Now This Really Is A Shocking Display.....

[Velcrobum]

I actually feel a bit sorry for him that he is the way he is; and that he has spent years around horses but still doesn't "get" them. (Naturally I reserve the bulk of my pity for the animals that have to put up with him).

Perhaps H&H online could club together and get him a Mark Rashid boxset or similar? Although having seen online pics of that backfeifengesicht a few times now I should say that he thinks he knows it all already.

I'm for a zero tolerance policy of a lifetime ban for first sign of clear abuse. Even if they get a stern warning etc those sorts of people will continue to administer private beatings because it's part of their training methods, they shouldn't be competing at all.

Unfortunately he has money / family has money so can do whatever he likes. He apparently owns Hazelton Farm (named after the village near Cheltenham where I believe a close relative lives) If he got a lifetime ban from FEI that would block him from showjumping in any capacity so would save a lot more horses from his training methods.