WEG Eventing Team Selected - Thoughts...

After the last fence today at Blair, OT was waving the whip but not using it. It was like a jockey would do to encourage a horse. Also when he went over the finish line, he made a fuss of the horse, patting it lots, lovely to see.He looked like he had learnt his lesson.
 
claracanter said:
After the last fence today at Blair, OT was waving the whip but not using it. It was like a jockey would do to encourage a horse. Also when he went over the finish line, he made a fuss of the horse, patting it lots, lovely to see.He looked like he had learnt his lesson.
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As as natural cyniic\\\\\\\

Ditto.... too late you haven't been selected..... :o
 
Rowreach said:
You make some very valid points.

Trial by media/Facebook/HHO is never a pleasant thing.

And then a few weeks after Badminton I saw things (well, one thing in particular) at Tatts which showed with glaring clarity the way "popular" riders are treated differently to the "unpopular" (or maybe blunter, less PR savvy) ones.
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As you say in your other post, not such a high profile televised event. There's no point jumping on the virtue signalling bandwagon unless it's really going to raise your profile. Meanwhile, up and down the country horses are being routinely fed to death and ridden while hopping lame. I'd like my money/attention to go there on education.
 
Fellewell said:
As you say in your other post, not such a high profile televised event. There's no point jumping on the virtue signalling bandwagon unless it's really going to raise your profile. Meanwhile, up and down the country horses are being routinely fed to death and ridden while hopping lame. I'd like my money/attention to go there on education.
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Just because another rider may have ridden badly or other people do not look after their horses as you do it does not excuse what Oli did. The rider at Blair should also have been spoken to by GJ and maybe if it was televised it would have caused the same media storm, we will never know but as I say because that rider seemed to get away with it does not make what Oli did ok or mean he should have been included in the team. He needs to prove he can ride round a cross country course without hitting his horse unfairly which is what he appeared to do.
 
CoachinaCar said:
Just because another rider may have ridden badly or other people do not look after their horses as you do it does not excuse what Oli did. The rider at Blair should also have been spoken to by GJ and maybe if it was televised it would have caused the same media storm, we will never know but as I say because that rider seemed to get away with it does not make what Oli did ok or mean he should have been included in the team. He needs to prove he can ride round a cross country course without hitting his horse unfairly which is what he appeared to do.
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Does your last sentence refer to Oli? He's been riding those rounds pretty much every weekend since Badminton - I saw about 6 of them last weekend at Somerford. I could easily name you a handful of other 4* riders who were far more unpleasant to watch.
 
If he or any other rider chooses not to make themselves available for a future team because they haven't been selected this time they wouldn't be any loss imo.

There are plenty of good riders who are passed over. Those that flounce off don't make for good team members. They aren't the types that coaches want to work with either.
 
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Lévrier;13831404 said:
As as natural cyniic\\\\\\\

Ditto.... too late you haven't been selected..... :o
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Exactly! We all commented on the "show" at Blair that was completely out of the norm even pre Badders
 
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