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tonight on BBC1 8.30pm - should be hilarious!! Celebrities show jumping..how many will fall off do you think?:-D
They are raising money for sport relief...
This is seriously funny! The celebrities are extremely brave, bless 'em!
borderdawn
07-07-2006, 09:02 PM
Its great Fran, I am really enjoying it.
Dawn.
ceiron
07-07-2006, 09:36 PM
im loving it
It's brilliant!! I really feel for them. It's nerve wracking enough when you can ride and do show jump so God only knows how they are keeping it together having only ridden for a few weeks :shock:
borderdawn
07-07-2006, 09:45 PM
WOW! what a fantastic fall!!! he's a good sport!
Dawn.
WOW! what a fantastic fall!!! he's a good sport!
Dawn.
He looked absolutely petrified when he went in the arena, bless him. The horse was going way too fast. He needed to steady him down but suppose he thought get round as quickly as possible and get it over and done with!
Will definitely be watching the rest of this series!
ceiron
07-07-2006, 10:06 PM
hehe, id love to learn to jump
hehe, id love to learn to jump
Go for it! It's brilliant, a real buzz. I miss it terribly :(
ceiron
07-07-2006, 10:28 PM
Go for it! It's brilliant, a real buzz. I miss it terribly :(
cant afford lessons :(
Hreow
07-07-2006, 10:29 PM
I'd love to do that.... Nothing much stopping me, I guess, except that it would seriously break our finances, and I don't like the stable we have here.
I think it is on at 5.50pm tonight (please correct me somebody if I am wrong) If you didn't watch last night, It really is very entertaining :-D
Hreow
08-07-2006, 03:45 PM
Ten to six on BBC Scotland as well.
It would almost be worth becoming a celebrity to do something like that... : /
Ten to six on BBC Scotland as well.
It would almost be worth becoming a celebrity to do something like that... : /
Lol you don't need to be a celebrity to have a go Hreow! Actually most of them yesterday looked absolutely petrified but they have put them on really good horses that know their job and that's half the battle! I had a lovely jumping mare that I used to compete with but she was very head strong and feisty my hubby said that the producers should have put the celebrities on her and seen how well they did then lol!!
Hreow
08-07-2006, 04:04 PM
Last time I jumped was 1993 on a peach of a horse. I was only there to make sure he didn't break the sound-barrier on approach, or accidentally jump the corral barrier instead of the obstacles. :grin:
Are there actually owners who will consent to their charges being lent to beginners, or rusted-to-oblivion-ex-riders? Are they in that case out of their minds??
Stuck at the stage where I'm afraid I'd have enough skills to get us into trouble and not enough to get the horse out unscathed.
There are indeed people who will loan out their schoolmaster. But good schoolmasters are actually few and far between really :(
I have loaned out my horses in the past but only ever had one that would have been suitable for a beginner. However, my jumping mare would have frightened the pants off you but had you got her in to trouble, she was more than capable of getting you out of it ;)
Hreow
08-07-2006, 04:17 PM
:grin: I spent the first seven-or-so years of my riding education *petrified*. When I came back to riding as an adult, I discovered I'm not scared at all. I would have taken you up on that challenge. It would have given you a good laugh, if nothing else. :-D
I actually prefer cross country to show jumping. There really is a buzz cross countrying but it is a more dangerous sport as they are fixed fences. I am the opposite of you. The older I have got, the less bottle I have got. As a teenager 4ft + fences didn't faze me. The last time I jumped four foot was a couple of years ago now, I was dared to be a teenager again :roll: I pointed my mare to the fence I knew she wouldn't refuse it and I shut my eyes and let her take me over it lol!!! I haven't done it since. Most I jump now is a log in the wood :-D
Hreow
08-07-2006, 06:15 PM
Cross-country would probably have my preference as well. I've never tried it. Well... more than the occasional log or logs in the woods then. Doesn't really count. :-)
borderdawn
08-07-2006, 07:16 PM
I like eventing, at least the cross country bit, LOVE Horse racing, flat and national hunt. Havent ridden for a few yrs now, my friend keeps saying "ere get on this!" yeah, self preservation is at the top of my list now!
