I could watch that trip a million times over! What a mare! <3
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Strapless was awesome. She would be rewarded today the same as she was in her day.
I also think anyone commenting on the hunters crawling around today is comparing their average back yard rated shows against the “best in class” from yesteryear and that’s not a fair comparison. Kelley Farmer has won more hunter derbies than anyone else and that girl gallops at the jumps… A WCHR hunter spectacular trip should be compared against Derby-type trips, not against your run of the mill hunter trips at your local A show… You always get more pace and brilliance on the special courses.[/QUOTE]
Fair point.
[QUOTE=REH;8257410]
Strapless was awesome. She would be rewarded today the same as she was in her day.
I also think anyone commenting on the hunters crawling around today is comparing their average back yard rated shows against the “best in class” from yesteryear and that’s not a fair comparison. .[/QUOTE]
Actually when I think of crawling hunters I think of Scott Stewart, and he has some of the nicest hunters in the country, but if they go any slower they will be moving backwards. I don’t enjoy watching him at all. I do love the way KF gallops to the fences though.
Did Strapless have any babies?
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Did Strapless have any babies?[/QUOTE]
According to the article linked in the OP, she had two.
[QUOTE=Nickelodian;8257094]
FWIW 13 years ago this board was lamenting the exact same thing. The death of the open gallop, handy horses that had a PACE. The argument was just as tiring then as it is now.
There were horses that crawled in 2002, there are horses that crawl now. There were horses that carried an handy pace in 2002, and there is such a thing now as well.[/QUOTE]
Endless threads on “robots with riders perched on top” basically, not much has changed. Strapless was compared to and critiqued against Roxdene back then.
