What happened to Ellen Whitaker?

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Just that really.

She used to be such a household name with children idolising her, but now she is not seen at all.

Someone update me!
 
Yeah so daddy kicked her out to make her own way to teach her a lesson. I think she took one horse with her but had to leave her other rides behind and has never really managed to make it back properly.

It just shows the power of family and why you shouldnt p them off!
 
The puissance was what made me think of it. The crowd used to be so excited by her presence and now she's fallen off the face of the showjumping world.
 
Have you met her? See how she did things? I did I also went for a lesson with her and didn't get much from it. Her horses where all ready made and downs. Out of the entire family she was at the bottom end of the talent.
 
The Tank said:
She really was nothing special and got by on the name, And she's now proven that to the world.
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Is there a need to be so harsh?? Give me any surname you like I could never see a stride down to that wall in a million years!! Statements like that give credibility to those who say Equestrian Sport should be removed from the Olympics as its all about the horse and not about the rider.

Regardless of your personal opinion she does undoubtably have some level of talent/expertise.
 
The Tank said:
Have you met her? See how she did things? I did I also went for a lesson with her and didn't get much from it. Her horses where all ready made and downs. Out of the entire family she was at the bottom end of the talent.
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Just because you have a ready made horse doesn't mean you can ride one side of it... It takes a special sort of person to jump at GP - if it didn't, everyone would be doing it, ready made horse or not.

Back on topic, I think some of her antics may have caught up with her. I suspect her sponsors weren't very happy when she was caught drink driving.
 
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blood_magik said:
Just because you have a ready made horse doesn't mean you can ride one side of it... It takes a special sort of person to jump at GP - if it didn't, everyone would be doing it, ready made horse or not.

Back on topic, I think some of her antics may have caught up with her. I suspect her sponsors weren't very happy when she was caught drink driving.
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Agree with the first and second part.

Shame the sponsors of Emily King didn't think the same when she was caught. One 'I'm sorry' social media post; and the next post having a tantrum about how people didn't have the right to be angry that she'd made an 'innocent mistake'. Guess she won't learn a lesson until she does it again and kills someone.
 
Wow there are some really nasty comments on this post. How many people on this thread actually met her and saw this behaviour?

I'm pretty sure I did some annoying things when I was young and worse for wear too.

I saw her ride a few times when she had locarno and I thought she did a great job
 
I'm 90% sure she competed in this years Hickstead Derby with Locarno who she brought out of retirement for it? but may be wrong.

I was wondering where the Whitaker's in general have gone. Surprised that Guy Williams was the only british rider in the puissance, it used to be filled with them. My Olympia coverage isn't great this year as I'm relying on the BBC but I can remember years ago John, Joe, Robert, Michael all entered and John tying with himself for first one year. The Irish seem to be doing well though, so I can't complain :P
 
Wheels said:
Wow there are some really nasty comments on this post. How many people on this thread actually met her and saw this behaviour?

I'm pretty sure I did some annoying things when I was young and worse for wear too.

I saw her ride a few times when she had locarno and I thought she did a great job
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Well she got caught drink driving. It's not really an annoying thing it's an illegal thing. If she had killed someone she would be in jail like anyone else who has done that. It is a very stupid thing to do.

It's not surprising her sponsors dropped her for it that happens to any sportsperson who breaks the law. Plus someone like that shouldn't really be a role model for kids especially if the twitter thing is true. Hardly learnt her lesson if she thinks it was an 'innocent*mistake'.
 
The Tank said:
Have you met her? See how she did things? I did I also went for a lesson with her and didn't get much from it. Her horses where all ready made and downs. Out of the entire family she was at the bottom end of the talent.
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I saw her in the puissance at olympia a few years back, not a chance in hell many could have ridden the mount she had, don't know the name but stand up rear, followed by Burke, buck, and then a huge jump, rear again, you get the picture, not something someone with no talent could get near let alone get it safely over that size of jump. It's hard following talented parents/siblings/relatives expectation can have eits toll and often leads to poor choices in general life, doesn't remove her ability to ride!
 
rachk89 said:
Well she got caught drink driving. It's not really an annoying thing it's an illegal thing. If she had killed someone she would be in jail like anyone else who has done that. It is a very stupid thing to do.

