It wasn’t all plain sailing at Bramham Horse Trials this weekend (11-14 June) for the eventers who headed north for the Yorkshire event. While 27-year-old Flora Harris and Bayano stormed to victory in the CCI3*, others had a few stickier moments and a number of photographers were well-positioned to catch the action… We bring you the You’ve Been Framed moments of Bramham 2015.
Bramham Horse Trials: thrills and spills
Sit tight! Pippa Funnell and the 16.1hh, nine-year-old Sandman 7 survive a hairy moment in the showjumping, but they make an impressive recovery to go clear around the rest of the course and finish in sixth place.
France’s Regis Prud Hon and the 15-year-old grey gelding Debiut add some flare to their cross-country round
French drama #EBHT #eventinglive #BramhamHorseTrials pic.twitter.com/Ou95iDYWDZ
— Eventing NZ (@NZEventing) June 13, 2015
Oliver Townend and the 16.1hh gelding Dunbeau have a tricky moment at the brush into water at fence 13, picking up expensive penalties for this run out.
@horseandhound definitely a run out pic.twitter.com/uv5M29dzcz
— Eventing NZ (@NZEventing) June 13, 2015
Rosalind Canter and the 17hh gelding Allstar B make an impressive recovery after this hairy looking moment at the first part of the combination at fence 15, finishing in 21st place.
Amazing recovery from this position at the first of fence 15 combination Rosalind Canter! pic.twitter.com/DfBrUTYQ9T
— Eventing NZ (@NZEventing) June 13, 2015
Continued below…
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But it was fence 12, the Kidney ponds, that proved particularly influential (or unlucky) on the CCI3* track
Emma Silman and the 10-year-old gelding Sillogue Cailiocht hit the deck in the Bishop Burton College Under 25 CCI3*
Going, going… Jack Paget and the 16.3hh gelding Shady Grey have a tricky moment…
…before Jock parts company with his mount.
France’s Helene Vattier and the 12-year-old Quito De Baliere lose their balance…
…before Helene comes out the side door. And with Quito De Baliere standing at 17.2hh, it’s a long way to fall
Sweden’s Katrin Norling clings onto Zarina Cora…
…but the water beckons (with ducks looking on)
