:50. | :45:15. | |
scores. One early fence down. We saw her -- how big striding this horse | :45:15. | :45:20. | |
was on the cross country. We thought he was nowhere near the time, but | :45:20. | :45:23. | |
his monstrous stride covered the ground. | :45:23. | :45:33. | |
Incan Tuckey he looks impressive in cross country -- in Kentucky. Then | :45:33. | :45:46. | |
he didn't jump so well and move down the leaderboard. That was on an | :45:46. | :45:48. | |
all-weather surface, this is on grass. Sometimes the horses in Great | :45:48. | :45:52. | |
Britain like the grass but not this one. Yes, another two away. He is a | :45:52. | :46:02. | |
big, rangy horse. He is doing a good job. The twists and turns would help | :46:02. | :46:09. | |
a horse like this, to keep it together. She certainly drops below | :46:09. | :46:17. | |
Ingrid Klimke. Just ahead of Mark Todd. 59.45 Jonelle Richards, it was | :46:17. | :46:27. | |
to be one of her best 4-star finishes. All these fences coming | :46:27. | :46:35. | |
down, hits them behind, leaves his back legs behind. Let's get a | :46:35. | :46:42. | |
reaction from Ingrid Klimke. He rattled everything but only one | :46:42. | :46:48. | |
fell. He is so clever. He knows that he can easily touch these rails but | :46:48. | :46:52. | |
luckily they all stayed on. I thought he was really trying, | :46:52. | :46:55. | |
especially after yesterday, it was our first time here. Yesterday he | :46:55. | :47:00. | |
gave me such a lovely round that I am very happy with him. Will you | :47:00. | :47:06. | |
come back to Burghley? Fisher. If you do it once, you want to do it | :47:06. | :47:11. | |
every year -- for sure. Remember, three to go. Already in | :47:11. | :47:17. | |
fourth place before we started was Andrew Nicholson. He jumped out of | :47:17. | :47:27. | |
order with Nereo. He is on 47.3. He is the one behind this man, they are | :47:27. | :47:33. | |
great rivals. William Fox-Pitt, winner here two years ago. He was | :47:33. | :47:40. | |
third on this very horse last year. Parklane Hawk. 42.3. He has won this | :47:40. | :47:50. | |
4-star, he has also won Kentucky and he has won this title in all six | :47:50. | :47:52. | |
times. We know he is capable of clear | :47:52. | :48:03. | |
rounds, we know he is capable of winning this level. But every day is | :48:03. | :48:10. | |
different. He can afford one down and still stay third, but no more. | :48:10. | :48:18. | |
He jumped brilliantly around here two years ago. To win this event. It | :48:18. | :48:24. | |
was quite different conditions, a lot of rain on the ground -- and the | :48:24. | :48:32. | |
ground was sodden and the going was heavy. I don't I have ever seen | :48:32. | :48:39. | |
William hold the front end up quite as much as he is doing here, | :48:39. | :48:45. | |
protecting the front end of the horse. He obviously trusts him | :48:45. | :48:48. | |
behind and is trying to keep him off the fence. The only rigid medallist | :48:48. | :48:55. | |
in the Europeans last week. Oh... The second one is going to be | :48:55. | :49:01. | |
costly. He has dropped below Nereo and Andrew Nicholson. 50.3. That was | :49:01. | :49:10. | |
the issue, the course has been good behind throughout the competition | :49:10. | :49:14. | |
but he gets a little low in front over the show jumps. Clear rounds | :49:14. | :49:18. | |
have sometimes been hard to come by for William and Parklane Hawk. They | :49:18. | :49:31. | |
are going to finish on 50.3. He goes below Andrew Nicholson. They were | :49:31. | :49:35. | |
both on the same score before this, Andrew had one down, William had | :49:35. | :49:41. | |
two. Here we go, just two riders to go | :49:41. | :49:45. | |
and both of them from New Zealand. Andrew Nicholson on last year's | :49:45. | :49:48. | |
winner Avebury, they would be the first ever to win back-to-back | :49:48. | :49:54. | |
Burghleys on the same horse. Jock Paget had not jumped a fence until | :49:54. | :49:58. | |
he was 18 years old. He trained as a bricklayer. He is now the up and | :49:58. | :50:02. | |
coming star of eventing around the world, not just in this country and | :50:02. | :50:08. | |
he stands on the threshold of completing a badminton Burghley | :50:08. | :50:14. | |
double and putting himself in line for the grand slam. It is that man | :50:14. | :50:18. | |
again, three potentially in the top ten. | :50:18. | :50:30. | |
He had a brilliant win here last year, the start of an amazing purple | :50:30. | :50:38. | |
patch. He won in Kentucky, it brought him to the grand slam | :50:38. | :50:42. | |
possibilities at Badminton. One of the best in the world, currently | :50:42. | :50:49. | |
lying second on 42.3. He is one fence behind the current leader, | :50:49. | :50:54. | |
Jock Paget. And of course, at the moment, the best score behind him is | :50:54. | :51:03. | |
his and self -- is himself so he could finish second and third, or | :51:03. | :51:10. | |
could it be even higher? He has been a little toe tapping up the rights. | :51:10. | :51:16. | |
He is jumping the oxers well. Another horse who we know is | :51:16. | :51:18. | |
capable. That was a good rub to get away | :51:18. | :51:35. | |
with, the gate has gone sadly. Richard Jeffers has built this | :51:35. | :51:38. | |
course, a man who comes from Cornwall, has a lot of his designing | :51:38. | :51:43. | |
