Bossanova
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It looked quite 'fit' but obviously was feeling well. They can drop off so quickly, esp at the end of a long show and in that sort of an atmosphere
Bream's Horse In Puissance - Is It Me?
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JHawes
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It didnt look totaly sound to me! Its not unusual to see show jumpers looking lean but if they have leg or back problems then it can prolong their season if they dont get too heavy,,,maybe.
Baggybreeches
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Actually correction - instead of attacking the poster of that comment you might want to know that tim stockdale happened to agree with her! He said that the reason the horse had it down was all down to the fact that Rob smacked the horse with the whip (or waved the whip at him) which distracted him and caused him to spook to the left.
However - I'm shocked at some of the judgemental comments on shane's horse and the people who look after him - this horse has looked like this from the word go and does his job wonderfully and from what amage said has had time off since october.
And no - puissance horses are NOT passed around the world from place to place without EVER having a break - what a silly generalisation to make.
Sorry but made me angry.
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Whoa, steady on, I think you have your wires crossed.
Firstly I didnt say they never had a break, just meant that towards the end of their season any horse starts to 'run up' a bit, and Puissance is a winter spectacle.
And the bit about RW was not referring to the jump, but while waiting in the funnel, RW was seen on BBC tv giving his horse a few reminders.
Actually correction - instead of attacking the poster of that comment you might want to know that tim stockdale happened to agree with her! He said that the reason the horse had it down was all down to the fact that Rob smacked the horse with the whip (or waved the whip at him) which distracted him and caused him to spook to the left.
However - I'm shocked at some of the judgemental comments on shane's horse and the people who look after him - this horse has looked like this from the word go and does his job wonderfully and from what amage said has had time off since october.
And no - puissance horses are NOT passed around the world from place to place without EVER having a break - what a silly generalisation to make.
Sorry but made me angry.
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Whoa, steady on, I think you have your wires crossed.
Firstly I didnt say they never had a break, just meant that towards the end of their season any horse starts to 'run up' a bit, and Puissance is a winter spectacle.
And the bit about RW was not referring to the jump, but while waiting in the funnel, RW was seen on BBC tv giving his horse a few reminders.
Maesfen
Extremely Old Nag!
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Disclaimer: I haven't seen good show jumping for I don't know how long and I don't know the history of this horse so I don't know if normally looks like this.
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I do apologise for getting his name wrong, I'm just not an avid show jumping fan now like I used to be and I only recognised a few riders at all - mainly beginning with a 'W'! The horses are another matter completely, probably Arko and Peppermill were the only ones that meant anything to me, sorry!
As you can see, in my opening post I did say I didn't know if the horse normally looks like this so thank you for putting me straight, I appreciate it, honestly (not just saying it to grovel I can assure you!
) and I do appreciate that he will be having the best of care, he wouldn't be fit to compete if he wasn't. My comment was that he didn't look right in his coat (to me) but if that is not the case, I apologise unreservedly and will put it down to our little (I mean really little!)old telly; it only gets colour by the skin of its teeth!; it does distort an awful lot of things, this was obviously one of them.
Yes, I do know what people mean by raw boned horses, it's just that it seems a long time that I've seen any competing at that level - mind you, without digital, that's not a lot of seeing is it?! We've had hunters like that which are a nightmare to keep weight on, not because of their nerves, it's just their make up; they sometimes only look normal when they're coming in from their summer holidays and no matter what and how much food you give them, nothing seems to make a difference. A local hunter is like that by this time in the season and I know that is because the owner doesn't ever think about increasing his feed because she doesn't 'see' the weight loss, she is too close to him, never steps back to scrutinise which I admit I thought could possibly have been the case with this horse.
I certainly couldn't fault the horse in his attitude or his rider either (as I also said earlier!) and will look out for him again certainly whenever I get the chance.
Disclaimer: I haven't seen good show jumping for I don't know how long and I don't know the history of this horse so I don't know if normally looks like this.
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I do apologise for getting his name wrong, I'm just not an avid show jumping fan now like I used to be and I only recognised a few riders at all - mainly beginning with a 'W'! The horses are another matter completely, probably Arko and Peppermill were the only ones that meant anything to me, sorry!
As you can see, in my opening post I did say I didn't know if the horse normally looks like this so thank you for putting me straight, I appreciate it, honestly (not just saying it to grovel I can assure you!
Yes, I do know what people mean by raw boned horses, it's just that it seems a long time that I've seen any competing at that level - mind you, without digital, that's not a lot of seeing is it?! We've had hunters like that which are a nightmare to keep weight on, not because of their nerves, it's just their make up; they sometimes only look normal when they're coming in from their summer holidays and no matter what and how much food you give them, nothing seems to make a difference. A local hunter is like that by this time in the season and I know that is because the owner doesn't ever think about increasing his feed because she doesn't 'see' the weight loss, she is too close to him, never steps back to scrutinise which I admit I thought could possibly have been the case with this horse.
I certainly couldn't fault the horse in his attitude or his rider either (as I also said earlier!) and will look out for him again certainly whenever I get the chance.