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Location: The best kept secret in TX | An Austrian show jumper was banned from riding for his federation for three months. The reason? "Disgracing the Sport of Show Jumping."
Here is a few short articles to help you understand what happened. The video of the performance has been pulled down.
http://www.noellefloyd.com/austrian-rider-banned-dangerous-riding/
http://horsenetwork.com/2017/06/austrian-rider-gets-banned-disgraceful-round/
Longer more technical version: https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2017/06/14/ragged-showjumping-round-3-month-ban/
Here's my question: Can we implement the disgrace the rule for barrel racing!? Lol 
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Location: Missouri | I found a video still up on YouTube (for now)...
https://youtu.be/gWG8RX9uzKQ
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I just read the headlines
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| Wow, what a mess! Poor horse! |
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| I saw that on FB a few weeks ago, all the yanking and pulling -poor horse |
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Location: North Dakota | I saw the video a few weeks ago as well. I felt so bad for the poor horse. He is CLEARLY not happy about his job. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | The way the horse jumps it's almost like it's never actually been taught how to jump. |
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Location: Some where I haven't left yet | I'll be the odd one out on this. I see a horse with a disrespectful attitude. It's not that the sucker can't jump, he's too busy fighting with his rider to even focus on jumping. No sympathy here, I just see a horse that looks like an argumentative brat. I've ridden a couple with that same attitude, no vet work needed (trust me I checked) just a sorry attitude, on "welfare" as Uncle Ed would say. |
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| I believe the bad attitude is the result of poor riding by the man. At one point, after a jump they are actually facing the fence and the horse doesn't know which way to go because the man's body is leaning one way and as the horse makes the move to follow, he snatches the horse's mouth and they go the other way. The man was clearly unbalanced in the saddle. I would love to see what happened in the warm up pen. This horse has been successfully competed on by reputable riders but has been passed around lately until this idiot got the ride. One comment from some one who knew the horse was, "THAT'S Dracco?!" |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Thanks!
Edited by IRunOnFaith 2017-06-27 2:39 PM
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| Now, I am sure there is a supplement or something that can fix all that??? LOL  |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | Lucylouwon - 2017-06-27 2:18 PM I'll be the odd one out on this. I see a horse with a disrespectful attitude. It's not that the sucker can't jump, he's too busy fighting with his rider to even focus on jumping. No sympathy here, I just see a horse that looks like an argumentative brat. I've ridden a couple with that same attitude, no vet work needed (trust me I checked) just a sorry attitude, on "welfare" as Uncle Ed would say.
Very good point of view.
I wish we could ban certain horses from competition in the ring for a few months based off warm up pen behavior...
In his younger years mine may have been on that list LOL |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | My first thought in the video from all the head tossing is too much bit, too heavy hands. And then as the video went on... It almost looks like the horse is in pain? Maybe a pinched nerve somewhere? Maybe this is why he had two refusals.
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Location: Some where I haven't left yet | FLITASTIC - 2017-06-27 12:39 PM
Now, I am sure there is a supplement or something that can fix all that??? LOL
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| FLITASTIC - 2017-06-27 2:39 PM
Now, I am sure there is a supplement or something that can fix all that??? LOL
Of course there is, isn't that what drugs and supplements are for? |
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Just a Yankee
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Location: Some where I haven't left yet | I don't know what exactly is wrong with this round.... besides just about Everything. I'm honestly surprised that he didn't pull up at the beginning. I will give kudos to the rider because I know I could NOT have sat on that great big sucker in that little jump saddle while the pulling, fighting, leaping and jump bulldozing was going on, and looked that quiet.  |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | FLITASTIC - 2017-06-27 2:39 PM Now, I am sure there is a supplement or something that can fix all that??? LOL
If that round was posted here and was a barrel horse this thread would be 80 pages of nothing but cures with supplements.
I do agree, the horse is being naughty, but there has to be a reason why. This horse is a well known horse and usually has pretty clean runs from what I know.
Here he is jumping clean rounds in 2013 and 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0pbZMxWoL0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okfyDGMm8oo
Edited by IRunOnFaith 2017-06-27 3:08 PM
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| I do think the rider needs more work. After the 1st refusal he looks down to see want lead the horse is in. I also think a lot of it is the horse, he could be in pain or there may be reason the horse passed through several stables. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | NJBBH - 2017-06-27 3:07 PM I do think the rider needs more work. After the 1st refusal he looks down to see want lead the horse is in. I also think a lot of it is the horse, he could be in pain or there may be reason the horse passed through several stables.
Maybe he is overmounted?
I see the horse in previous videos being very strong and very finicky. Still tossing his head and being very powerful through his strides. I do see this horse needing a firm experienced rider. Maybe this is why he's been passed around. Maybe this is why Bernhard ended up with him. He may have gotten him cheap and now has too much horse for his ability. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | If you type the horses name (Paddys Darco) into YouTube there are several videos of the horse with different riders. I'm at work so only watched a little of two videos but it looks like crashing rails and refusing is not normal for him.
ETA my internet is slow here and I see this has already been pointed out lol
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| I am surprised he was banned, I have seen worse at Spruce Meadows, devils dike, the water jump, and the hill make most riders look abusive. |
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