Marilyn Little's horse bleeds yet again. Red rag to a groom.

[betonbill]

I say let her compete. Everybody in the world will be watching to see if there is even a tiny speck of blood. Huge embarrassment for the U.S. team, and if eliminated I’ll bet her team members will also be out for blood (hers). They can’t walk away or excuse any blood at all.

[JanM]

Unfortunately, if ML hadn’t been selected, then her attorneys would be suing anyone they could, and she would have been on the team anyway. I was excited that WEG will be here, but I’m not watching any of it.

[Equisis]

@see u at x

I can’t speak to the rules in FEI eventing dressage, but for recognized US dressage shows where I had to do bit checks, the rule is that equipment must be inspected on one-third of the horses/competitors in a class after they exit the arena. So, yes, it’s pretty much random. I basically put a check mark next to “x” number of horses out of the class and those were the ones I looked at. I think the only horse I purposefully avoided checking was Silva Martin’s horse, but only because he almost ran me over before going into the arena. :lol: However, for championship classes, it is done for every ride.

Not defending anyone here, but just for the sake of clarification- at Kentucky, every single horse is checked coming out of the ring. They are escorted by a steward and the groom cannot touch the horse until it’s head and sides have been inspected. There is spotty bit check at many events, but Kentucky is not one of them.

[ladyj79]

@Equisis

Not defending anyone here, but just for the sake of clarification- at Kentucky, every single horse is checked coming out of the ring. They are escorted by a steward and the groom cannot touch the horse until it’s head and sides have been inspected. There is spotty bit check at many events, but Kentucky is not one of them.

Don’t worry, I don’t see it as defending, but deeply condemnatory that they were checked and deemed acceptable, just as I see checking a bloody mouth and saying all good!

[Laurierace]

I agree. I think the fact that they checked that noseband and were ok with it is way worse than her getting randomly skipped in the check.

[ottb]

Keep your friends close and the ground jury closer!

[LadyB]

@Eventer155

How convenient that she might ride with Christian Landolt when he was the President of the Ground Jury at both Fair Hill and Kentucky when this was such an issue…definitely a little incestuous for my liking.

I can’t see it, it seems to be really small when you click it, anyway to make bigger?

[ladyj79]

Honestly, it’s hardly worth it. It’s just more of Packy fawning. So weird.

[Eventer155]

@LadyB

I can’t see it, it seems to be really small when you click it, anyway to make bigger?

I’m not sure why it did that! I’ll try again

[Jealoushe]

Packy sure has [it] for ML.

I feel like that is a HUGE conflict of interest.

[Eventer155]

@Jealoushe

Packy sure has [it] for ML.

I feel like that is a HUGE conflict of interest.

Does anyone know if he judged at those events as well?

[LadyB]

She has to have a few people in her corner, whether they are paid or not

[Jealoushe]

@LadyB

She has to have a few people in her corner, whether they are paid or not

Yeah, corner of her bed apparently.

It allllllllllll makes sense now.

[ladyj79]

Nah, they’re cousins? Or he’s an uncle? I can’t remember, it’s been a few years since I was at the barn with the old hag who grew up with Packy and trained with his mom. Possibly I’m repressing memories of that time :lol:

[Jealoushe]

They are cousins…but thats not who I was talking about

[CMWC]

Both Packy and Christian bat for the other team, so I don’t think that’s a motivation for either of them.
Christian was available to work with all of the US team members that wanted lessons at Bromont to help them fine tune their tests from a judges eye. It was also open to watch for anyone that was around, so those two conspiracy theories can be crossed off the list.
As an aside, there was a rider at Bromont in the two star that was eliminated for blood in the mouth. I believe she had a stop and I believe she was eliminated in the vet box after completing. Christian was on the ground jury for the two star. I’m not sure if it was the vet or a member of he ground jury that eliminated the competitor.

[Jealoushe]

Not who I was insinuating either

interesting about Bromont! Funny that never makes the evening news blogs.

[vineyridge]

ML wasn’t at Bromont. So, if Packy is correct, she got her training from Landholt separately. I wonder who paid him for her training.

[vagabondrider]

@vineyridge

ML wasn’t at Bromont. So, if Packy is correct, she got her training from Landholt separately. I wonder who paid him for her training.

She wasn’t at “the” Bromont in June but she was at the recent event at Bromont for the Aug mandatory outing for the WEG team. She had a drive by at the corners at 9ab & then came around & jumped through the direct route clean the 2nd time.

[vineyridge]

@vagabondrider

She wasn’t at “the” Bromont in June but she was at the recent event at Bromont for the Aug mandatory outing for the WEG team. She had a drive by at the corners at 9ab & then came around & jumped through the direct route clean the 2nd time.

Sorry about that. I forgot about Bromont II, and I can’t think why I did.

If anyone is interested in the WEG officials, the list can be found here:
https://data.fei.org/Calendar/ShowDetail.aspx?p=73D3D137B44DC1509C4C06F1F65D8980

Jane Hamlin is the US member of the ground jury. Who is she?