Horse Show Diva

Daisyduke wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 9:54 pm His results are not consistent enough to get away with this helmet.

I am not a fan of his fashion sense, but he does win quite a bit.

So is the theory that he had actually something wrong with his health and exaggerated it? Or he invented the whole health problem from scratch?

I wasn’t referring to any specific horse. I was referring to the idea of spending $1.4 million to win in a division that is generally much less populated since there are so few horses that measure as a small these days. Not to mention the fact that, you know, you can spend all the money in the world...

I noticed there are only six horses in the combined small junior 3’6” division at the Hampton Classic this week.

1.4 million sounds like a lot of money to beat five other horses. But whatever.

Hayygirlll wrote: ↑Fri Aug 25, 2023 4:36 am It’s a thankless job.

That’s an understatement!

I was just glad the panel was not all male, which seems to happen an awful lot, especially for the big classes. And especially for a sport that has so many female judges and participants.

Chihorse1 wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 12:54 pm I had heard a rumor that she rode under another person's name in order to earn the team more points or something along those lines.

Huh. If so, it sounds like the whole team had to be in on it.

Corkscrew wrote: ↑Tue May 02, 2023 3:06 am It doesn’t sound like any vest would have helped. I read multiple places that she has massive head trauma. So incredibly horrible.

Thanks for the information.

Terribly sad event.

Does anyone know if she was wearing an air vest? I don’t know if one would have helped under the circumstances anyway, especially if she never separated from the horse.

Incredibly tragic accident. Horse took a long spot and caught a toe on landing, flipping on top of the girl. Unfortunately there was pretty severe head trauma and they were not able to get her back. The press release from USEF said the fall did not involve a jump. Was that incorrect information? Ho...

Just out of curiosity, how would you cheat at a college show? Rig the draw??