ex racer rider
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Kauto star and Laura collete were at Olympia, and after watching the clips, my god what horrendous riding.
Simply awful. She should have just got off and declared him unwell.
I may be wrong but I reckon they doped him as they thought he would be sharp, the sweat and the shutting down is typical of a horse that's had a bit of sedaline. I have ridden one having had some and that's exactly what happened, its like the lights suddenly go off!
Is there another video? This one won't load for me.
There is a long thread about this in Competing and Training. I think she did as well as she could under the circumstances, she must of been mortified, very embarrassed and I'd like to see you do better under such circumstances!
Poor girl is getting a lot of criticism for it, but horses will be horses and will always surprise you. It wasn't her best riding no, but she is a very talented lady and was clearly trying to make the best of a bad situation!
I'm astounded people think she is a good rider! Truly awful. KS deserves so much more than this. I hated the fact that a horse that loved to gallop and jump was going to be 'made' into a dressage horse anyway - such a terrible decision all round
I was expecting to watch the video and think that it would look ok and think people were over reacting but the bcc clip was truly horrendous. Presumably the bcc would have tried to show the best bits as well. It is so sad as I saw him do a display at Burghley last year and it was nothing like that.
The atmosphere does look intimidating and the crowd do look close which they wouldn't have been at Cheltenham or burghley but that is no excuse for riding like that.
The Facebook group campaigning for his return to Clifford has already been pulled.PS: am predicting this thread will be pulled quite soon.......... coz can remember the jolly Hoo Hah we had about a certain male showjumper, who made a dreadful public faux pas and everyone made comment on here; and his publicity machine got well @rsey and all of us who'd spoken our minds on here were given slaps over the wrist for saying nasty things and given lashes with a wet lettuce leaf (looks forward to with anticipation LOL)........ just making a prediction, that's all. We shall see.
The Facebook group campaigning for his return to Clifford has already been pulled.