Badminton Horse trials Q...?

Question

I know quite a few of the big names pulled out of the xcountry today but anyone know why Pippa Funnell, William F Pitt, Bettina Hoy, were not entered? Saw WFP's horses' names withdrawn - probably injuries - but others weren't even entered.

What's happened to Primmores Pride of late? Thanks for any info.

Answer 1

Pippa Funnell has taken a bit of time off.  Primores Pride is resting, being saved for later.  Pippa is bringing on younger horses.  William Fox Pitt withdrew because the ground was so hard.  I don't know about Betina Hoy.  There was a huge amount of withdrawals due to state of the ground.

Such a terrible shame about the two horses who died though.  I actually saw on TV the French horse get speared by the flag post and the blood pumping out of it's leg.  A freak accident, nobody to blame, but how awful for everybody involved with this horse and for everybody who witnessed it  I hope no children were traumatised too badly by it.  

The other horse which died had a heart attack after finishing the XC course.