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British show jumping: hyping up the horseplay OMG....

Nilou

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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:55 am

Titillating photo shoots, tight shirts, pop music - show jumping, once the bastion of elegant British sportsmanship, has been seriously sexed up. Jessica Fellowes reports:

(No Nudity, it's a real newspaper article in the UK)

British show jumping: hyping up the horseplay

Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:26 pm

I don't see how they can have a clear round with music blasting away- on the flat I understand since the music corresponds but when I'm jumping the first thing I think of isn't pop music if anything I'll start humming Vivaldi or something less... obnoxious.
And to think I was perturbed when I saw an advert for Polo or something where the girl was wearing stilettos and a mini around horses. I'm afraid to go to the barn in my normal sneakers, how in the world does one manage like that?

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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:17 pm

I have to say - I almost cried. No, I really did cry.

That is disgusting.

Hundreds of years of tradition and discipline thrown down the drain so scantily clad whores can gyrate and jump to gorilla ghetto music. Absolutely disgusting and a SHAME to England, Europe, and the respectable horse community.

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:21 am

Oh no. No no no...

I mean, the equestrian world does need a little bit of a revamp to keep from collapsing on itself, but this is too much.

Ooh, this'll be fun:
"a blast from a confetti cannon as each horse enters the arena."
That'll be fun for the riders on hot Thoroughbreds, won't it?

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Maze353

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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:44 pm

....I am left speechless by the horror of what I just saw. That is just wretched.

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:43 pm

That is repulsive. A lot of equine sports are riddled with tradition and discipline. How can they just throw that out the window in some publicity stunt? It's disgusting how people these days will just throw sex into anything to make it more 'appealing' to the masses. Gross.

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