I admire your optimism but I doubt it, she’d need to humble herself for that to happen and she’s way too in love with herself for that.I think RWC might end up surprising us all
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There were many times I didn’t ride the kids pony because I knew I was too heavy. Weight is so difficult, it’s really just not as straightforward to lose it, but that being said it’s not the horses problem it’s the riders and we have to take responsibility for them. Be whatever weight you choose to be, but don’t burden the horse with your issues. I hope BOAC is okay and has support around her, we don’t know what her life is like but she must know she shouldn’t be riding them. She’s such a nice rider and her horses go so well for her, I hope she’s getting some help.But that is the very point - many who may want to ride may not fit the requirements, and that's okay. It's not for the riding school to risk the welfare of thier horses and there needs to be a (excuse the pun) one size fits all approach to make it fair and easy to stick to. Everyone agrees that the rider weight issue is important but some get itchy feet when they realise they're close to or over the weight limits being imposed - there's plenty of hypocrisy around it. I think the main issue is that horse riding isn't seen as a sport in the same way others are - so riders/athletes often aren't putting in the homework of training, balanced diet, conditioning to perform when in the saddle. Plenty think as long as they can get up in the saddle, it's okay - as seen with the state of some topics of discussion here!!