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KikiDee said:
I wonder if the lack of competing affiliated was a sore point for TB too, especially if they expected him to be out improving his record and competing at a certain level. From her posts, MD seemed to want to take her time with him and encourage more relaxation. On the other hand in the interest of fairness perhaps she just wasn’t bothering to put the work in to get him back out competing which caused friction with the owners, who knows.
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Yes I wondered about that. Prioritizing relaxation over results isn’t particularly conducive to building up a good competition record — perhaps an owner sees that as a problem if a horse is there with a sale in mind — and it doesn’t seem like judging in dressage as a whole rewards it anyway (I remember the Swedish rider Carl Hedin posting that a judge’s notes had criticized him for having a very loose curb rein at GP).
 
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Having just read through most of this thread I couldn't find a FB page for TB has it been taken down or could someone put a link up / PM it ?
Just being very very nosey 🤥👃🤥 😅!!
 
KikiDee said:
I didn’t follow MD before but have since this thread and she posts a lot of stories on IG of her with the horses, daily care, working them etc. Did anyone follow her previously? If she’s always posted this stuff it kind of disputes that she’s not actively looking after her horses day to day, unless it’s only just started as a positive PR exercise.
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I could post pictures every day of my children reading/cleaning/being angelic… doesn’t mean it’s reality!
 
KikiDee said:
It’s quite hard to take pictures and videos of you doing things without doing them though.
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I could take a couple of videos/pics of my horse’s in their stables every week, in reality they spend 95% of their time living out.

Someone in social media isn’t posting AM and PM yard, 365 days a year are they? If you see 2 or 3 posts a week of “good care” you will assume it’s an ongoing things.

I could set up a SM account tomorrow that makes my terrier look like a well trained, calm and sensible dog, in reality she’s a reactive lock down dog!

SM isn’t real!
 
HopOnTrot said:
I could take a couple of videos/pics of my horse’s in their stables every week, in reality they spend 95% of their time living out.

Someone in social media isn’t posting AM and PM yard, 365 days a year are they? If you see 2 or 3 posts a week of “good care” you will assume it’s an ongoing things.

I could set up a SM account tomorrow that makes my terrier look like a well trained, calm and sensible dog, in reality she’s a reactive lock down dog!

SM isn’t real!
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Well yes, fair enough, if your point is that SM can be faked, then of course you are right. But I also think there are plenty of horsey people who do post honestly, to promote what they are doing and what they believe in... my yard owner does, someone I have clinics with does. And I'm still not clear what would be the point of faking, because anyone who had a connection in real life would know.

Personally, I would not be surprised if this thing turns out to be not related to welfare at all, just related to money. Here's a possible scenario:

1. LZ wants to sell shares, tries to negotiate with syndicate, but they can't agree on a price
2. LZ loses patience, removes Olaf to force sale, uses welfare as a cover
3. MD wants to keep Olaf, asks LZ if she can buy her out
4. LZ gives MD a high price
5. MD starts GFM

The truth? I don't know. But possible, definitely. And to me, it's a much more simple explanation of all that has gone on.
 
There's a huge grey area between "faked" and "accurate" though.

Taking footage when you have time, good weather, support crew to film content that covers a range of husbandry topics - like feeding, stable management, field management, grooming, bathing etc - isn't "fake" as much as it is good sense. You're just using your time constructively. But you hack that footage up into 20 different videos, and drop them over the course of X number of months, interspersed with other content. That's not "faked", but it does give an inaccurate idea that this is happening over a longer period of time.

That's not necessarily problematic if the content is generated on one day, but reflects the wider picture of what happens every day. Equally it could be used to present the idea of good ongoing management where it isn't happening.
 
HopOnTrot said:
I could take a couple of videos/pics of my horse’s in their stables every week, in reality they spend 95% of their time living out.

Someone in social media isn’t posting AM and PM yard, 365 days a year are they? If you see 2 or 3 posts a week of “good care” you will assume it’s an ongoing things.

I could set up a SM account tomorrow that makes my terrier look like a well trained, calm and sensible dog, in reality she’s a reactive lock down dog!

SM isn’t real!
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Her recent stories (not posts) have been a bit of a video diary of her day working various horses and doing stuff with them, it’s quite hard to replicate that fictitiously.

That’s why I asked if anyone else followed her previously, as I didn’t, so curious if it’s a new thing in response to the claims being made or she’s always posted similar updates.
 
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