"Katie Price can't ride" claims Jodie Marsh

I'm not so won over on the whole labelling KP as a bad rider because she purchased a ‘pre-made horse’.

I know people that are great with youngsters, but if I asked them to ride high level dressage movements on a well schooled horse, I'd get a slightly confused face in return.

I also know people who can ride any movement with precision on a well schooled horse, but wouldn't do a single favour to a youngster if I sat them on one.

Both are good riders in my eyes, but for different things. She may not be versatile but then again, who knows? Maybe she would do a fab job with an unschooled horse.

Jodie Marsh needs to learn how boring the band wagon looks. Yawn! Whatever next?
 
laa666 said:
I like Katie Price, especially her Pink Lorry !!! She is not that bad and she seems willing to learn and improve, I have watched a lot worse and a lot better than her in a dressage areana. If it brings more interest to the sport in general where is the harm. However I do agree that watching Jodie at next years Olympia, 'Galloping over proper jumps' in front of the crowds would be worth going to see. I doubt she is aware of all the hard work that most of us put into our horses, especially those of us that cant just go out and buy a made horses.
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i see if i can buy Olympia tickets this year to go watch her :p

galloping over proper jumps she is either doing cross country or show jumping ?????

she does know shes not suppose to gallop the horse to the show jumping doesn't she i would at least expect her to have alot of run outs , fences knocked down and her horse playing up.

katie's a good rider and atleast she covers herself up unlike some people *cough* Jodie *cough*
 
Jodie Marsh - is she the one with the terrible nose job? Looks like a shovel?

How does she ride with those enormous knockers, even Panache, who make the best sports bras might be put to extra thought as to cantilever support without rounding the Lasses shoulders.

Paddy
 
im 45 and have worked very very hard all my life.
If I could do it again i would have got my knockers out at 16 made loads of dosh so that i could spend all my time now on hobbies instead of still working.
(supposing i had the bod for it)
Im still working 10 hours a day so i reckon im the thick one here!
 
No time for either of them to be honest, though JM does seem to be an even bigger pillock than KP!!

Am very surprised that so many people have such a high opinion of KPs riding ability though. She may be able to ride but she is no 'rider' IMO!!

Surely if she is such a talented rider, can afford top class training and spends huge amounts of money on horses then she should be far more competitively succesful than she is??

Edited to add you tube link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7VGCEoW8WU - just watch those hands (and seat for that matter) - especially the rein back at about 40 secs - and judge for yourself.
 
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Interesting how posters think they have the right to critize someone elses riding? Did you lot pop out the womb knowing how to ride? lucky you, personaly I work very very hard at my riding, and yeh im not the best, im not the worst but i dont go round slating anyone whos worse then me, becasue we all start at the same place, then move on from there. We are all on different levels.
 
Puppy said:
Oh dear... Why on earth are H&H publishing this rubbish.....
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For the same reason that Martin Clunes suddenly became chair of BHS the silly and vapid cult of celebrity over talent and achievement. It's an insult to our medal winners to legitimise this poorly informed drivel.
 
lizstuguinness said:
Interesting how posters think they have the right to critize someone elses riding? Did you lot pop out the womb knowing how to ride? lucky you, personaly I work very very hard at my riding, and yeh im not the best, im not the worst but i dont go round slating anyone whos worse then me, becasue we all start at the same place, then move on from there. We are all on different levels.
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Well my post was in response to the people saying 'KP would be as good a rider as anyone on this forum', well, I'm sorry but there are some cracking riders on HHO (and I don't mean myself here), who, given the same financial resources as KP could well be competing internationally.

Personally, I consider myself very lucky to have been born into a horsey family and brought up among horses. So yes I have ridden from an early age, done PC, showing, hunting a little bit of WHP and SJ. I have never competed in dressage but if I were to decide to do so I would not go out and buy a Grand Prix horse, or potential Grand Prix horse (even if I had the funds), I would buy a horse appropriate to my level of riding in that sphere and not be trying to run before I could walk.
 
