Ravenwood
Well-Known Member
Am I the only one who was cringing at the turnout of horses at Olympia so far?
No one likes an armchair critic and never in my life will I ride at that level - LOL, but OMG I would shoot the grooms for turnout!
I loved every single minute of the Freestyle dressage to music and watching Charlotte break the world record but all I could think was, at least her groom pulls the horse's tail!
Good Grief - I wanted to cut at least 6 inches off all those horse's tails and why doesn't anyone plait tails anymore? If you can't be bothered to plait at least pull the tail! Elberg's horses tail was plaited but what a mess!
Then onto the Puissance - fabulous viewing, I rode and jumped every stride with them but at the same time I was screaming out - FFS, plait that mane/tail!
I can't understand it - surely the groom, who is so priviledged to work to such a high standard, would want to turn their horse out to the highest degree? So why does no one plait anymore or trim or at least tidy them up? They all look such a mess!
Oh dear - warning, old biddy hits the forum time
PS: Sorry - I don't seem to be able to edit the title to correct the typo!
No one likes an armchair critic and never in my life will I ride at that level - LOL, but OMG I would shoot the grooms for turnout!
I loved every single minute of the Freestyle dressage to music and watching Charlotte break the world record but all I could think was, at least her groom pulls the horse's tail!
Good Grief - I wanted to cut at least 6 inches off all those horse's tails and why doesn't anyone plait tails anymore? If you can't be bothered to plait at least pull the tail! Elberg's horses tail was plaited but what a mess!
Then onto the Puissance - fabulous viewing, I rode and jumped every stride with them but at the same time I was screaming out - FFS, plait that mane/tail!
I can't understand it - surely the groom, who is so priviledged to work to such a high standard, would want to turn their horse out to the highest degree? So why does no one plait anymore or trim or at least tidy them up? They all look such a mess!
Oh dear - warning, old biddy hits the forum time
PS: Sorry - I don't seem to be able to edit the title to correct the typo!