Event horses that did well then disappeared off the radar?

Wiz said:
Spot on and sadly pros felt it was acceptable to sell him to a young rider girl as he's fallen with her at least 4 times at Novice/ * so that she's lost her confidence :-(
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not too sure where you are getting your info from but im the girl that now has MI and he had one very unfortunate fall when he tripped after jumping up a step, nothing to do with being untidy or anything else. I have known the horse for a few years and even groomed for him when he was at badminton in 2009, i knew exactly what i was taking on when i bought him and i am very grateful to have a horse like that to ride, he is the kindest and most honest horse imaginable and just safely took me round my 1st OI at gatcombe like it was a PN. he is a truely amazing horse and doesnt deserve the bad press he has recieved over the years.......
 
rsteljes said:
not too sure where you are getting your info from but im the girl that now has MI and he had one very unfortunate fall when he tripped after jumping up a step, nothing to do with being untidy or anything else. I have known the horse for a few years and even groomed for him when he was at badminton in 2009, i knew exactly what i was taking on when i bought him and i am very grateful to have a horse like that to ride, he is the kindest and most honest horse imaginable and just safely took me round my 1st OI at gatcombe like it was a PN. he is a truely amazing horse and doesnt deserve the bad press he has recieved over the years.......
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Wow!!! Lucky you :D- what a fab horse to have, hope you continue to have loadsa fun with him (although I could never imagine calling an OI fun- more sickening hahaha!)...ps dont you just love the rumour mill ;)
 
tigers_eye said:
The ultimate "whatever happened to them combination" popped into my head today: Marius, the german horse who won gold in Beijing I think?
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He's the one owned by the full time dentist right? There was a programme/clip about him posted not long back. He's aiming for 2012 if I remember correctly...will try and find video!
 
Love this post - so where has Coup de Coeur ended up? know Becca Gibbs started him, then he went to Leslie Law, the saw him at WFP yard on an open day? also saw the pictures of WFP jumping Tom Cruise 11 through water. Completely in awe as he should have come off but stayed put..!

Add Lord Killingshurst to the list??
 
What about tim prices vortex, he's stunning and they were doing ok. I posted on here a while back if anyone knew what he was up to but had no replies . Good thread this one.
 
I know flint Curtis is sound, fit and jumping. Owner is keen to event him again but tricky situation. not keen to send him with OT as they got the horse fit, sent him back and he broke down v.quickly again- poss that he was ridden to OT's standard and he couldnt cope anymore. No bad words etc between owner/rider, just not working for flint anymore there.

He is being ridden by the "stable jockey" who is fab but if you send him out with a young semi unknown jockey and it goes badly the poor lad will always be known as "the guy who broke Flint Curtis" so I think owner is just leaving him to tick at home now. Lots of top riders hae been and tried him but all run same risk. think for OT he has "moved on" and the horse is happy.

Owners grand daughters go up and potter on him in school holidays- I think he is v.much a mans ride. I went recently with one the grandaughters, got lots photos/vids of riding him, looks fab. wont post one without their permisson but I will ask.
 
Hobby du Mee was removed from Austin after they "botched" him up to get him to Olympics and owners found out pissed. Sent him to MK but he was crippled so did surgery etc then headed to Billy Twomeys (all sme owners) a mutual friend of the Davies took him for a winter did some BS etc but went lame again after first xc schooling. cant remember were he went from there- was while ago I last asked about him


interestingly Muschamp Impala WD from two events after owners post, and then retired XC. Hasnt been out since May... what happened? Such a shame for her. What a fabulous chance to learn though if only for a short time
 
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smac said:
I know flint Curtis is sound, fit and jumping. Owner is keen to event him again but tricky situation. not keen to send him with OT as they got the horse fit, sent him back and he broke down v.quickly again- poss that he was ridden to OT's standard and he couldnt cope anymore. No bad words etc between owner/rider, just not working for flint anymore there.

