Horse Sense

[addicted]

So glad to see our equestrian team triumph despite the loss of Charlotte DuJardine. I couldn't help wondering whether the exposure of Charlotte's treatment of her horse was timed to damage the team's olympic chances rather than damage Charlotte. Many years ago a friend of mine bought a horse that had been used for eventing but had suddenly been prone to going lame. No medical cause could be found for this so his owner reluctantly decided to sell him. A  friend of mine  bought him in full knowledge of this. He didn't want to  event him, he wanted to him to ride to hounds.  After taking him to several meets he noticed that if there was an event going on at the starting point of the meet, the horse would immediately start limping until  well past the ring and once it became clear to  the horse that he wasn't going to be asked to jump he would walk perfectly normally. Apparently, his previous owner had been rather hard on him and he had found his own way of getting his own back. His previous owner was Charlotte DuJardine's mother!

 

Carole

 

[floydraser]

Is it just me but when I saw the footage I thought it didn't look like a burst of bad temper, it looked more like a regular procedure. I'm glad it's been called out, I hope a few more whistle blowers come forward.

[Andrewcook]

I'm  a Horse-lover and these Horses do give us pleasure riding on them as for there welfare should be resped at all times Good luck to the Brithish Olympics team 

[twowrights]

All Olympians do is whinge on about how many hours they have to train, and all the sacrifices they make, do they want a medal or something?! 

[addicted]

7 hours ago, floydraser said:

Is it just me but when I saw the footage I thought it didn't look like a burst of bad temper, it looked more like a regular procedure. I'm glad it's been called out, I hope a few more whistle blowers come forward.

 

7 hours ago, floydraser said:

Is it just me but when I saw the footage I thought it didn't look like a burst of bad temper, it looked more like a regular procedure. I'm glad it's been called out, I hope a few more whistle blowers come forward.

You've hit the nail on the head

 

 

c

Carole