More big names in horse sports used to interact with this board than interact with it now, and I suspect it has something to do with contentious threads like this. It’s sad that their presence is no longer found.
McLain Ward was very reasonable and even humble when he posted here, while taking some pretty hard criticism with grace. His demeanor was impressive, in my opinion.
Down at the track so many horses were coming in with positive tests for cocaine they finally tracked it down to grooms who used cocaine putting on the tongue ties. That tiny bit from the grooms’ hands transferred to the tongue ties and then into the horses.
With all your research abilities, just to put this on a level playing field, why don’t all you folks badmouthing MW check out how many other althletes have had infractions, yellow cards, etc. Then you can have a field day. Some of your faves may not come out so clean.
Glimmerglass and Calico, I concur. I too remember McLain posting a few years back and he was reasonable and humble.
Congratulations to all the members of the US Showjumping team. Well done!
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More big names in horse sports used to interact with this board than interact with it now, and I suspect it has something to do with contentious threads like this. It’s sad that their presence is no longer found.[/QUOTE]
Agreed. I think it’s just given the board a bad rep in a lot of ways…and certainly lost some interesting and informative members of the community.
I am just saddened by the tone of this entire thread…it’s really rather pathetic. :no: Let’s try to focus on the positive, and not drag an Olympic gold through the gossip mill like this.
If some of you had any idea what your very favorite riders/trainers do to get their horses to jump around clean, well… a couple of nonexistent plastic chips in a boot would be the least of your concerns. But continue to live in your own little world and malign McLain, an absolutely stellar rider and a very nice person, who just anchored the US showjumping team for gold for the second time, for the sins of his father. A father who, while I cannot in any way defend the actions that got him banned, was amazingly kind and generous to a dear friend when he hit rock bottom and had nowhere else to turn.
Yeah Team!!!
Can’t wait for the individual. Could be some of the best jumping anyone has seen in decades! Hickstead, Sapphire, Authentic, Cumano, Ito are all jumping fantastic. Cedric’s matured with every round and he’s got two days to think about it! And let’s not forget Shutterfly - did he qualify?
It appears that the OP’s question has been answered and much of this thread has covered a number of topics unrelated to that query. Feel free to search past threads for information on issues involving MW or his father. If, with that information in hand, further discussion is required, a new thread can be started in whatever forum is appropriate to the question.
Thanks,
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