Tryon Speaks Out

LOL Pixie - that was my exact reaction on reading that as well
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"I think individuals feel it had exacerbated the problem to continue and jump the last fence, that that was what caused a worsening of his condition. That's just not the case," she said.

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Maybe she's just not very intelligent as surely thats not the point?! The point was surely that the horse was kept running whilst in pain
 
i totally agree. what a pile of cr*p! she says she lost her reins?!

Discussing what happened on that fateful day at the Rolex 4-star, Amy said, "The first step he took didn't register in my consciousness as far as he just had a catastrophic injury. I had lost my reins, and I was in the process of getting my reins back. He stumbled and I didn't know if the stumble was because I lost my reins.

now i may be wrong and please correct me if i am but i dont remember her dropping her reins at all. what a cr*p excuse.
 
"Our horses' care is paramount to what we do," she observed.

WHATEVER! sorry Tryron its still sounding like excuses to me.
and it really had nothing to do with the fact she was in the lead??
i think we all have our opinions on that one.
 
What a load of waffle.. Sheds a bit of light but as Boss pointed out she seems to have missed the point completely. The abuse was to keep riding a lame horse, obviously in pain, over the last fence to the finish. Not whether she made the condition worse or not!

Ignorant rider, spineless FEI and an all round crap decision.
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All she knew was what she felt, and she wasn't sure what it meant.



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If i didnt know what something meant, i would pull up and bloody well find out


stupid cow
 
how can someone of this ( supposed ) high standard,
A) have carried on riding the horse in the first place
B) now tell all that drivvel about how she didnt know it was fatal
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C) GET AWAY WITH IT PRETTY MUCH SCOT FREE?????
i teach 6yr olds that now when their ponies are not right and was teaching a 14yr old last night whose pony tripped on landing and was lame for a few strides afterwards and the kid got straight off and burst into tears because she thought her pony was hurt.
What lesson does this teach younger riders with the FEI being so fickle?
 
Finishing the course, Amy said, "wasn't really a decision. I was attempting to understand what was happening underneath me. I was straight to the (final) fence and the fence was in my path... to me, he felt like he got marginally better in the last few strides before the fence. When he landed, and I felt he wasn't better, I started to pull him up."

Amy's critics have pounded her for crossing the finish line on a lame horse.

Actually, she said, "I was not aware of where the finish line was. It never occurred to me. I was under the assumption I pulled up before the finish line. To me, when he landed off the fence and still felt irregular in his gallop stride, that was when I made the decision to pull him up. That was when I felt like, 'There's something going on here I don't understand. I need to pull up as safely as possible in a straight line without doing any more damage if possible.'"


can anyone else remember the bend she had to take to the final fence or did i imagine that bit??? and i sure dont remember her pulling the horse up! further in the article the owner of the horse says she is lookin for another horse for AT personally i wouldnt let her loose with a rocking horse!!!
 
They think we really are stupid. Did they forget we can see the entire video of her smacking her horse like 5 jumps back??? It was not a sudden oopsie, slip, press on. She pressed him on llloooonnngggg before that stumble.
She thinks we are retards. All she's doing is trying to spin something that can't be spun. Sorry, video honey. We got it. We know.
Now the USEF has given more fodder to PETA and the like to ban eventing forever. Bone up, USEF, you've wanted eventing out for a while now. Here's another example of it.
Yeah, go ahead an boo the American team. We deserve it.
Can I come live with you guys? At least you don't have any f-nuts who think she did nothing wrong on this board.
 
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At the conclusion of 11 strenuous minutes of running and jumping, she was unable to process the data correctly

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Well its obvious that one of America's top athletes hadn't prepared herself or her horse for the event. She had been to Kentucky before, competed at a number od CCIs she knew what was expected. This statement shouts out that Amy was not fit enough causing her to not realise her horse was on 3 legs.

The main problem, for me, is that she could not tell her horse was lame. If she can not realise her horse does not want to carry on and was in great pain then she should not be allowed on a horse again.
 
nope not just you i think they are totally bonkers!!! i would never let her ride another of my horses after that never mind go out and look for one for her!!
 
