Cheeky/ridiculous posts you see on Facebook.

So reading between the lines she's sent a horse away on grass livery/companion loan (to be confirmed) over winter who was already poor by her own admission and then not checked on it once even though it was only 10 mins down the road. On top of it being lean going into winter it's suffered severe rain scaled or something looking very similar (likely mild to start but left untreated and rugged creating a perfect environment for bacteria to get in and thrive) which now the rug has been removed has been discovered to be an issue (surprise surprise!!). I'd imagine one visit from the vet with cleaning up, antibiotics and creams etc to help heal the probably very sore and itchy would is likely to be more than £300, without investigating the cause of the weight issues.

She would have been better keeping her head down and sorting a payment plan with the vet id funds were really that tight. Maybe hire out the new arena to help cover some of the cost or get a sharer for the ridden horse. Poor Dave!!
 
Just seen a post from a Yorkshire newspaper about a rider who was 27.5 stone but has lost a third of her bodyweight.

Apparently she put on a lot of weight following a series of bereavements and said 'I was so big my body couldn't breathe on its own.'

There is a photo of her on a horse and she does look quite big...

Of course, losing almost 10 stone is quite an achievement but most of the comments were quite damning, stating that she is still much too heavy to be on a horse.
She may well regret agreeing to the story being run.
 
Nancykitt said:
Just seen a post from a Yorkshire newspaper about a rider who was 27.5 stone but has lost a third of her bodyweight.

Apparently she put on a lot of weight following a series of bereavements and said 'I was so big my body couldn't breathe on its own.'

There is a photo of her on a horse and she does look quite big...

Of course, losing almost 10 stone is quite an achievement but most of the comments were quite damning, stating that she is still much too heavy to be on a horse.
She may well regret agreeing to the story being run.
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I saw that.

Lots of people defending the rider and saying the people who are saying she’s too heavy are fat shamers.

The thing is, it’s a Reach Media article who thrive on engagement, negative or not and this is perfect fodder for them.
 
Ceifer said:
I saw that.

Lots of people defending the rider and saying the people who are saying she’s too heavy are fat shamers.

The thing is, it’s a Reach Media article who thrive on engagement, negative or not and this is perfect fodder for them.
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I didn't realise, but it seems that it's on more than one FB group. Most of the comments I saw were along the lines of 'shouldn't be anywhere near a horse', but I can certainly believe that there will be people defending the lady in question.
I find the whole thing very uncomfortable really. I can understand why anyone who was 10 stone lighter would want to celebrate losing such a massive amount of weight, but the fact that said person was/is a rider puts a slightly different perspective on it.
 
Nasicus said:
I saw something on her re-post on the Equine Exeter page
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Just found this, seems she's actually after 1k or 3k but Go Fund Me apparently want her to get the £300 first. And she has 'all right' to ask for the money as she's didn't do this to him. Some would argue leaving your horse unchecked 10 mins down the road for 3 months is your doing but hey ho.
 
ElleSkywalker said:
Just found this, seems she's actually after 1k or 3k but Go Fund Me apparently want her to get the £300 first. And she has 'all right' to ask for the money as she's didn't do this to him. Some would argue leaving your horse unchecked 10 mins down the road for 3 months is your doing but hey ho.
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Yeah I was a bit shocked to see she actually wants even more, as if him needing more medical care than just £300 worth justifies it! The lack of shame!
I'll admit I ended up blocking her because just seeing her post was getting me indignant for poor Dave.
Although interesting she mentions about 'not putting him down like others have said' or something like that, which suggests she's either had backlash elsewhere because he's actually in worse condition, or she's using it as an excuse in her head to justify her GFM ad neglect because look at her she's saaaaaving him.
 
Nasicus said:
Yeah I was a bit shocked to see she actually wants even more, as if him needing more medical care than just £300 worth justifies it! The lack of shame!
I'll admit I ended up blocking her because just seeing her post was getting me indignant for poor Dave.
Although interesting she mentions about 'not putting him down like others have said' or something like that, which suggests she's either had backlash elsewhere because he's actually in worse condition, or she's using it as an excuse in her head to justify her GFM ad neglect because look at her she's saaaaaving him.
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Just had a look and she's only raised £155.
 
Nasicus said:
Yeah I was a bit shocked to see she actually wants even more, as if him needing more medical care than just £300 worth justifies it! The lack of shame!
I'll admit I ended up blocking her because just seeing her post was getting me indignant for poor Dave.
Although interesting she mentions about 'not putting him down like others have said' or something like that, which suggests she's either had backlash elsewhere because he's actually in worse condition, or she's using it as an excuse in her head to justify her GFM ad neglect because look at her she's saaaaaving him.
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I wonder if the post has been removed as I can't find anything about it in the EE FB group?

Unless I have got the wrong person, fairly sure I haven't, it seems pretty telling she's not posted it in a more local equine group to where she is based.
 
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