Respect to Charlotte DuJardin

[Halfstep]

Who, despite her injury, rode Valegro at Addington today, and won her AM open section by a mile. Plus, part of the time she warmed up without stirrups. RESPECT to that girl!!!!

. Valegro gave her a tricky ride too. She's an incredible trooper and a super rider.

 

[TableDancer]

Good for her - on track for the Nationals then

Quite an incentive to get back quick to ride a horse like that

 

[kerilli]

wow, that is impressive, good for her.

 

[MardyMare]

Gosh that is committment. Well done to her and Valegro.

 

[horseywelsh]

I had respect for that girl before that, but even more so now. Well done to her

 

[BBs]

Good on her, delighted she managed to get to ride, and even moreso for winning.

 

[CastleMouse]

Wow, well done to her

 

[Booboos]

Well done to her! She is a pretty amazing rider! I saw her at the BD convention last year and JB spent a lot of his time saying nothing other than "show us some X so we can enjoy how well you do it"!!! She was pretty brilliant!

 

[carthorse]

One of my favorite horses and beautifully ridden

 

[Tiffany]

Didn't know she'd been injured - what's been the problem? She is a lovely rider and all credit to her with all the hard work she puts in

 

[gummybear]

She fell off whilst training at her base yard I think. I know they didnt think that she would be fit enough to ride - so excellent result.

 

[dressager]

I'm so glad she's back riding ok.

Booboos, I agree that was brilliant last year to watch her making everything look to effortless.

 

[Wiz]

From what I've heard - I'm sorry but don't have huge amount of respect for anyone who rides a horse known to be difficult and likely to be a handful without a hat on - her head injury could well have cost her her life and almost certainly would have been much less if she'd been wearing a crash hat..........

 

[Halfstep]

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From what I've heard - I'm sorry but don't have huge amount of respect for anyone who rides a horse known to be difficult and likely to be a handful without a hat on - her head injury could well have cost her her life and almost certainly would have been much less if she'd been wearing a crash hat..........

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What an incredibly nasty thing to say.

How do you know whether she was wearing a hat or not? How do you know that she was riding a "horse known to be difficult"? And even if both of these were the case - how is it any of your business what choices a top professional rider makes about how she rides her horses?

Besides, my respect for Charlotte was for getting back in the saddle and winning the AM regionals a few days after a bad fall. Nothing to do with what she may or may not have had on her head at the time. Valegro was being a bit hot but she still took her stirrups away in the warmup - I suppose that was dangerous too.......

 

[kerilli]

Halfstep, iirc the report said that she got bucked off a youngster. i don't recall it saying anything about her headwear. she suffered a burst eardrum which i guess no hat could protect against?
like you, i admire her hugely for getting back in the saddle so fast and obv being able to ride so well after a nasty fall.

 

[Nic]

Her head her choice.

 

[Dutch]

It does actually say on Carl's own website that Charlotte wasn't wearing a hat at the time. I bought a new hat because I have a new horse although I am hoping to wear my Beagler for tests.