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Victoria Pendleton
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For Nina to be outshone in all the papers by a lass finishing 5th says it all.
This wasn't a gymkhana or even a point to point. It was the best NH meeting in the world. I feel sorry for the lads and lasses who have been mucking out horses for years and would have loved to have had a chance on that horse. |
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Nina may be good but not outstanding in her sport.
Agree with most of what you say but not this. If Victoria Pendleton was competing against men in her previous sport, she probably wouldn't even qualify as 'good,' much less 'outstanding.' |
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If gender isn't a factor, how come there have been barely a handful of decent women jockeys, ever?
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Perhaps they are not given the chance -I don`t know.In show jumping it`s more even.In the future female jockeys may well come more to the fore when the rules re hitting horses etc are further refined in the name of animal welfare,
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Fair points. To me, though, Nina qualifies as outstanding. Easily the best female, under either code, that we've seen in Britain or Ireland imo.
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Yes in the races she is in I do back her and Katie Walsh and even better for making money Gina Andrews.Also have made more than a few bob on SJ Bell and even more on Natilie Hambling-Richard Fahey does give the girls a chance
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I agree with everything you say gaz. But I do think Nina is an outstanding rider, imagine if she'd gone the pro route and was riding and improving every day, I think she'd be a match for the very best now. In fact i'm certain of that. That's assuming she'd have got the right opportunities, but I think she'd have made it, although I think her reservations about that is why she didn't take that road in the first place.
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Whatever you think about the initial motives, there is no doubt in my mind that VP has fallen for the sport AS A SPORT and the fact that she wanted to be back in the yard yesterday and riding in PTP's at every opportunity when the media circus will have lost interest tells me that she is genuine in wanting to be part of our sport. The telling quote in the paper yesterday to Alan and Lawnie Hill was " you all have so much fun" which was a telling commentary on being in the cycling team.
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Ringing Matt to complain about VP
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don't think I saw a pic of Nina
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