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

[AmyMay]

from a British Rider.

I really hope Mr Talbot is handed a lifetime ban.

http://www.grandprix-replay.com/uk/...howjumped-savagely-beats-horse-at-german-show

 

[Pinkvboots]

evil sod if he does that in public what does he do when his at home without anyone around

 

[Polos Mum]

wow - no words could justify that

Makes you wonder what goes on at home if that's an acceptable action for a very public arena

 

[Crackerz]

Having known him in a social setting, i'm surprised this hasn't happened before...!

 

[Equi]

He deffo lost his plot there!!!

 

[Laika]

That is truly disgusting. That poor animal.

EDIT: interestingly, his facebook page has been deleted?

 

[AmyMay]

That is truly disgusting. That poor animal.

EDIT: interestingly, his facebook page has been deleted?

His farm page is still active

https://www.facebook.com/HazletonFarm/

 

[redapple]

What a terrible example for the sport.

Glad the judge so clearly disapproved (don't think I've ever heard a judge shout "HEY" over the tannoys before...) shame he couldn't have called it sooner so stop the horse getting a few lashings. Though as the rider continued to pony-club kick the horse with spurs probably wouldnt have made a difference. Hope he loses all funding.

 

[Christmas Crumpet]

That is nothing like what Oliver Townend did. This knocks the socks off that. That whipping is beating out of pure anger. I hope he gets a competition ban for life.

 

[AmyMay]

I hope he gets a competition ban for life.

Me too. There can be no other course of action after such a vile display of temper.

 

[SpringArising]

Bloody hell. What an absolute piece of $hit.

 

[Goldenstar]

Disgraceful no wrong side of the line no error of judgement just nasty bad and wrong ,beautiful horse and to me it just looked like a miss and there was not a stride there for him to safely jump from its just a shame we can’t press a button and transport the poor horse to a better life

 

[SEL]

One of the great advantages of social media is that people like this cannot escape any longer. They can be named and shamed publicly. Let's hope the governing bodies finally step up and let people know this behaviour is absolutely unacceptable.

Disgusting.

 

[DabDab]

Bloody hell. What an absolute piece of $hit.

This

 

[eahotson]

Social media,phones with cameras and video recording and YouTube have definitely cleaned things up in public.At one time you would have been told that you didn't see it,you misunderstood,it didn't happen.

 

[AmyMay]

He's been dropped by one sponsor- Equine America

 

[Sandstone1]

I hope hes punished by a ban. Poor horse. Ignorant brute of a excuse for a man

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

For some reason I can find the video??

 

[Mkw]

I really hope this get a lot more and lasting attention than the cases we gave seen before like recently with Townsend and in the past with danish dresssage rider Helgstrand, where people went nuts on social media. In both those cases (and in many like them), it was more of a case of being hard on a horse without actually meaning to hurt it. Not that that's ok either, but at least there was no anger or intentional cruelty behind the actions.
This on the other hand is just outright cruelty. Hope it will be punished and not just by him losing a few sponsors.

 

[redapple]

Its at the bottom of the article linked?

 

[Clodagh]

He should be banned from keeping animals. Only one way to describe him and that would be all asterix.

 

[Velcrobum]

He has been yellow carded for this as well.

www.equnews.nl/showjumping/ben-talbot-gediskwalificeerd-voor-overvloedig-straffen-van-paard/

Yellow card in April, yellow card in June...............

 

[Dave's Mam]

Scum. That is all I have to say.

 

[Bojingles]

He's deleting comments and blocking on the farm page.

 

[kimberleigh]

Christ. Absolutely disgraceful reaction from the rider and if he isnt banned from competing then the world is a worse place than I previously thought

 

[ihatework]

What a bar steward

 

[tayberry]

Well done to Equine America for dropping him.

 

[fburton]

I'm sure he's not the only one who's done this.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I'm sure he's not the only one who's done this.

That does not make me feel any better.

 

[Cecile]

Disgraceful behaviour, no doubt he will start to grovel and be Oh so sorry for his actions when his sponsors start running for the hills

Exactly what did that outburst really achieve in the world of sport, poor horse