Unfortunately for my sweet tooth, I am a bit too old to go trick-or-treating as an Event rider. If I had a Hershey bar for every time someone asked "aren't you too tall to be a jockey, young man?" Here are a few ideas for including your horse in the festivities.
Ridiculous Commentary: October 2009 Archives
2--Warning: when we say Eventing Nation is your source for "Eventing news, results, and ridiculous commentary," this is the ridiculous commentary part.--
My take: Let's start by checking out hidden camera footage of Oliver Townend's Show Jumping round from Pau today, where he had 7 rails down. *Click Here*. Ok, sorry, maybe that was not their jumping round, but it probably looked something like that. Just more rain and a less sound horse.
Townend's reckless decision to run Carousel Quest in the poor horse's 3rd CCI4* in just over 5 months ended in embarrassment on Sunday. With 7 rails down, Carousel Quest, bless his heart, clearly had nothing left in the tank for Show Jumping. The pair had twice the SJ penalties of any other competitor at Pau, after being only 1 of 8 clean rounds at Burghley a month ago.
I think we are all amazed at the lack of responsibility and caring that Townend showed to a horse that has given him so much. If Carousel Quest had jumped as poorly on Saturday as he did on Sunday, we would be talking about a very different ending to Pau. Furthermore, Townend's absurd decision was completely futile since, with William Fox-Pitt's XC stop, Oliver would have won the HSBC FEI Classic by sitting on his couch at home. Instead, he has completely ruined his already poor reputation and those of his sponsors. Hopefully he has not ruined his horse as well.
Unfortunately for all of us, and especially his horses, Townend has clearly not learned his lesson. In an interview Sunday afternoon, Townend said "It's a very difficult task winning the Grand Slam but I've given myself a chance and I'll do everything I can to take it." That's what we're all afraid of.
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"Horse goes wild, bites people, many injured" It sounds like my first pony found her way to India.
It's good to see that pumping a crippled horse full of Winstrol and then selling it is against the law. This one has a celebrity twist as well.
I have met Ronald, I like Ronald, I can appreciate how much he likes his horse, and his horse is indeed really nice. But, if spending $160,000 to clone Che Mr. Wiseguy isn't weird news, then certainly making a diamond out of Che Mr. Wiseguy's hair is.
Finally, the 2012 Olympics may be looking for a new equestrian venue.
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