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Not slacking multitasking
maybe she needs to sort her house move?!
Have had a very speedy response from BE, I do get the impression that they are taking this seriously - especially if quite a few people have raised concerns.
maybe she needs to sort her house move?!
Or shes going on holiday againmaybe she needs to sort her house move?!
about time.She has now updated the begging page
Why on earth is an eventer having a rest at this point in the year the season has barely started
For 40k worth of horse I hope for the crowds sake hes been vetted before the transaction completes.Because she has probably realised, or been advised, that the horse needs to fade into oblivion and the whole shady episode needs to be forgotten. My bet is the horse has a 'niggle' and isn't seen for a good while. Remember today's news is tomorrow's chip paper.
For 40k worth of horse I hope for the crowds sake he’s been vetted before the transaction completes.
Slight diversion, but this reminds me of a request made by an acquaintance. She was marrying a farmer who lived on a large inherited farm and a beautiful 17c farmhouse. On their wedding invitations they said the normal bla about your attendance being gift enough but then added a PS that if anyone really insisted on buying them a gift, they'd appreciate money to do up their house. Getting by on little more than minimum wage, I skipped the cash gift and the wedding.
It is amazing how easy it is to get people to part with their money. The owner of the horse must be laughing all the way to the bank. £2k to fund a vet bill is one thing but £26k is quite another - surely EK has just received a £26k untaxed bonus or is it because everybody donating actually is a shareholder in the horse - don't shareholders have rights?
Her eventing Facebook page seems to have disappeared. Along with the horse and the funds it seems Couldn't handle the criticism perhaps?
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No it hasn't. Emily and her mother are busy at Tatts this weekend, along with all the other top event riders who are sponsored in some way, shape or form to ride horses for a living, and work hard at it.
I have no opinion one way or the other about her crowdfunding for Hobby. I wouldn't make a donation, but then I wouldn't have done it for Jonty either (he is at Tatts too by the way, courtesy of his own sponsors and hard work).
I don't think there is much similarity between Jonty and Emily. Jonty made Art - produced him from nowhere and clearly had an amazing partnership with him. Emily has ridden Hobby for 1 month and has added no value at all. Art was being sold from underneath Jonty whereas Emily was just making a choice to relocate. Jonty was sinking huge amounts of his own money into this but was never going to be able to afford Art. Emily clearly had plenty of other options including the private investment that is in the end what secured the horse. It seems begging off the public meant she could avoid having to share the massive increase in the price tag when she sells him on. Jonty pledged he would never sell Art on but would give him a home for life. Jonty made no promises to anyone in return for their donation - everyone knew it was a straightforward gift to help him keep Art. Emily has made promises she can't keep. And finally Emily failed to let people know that private investment secured the horse days ago allowing people to believe she still needed help to buy him when in fact people were contributing to the 'running costs' that she has already said are covered by sponsorship. So this is essentially just putting cash directly into her own pocket that she does not need.
I was very happy to help Jonty and am loving his success at Tatts but Emily was just choosing the easiest, quickest. lowest risk, highest return option for herself. And was dishonest along the way.
Obviously they are out doing their thing, that is not what I meant... but the eventing page she announced the crowd funding update on is gone, one which had attracted much the same comments you can read in this thread. There are plenty of hard working Eventers out there who have less than the Kings who haven't resorted to internet begging. Each to their own...
IIRC The owner had multiple offers from all over the world for Art and had turned them down so Jonty could keep the ride. But then she got pregnant and their was a firm offer on the table for Art and decided she had to sell. 500k was a lot lower than the offer she had but it was an offer just for Jonty because the owner also wanted him to have him. Jonty was always clear that he totally understood the owner's position and was in no way blaming them.