On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 11:37:06AM -0400, Karen Thomas wrote: > Anyone can put anything they want on their > own website - what they actually DO is much more important to me.
i rode with gudmar for a weekend. i have remembered and said what he did. i have not seen him at shows, but i don't think that "what he does" at his own farm is bad horsemanship, in my firsthand experience. and no, i don't think that the "public event" is conducive to "best behavior". particularly not in "the show world". two barns ago, i took lessons with a lot of people who showed, and while i basically enjoyed my own few showing/eventing experiences, i confess i was not used to seeing such bad behavior from my fellow students and their families, let alone our instructors. i don't think competition makes most folks act their best. --vicka
