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

That is a horrible way to treat any animal, let alone horses who are so sensitive and perceptive to any human interaction. He should know better, especially being a rider at professional level, and I agree with others who have said how much worse his actions possibly are behind the scenes, away from the public eye.

I wonder what the punishment for a similar act of cruelty would be if it was carried out during a sporting event where horses aren't used, let's say fencing, where one competitor deliberately hits the other with that stick thing, purely with the intention of inflicting harm or to 'punish' the other competitor? Would that be seen as assault and be taken up in court? I don't think you should treat animals with any less respect than humans, and if you do, you should be punished by law for cruelty.

In his statement, he makes it sound as if the co-owners took the horse back due to him not able to successfully train it to clear water jumps. I seriously doubt that. I'm sure they took the poor horse back after his disgraceful behaviour.
 
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Ahhhh now I understand it was the owners fault ........ the muppet ( being polite here )
If the owners want somewhere to send the horse I have the beauiful boy here for some R and R .
 
Losing his temper because he’s a ***** rider and obviously bodged up, pulling on the horses mouth legs flapping..the horse didn’t know what was being asked of him..just shows the riders faults up..he should be banned..and like previously said, god knows what goes on behind closed doors..I hope no one sponsors him again..appalling behaviour..would love to do the same to him..spurs with spikes on though..fuming!
 
The only remorse is that he got caught on.

His apology was pathetic. "Not my fault, it was the horse, now everyone's out to get me, boohoohoo."

Idiot.

& as I said earlier, I wish that beautiful horse had decked him & done a runny poo on his head.
 
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amymay said:
Hazelton Farm are deleting all comments that question or criticise his behaviour.
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Yep - just checked and my comment has now been removed.

I am surprised that the video hasn't had more circulation given the reaction to Oliver Townend.
 
Surbie said:
Yep - just checked and my comment has now been removed.

I am surprised that the video hasn't had more circulation given the reaction to Oliver Townend.
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This has made me wonder as well, because it's far, far worse.

I think that's the issue. It's so very obviously terrible that there is no possible argument against it. It's less contentious because it's so revolting - so doesn't stimulate debate. And I think that's why it's not getting max hits on here, and not doing the rounds online.
 
I think it's a lot to do with the fact that it wasn't shown on mainstream TV, or at an event attended by 160,000 people.
 
ycbm said:
I think it's a lot to do with the fact that it wasn't shown on mainstream TV, or at an event attended by 160,000 people.
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I'd guess the majority of people who had an opinion on OT didn't actually see it on the livestream or in person at Badminton either, yet the outcry was far worse.

One of the riders mentioned on the OT thread for previously being banned for not pulling up a tired horse, did exactly the same at Tatts the other week. Horse struggling, tried to stop, got pushed over the fence, jumped the next two stickily and then fell at the water. So that rider (with huge experience) clearly hasn't learned much, but they're a popular rider, so no outcry?
 
The title of the tread is vague too so that may explain why this has not had many hits.

This turd used jump round my local shows as a kid - he's always been vile and not just to horses.
 
ycbm said:
I think it's a lot to do with the fact that it wasn't shown on mainstream TV, or at an event attended by 160,000 people.
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I think also that this latest one was a very cut and dried case of horse abuse, nobody seems to be defending him at all (quite rightly). Whereas with the OT case there was a lot of debating going on as some people were defending him, so the constant reply and counter-reply kept bumping the threads right to the top and so more and more people got to see them and become aware of what happened.
 
SpringArising said:
What actually happened with OT at Badminton? I wasn't able to watch it.
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He was a bit whip happy on both his horses. It was warm, the ground was tacky, the horses were on the tired side and they got a couple to many behind the saddle.
He was cautioned by the GJ. Both horses came out well the next day.
Caution was certainly justified but the hysteria went too far IMO.

It was in no way comparable to Ben Talbot thrashing the living daylights out of the horse.
 
ihatework said:
He was a bit whip happy on both his horses. It was warm, the ground was tacky, the horses were on the tired side and they got a couple to many behind the saddle.
He was cautioned by the GJ. Both horses came out well the next day.
Caution was certainly justified but the hysteria went too far IMO.

It was in no way comparable to Ben Talbot thrashing the living daylights out of the horse.
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Thank you.

I don't agree with being whip happy obviously, but there's a big difference between getting a few taps behind the girth to help keep rider and horse safe, and beating the crap out of your horse because you have anger issues.
 
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