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.
 
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