It was successful.
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I laughed when they said Olympics and beyond for this horse. Its only done a few events and finished with meh scores. Iâm sure the horse is top quality, but really? $60k around? I hope the horse is insured.
Donating all winnings to charity, which in eventing is basically none lol
I also see she moved into a new yard and is getting married? New horse, new life, who dis??
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ââŠbecause Jesus wouldnât be riding a donkeyâ.
Oh wait - thatâs the televangelist who wants his supporters to buy him an airplane. I guess I get all these crowdfunders confused.
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If you really want to know what the âhome crowdâ thinks, go check out this thread about it on H & H. I thought the comments there and on FB were extremely telling.
http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?763244-Emily-King-crowdfunding
Horse isnât worth 9k GBP in my mind.
Em
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I have massive issues with it.
firstly how they valued the horse. At least jonty evans horse was valued through an offer on the table that had to be matched. Are you telling me this is a top class prospect? http://www.1stclassimages.com/p432224300
Why didnt they syndicate? In the end a magazine put in ÂŁ5k and 2 others a sizable amount. Its far more professional.
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So what happens when, say, this horse proves to be (once again) unsuited to her and eventually winds up with a rider like, say, Oliver Townend? How will the horde of owners feel about that?
(Although looking at those pics, this looks like a solid-citizen average horse to me. Horse of a lifetime, maybe, if your goal is the grassroots BE100 champs.)
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Maybe I should just crowdfund myself a dressage saddle. Iâll give supporters a blog shoutout and Iâll write an inappropriate poem about each person. Because youâre worth it.
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I have a huge problem with it. Basically, she is begging for money under false pretenses. Her justgiving says that you will be part of Team King when you donate, and have access to course walks and such. But 550+ people donated, so how the heck are they going to accomodate that? I am honestly disgusted that there are that many people in this world dumb enough to support her. She already has several equipment sponsors and her family is well to do. I donât understand why they felt compelled to beg from the public to buy the horse. Not even one month ago Emily had posted to find an owner for another once in a lifetime horse. That went nowhere, then this one comes up.
I know that if my nags are insufficient to reach my goals that I have to sort out how to fund another one. I either earn the money or sell one to come up with the money. If I canât come up with the money, I donât get it. Pretty basic concept, really.
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It would appear that E. King is moving to Cheshire to live with her boyfriend, and the owner didnât want to send the horse away. After all, it was at Mary Kingâs facility and under her supervision.
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Somebody posted a link to this video in the H&H thread Em linked. Wow. She makes my skin crawl. https://youtu.be/aJ8eS7TTxDI
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If people are stupid enough to give money to someone they donât know so that person can buy a horse, thatâs their business. More power to the riders that can raise money any way they can.
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Hell, I might donate to that! :lol:
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That H&H thread is pure golddddddddddddd.
I seriously doubt they will have the horse insured at that price, so hopefully the thing stays sound.
Itâs also tacky as hell she is keeping the rest of the donations to cover the horses care. That wasnât part of the original agreement.
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I just watched the YouTube video in âRich Kids Go Shoppingâ where she says her herd of six horses is worth one million pounds and receives free tack, saddles, feed, as well as a free vehicle. She also shows a super swanky trailer with living quarters nicer than my home. It blows my mind that she accepted donations to purchase a horse.
I just do not agree with crowdfunding for a non-charitable cause⊠particularly when showcasing such a flashy lifestyle. Itâs tacky.
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WowâŠjust wow.
This seems to be the coming trend in eventing since Jonty Evans. There is a post on the Positive Test thread that suggests Maya Black is crowdfunding for a new horse.
Canât blame people for trying after his success. If people will throw money at them, why wouldnât people try?
I feel a bit differently about Mayaâs effort to keep the FE Black Ice horse, vs EKâs, Mayaâs not exactly out there flaunting a posh lifestyle. She has had to work hard to rebuild a string from the ground up, she was riding sale horses at Sara and Brian Murphyâs, and clicked with this one. Apparently the owner has given her some time to try to raise the funds to purchase him. Canât blame her for trying anything she can to keep him, given that their partnership seems to have potential.
That said, it wonât surprise me if this is a trend that dies out as the novelty wears off on the idea of donating to a crowdfunding effort for a horse over time.
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and her new bf is apparently the owner of a big horsebox companyâŠand if you have been to the events over there, the owners of the horse box companies have the most INSANE horse boxes I have ever seenâŠworth millions I am sure.
I just donât understand why riders donât do what eventers have done in the past, which is build relationships and secure owners and horses through those relationships. If you donât have owners, then you get a cheap horse and turn it into something. Look at Doug Payne. Had the horse of a lifetime, sold it, bought and built a farm, and now reaping all the benefits.
What owner in their right mind would ever invest in someone asking for hand outs. TACKY and shows lack of drive.
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Given EKâs connections in the eventing/horse world via her mum, and also given that this latest âhorse of a lifetimeâ is already based at mumâs yard where EK is now, one might draw the conclusions that (1) building relationships is not EKâs strong suit and (2) those connections, having had the chance to know/see EK up close, have chosen not to be her owners.
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He owns BOSS, which is fine, but the box she was showing three years ago is clearly an Oakley. Boss doesnât make the large scale horseboxes, they make the 2h vans. When the rich buy horseboxes, they buy Oakleys with wine fridges and china cabinets.
