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09 Jul 12
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Another PR disaster for Horse Sport Ireland with their decision to withdraw Lynch's nomination from the Olympics. Lynch's horse was disqualified due to "hypersensitivity" of his legs at a recent event and this was not, as I understand it, the horse he was due to ride in London.
Hypersensitivity suggests something very sinister to me and I'm reminded of "treatments" for circus animals to make them perform.
Hypersensitivity suggests something very sinister to me and I'm reminded of "treatments" for circus animals to make them perform.
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Lynch has been under a cloud before.
Best for all concerned that he is banished for a time. |
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Whether you call it rapping or hypersensitisation it is banned but it goes on everywhere and it has always been so.Anyone remember a David Broom horse called Vibart he used kick out his back legs whilst jumping,that was too avoid a painful electric shock they used in training.
You are not allowed blood greyhounds anymore but it still goes on,they won't chase otherwise,apart from hares kid goats have been used and near me a bonham was thought to be particularly good because of the squealing. |
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"rapping" has more musical connotations these days wildman. A certain hero of the past might be a neighbour of yours and if his reputation in show jumping was anything like the one earned in horse racing then the game was probably always suspect.
I was pleased to catch Leo Powell Powell and his withering non-denunciation of "Denis" and his "hypersensitivity" on the News At One. We didn't get an explanation of what hypersensitivity is or what may cause it and nothing on the particular case other than it occurred at Aachen. A mere "pain reliever" was the cause of a previous infringement that unfortunately found its way into a horse's bloodstream. No appeal for a clean sport and we were left in little doubt that "Denis" may have been harshly treated. Who are these stern adjudicators making victims of our best show jumpers? However, the coup de grace was his opinion that none other than Cian O'Connor is likely to be the replacement for London. It beggars belief. There seems to be a long-lasting malaise in Irish show jumping that involves feuds and internecine warfare on an ongoing basis. |