Reed Kessler: I wish I could hate her but she's so darn nice! :D

[poltroon]

[QUOTE=Pembroke;8201341]
Why make your whole life about ONE comment someone eons ago said to you? :no:[/QUOTE]

Well… that’s hardly unusual.

Once upon a time, when I was mulling my college major, and trying to decide between engineering and biology, a smart-ass dude walked up to me and asked me if I was a biologist or a chemist… because 80% of the women in that group, all STEM majors, were biology majors with a few chemists or dual majors. I made up my mind right there to choose engineering.

Lots of people have a story along those lines.

If it inspired her to work hard and appreciate what she has, why would you be upset?

[MIKES_MCS]

It takes a great rider to make a great horse , but a great horse can make an average rider look great. When one has many great horses to choose from your bound to look great on one of them .

[Capall]

I wasn’t basing my title on this ONE article. I’ve based it on a lot of other articles as well, and interviews done with her. She hasn’t come across as a brat to me, but maybe to others.

[KandC]

[QUOTE=Pembroke;8201341]
Why make your whole life about ONE comment someone eons ago said to you? :no:[/QUOTE]

As another poster said, it’s more common than you think. Several back-handed, snide comments have shaped my life for the better.

Oh, you think my horse is worthless and should go to slaughter? Cool- we’ll see you when we’re bouncing around the 1.0 m jumper ring. :lol:

On topic, I’ve read several articles about Reed, and I think she is humble for her circumstances. She seems to acknowledge how she got to the top and who got her there; she strikes me as someone who is well aware of how lucky they are to have the resources they have, a trait I find not all wealthy people have. She’s not the underdog story, but I think she’s still an excellent role model for young riders.

[Bombproof]

[QUOTE=BostonHJ;8198938]
Yes, I am definitely inspired to have wealthy horse-loving parents now :lol:[/QUOTE]

I know what you mean. I wanted to be a trust-fund baby but my parents wouldn’t let me.

Kidding aside, good for her! I like to see people living their dreams. Yes, sometimes that’s easier to do when your family has lots of money, but that doesn’t diminish the work and dedication she had to put in.

[vxf111]

Hiring your PR person to do an article on your fancy new digs your parents bought you is… Humble in ANY way?! Good for her, but I don’t see the humility in this

[ybiaw]

[QUOTE=vxf111;8201681]
Hiring your PR person to do an article on your fancy new digs your parents bought you is… Humble in ANY way?! Good for her, but I don’t see the humility in this ;)[/QUOTE]

Speaking of which…Noelle Floyd does PR now?

[vxf111]

[QUOTE=ybiaw;8201686]
Speaking of which…Noelle Floyd does PR now?[/QUOTE]

Well I would not classify it as news! Maybe "lifestyle and entertainment "?

[Bombproof]

[QUOTE=Pembroke;8201341]
This. To quote:

Someone close to me lost their temper one day when I was about 14 and told me I was a stupid spoiled princess. I decided to spend the rest of my life showing them they were wrong.

That just makes her sound like a brat. And while I think she is a great rider, and getting to the Olympics at 18 is an AMAZING achievement, I just can’t like her because of that one comment. Why make your whole life about ONE comment someone eons ago said to you? :no:[/QUOTE]

Actually, many if not most people have a story like that. It’s not that one comment “makes your whole life” but a comment or event causes things you have been thinking and feeling to coalesce and come into focus and because of that your life changes. And despite what we think when we tell the story, it’s actually ourselves we needed to prove something to. If she actually were a stupid spoiled princess, the other person’s comment would have been meaningless to her. By working hard and achieving something money can’t buy, she proved to herself that she isn’t a “stupid spoiled princess.” I don’t have a problem with that.

[TresGauche]

OMG now her mother is going to show up and start “house guesting” :lol:

HUSH!!!

[alittlextra]

[QUOTE=Pembroke;8201341]
This. To quote:

That just makes her sound like a brat. And while I think she is a great rider, and getting to the Olympics at 18 is an AMAZING achievement, I just can’t like her because of that one comment. Why make your whole life about ONE comment someone eons ago said to you? :no:[/QUOTE]

I don’t think it is any stranger to make your whole life about one quote than it is to decide you cannot like someone based on one comment.

