Kauto

[JJones]

Sorry if I've missed a thread already but what's this jabbing all about?!
Doesn't look nice at all.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/equestrian/30516647

 

[southerncomfort]

It doesn't make great viewing does it? I saw a clip of them on Breakfast this morning and it was 'kick kick, jab jab'.

 

[Dusty85]

Oh dear. Poor horse. He deserves better than that.

My opinion of her has just got even lower


(ETA: I appreciate easy for me to say as I'm sat here at my laptop....)

 

[MasterBenedict]

Just watched this with the sound off.... What the hell is she doing?! I may not be a decent rider by any standards but if I saw a video of me riding in this manner I would be ashamed....poor boy.

 

[JJones]

I wonder if she knew she was being filmed because surely no one in their right mind would do an interview with that horrendous riding being shown at the same time?!

 

[Dusty85]

Like the way she blamed him too for having stage fright, when actually he was just probably thinking "what the hell do you want me to do?!?'

 

[bakewell]

Ooooof. Brings back memories of riding school group classes!

 

[hihosilver]

oh dear she must be so mortified when she sees this back! I hope someone else gets him to train after this poor boy x

 

[el_Snowflakes]

Jeezo no top rider here but if I rode like that in my lessons my instructor would have a fit! 😩

Saw vids of him doing dressage before and I thought he looked great. His back end looks very strange......

 

[bakewell]

Jeezo no top rider here but if I rode like that in my lessons my instructor would have a fit! ��

Never mind the instructor, I'd be desperately looking for a neck strap in anticipation of being forcibly dismounted.

 

[Cortez]

What on earth was that? Can she not ride at all?

 

[PuzzlePiece]

Shocked by that video. Not sure what to say...

 

[Iwantakitten]

I'm no "top rider" but surely even the untrained eye can see how awful that looked. Poor horse

 

[JCW]

what was she actually trying to achieve/get the poor horse to do? Sorry for my ignorance but my knowledge of dressage is limited. I have never seen anyone ride like that.

 

[Casey76]

Holy moly what on earth was she doing with her hands?

 

[bakewell]

A hand up, and explanation by the rider over the microphone ("horse does not feel happy" etc) and an exit would have been far more elegant (and tbh educational) to watch.

 

[Burnttoast]

Sad what the pressure of audience expectations will make many riders do. (I'm not exempt from this, though find that refraining from riding in public much does help )

 

[Red-1]

Well that was not pretty to watch.

 

[Chestnut horse]

Very sad - this beautiful horse looks like he is completely shutting down, doesn't even know where he is placing his feet. Maybe he is just not suited to dressage, or he has been pushed to fast to quickly and just can't cope with what is being asked of him. The riding is really dreadful, and I would think that the rider went into pure panic as the horse really was out of it, she should have stopped, taken a bow and left the ring it would have been much more dignified than that awful show of beginner kicking and sawing on his mouth. He is supposed to give another show tonight, it would be better to just rest him on this evidence.

 

[charlie76]

Put this on the other thread
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!

 

[L&M]

Sad but I do agree with Charlie76 - I am sure I heard her being interviewed recently and she said she was worried how he would cope with the 'occasion'….does make you wonder if she doped him to counter balance any 'excitement', which then backfired.

 

[minkymoo]

I watched the first bit of the video which wasn't close up and thought 'that's ok - typical of people having a pop' then when it zoomed in a bit & I saw what she was doing with her hands and legs I have to admit I was quite shocked. She looks like the young girl who lives down the road from me when she rides, all jabby with her hands & constantly nagging with her legs. It isn't pretty and you've got to feel sorry for the poor boy wtf is she asking him to do? It's a shame he didn't go to Charlotte DJ really. Or Carl H.

 

[el_Snowflakes]

It's a shame he didn't go to Charlotte DJ really. Or Carl H.

or even just to a happy hacking/riding club home

 

[Exploding Chestnuts]

or even just to a happy hacking/riding club home

I don t think he would make a happy hacker , lol

 

[sunleychops]

I don t think he would make a happy hacker , lol

Turn him away and I bet he would mellow out untold amounts. He has gone from the pressure of racing to a short break and now she says she is taking it easy with him but I bet there is plenty of pressure so that all the hype when this first happened doesn't blow up in their face

 

[TelH]

Poor lad did look like he was conked out on sedalin It will be interesting to see what he is like at Kempton next week.

 

[el_Snowflakes]

I don t think he would make a happy hacker , lol

why?
Many successful ex racehorses do.

 

[Doris68]

I think this is a PR exercise that has gone very badly wrong. The horse would have been much happier going to a hunting home rather than to go to this rider.

 

[limestonelil]

Just watched first bit of clip - what a sad carry on. Poor Kauto looked out of it in a world of his own.

 

[AmyMay]

What an awful fuss.