Michaels a great guy, I’ve only met him once, but he was super nice to me even as someone way below him on that “show totem pole”. My horse had crashed a smaller jump earlier and we had to scratch and he asked me if I was okay etc, just out of kindness. Would be nice to see him win.
Good on Michael to get him over the first one, but geez, at least Stallone leveled the playing field for Charlotte.
Poor Charlotte. In tears in the background against the wall 
She’s a beautiful rider too.
I was very glad to see an aggressive ride to his first jump though! Poor Allison…
Damn Stallone. Wonder if he’s just worn out from the long road?
This format is hard on the horses. Once they lose confidence it’s hard for a different rider to regain it in the ring after only two schooling fences. Such a shame, but at least everyone is having the same experience.
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Nope, we are not playing. Poor Allison knows what’s coming.[/QUOTE]
OTOH, if she can just get him around, that makes her the automatic winner, right?
(I know, BIG IF)
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Gotta say as bad as I feel for the riders facing a horse with no interest in performing right now, it sure does add excitement seeing how each rider deals with him[/QUOTE]
I have to agree with that! I totally feel for them, but boy is it interesting!
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Damn Stallone. Wonder if he’s just worn out from the long road?[/QUOTE]
Honestly, he doesn’t look tired—just like a jerk.
Do you think that the judges will give the riders a “re-ride” on a different horse in place of Stallone?
It looks like Stallone has left the ring? I think Charlotte’s score on him will still count though.
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It looks like Stallone has left the ring? I think Charlotte’s score on him will still count though.[/QUOTE]
I noticed that too. I would think that they might elect to drop every rider’s score on him. Perhaps he went down to the indoor to get schooled on a bit?
Wouldn’t really be fair to take stallone away, school, change studs etc for one last rider when everyone had to deal with him
Charlotte looked very workmanlike on Michael’s horse. Nice!
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Wouldn’t really be fair to take stallone away, school, change studs etc for one last rider when everyone had to deal with him[/QUOTE]
True, looks like he’s just chilling outside the in-gate, actually.
Yep, I think I spotted him back there, too.
Well that was certainly pretty!
Class Action is my dream horse.
Class Action certainly gets my vote for Best Horse.
Wait, maybe not? He should be going next. Looks like the horses at the in-gate are stand-by for awards.
