[Fairview]

What we have here are many girls and ladies who "just love" horses but who do not have professional or high-level amateur experience that would qualify them to argue with Mark Philips and David O'Connor. They are functioning on the level of pure emotionality without reference to logic or respect for the views of people of far greater skill and knowledge. There is no point in trying to reason with people like that on this forum or the screaming hordes on the forums of the Chronicle.

I thank both of you for adding your wisdom and experience to the commentary on this sad event.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Sorry, you are wrong again.

They were just showing this event on NBC, and I just happen to catch Amy’s run.

As she came around that curve before the last jump the announcer said,” Oh, Amy is having some difficulties”, before she took the jump, and immediately on the horse landing the jump he was in the process of saying “this horse has obviously sprained something”.

I can argue with anyone about when a horse is lame or not especially when it was so very obvious way before the jump. Any spectators who thought it was just a twisted shoe, are the ones who need to gain some knowledge.

It’s also polite to ping someone when you are bad mouthing them.

Becky