Stormy & COTH are featured on WaPo today. Gift link below. May Ellen Doughty no longer be able to harm others after this case - or at least not nearly as many.
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The link kept covering up the story to a sign in page. Is the court case settled? Did Stormy win?
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You can close the sign-in pop up page by clicking the x in the upper right corner. At least that worked for me.
No, the case hasn’t settled yet and they mention this thread a fair bit in the article.
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Thanks!
edit Well darn that doesn’t work, but thanks for the gist of it.
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Wild that in the middle of a $2 million dollar lawsuit, Ellen thought it was a good idea to open up to the Washington Post. My lawyer would have told me to zip it. 
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Thank you, that worked for me. I appreciate the heads up to look for the X. They made it very faint and easy to miss.
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I sent it to you in a word doc, which I’m happy to share with whomever. I wasn’t sure about copying it in to the thread due to the legal process and that this thread I am sure will be evidence.
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As I noted on the Trump thread
In the images included in the WaPo article, which I’m sure were representative of Doughtys best foot forwards, the horses and facility strike me as not well kept.
To a lifelong horseman, that says everything.
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So Sue Hershey from USEA intro teaching certificate department doesn’t think there is an issue with EDH?? what the….
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I had started to comment, “I hope if WaPo ever visits my farm they choose more flattering photos.”
There’s nothing wrong with them per se.
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I urge anyone coming here from what feels like a hit piece at WaPo against the OP to read the whole thread, even at 1600 posts and take it in context of all the people in the area who are longtime COTH posters, sensible and reliable, who stand by the OP’s assessment. To have multiple people outside the program band together with accusations is very strong evidence.
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OMG - my post made it into the article. I’m famous! LOL
Though - the author missed the entire point - like, did you read the thread? Did you Google the names and arrest records? Come on now.
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Yes.
I wondered if she did not know they were coming that day or something?
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He was busy transcribing quotes from a trainer who didn’t know EDH and who said “sometimes horse people are crazy” it seems. How odd that he didn’t seem to try contact any of the people who said that EDH is the crazy one.
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I would find that very unlikely. This sort of thing is arranged weeks in advance. So she had at least 2 weeks to get her place spruced up and have her best-conditioned horses showcased and this is the best she can do.
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That was my thought as well.
I figured that was probably the reason the jumps in the lessons looked pretty organized with ground lines and everything.
I also noticed the caption under one of the photos that said a “worker” was shoeing the horses.
Farrier. The word is farrier. Or even blacksmith.
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The WAPO missed the thread discussion of the very concerning records of the people ED has brought to her barn?
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Apparently so.
They included multiple quotes from some random person in another state who it turned out was not even involved.
But they could not check out the allegations of the criminal records of the people who are actually on the property?
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I would guess it is less that they missed it and more that they had a planned article ahead of time and they gathered the information to fulfill their planned article, not the information that disputed their planned article.
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Makes me wonder who commissioned this “human interest” piece and how much it cost them. Bet the check bounced, if it was issued.
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