I think my computer is a prude, because that website just made it crash twice. :lol:
Am I missing the point if I ask what track would let her ride like that? Erm, you know, no helmet or vest?:winkgrin:
Soooooo, what the hell is she selling? With a sparkly website like that, I’m picturing lingerie or bondage toys or something. If she starts hocking pink riding clothes and horsewear like Jordan, I’m going to lose whatever respect was left over after seeing that website.
Seven-up
It made my PC crash twice too!
The site says she’s got a perfume coming out named after her. I can see her endorsing Rolex or sportscars.
And to think Ray Paulick’s webpage (www.paulickreport.com) was getting serious flack for featuring again the oft used soft-core picture of NY-based jockey Maylan Studart on a carousel!
Why would, aside from the fact the Chantal pic was done by celeb photog Annie Leibovitz, she feature an initial view of her with that semi-risque track picture on her website? I’m as red-blooded of an American male as the rest, but it frankly just cheapens the site. You can have “fun” pix on a site but try to avoid the Maxim junk upfront.
I mean yes there is this photo of Chantal and Swedish-born Inez Karlsson getting down at the Eclipse Awards (2008) on the dance floor. However in the right context there is nothing “cheap” about that. It just shows both professional jocks as being exceedingly fit and all-woman!
Not sure, but in the short time before her website crashed my computer, I did manage to see the opening photo of her aboard the running horse. Looks to me as if she were wearing some sort of body suit like they use in the theatre to fake nudity. If you look, there is a line about mid thigh where support shorts would come.
Besides crashing computers, the site seems to me to be in very, very poor taste, unless one believes that Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson are role models.
Wow it crashed mine twice too. Not sure why I even bothered but I did get to see it the third time. What the heck is that all about?
She married another owner, Fred Astaire. 
All the weird model-esque glamour shots on the site are just… weird.
I enjoyed watching her on the show, but I will admit I got a little pukey during the episodes where she was discussing canning her career, just as it is taking off… because Mikey wanted her to settle down and pop out some kids… ugh!
Hope she keeps riding, for as long as SHE wants, and does the kid thing WHEN SHE IS READY.
And hope she quits doing the bizarre-o photo shoots too… The Annie Liebovitz photo I kind of get, she is an iconic photographer… but the awkward glamour pics are just too much!
:yes:
I thought the whole thing was tacky.
[QUOTE=lesson junkie;4178395]
I bet if feels good to ride almost naked-like skinny dipping, but more fun![/QUOTE]
Some of us don’t skinny dip… we chunky dunk. 
She is one of my favorite jockeys and I’m all about the girl power in a male dominated environment but the website was a little too… uhmmmmm how to put it delicately… porn-star-ish
Hey, it crashed my computer too! Just died while looking through the “gallery”, and then when tried to pull up the site again- no go. Anyway, what I did see…" oh la la! " ( you go girl!)
Where’s her helmet!?!? :lol::lol::lol:
Well, that was my first thought. 
[QUOTE=lesson junkie;4178395]
I bet if feels good to ride almost naked-like skinny dipping, but more fun![/QUOTE]
My first thought when the picture popped up was that riding almost naked is not very hygenic; I mean horses shed and that hair sticks like glue:lol:
[QUOTE=Seven-up;4178572]
I think my computer is a prude, because that website just made it crash twice. :lol:[/QUOTE]
It’s not just your computer; mine also crashed twice. I think mine was protesting the sparkle cursor chaser:D
[QUOTE=iloverocky;4179280]
My first thought when the picture popped up was that riding almost naked is not very hygenic; I mean horse’s shed and that hair sticks like glue:lol:[/QUOTE]
I guess if you plan to ride naked, it would be a good idea to have a skinny (or chunky!) dipping opportunity nearby!
I think if you look like that and plan to ride naked, it’s a good idea to have Annie Leibovitz standing by.
In less than 24 hours, this thread has accumulated almost twice as many views as the 8 month old one regarding the comeback of Ocean Colors. People have looked at this more than at the threads about phenom Makybe Diva’s colt, historic night racing at Churchill Downs, and the death of Sailor’s Cap combined.
The Captain Obvious conclusion?:
Scantily clad beautiful women + racehorses attract more attention than racehorses alone, even on a forum predominantly read by women.
There’s the hint of a trend in the making going on (in case you missed it, jockey Maylan Studart on the carousel in her lingerie).
I’m not liking it.
Oh, don’t get me wrong. I myself have an appreciation for glittery girly things sometimes (thanks again, texang73, for the sparkly pink star bat, er, I mean, majikal fairy wand!!! 'Love it!) I celebrate being a girl who loves horses. Chantal’s glamour shots are stunning.
However, stripping down is not the way to be taken seriously or gain the respect of peers.
[QUOTE=LaurieB;4179643]
I think if you look like that and plan to ride naked, it’s a good idea to have Annie Leibovitz standing by. ;)[/QUOTE]
Thirty years ago I might have given Annie pause-my post menopausal fifty and over self-not so much! I still like skinny dipping, though.
[QUOTE=Barnfairy;4179650]
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However, stripping down is not the way to be taken seriously or gain the respect of peers.[/QUOTE]
Which is precisely why we just pulled our websites from GoDaddy. :yes:
But anyway, with athletes around like Chantal (and many, many others) it still frosts me that Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues feature models. When there are so many female athletes who are beautiful.
[QUOTE=genevieveg17;4177948]
Please - if I had a body like that I would ride, shop, run errands in just my underwear![/QUOTE]
Word. I would be walking around half-naked all the time.
Of course, I do ballroom, meaning even though my body’s not great, I obviously have no problemo with skimpy outfits.
So, when are we going to see some hot guy jockey riding in HIS underwear?
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