Gosh - dressage has made it onto the Observer homepage

[Sleighfarer]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/03/olympics-row-over-horse-cruelty

 

[HumBugsey]

Oh do keep up Guardian!

 

[Sleighfarer]

They've come over all equestrian today. They've got Paul Nicholls in their 'This Much I Know' slot:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jan/03/paul-nicholls-trainer-his-own-words

He says he was too busy eating to mourn his career as a jockey

 

[Halfstep]

actually, for a national paper this isn't a bad representation of the argument and how things stand re: rollkur. I was amazed when i opened my Observer this morning to find a picture of a dressage horse on the second page of the main section. A shame they didn't mention the fact that Britain currently has an individual silver and team bronze european medal, but actually their take on the so called blue tongue row was pretty good.

 

[Santa_Claus]

basically same story on the joy that is the Daily Mail. Me thinks someone has sent out a press release to the papers....

 

[chestnut cob]

I saw it in my Obersever today. I wonder who got the papers worked up about it.

Pretty good article though, considering it's not in specialist press. I was disappointed in the WHW stance on it though

 

[jumptoit]

I saw it in the paper too but haven't got round to reading it yet, it did look like a good article though rather than a small mention making out we are all cruel!