in America, always designed to show-jumping at Kentucky. He is | :51:43. | :51:53. | |
certainly making it exciting. Always difficult when you have one down | :51:53. | :51:59. | |
under pressure. Do you get defensive and start thinking back, do you keep | :51:59. | :52:04. | |
the rhythm? Andrew is riding well off that turn, he trusts himself, | :52:04. | :52:11. | |
they know each other so well. Coming to the last and he is clear, inside | :52:11. | :52:23. | |
the time. 46 -- 46.3, it was the one fence down at the gate. It is still | :52:23. | :52:28. | |
good enough to stay ahead of his other horse, Nereo. He is guaranteed | :52:28. | :52:33. | |
second and third. There is his partner. It is nail-biting stuff, my | :52:33. | :52:42. | |
word. One left, and it is yet another Kiwi. Here he is, 29 years | :52:42. | :52:51. | |
old, Jock Paget. He really has risen to the top of the world. Just remind | :52:51. | :52:59. | |
you, he had to withdraw Clifton Lush this morning, he wasn't produced for | :52:59. | :53:02. | |
the inspection. He was first and second overnight but looking for the | :53:02. | :53:08. | |
double of a Badminton and Burghley in the same year. Dramatic finish | :53:08. | :53:14. | |
saw him the winner of the Badminton title, now with this lovely horse. | :53:14. | :53:23. | |
Now looking for another 4-star win. 37.1, he has got two fences in hand. | :53:23. | :53:33. | |
He has had a couple of good rub is in front already. He has only jumped | :53:33. | :53:38. | |
three fences. He jumped a brilliant clear round at Badminton to put the | :53:38. | :53:42. | |
pressure on Michael Young in April. May, in fact. We know he is capable. | :53:42. | :53:53. | |
Such an exciting young man to watch in all three disciplines. Fantastic | :53:53. | :54:01. | |
dress large, amazing cross-country -- fantastic dressage. | :54:01. | :54:09. | |
There is no doubt the New Zealand show-jumping coach has done a great | :54:09. | :54:19. | |
job, particularly with this man. He is looking good. Barring a | :54:19. | :54:35. | |
disaster, I think he is a double winner. Even if he has this fence | :54:35. | :54:41. | |
down he still has this early title! He does but he is still the Burghley | :54:41. | :54:45. | |
champion. 41.1. -- this early title. This man has helped put it there. | :54:45. | :55:11. | |
The Kiwis are there and they can celebrate because it has been a | :55:11. | :55:15. | |
fantastic event for them. One two, three for New Zealand. Here is Jock | :55:15. | :55:26. | |
Paget winning in style. A commentator's curse at the last | :55:26. | :55:33. | |
fence but it was unimportant. Look at the face, incredible, absolutely | :55:33. | :55:37. | |
thrilled, relieved but throw. Supporters are hugging each other. | :55:37. | :55:42. | |
Great celebrations, fantastic win for Jock. | :55:42. | :55:48. | |
Here is confirmation of what has been a dramatic Land Rover Burghley | :55:48. | :55:54. | |
2013. Jock Paget, wearing the winners sash | :55:54. | :56:22. | |
for the second time it a major three-day event in red Britain. How | :56:22. | :56:28. | |
on earth -- in Great Britain. How do you reflect on what you have done? I | :56:28. | :56:33. | |
don't know. That was a lot of fun. It is going to take a while to sink | :56:33. | :56:38. | |
in. It has been a good day. It has been a very good year and the lovely | :56:38. | :56:42. | |
thing, we had no clear rounds this afternoon but you were so clean | :56:42. | :56:47. | |
until the last fence. It is a shame, I love to jump clear but a win is a | :56:47. | :56:52. | |
win and I will take it. William Fox-Pitt is the highest placed | :56:52. | :56:55. | |
British rider in fourth place. I guess a frustrating few days for | :56:55. | :57:00. | |
you. A little bit frustrating but I am delighted with him. This summer | :57:00. | :57:03. | |
has been tricky for him with the firm ground. He has come here with | :57:03. | :57:08. | |
minimum preparation and he has gone brilliantly. Bits and bobs that | :57:08. | :57:12. | |
could have tweaked the result but to finish fourth, I am very proud and | :57:12. | :57:17. | |
he has been first, third and fourth here. How do you reflect on 2013?I | :57:17. | :57:25. | |
think it has been an interesting year, certainly for Team GB. There | :57:25. | :57:30. | |
is a lot we can think about but we have got to focus on the strong | :57:30. | :57:33. | |
riders that we do have and the amazing horses. And things will come | :57:33. | :57:39. | |
together. No one is at the top for ever. We have some fantastic, | :57:39. | :57:43. | |
Nations and I am looking forward to getting going. I have some wonderful | :57:43. | :57:49. | |
horses -- we have some fantastic on donations. | :57:49. | :57:57. | |
-- fantastic combinations. Jock Paget lifts the trophy. The | :57:57. | :58:03. | |
presentation made by the MD of Land Rover Jaguar and the president of | :58:03. | :58:08. | |
the Burghley Horse Trials. The points of Jock Paget means he has | :58:08. | :58:12. | |
moved into third place in the FDI classics. Andrew Nicholson is the | :58:12. | :58:16. | |
winner of that award. There is no doubt of who is the | :58:17. | :58:34. | |
story of this season in the UK. Jock Paget has risen seemingly from | :58:34. | :58:38. | |
nowhere, having trained as a bricklayer and done a bit of radio | :58:38. | :58:43. | |
riding, he is now on top of the world in eventing. -- rodeo riding. | :58:43. | :58:47. |