Felicity Collins suffers outfit malfunction at Badminton Horse Trials

Twenty-six-year-old Felicity Collins is making her third consecutive Mars Badminton Horse Trials look this week (8–12 Might) with the late Vicky Collins and Avrina Milton’s 15-year-old gelding RSH Contend OR.

Felicity and “Mickey” accomplished their dressage take a look at on Friday morning, the place they scored a stable 34.5, nevertheless it wasn’t all ache crusing.

“My right-hand [riding] boot got here unfastened at the beginning of my take a look at, which has by no means occurred earlier than,” defined Felicity. “I may discover it after I was placing my proper leg on, which was a bit of bit irritating.

“It’s by no means occurred earlier than, however I used to be saying to myself ‘no, you simply want to remain centered’. I may really feel it flapping in the precise shoulder-in and I assumed the judges could be looking at it, however I’m certain they had been trying extra on the horse. Then I began to fret it would fall off fully!”

Felicity Collins mentioned she was a “little bit distracted” by her boot malfunction.

“I might need ridden a number of extra actions higher had it not occurred, however Mickey was actually good – he tried actually onerous and I’m not right here to simply do the dressage, so I’m not nervous.”

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