I haven’t been watching the Olympics and couldn’t care less about the people participating in it. But I do care about the horses that are not there voluntarily and might be severely stress with it.
In the women’s pentathlon one event is jumping using the horses provided by the Olympics. There are 20 horses trained for the event and assigned to the riders randomly.
One horse didn’t jump when he was supposed to and cost the rider a gold metal. She ended up crying over it and the coach ended up hitting the horse. As a result the coach was suspended and rightly so.
The rider is also accused of over-whipping the horse, so she really got what she deserved. I have no sympathy at all for her losing.
This is a terrible and unnecessary event that needs to be eliminated in the future.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olymp...ended-for-striking-horse-that-refused-to-jump
In the women’s pentathlon one event is jumping using the horses provided by the Olympics. There are 20 horses trained for the event and assigned to the riders randomly.
One horse didn’t jump when he was supposed to and cost the rider a gold metal. She ended up crying over it and the coach ended up hitting the horse. As a result the coach was suspended and rightly so.
The rider is also accused of over-whipping the horse, so she really got what she deserved. I have no sympathy at all for her losing.
This is a terrible and unnecessary event that needs to be eliminated in the future.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olymp...ended-for-striking-horse-that-refused-to-jump