Nooooooooo! Because I believe the members of the EIM can actually RIDE.
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In the scheme of things - those things you can never unsee - I fail to understand the egos attached to these two individuals.
Along with her venomous mouth, sheâs all boobies and a self-imagined heroine in a self-serving quest.
Her buddy and sycophantic snake charmer, Nick, is truly scary. Though Iâm thousands of miles away, he makes me want to check under the bed at night.
Itâs on me for ever having taken a look at both! Eeeeeew factor to the nth degree!
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Of course Nick claimed the owner of Golden Gait Farm was lying about everything, and that the reason she wouldnât hire him as a trainer is because the other trainers âwere jealousâ. Of course.
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Yes. Back then he was cold calling barns trying to get them to pay his âexpensesâ so could give âfreeâ clinics, and take pictures of himself âteachingâ to perpetuate the myth that he was a âtrainerâ.
He had no horses, no barn, and he was ripping off decent local barns with this scheme. He made the mistake of trying to fake his way at a higher level barn. That didnât work out for him, but it did result in the heads up post above, written by a very well respected equestrian who was kind enough to warn others.
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I just looked at the web page for that barn and trainer qualifications.
Nick would have been better off offering to shovel shet there and learning stuff.
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Many people, including COTH members, back then knew of Golden Gait farm, they have a good reputation, so no one was really surprised that the job interview ended as it did. The only surprise was Peronaceâs attempting to fool them in the first place ,and his vulgar and angry attacks when he was (quite rightly) shown the door.
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Was this about the same time he was asking in various FB groups for a GP schoolmaster that he could ride and have himself filmed riding FOR FREE, without the owners present? Just so he could brush up his skills, you understand, not so he could pretend it was his horsie or anything, and certainly not so he could pretend that heâd trained it to that level. Certainly not. 
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I believe the asking for a free horse was after the fact, when he realized that he was not going to be welcome to give âfree clinicsâ in other peoples barns, on other peoples horses (because his reputation had proceeded him at that point in time.)
It was pathetic, and though I have sympathy for people who are actually insane (Peronace is not that IMHO) my sympathy ends with liars, those who know exactly what they are doing, who try to use, and fraudulently take money from others for their own benefit.
Delusions of grandeur ? Weird? Still, no an excuse for being a fraud.
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Donât forget his job offer to be a trainer for Van Olst, which came out of the blue after they saw Nickâs pictures of Chevy rearing and getting humped. Nick graciously turned them down because he didnât want to move his family to the Netherlands. 
One of the COTH detectives, who IIRC knew real people who actually did work there, contacted Van Olst. Surprise: theyâd never heard of him.
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The guy, I believe, lived not an hour from his dream farm, ISF and never dared apply there.
Some people are willing to go an extra mile to get the opportunity and experience they seek, and others prefer to sit on the couch and complain that opportunity isnât beating down their door. shrug
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If memory serves right he had been involved with ISF in the form of lessons etc at some point in his history according to him.
I thought he had just visited there as a kid, and after they were nice to him he increased his sense of entitlement until they booted him (wasnât that at Devon, or am I confusing that with another trainer?)
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Thatâs my recollection as well, just a casual visitor. He was a young teen, wearing a red, white and blue windbreaker. Pictures of him petting Roemer et al. Photos are somewhere in his multiple on line rants.
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You mean âMetal Pond Farmâ which is what he so cleverly called ISF in his book? 
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Gee, I missed thatâŠ
Iâd have offered him my 13h Hackney Pony.
Though never broke to ride, he has performed Airs Above the Ground 
If I didnât like my pony, Iâd still pay to see Maestro launchedâŠ
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Is that what lead to him thinking heâd been invited into the barns at one of the big shows where he was patting the horses and one of the security guards threatened to pull a gun and shoot him dead there and then? Bearing in mind he was a child, there with his father, and security guards at horse shows are shooting kids all the damn time âŠ
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YesâŠall those fake names, because he clearly understands the meaning of libel. If any of it were true, he wouldnât have had to make up names.
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Like âChristieâ and her horse âTalentâ at Devon.
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Noooooo
ISF doesnât do lessons. If he said so, it was a delusion.
When I worked there we gave tours to groups like 4H and pony club, and potential customers.
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Gotcha. I guess I assumed if one goes to a barn to visit they take a lesson or trail ride or pony ride or something. Otherwise itâs weird mentioning you went there and petted a horse.