He is being ridden by the "stable jockey" who is fab but if you send him out with a young semi unknown jockey and it goes badly the poor lad will always be known as "the guy who broke Flint Curtis" so I think owner is just leaving him to tick at home now. Lots of top riders hae been and tried him but all run same risk. think for OT he has "moved on" and the horse is happy.

Owners grand daughters go up and potter on him in school holidays- I think he is v.much a mans ride. I went recently with one the grandaughters, got lots photos/vids of riding him, looks fab. wont post one without their permisson but I will ask.
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I wouldnt call pip peters a young semi unknown jockey? she has had some fabulous results over the years, and the last 3 outings on Flint Curtis look rather promising, so does not look to be a mans ride at the moment????
 
smac said:
I know flint Curtis is sound, fit and jumping. Owner is keen to event him again but tricky situation. not keen to send him with OT as they got the horse fit, sent him back and he broke down v.quickly again- poss that he was ridden to OT's standard and he couldnt cope anymore. No bad words etc between owner/rider, just not working for flint anymore there.

He is being ridden by the "stable jockey" who is fab but if you send him out with a young semi unknown jockey and it goes badly the poor lad will always be known as "the guy who broke Flint Curtis" so I think owner is just leaving him to tick at home now. Lots of top riders hae been and tried him but all run same risk. think for OT he has "moved on" and the horse is happy.

Owners grand daughters go up and potter on him in school holidays- I think he is v.much a mans ride. I went recently with one the grandaughters, got lots photos/vids of riding him, looks fab. wont post one without their permisson but I will ask.
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I think you're a bit out of date on your info - FC has been out 3x in the last month at OI level and done pretty well.
 
Also Hobby Du Mee always had very bad feet and actually its probably a credit to Austin that he managed what he did.
 
smac said:
Hobby du Mee was removed from Austin after they "botched" him up to get him to Olympics and owners found out pissed. Sent him to MK but he was crippled so did surgery etc then headed to Billy Twomeys (all sme owners) a mutual friend of the Davies took him for a winter did some BS etc but went lame again after first xc schooling. cant remember were he went from there- was while ago I last asked about him


interestingly Muschamp Impala WD from two events after owners post, and then retired XC. Hasnt been out since May... what happened? Such a shame for her. What a fabulous chance to learn though if only for a short time
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'BOTCHED' You cannot botch a horse to the olympics!!!! Yes maybe get a horse with a touch of aleg SJ the last day, But not the whole event. I know for a fact that the horse had soundness issues when he arrived, but Kathrin(austins wife), and his vet,farrier kept the horse sound.
I worked for Austin for many years and can say that his horses are treated very well and never 'botched'!!!
 
fwiw, i heard that the horse had problems for a long time and it was a miracle of good care that Kathrin and Austin and their team kept him going for so long... and as soon as the management changed, he went lame.
i agree that you can't 'botch' a horse through a 3 day. seen it tried even at top level, never seen it work to the third day, put it that way...
 
what happened to Cashel Bay??? The last time i saw him, he was retired by Mary King on the XC at Burghley in 07/08 after confusion at the leafpit. heard somewhere that he went back to JP Sheffield but never heard of him again. has he retired, or just competing at lower levels? :confused:
 
Has Tankers Town been retired now? I don't think he's run since Sharon w/d him after XC at Pau last year...? I assume he's probably at least 16 now so I can imagine he's been retired. I clearly remember him quite plainly refusing to enter the starting box at Badminton!

Also, Clayton Fredericks' The Frog? Again, I assume has been retired? Probably another in the late teens, haven't heard of him since probably Badminton 2010 ish.
 
rsteljes said:
not too sure where you are getting your info from but im the girl that now has MI and he had one very unfortunate fall when he tripped after jumping up a step, nothing to do with being untidy or anything else. I have known the horse for a few years and even groomed for him when he was at badminton in 2009, i knew exactly what i was taking on when i bought him and i am very grateful to have a horse like that to ride, he is the kindest and most honest horse imaginable and just safely took me round my 1st OI at gatcombe like it was a PN. he is a truely amazing horse and doesnt deserve the bad press he has recieved over the years.......
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Hits the like button, sounds like you love him to bits
 
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