Horse Trials

Thought I would shoot something different today, I went to the horse trials at Perth. It was different from the motorbikes I usually shoot but no less dangerous.

holy crimany! .. ok.. I can't stand the suspense... post your website address.
Did the rider survive that? Looks like the horse probably did.. but geesh, looks like the rider might have gotten flattened.

Wow, great action shots. Tell me the horse was ok!
Actually, you should send off number 6 to the papers. Its fantastic!

great action sequence,
but a bit sick unless the rider and horse survived.

i would request more information be posted with sets like this as i have a lot of friends that do 3 day eventing.

and now you've got me worried as it is also Badminton this weekend and i have mates competing.

btw William Fox-Pitt, Zara Phillips, Mary King and i had a great discussion one night about motorbikes versus horses and how dangerous each one is.

we decided on horses, as they have a mind of their own.

looks like a broken ankle at the very least

Oh hey.. I also meant to say what fantastic shots you've captured. .. see how good they were?... I was *there* > caught up in the action! .. but even so.. I hope they both survived.

andrew748 wrote in post #5454459
great action sequence,
but a bit sick unless the rider and horse survived.

i would request more information be posted with sets like this as i have a lot of friends that do 3 day eventing.

and now you've got me worried as it is also Badminton this weekend and i have mates competing.

I agree with you there, there are several photos going around the internet of riders during/just after rotational falls like this or other where they didn't walk away or even survive. To me, that's just a little bit too disrespectful. I also have friends who compete in all spheres of EQ and I would hate to see a sequence of their final moments.

That's one hell of a rotational fall. Was the rider ok? I'm guessing horse walked off fine but rider had to at least have an ambulance.

Hey, I'm with everyone else.....is the rider OK?
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VERY AWESOME series.
...and like someone else asked...What is your web-site?

Violator wrote in post #5455233
Hey, I'm with everyone else.....is the rider OK?
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VERY AWESOME series.
...and like someone else asked...What is your web-site?

Hey folks,...I just remembered...click on the OP's name and there is a link there to the web-site.

It doesn't have any pics of the rider or the Horse, soo no value...

Violator wrote in post #5455243
Hey folks,...I just remembered...click on the OP's name and there is a link there to the web-site.

Playonpics.com wrote in post #5455729
It doesn't have any pics of the rider or the Horse, soo no value...

Sure it does.
click on the "homepage" - then "photographs" - then "scone Horse trails"

The horse got up and ran away, the rider needed medical treatment but she walked into the ambulance. She was holding her arm which I suspect may have been broken. I would not post pictures of any event where someone was seriously injured.

Photographically the shots are good, but why does everybody worry about the rider? She had the choice to ride or not. The poor horse had no choice.

weeman750 wrote in post #5456976
The horse got up and ran away, the rider needed medical treatment but she walked into the ambulance. She was holding her arm which I suspect may have been broken. I would not post pictures of any event where someone was seriously injured.

thanks for the clarification

scrumpy wrote in post #5457023
Photographically the shots are good, but why does everybody worry about the rider? She had the choice to ride or not. The poor horse had no choice.

a silly uninformed thing to say, i be happy to take this subject up with you on pm so as not ruin the OP's thread

Good series! You Scot's are tough! No break-away jumps for you!
Bad news: They need to expand the sand pit for the "riders".
Good news: If she'd hit the pit, the horse would have been completely on top of her.