Water jump

[Venusian]

How do they manage in France then, with their far greater variety of fences?

[% MAN]

Also, why have Huntingdon apparently taken out their water jump? Is this permanent?

If you look up about half a dozen posts you will get your answer – they are installing synthetic water jump

[graysonscolumn]

Sorry, Firefox, I should have qualified that – it’s one of few courses where I can stomp all over any bit of the course I like before, after and (unlike many courses) during a meeting. Fontwell indulged me in the same way, too, though of course there isn’t a water jump to look at there.

Conversely, omnipresent groundstaff at Newton Abbot weren’t too keen when I tried to get up close and personal with their water splash, and Sandown (entirely hospitable in pretty much every other respect) all but chased me off the course with their spades! Maybe I just look dodgy…

gc

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[gamble]

Corm at the ‘end’ on here
and only read up to
the sixth fence
and Non Vintage’s
valid not fair offering.

I would suggest that the reason for water jumps
is that they are meant to somehow replicate the natural order.
Horse in the wild and what it meets.
blah blah and the excitement of ripples.
Interesting thing is
I very much doubt that a horse
would jump a fence unless
threatened by a pair of bull’s horns
or if it was unfortunately in a nightmare situation
and being followed by a camera

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