Veem
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Post by Veem on Jul 24, 2024 18:45:29 GMT 1
As a lifelong horse lover, owner and rider, it saddens me beyond words that Charlotte has been shown to have abused a horse in such an aggressive way. Since she burst onto the international dressage scene many years ago, she has been universally recognised as one of the most empathetic riders, admired by many and generally described as being 'in harmony' with her beautiful horses. I suppose she represented what every young rider aspired to.
All gone. In a moment of anger or frustration she has shown herself to be not true to the reputation she had built. Most importantly she has shown herself to be not true to herself and the success she has enjoyed.
She has not only let herself down, but also the thousands of supporters who had so respected her. Most of all, she has let down the horses.
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mysty
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Post by mysty on Jul 24, 2024 18:53:47 GMT 1
Its probably a lot more widespread than you think
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Veem
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Post by Veem on Jul 24, 2024 19:05:12 GMT 1
Oh I know that it is. In this past year a couple of top international riders have been banned for abuse. But Charlotte seemed to be the one who was beyond reproach.
Are there any really good people left?
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Post by suein56 on Jul 24, 2024 19:05:25 GMT 1
All gone. In a moment of anger or frustration she has shown herself to be not true to the reputation she had built. It's been reported that the incrimination video shows she whipped the horse many times in a very short period. Whilst I admire her skill I have never 'taken' to her and always thought she had a 'hard' face. Its probably a lot more widespread than you think I'm sure it is .. beating defenceless animals seems to be a horribly human trait. |
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Post by Veem on Jul 24, 2024 19:45:55 GMT 1
I think I have a fairly hard face too Sue, but would hate to think I could ever so abuse any animal.
She has said this incident was totally out of character, and that may well be true. But she doesn't (cannot) deny this behaviour and will have to accept being judged for it. Such a waste of her undoubted imcomparable talent as a rider. Goodness know what Carl Hester will make of it all.
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Post by traveller on Jul 24, 2024 20:59:50 GMT 1
I think it’s really sad that the Olympics which when it was first revived was just athletes competing against each other in an amicable but competitive spirit has now become something really horrible, where gifted athletes are forced to ruin their lives and mental health in order to compete. Never an excuse to abuse animals, but I’m glad no one in my family is involved in any form of competitive sport, it’s all just too nasty these days. coaching abuse and all the rest, not nice.
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Post by JohnnyD on Jul 25, 2024 8:12:55 GMT 1
I think I have a fairly hard face too Sue, but would hate to think I could ever so abuse any animal. She has said this incident was totally out of character, and that may well be true. But she doesn't (cannot) deny this behaviour and will have to accept being judged for it. Such a waste of her undoubted imcomparable talent as a rider. Goodness know what Carl Hester will make of it all. I watched the video, it did not look out of character to me, I wouldn’t be able to deliberately hurt an animal even ‘out of character’ |
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Post by iolar on Jul 25, 2024 10:11:45 GMT 1
My wife had a step-father who was like a magus with horses. He taught Angela to ride at an early age. We have a framed photo of her, a little girl sitting on a huge horse, would have scared me ---less. He used to take her to the big event held at White City.
In the UK she always watched these shows on TV, in contrast I never liked them especially dressage - totally artificial making the horses move in ways that were artificial.
If bipeds want to jump over fences -let them. Seeing wild horses running is wonderful. Once when we were travelling to Bilbao by the single track railway not far from Bilbao we saw a big black stallion burst out of the trees and race beside the train of it's own volition - wonderful and natural.
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Post by jardiniere on Jul 25, 2024 10:19:26 GMT 1
In a moment of anger or frustration The thing is it wasn't just once, like a flash of anger which would have been bad enough, she whipped the poor horse repeatedly. It was dreadful to watch. I don't know how she could do that. She deserves to have lost everything. That was wicked. |
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Post by omegal on Jul 25, 2024 10:55:53 GMT 1
If bipeds want to jump over fences -let them. Seeing wild horses running is wonderful. Once when we were travelling to Bilbao by the single track railway not far from Bilbao we saw a big black stallion burst out of the trees and race beside the train of it's own volition - wonderful and natural. That's a Lloyds bank advert...............  |
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Post by suein56 on Jul 25, 2024 11:09:18 GMT 1
It was dreadful to watch. I couldn't watch .. simply the sound of the first crack of the whip turned my stomach and I switched to a different news channel.
I watched the video, it did not look out of character to me, When I heard that she had cracked the whip 24 times in a very short period of time I thought exactly the same as you .. that was definitely smthg she did on a regular basis, in my view. |
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