BTB: A Rolex twofer: Peter Atkins Helmet cam and Oliie Townend's fall

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A Rolex twofer: Peter Atkins Helmet cam and Oliie Townend's fall Posted: 02 May 2010 01:31 PM PDT This'll be my last Rolex 2010 post unless something amazing happens. Peter Atkins just published his helmetcam footage! At the end of this video, you'll know his horse's name forever :-). Thanks to Peter for capturing and sharing this. The full run, which gives you a real taste of what the course is like, is at www.RunHennyRun.com. I don't think I would say Harv's name after difficult fences, think I'd say goooood booy! How about you guys!? Oliver Townend's Rolex fall: He's one lucky guy This photo by Candice Chavez (posted on kentucky.com) captures the worst moment of Oliver Townend's rotational  fall at Rolex last Saturday. The fence had frangible safety pins but they didn't "deploy," which is the subject of a lot of debate in the online forums. Miraculously Townend is okay.  Townend, a milkman's son from Yorkshire, said of his fall,  "I feel a bit bashed and bruised, but my spirits are good" (Sporting Life article). The photo doesn't convey how fast it all happens -- but the video does. Another vantage point... Those Brits, they know how to sum things up In the UK horses and eventing are pretty newsworthy, and it seems like everyone rides. Andrew Lloyd Webber's wife is an ex-eventer, and in an article in the UK Telegraph she comments on Oliver's fall. She dryly observes "Things often go pear-shaped with horses." I have no idea what that really means, but it sure sounds true.

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