"Finishing the course, Amy said, "wasn't really a decision. I was attempting to understand what was happening underneath me. I was straight to the (final) fence and the fence was in my path... to me, he felt like he got marginally better in the last few strides before the fence. When he landed, and I felt he wasn't better, I started to pull him up."

Amy's critics have pounded her for crossing the finish line on a lame horse.

Actually, she said, "I was not aware of where the finish line was. It never occurred to me. I was under the assumption I pulled up before the finish line"

The fence was in her path?! Bollocks? If you ride a horse on a cross country course which is very dangerous, you do NOT have time to merrily canter along on a VERY lame horse trying to assess the situation! PULL UP AND ASSESS IT YOU MORON! And as for him getting marginally better coming up to the last fence - good god.

She didnt know where the finish line was?!!! Huh, did she NOT walk the course?! She knew EXACTLY where the finish line was - she went over the last fence and CARRIED on cantering until past the finish, THEN she pulled up. What a total liar.
 
There seem to be a lot of people with heavily rose-tinted spectacles on this issue. I think it's making them appear blind. Why the owners are supporting her I'll never know. I can only think they don't want to believe what she did. When I read the last bit about Sparky being buried and "she plans to go and visit him".... My pony died two weeks ago, and the day after her ashes came back I went to see her. I loved her so much and wanted to say goodbye. Why hasn't she?? I'm disgusted.
 
Please keep this link in your favorites

Amy Tryon's Sponsor's page

This is because when I went to her site, the Sponsor link was gone!!! Thankfully I kept an e-mail with the link to her sponosrs and it still works.

Come on horsemen, we need to keep sending those letters out and getting more horsemen involved! Let out voices be heard!
 
"as soon as I jumped the last fence and felt him lame I pulled up"

Oh YEAH - then why were you kicking him you <fillintheblank> until you actually crossed the finish line, then you got off you <fillintheblank> and turned your back on the poor horse standing on 3 legs and ignored him - that is why you "care so much for your horse" you <fill in the blank>
 
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At the conclusion of 11 strenuous minutes of running and jumping, she was unable to process the data correctly and determine that Sparky should be halted immediately

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If she cannot process the date correctly she should not be on the horse at that level of competitiong. end of.

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He stumbled and I didn't know if the stumble was because I lost my reins.

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The next 28seconds of lame steps might have given you a clue miss tryon....

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I was attempting to understand what was happening underneath me

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Well then STOP THE HORSE and check properly!!

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When he landed, and I felt he wasn't better, I started to pull him up."

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Not what I saw, I saw her ride for a finish - maybe i'm blind, correct me someone?

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"I was not aware of where the finish line was.

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So, let me get this straight, someone who is (as stated in this article) "a multi-medal veteran of world championship and Olympic teams" doesn't know where the finish line of a four star cross country track is? Riiiiiight

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It never entered my mind to quit. Besides, it wouldn't be fair to the horses I have now and people who support me now."



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She means the people who she claims support her
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and finally...

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Amy never saw most of the bitter words directed at her on Internet bulletin boards because she doesn't spend a lot of time online

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We're famous
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Now maybe I'm seeing things, but does that red flag that you can see through the arch say finish on it?

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But the fact is she has competed at Kentucy before. She would have walked the course. The finish line is not exactly hidden, hard to find or round a corner. How many eventers land the final fence, look at their watch, look to the finish line and kick on? They all know full well where it is. If she really was unaware and was waiting to pull him up safely and in a straight line (I'm sure she mentions that somewhere) then why not let him stay in trot when he broke into trot between the fence and the finish line? He wasn't exactly veering off course and she could have pulled him up a lot less abruptly if she had.
 
I would say that at least she has said this
While I am incredibly remorseful of the decision I made on course at the time, and it was clearly the wrong thing to do, I don't have 20-20 vision when it's happening at the time. It was never my intent to cause harm to him," Amy said about what happened to Sparky, and the FEI tribunal agreed nothing on Amy's part was willful.
 
Well, she had 40 seconds to make a decision on the course at Kentucky, and she's had 3 months to compile this response. In neither case has she managed to understand the implications of her actions, or make the right decision. Enough said.
 
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