[JumpHigh]

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[QUOTE=TresGauche;8201692]
OMG now her mother is going to show up and start “house guesting” :lol:

HUSH!!![/QUOTE]
I’m surprised she’s not here yet! Maybe she learned her lesson last time.

[bornfreenowexpensive]

Really pretty farm. Seems like a good thing for US Show Jumping to have a talented and funded rider basing themselves where they will see a lot of top world competition and can progress as competitor.

[LowerSaxony_Jumper]

Well she does not have to be nice ?? there are plenty of big name rider that are super at what they do but they are not nice! And on the other hand I couldn’t care less, i have nothing to do with her and will probably never met her. I think sometimes you expect to much of people who simply for one reason or another that no one has any influence on ride better or have a better horse or simply where at the right Place at the right time.
Being a successful rider does not mean these people are better humans. Maybe they are just the Same a** you went to school with but they are still successful at their field.

[MIKES_MCS]

“By working hard and achieving something money can’t buy, she proved to herself that she isn’t a “stupid spoiled princess.” I don’t have a problem with that”. Actually money did buy all of it and all that came with it and will continue to buy everything it takes .

and this quote" I think sometimes you expect to much of people who simply for one reason or another that no one has any influence on ride better or have a better horse or simply where at the right Place at the right time".
I don’t think anyone expects anything from her, she can succeed or fail, either way it will have no effect on her future or anyone elses .

[ace]

[QUOTE=MIKES MCS;8201841]
“By working hard and achieving something money can’t buy, she proved to herself that she isn’t a “stupid spoiled princess.” I don’t have a problem with that”. Actually money did buy all of it and all that came with it and will continue to buy everything it takes .

and this quote" I think sometimes you expect to much of people who simply for one reason or another that no one has any influence on ride better or have a better horse or simply where at the right Place at the right time".
I don’t think anyone expects anything from her, she can succeed or fail, either way it will have no effect on her future or anyone elses .[/QUOTE]

Of course money buys the horses and pays for the trainers etc, but to be able to win what she has still takes work, a person still has to work at it to be a good enough rider to place well, even with the best horse. If someone gave me a top Grand Prix horse, it doesn’t mean I’d automatically be able to pilot the horse around a big course well. I’ve met plenty of people who shelled out the money for a fancy imported trained horse and still didn’t do well because they couldn’t ride!! Sheesh.

[Janeway]

[QUOTE=vxf111;8201681]
Hiring your PR person to do an article on your fancy new digs your parents bought you is… Humble in ANY way?! Good for her, but I don’t see the humility in this ;)[/QUOTE] Humble is not a word I’d associate with Ms. Kessler!!! Very talented, obviously, but I’ve seen enough video footage of unsportsmanlike behavior from her to not be able to “like” her as a sportsperson. Maybe its the interviewers ( ) but a lot of the time she comes across as being rather full of herself - she acts like she has Kent Farrington’s resume, and expects to be treated as such.

[dani0303]

[QUOTE=Janeway;8201885]
Humble is not a word I’d associate with Ms. Kessler!!! Very talented, obviously, but I’ve seen enough video footage of unsportsmanlike behavior from her to not be able to “like” her as a sportsperson. Maybe its the interviewers ( ) but a lot of the time she comes across as being rather full of herself - she acts like she has Kent Farrington’s resume, and expects to be treated as such.[/QUOTE]

This!! Her rough handling of her horses when they fail to perform up to her standards lost my respect. I wish I could find video of her and Mika at WEF last year. It was a disaster. He looked to be in pain as well as brain fried. IIRC that was the last time I saw him in competition as well

[EquusPrincess]

From what I’ve read in previous articles, it was her trainer/fairy godmother Katie Prudent who called her a “spoiled princess” or whatnot. Honestly, if someone that close to me gave me that criticism, I would certainly take it to heart, too.

Now imagine if George Morris were her godfather. If Kessler ever had the opportunity to take George’s two-cents to heart, she might have actually brought home some Olympic hardware.
(With that being said, she has had a pretty remarkable career considering she’s so young.)

[SweetTalk]

Idk. I just wonder why hugely debated posts continually show up about her. You don’t see posts like this about someone like Mclain or any other young people on the circuit really. Why does this keep popping up? Seems like it has to mean something. Idk. Just thought I’d throw this thought out there before the little comments saying “haters gonna hate.”