It is inconceivable. It's got to be illegal, surely? Isn't a freestyle pattern intellectual property of its creator?
which one is edward?
I have a lot of sympathy for M-A generally as he has taken on a task at which he will be seen to fail unless he does better than Edward and he is having to learn to ride the horse in full sight of the cameras etc. I dont envy him at all to be honest, even if he does get to ride Totilas. However, this I dont have any sympathy for at all - its incredibly lame - EVEN if they did buy the floorplan, and its plagiarism if they didnt. He should be ashamed of himself for not making an effort to come up with something a little different (and face it there is only so much variety that is available).
Just throwing it out there....how many other freestyles are similar but haven't been compared in this manner before?!? I don't agree with it but perhaps if more were compared and contrasted there would be quite the surprise?
Leaving aside the questionable choice, wouldn't the kur pattern belong to the person who designed it not Gal or his connections? Lots of people use a commercial service for working out the plan and the music, some go as far as commissioning original music. So it would have been up to that person to sell or not.
Seems an odd choice, though, for all sorts of reasons. They can't have thought people wouldn't notice.
On their facebookpage the owners stated very firmly that they never sold the rights to use the choreography. They are schocked as well, because it extra hurts Edward and his crew.
I'd marry Totilas if it were legal.![]()
I don't agree with the poor MR comments. OK if you were offered the world's greatest dressage horse to ride you would be unlikely to turn it down but you have to remember he DIDN'T have to take the ride on Totilas and he KNEW the pressure that would come with such a high profile horse AND background that went with it.
The one in the middle