Well, talked to Kathy via Facebook and she’s trying to figure out when she can come up to give us a lesson (hopefully monthly), this makes it a lot easier on us and especially the horses. I’m just so excited!!! Penny and I have a lot of work to do before she comes up!
Warning below is a big VENT!
My opinion regarding the German Equestrian Team Olympic Scandal is I feel no pity for them, they should have know that eventually they would get caught than they had such a bad attitude about the FEI’s decision. Here are so quotes from the DressageDaily article and my response.
German dressage rider Isabell Werth stated, "my horses belong to Madeleine Winter-Schulze. What I give or not give to my horses only concerns me, the owner and my stable crew."
Well, when it becomes a factor in rather or not your team is evolved in a Olympic doping scandal and you are an international Olympic level athlete it becomes everyone business. Since it makes the playing field unlevel and cheating is wrong. Plus, you should know what is prohibited and what isn’t by the time you are at this level.
The whole debate reached a boiling point last week when leading German show jumping rider Ludger Beerbaum stated in a German newspaper that "in the past everything that could not be detected was allowed." He further disagreed with the log which should be kept by German team riders. "You run the risk that a buyer of a million dollar horse wants to see all the information in the log."
Well, if you don’t give your horse any prohibited substances than what is the problem? My point, exactly. If you follow the rules than you can show the buyer the log without any problem. Plus, I hope someone would only buy a horse that hasn’t been treated with a illegal substance(s).