GinaB said:
I can't beileve HHO are lowering themselves to print something from an interview from Zoo magazine!

Oh yes, and who really cares? Teh pair of them are tramps anyway!
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well said. They are both what you say. Who cares whether she can ride or not:rolleyes:
Is there not more important news which we care about more that this drivel??
 
Twinkley Lights said:
For the same reason that Martin Clunes suddenly became chair of BHS the silly and vapid cult of celebrity over talent and achievement. It's an insult to our medal winners to legitimise this poorly informed drivel.
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I actually love having Martin Clunes as BHS chair! These celebs draw attention to the sport (however it is done) that it would otherwise lack. They are famous for reasons other than their equestrian acheivements and yet they are still in love with horses and everything associated with them. They don't pretend to be Olympians in equestrianism but they have acheived success in their own arena. I'm sure our medal winners aren't insulted or feeling threatened ;).
Personally, I think it's great!
 
minesadouble said:
No time for either of them to be honest, though JM does seem to be an even bigger pillock than KP!!

Am very surprised that so many people have such a high opinion of KPs riding ability though. She may be able to ride but she is no 'rider' IMO!!

Surely if she is such a talented rider, can afford top class training and spends huge amounts of money on horses then she should be far more competitively succesful than she is??

Edited to add you tube link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7VGCEoW8WU - just watch those hands (and seat for that matter) - especially the rein back at about 40 secs - and judge for yourself.
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Only just seen that video. It's like the Jeremy Kyle of dressage.

It was a phase, I beleive being a Yummy Mummy is the current passtime.

Paddy
 
KP actually rode a horse I was selling - competently - & jumped it. She was effective & he was not a novice ride. She offered to buy him for his full price to hunt, which I accepted, but then she failed to progress the sale to vetting, so I accepted another offer on him.
IMO she is a competent rider, but is v busy with her promotions, etc, so does not spend the kind of time riding to be good enough to place in competitions. One of the reasons she failed to progress her purchase of my horse is she immediately left the country for a perfume photoshoot.
A female role model? No. Hard-working & driven? Yes.
 
jaquelin said:
KP actually rode a horse I was selling - competently - & jumped it. She was effective & he was not a novice ride. She offered to buy him for his full price to hunt, which I accepted, but then she failed to progress the sale to vetting, so I accepted another offer on him.
IMO she is a competent rider, but is v busy with her promotions, etc, so does not spend the kind of time riding to be good enough to place in competitions. One of the reasons she failed to progress her purchase of my horse is she immediately left the country for a perfume photoshoot.
A female role model? No. Hard-working & driven? Yes.
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How nice to see a balanced point of view :).
 
Why's everyone so keen to bash her?!

She gives it a go, she enjoys it, and I daresay her horses are incredibly well cared for. I couldn't ride the horses she does and I wouldn't have the balls to perform at big events like she has.

Once the pink lorries and blingy tack are removed she's the same as us underneath, a horsey girl that watches HOYS/the olympics and dreams of going herself.

If I had her money I'd have expensive horses and pink lorries too! Find it sad people feel fit to comment that she buys pushbutton rides and does nothing other than sit on them for competitions :( how do you know this?!

Go team Katie! Boooo jodie marsh for being the yard b***h! Xx
 
I've just looked at the OP and realised its a few years old, but the papers always seem to delight in reporting trash stories like these ahead of 'real' news, I suppose with this 'celebrity' culture we've got going on, more people find this kind of news entertaining? Not sure why it was news worthy really!
 
OFFS, the fact that someone actually asks 'who is Jodie Marsh' really explains it all, a publicity hungry 'celebrity' (???????) trying to raise her profile by slagging off another, possibly slightly better known yet no more 'relevant' or real 'celebrity', happens all the time and is exactly why the whole 'celebrity culture' as it is known, is so abhorrent!
 
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