Jill sent this report (and these photos) from Saturday’s CDE marathon at the Royal Windsor Horse Show:

On Saturday morning Richard Nicoll met the CAA group early and walked them around the marathon obstacles. He is in Windsor for an FEI meeting, and so he was enjoying himself instead of working! 

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early on Saturday, Richard Nicoll gave the CAA group a tour of the marathon obstacles (photo by Jill Ryder)

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... in the water obstacle, presumably before the horses and ponies came through! (photo by Jill Ryder)

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part of the display for Land Rover, sponsor of the driving event (photo by Jill Ryder)

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The marathon started at 10:00 a.m. and went on most of the day, starting with the pony fours, then horse pairs and, finally, the horse fours. All seemed to go well on the marathon until the horse fours. The team that went just before George Bowman (GBR) had a turnover and runaway in Obstacle 3, and the horses all ended up in the ditch, which was full of water. It was scary and dramatic, but all horses (and people) were ok.

The CDE scores are available at www.hoefnet.com.