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    Paris 2024 Olympics

    Looking forward to this now.

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    Up to a point, yes although it depends on how much of the, err, sport the BBC show as opposed to endless interviews with athletes talking about how they 'ran their own race' etc...

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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/equestri...s/c97d4vnxv45o

    What do we reckon? Either fucked the horse or beat it like a Chipperfield monkey?

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    Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/equestri...s/c97d4vnxv45o

    What do we reckon? Either fucked the horse or beat it like a Chipperfield monkey?
    The latter seems more likely.
    She's our local Olympian actually, I found her gold postbox* recently

    *not a euphemism.

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    Interesting, the opening ceremony isn't in the stadium, it's along the Seine. Could be good. Or a fiasco, but using the skyline of Paris as a backdrop could be a good move.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn View Post
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/equestri...s/c97d4vnxv45o

    What do we reckon? Either fucked the horse or beat it like a Chipperfield monkey?
    The latter

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/29430...eo-paris-2024/

    That's it, is it? Something she did 4 years ago. I dunno, seems a bit of an overreaction to me

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    The latter

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/29430...eo-paris-2024/

    That's it, is it? Something she did 4 years ago. I dunno, seems a bit of an overreaction to me
    I think the issue with the video is that it’s not something that looks like a one off, it looks like routine treatment. Horses are pretty hardy so I doubt it would have caused it more than slight discomfort but it’s definitely reacting in a fearful way and I’m not really big on animal abuse. I think if you’re training an Animal through fear rather than establishing trust you’re a bit of a cunt.
    If her contrition is sincere I don’t think this should end her career necessarily, but I think the problem is if she’d taken part in the Olympics the controversy over the video overshadows everything. Best to let some water run under a few bridges.

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    It's pretty damning - Dujardin doesn't look angry or like she's lost control

    Instead, as HCZ says, she's whipping it in a very routine way that suggests it's something she does all the time

    Her contrition won't be sincere, except in terms of her regretting for her own sake that she misses the Olympics

    The video says what she really thinks about the horses she claims to love so much

    I expect that gold postbox to be removed in short order, either by the post office or people taking things into their own hands

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    I mean, it's not great. But isn't this what they do to train horses?
    You can think it's a bad thing, and I'd pretty much agree, but I suspect it's fairly common.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mac76 View Post
    either by the post office or people taking things into their own hands


    Yes, I'm sure an angry mob of Enfieldians will be roaming the streets tearing up gold postboxes of disgraced Olympians.
    I'll keep an eye on it and let you know when that happens.

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