Dawn.
I don't like dressage so haven't done any eventing. Go on Dawn get on again, you'll love it!
Looks like it's cross country fences tonight from the writeup. Should be brill! 9pm I think
borderdawn
10-07-2006, 07:32 PM
Will watch that Fran! and "GET ORF!" I not riding again.
Dawn.
Looks like the x-country course is in doors :roll:
borderdawn
10-07-2006, 10:02 PM
Looks like the x-country course is in doors :roll:
Visions of Fran wanting celebs careering round Badminton!!!!:-D :-D :-D Would of been good though!
Dawn.
Visions of Fran wanting celebs careering round Badminton!!!!:-D :-D :-D Would of been good though!
Dawn.
:-D More like working hunter fences than x-country :? but enjoyed it tonight!
I watched it tonigh for the first time, really enjoyed it...Never ridden, but love to watch other people doing it...
I've obviously missed something very entertaining here. The problem I have is when I see anything advertised as being with "celebrities" I switch off!
I'll try to watch the next programme though, sounds fun.
I would love to have ridden a horse.....bit late now though:(
I would love to have ridden a horse.....bit late now though:(Never to late for anything Mags...;)
Never to late for anything Mags...;)
It would probably have to be a Dobbin for me Moli!;):lol:
2 riders in the arena at once competing against each other :shock: What a laugh!!!:lol:
borderdawn
11-07-2006, 10:02 PM
Good night, enjoyed that.
Dawn.
Best night yet and some surprises there!!
Grrrr...I missed it again!:mad:
have to agree a great programme but then of course because I have the horses anything horsey appeals to me ,they are really up for it good on them
Watched it for the first time last night after you all said how good it is! Yes, I enjoyed it too, however had a running commentary from my daughter (has been riding for a good few years now) saying "they are not doing their rising trot right" or "they're on the wrong diagonal"! arghh. I'll watch it without her next time!
Hreow
12-07-2006, 01:23 PM
Send her over here next time. Haven't had a good horsey nag (!) in ages! :-D
Watched it for the first time on Monday. Missed it on Tuesday but what a pain in the **** I am! I'm shouting get thoes reines tighter, use your knees and that's just a Ceilidh on the couch pretending to ride:shock: :D
Really good though, enjoyed it.
I'm more of a cross country as well (or was). The bigger my mount the better. Twists in the stirips regularly:lol:
Love this programme...it just gets better and better!! Who's gonna win?? ;)
Hreow
13-07-2006, 10:38 PM
Jenni Faulkner, just because I would rather she didn't. :grin:
:-D Well I can't stand Matt B :? Hoping Diarmuid does well, as far as I am concerned he has come the furthest!
Hreow
13-07-2006, 10:44 PM
He has. Doesn't look (as much) like a scarecrow in a storm any more. He's got a good rapport with his horse as well.
ceiron
13-07-2006, 11:01 PM
noooooooooooooooooooooooo
not anna
matt b is a good rider, showed it tongith in his last 2 rides
hes actually talking to the horse
but anna :(
noooooooooooooooooooooooo
not anna
matt b is a good rider, showed it tongith in his last 2 rides
hes actually talking to the horse
but anna :(
Anna was unlucky tonight and did very well to stop on at that refusal. Matt B is very cocky and I don't like him but Diarmuid in my opinion has come on the furthest although I doubt he will win it..
borderdawn
14-07-2006, 06:14 AM
I dont like Matt either, BIG head! same goes for Jenni. Didnt like Nicki much but now she's growing on me.
Dawn.
Hreow
15-07-2006, 10:29 PM
At least Nicki doesn't give the impression of being a ME ME ME sort of person like Jenni (may just be the way the footage is cut of course).
Shame that it's over.
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