Hunter rider falls off then kicks horse in the belly at Hampton Classic

[Thylacine]

@Bluey

You mean, she was not trying to kick him, that is just the way she walks, jerking her leg up here and there?

you silly. it’s obvious she just a Monty Python/John Cleese fan and was doing her best impression

NOT!

unless the uset fine is in the 10 or 15 million bracket I can’t see her hip pocket being affected at all - and weren’t fines invented in the first place precisely to affect riders hip pockets thus making them think twice about doing garbage like this?

I could have sworn that’s what Fines all around the world - and for all manner of things - were actually for.
duh me.

edit. and yes, USET is probably the wrong acronym - so fine me!

[chism]

Just saw the video…the fall was completely her fault, what she did in a fit of anger was incredibly juvenile and she should absolutely be punished. It’s definitely poor sportsmanship, but I wouldn’t call it abuse. You can tell the horse doesn’t like her though, poor thing. That said… I don’t agree with the public shaming of the social media age. If you’ve handled enough horses, you’ve lost your temper at least once. I can think of one or two things that I’ve done when frustrated with a horse’s behavior that I wouldn’t want to see replayed .