It's not surprising her sponsors dropped her for it that happens to any sportsperson who breaks the law. Plus someone like that shouldn't really be a role model for kids especially if the twitter thing is true. Hardly learnt her lesson if she thinks it was an 'innocent*mistake'.
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Oh I'm not excusing the drink driving I was more talking about the other comments
 
Not a big fan of her but she will have had expert training and wonderful horses from an early age to learn and compete on, to further the Whitaker legacy.

She blackened the family name by her behaviour and got 'disowned' from being put in the Limelight, quite rightly so imo.

I feel she took being famous by Name, a 'Barbie Doll' appearance and socialite to be her trademark, to become popular, unbelike the footsteps of her Family.

She disgraced her family and the prestige they offered. Dyed blond hair, body piercing, bling and getting on like a tart doesn't cut the mustard within such a disciplined, focused and horse orientated family.
 
sasquatch said:
I'm 90% sure she competed in this years Hickstead Derby with Locarno who she brought out of retirement for it? but may be wrong.

I was wondering where the Whitaker's in general have gone. Surprised that Guy Williams was the only british rider in the puissance, it used to be filled with them. My Olympia coverage isn't great this year as I'm relying on the BBC but I can remember years ago John, Joe, Robert, Michael all entered and John tying with himself for first one year. The Irish seem to be doing well though, so I can't complain :P
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Whittakers have done really well at Olympia and Irish are doing mediocre at best (I'm Irish btw so sorry to say ). Only Cian and Bertram seem to be competing
 
Illusion100 said:
She disgraced her family and the prestige they offered. Dyed blond hair, body piercing, bling and getting on like a tart doesn't cut the mustard within such a disciplined, focused and horse orientated family.
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Wow - judgemental much? I'm sure her conviction and rumours about how difficult E can be behind the scenes may upset the Whitakers, but I very much doubt they give damn about whether she dyes her hair blonde, has piercings, has a penchant for bling and 'gets on like a tart'. What a horrid, medieval comment.
 
Didn't think much about her behaviour but I remember everyone hating her when she got engaged to Henry Cavill. She was certainly the face of equestrian sports back then and milked the PR machine (I remembet that annoying picture of her kissing Locarno plastered everywhere with pink hearts etc).
 
Illusion100 said:
Not a big fan of her but she will have had expert training and wonderful horses from an early age to learn and compete on, to further the Whitaker legacy.

She blackened the family name by her behaviour and got 'disowned' from being put in the Limelight, quite rightly so imo.

I feel she took being famous by Name, a 'Barbie Doll' appearance and socialite to be her trademark, to become popular, unbelike the footsteps of her Family.

She disgraced her family and the prestige they offered. Dyed blond hair, body piercing, bling and getting on like a tart doesn't cut the mustard within such a disciplined, focused and horse orientated family.
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I am am always amazed how judgemental people are .
Dyed hair, wow ,50% of women do it .
I don't know Ellen and I am sure that's every chance she was a bit wild I am prepared to believe she has piercing because lots of people do and a bit of bling harms no one if I didn't know better I be tempted to think she had dumped your son in hideously public way.
The worse thing I can remember her doing is getting caught drink driving stupid and wrong I know but it hardly blackened the family name .
 
Illusion100 said:
She disgraced her family and the prestige they offered. Dyed blond hair, body piercing, bling and getting on like a tart doesn't cut the mustard within such a disciplined, focused and horse orientated family.
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Your post is a triumph for feminists everywhere, you should be proud for shaming the blond, pierced, sparkly tart!
 
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