William drops ride on Parkmore ED

[Hels_Bels]

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/265923.html

Appears there was tension between william and owners, it was only a matter of time until he dropped the ride

what's your opinions?

 

[Faithkat]

I have to say that I was most surprised that he chose to take Parkmore Ed to the Olympics over his other horses (but that's only my opinion)

 

[TiaPony]

Oh that is a shame - Will always looked very at home on Ed's back and it will be a shame not to see them out together again. Not such a blow for him though, he has so many promising horses coming up the ranks, he's not short on talent!

 

[TarrSteps]

Interesting but not surprising. Too bad for him to loose the ride but he's got others, likely ones that bring a little less baggage. I hope he didn't spend the whole Olympics looking forward to getting off the horse - that would certainly wreck the experience.

I wonder if the ride will pass to someone else or he'll just be PA's horse again?

 

[lucretia]

*yawns* the horse is already at andrew nicholsons i believe.....

 

[AmyMay]

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*yawns* the horse is already at andrew nicholsons i believe.....

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Ah, nothing like softening the blow.......

Another bridesmaid then.

 

[xspiralx]

Don't have much of an opinion. Ed has been a very good horse for William, but he has many other superb horses coming up the ranks - I doubt it will be a huge loss to him.

 

[jules89]

not a fan of the owner of Ed, sorryyyy and interesting to see how AN copes with Ed..

 

[jesterfaerie]

It is a shame he is gone as Will rides him so well but he has so many other promising horses to bring on and compete.

 

[lucretia]

lets face it the horse is 14? extremely hard to keep sound and WFP has plenty others.

 

[henryhorn]

I think he has enough horsepower not to worry, but I was surprised he chose that horse over the others for the Olympics..
Tension between rider and owner is something that can't happen, I think owners have to be good at remembering why they chose that rider and try their best to allow them to get on with the job...

 

[lachlanandmarcus]

I thought it was the selectors who picked Ed out of Williams qualified horses?

 

[Daffodil]

Such a shame Tam didn't go as I think he'd have suited that course, but I was surprised he took Ed and thought Balincoola would have got the vote. Bit unfortunate to send the horse to the alleged arch-enemy though!!

 

[CaleruxShearer]

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*yawns* the horse is already at andrew nicholsons i believe.....

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theres a surprise...

 

[TarrSteps]

Interesting that he didn't give him to an American. Even if he wanted the horse to stay here I'm sure someone would relocate given the opportunity.

 

[lucretia]

PMSL Tarr, as a horsey journalist you are being naive..... think about it, william had horse, has fight with owner, who is williams least best friend.....got it now!!

 

[AmyMay]

Put like that it's all a little pathetic really.....

 

[TarrSteps]

Oh no, I get it.

Just surprised he didn't do a "I'm taking my bat and ball and going home!" strop. Although maybe the Americans don't want him . . .

 

[lucretia]

ask yourselves why that horse went instead of Tam..... a horse who had previously tied up in hot weather, ask yourself why william has been so certain all along he would take ed, even though tam hasnt really put a foot wrong this season(badminton was wiliams fault as much as his). could it be that this move was threatened WAY before the Games? could it be Ed went so AN wouldnt get a horse like that to ride IN HONG KONG? *music of the twighlight zone plays as lucretia goes off to check showjumping thread*

 

[KenRehill]

Well, the truth is that William was told prior to the selections, that if he didn't take Ed to the Games, he'd lose the ride to Nicholson. I then found what happened at Barbary Castle not at all surprising.

It's therefore not a surprise that WFP dropped the horse, the relationship between rider and owner was more than fractured already based on that threat. You're hardly going to want an owner like that around, especially when WFP isn't exactly scratching around for horses to ride.

Personally I'd have dumped the horse in the guys front garden and taken one of WFP's true world class horses, and probably won a medal or got a team silver.

 

[xspiralx]

Gosh, how pathetic of the owners!

Still, their loss IMO, not William's.

 

[lucretia]

you and i definately talk to the same people! x

 

[Bossanova]

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I have to say that I was most surprised that he chose to take Parkmore Ed to the Olympics over his other horses (but that's only my opinion)

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HE didnt choosed to take that horse.

There was tension throughout the entire event and owner was causing many problems. Will was not enjoying himself, thats for sure

 

[jules89]

shame isnt it, that an owner can cause many problems. ive met him when i was working at bill levetts...hmmm

 

[Rachel_M]

What was the original argument between the two?

 

[lucretia]

i dont think it was an arguement as such but Phillip was always pretty adamant that Williiam was going to ride his horse at the olympics and then as implied above he allegedly tthreatened to send the horse to nicholson if it didnt go. though people will keep saying william didnt choose which horse he rode obviously his wishes are taken into account, so i understand similar threats were made to some of the powers that be who were quite sure they didnt want Andrew Nicholson being gifted a horse of that calibre in time for him to qualify it for the games. consequently it was in everyones intersts for ed to go.

 

[Rachel_M]

Thanks L. What a shame it has descended into this.

 

[gloster_image]

I can't say a lot on this matter due to discretion but all I can say is Will was put in an incredibly difficult position and was not at all happy about the goings on. He has a yard of very very promising horses so it's not wills loss.

 

[kerilli]

umm, the horse was registered in PA and WFP's ownership, so surely even if W had said he wouldn't take the horse, AN still couldn't have (as horse obv isn't reg'd in NZ ownership.) i thought such reg's had to be done by Jan of the year of champs, has the rule changed?
anyway, after how disgustingly AN rode at the Olympics, and how he never even checked that great horse of his after doing his best to wrestle it to the floor (god knows how it got its front legs out in time and didn't have a rotational at the 2nd Pagoda fence), he didn't even glance at the horse as he led it back, let alone fuss it, i can't believe anyone would send a horse to him.

WFP has lots of other talented horses, as said above. I bet he's rueing not taking Ballincoola. I think Tam would have flipped in that atmosphere, fwiw.

 

[Daffodil]

Agree about the shocking riding by AN with Lord K who deserved a much more compassionate finale to a great career. But then I've never been a fan anyway.