Surely annabella competing inter ll on pumpkin is not fair. He’s a well established Grand Prix Olympic medal winning horse of coarse she’s gonna win.
Yes exactly this ! Be careful though you will get people jumping on because her dad died and she’s a poor rich girl with an Olympic horse that’s ready made . People seem to think it’s a right of passage because she’s rich and experienced grief .
She’s got a ready made horse , if she didn’t win at a lower level I would be wondering what went wrong or maybe the judges might not be clouded by Charlotte pupil and judge the Relationship between horse and rider.
If pumpkin doesn’t win for her , she will just get another horse lol imagine someone like Annabelle producing her own horse .....never gonna happen mind .
I just think people who work hard to produce their own horses alongside getting a ride on top horses , should get more praise . I had a lesson with a Grand Prix dressage rider last week, was so excited for it. My horse is very feisty but when you have their attention they are amazing , when not they can explode . The rider got on mine after telling me “to boot the horse forward” because she had a sassy moment , she’s already very forward and has implosion, she got on lasted half a 20m circle went pale and wanted to get off . She said the horse was needing to be shot and was no good . Slated my horse , rather than admitting the horse was too much and not push button for her .
had a flat work lesson yday with someone who works at a dressage yard , fabulous rider but doesn’t have the funds to compete at a higher level , my horse had their moment and we worked through it and never felt better . I wish we could give riders like that the glory rather thanriders on ready made horses .
Rant over lol