Rolex this year was a QUALIFING event for the Olympics....The rider is in first place after dressage... what looks to be like a clean XC and in with a shot...
OOOPPPS I feel something here....but hopefully it is not too bad, maybe a bit of ice etc. and things will come right for showjumping and I get my qualifing score
In this case the gamble DID NOT pay off. Riding is a career for her, and with all careers, pleople take calulated risks and gambles....unfortunately another living being....with out a choice...is forced to pay the price.
All I can say is, I’ve been on horses who pulled a shoe or nicked themselves slightly, and it felt like they had shorn off a leg. I’ve been on horses who were seriously injured and, full of adrenalin, they ran straight and true. It is very difficult sometimes to figure out what’s going on down there. And if Tryon pulled the horse up because he threw a shoe or got a surface cut, the horse world would be pounding on her over that. I’m just having a bit of trouble with the vicious tone taken toward someone who has clearly made an error in judgment in a difficult situation. Let’s put down the rope and disperse the lynch mob until after the FEI investigation is over.