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The Anti-Racing Beat-Up Using Years Old Video of Sir Mark Todd


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Speaking of consecutive strikes, anyone seen the video of Sir Mark flogging the horse teaching it to jump puddles?

I'm not posting it, but its there, even on the front page of this mornings ''Express' in the UK, and it's going off on twitter.

He's offered a feeble apology, but I fear it's going to escalate.........

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37 minutes ago, Joe Bloggs said:

Speaking of consecutive strikes, anyone seen the video of Sir Mark flogging the horse teaching it to jump puddles?

I'm not posting it, but its there, even on the front page of this mornings ''Express' in the UK, and it's going off on twitter.

He's offered a feeble apology, but I fear it's going to escalate.........

Well it didn't escalate the first time it was published on Social Media over TWO years ago.  What's different this time?

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4 minutes ago, Joe Bloggs said:

I see the BHA has opened an official inquiry into Marks whipping Chief. Did he raise his arm above shoulder height?

2YO the video, is it on VHS? 

Set up a separate Topic on this if you want to.  If you want to enable the anti-racing brigade fine but don't hijack this thread.  As for the video being 2 years old - it seems it could be even older - the latest report I heard was it is a "few years old".  So why does it suddenly re-emerge on social media now?  I'll tell you why, it is a beat up by the anti-racing brigade who now know one of the greatest Olympic horseman ever is now a licensed race horse trainer in the UK. 

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1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said:

Set up a separate Topic on this if you want to.  If you want to enable the anti-racing brigade fine but don't hijack this thread.  As for the video being 2 years old - it seems it could be even older - the latest report I heard was it is a "few years old".  So why does it suddenly re-emerge on social media now?  I'll tell you why, it is a beat up by the anti-racing brigade who now know one of the greatest Olympic horseman ever is now a licensed race horse trainer in the UK. 

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2 hours ago, Joe Bloggs said:

I see the BHA has opened an official inquiry into Marks whipping Chief. Did he raise his arm above shoulder height?

2YO the video, is it on VHS? 

i heard on the radio talk of having his knighthood removed . Whatever a persons feelings are in relation to this it is not a good look for such a high profile equestrian rider .

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32 minutes ago, nomates said:

i heard on the radio talk of having his knighthood removed . Whatever a persons feelings are in relation to this it is not a good look for such a high profile equestrian rider .

See it for what it is - a beat up by the Anti-Racing mob using a years old video.  If you want to enable that activity and give it air time then go for it.  I'm sure both you and Joe Bloggs have done activity in the past while training that would be ammunition for the Anti-Racing Mob.

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5 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

See it for what it is - a beat up by the Anti-Racing mob using a years old video.  If you want to enable that activity and give it air time then go for it.  I'm sure both you and Joe Bloggs have done activity in the past while training that would be ammunition for the Anti-Racing Mob.

Don't drag us down to your level.......please......I'll only ask once.

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5 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

  I'm sure you have done activity in the past while training that would be ammunition for the Anti-Racing Mob.

You know nothing about me or my training methods or how i treated my horses so do not make assumptions that are overstepping the mark . If you wish to apologise i will accept it . Your know all attitude has gone a step too far .

I have removed Joe's name as he is big enough to defend himself .

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1 minute ago, Chief Stipe said:

You have no idea what my "level" is.  But why did you post this crap in the first place?  Why give it air time?

By making assumptions like that you're a bottom feeder, so on that note after some very pleasant years on these forums I'm a goner, to all those good buggers out there and there a good lot of you,  I wish you all ciao, and goodbye.....and good luck.

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4 minutes ago, nomates said:

You know nothing about me or my training methods or how i treated my horses so do not make assumptions that are overstepping the mark . If you wish to apologise i will accept it . Your know all attitude has gone a step too far .

I have removed Joe's name as he is big enough to defend himself .

You miss the point @nomates - the Anti-Racing mob don't consider ANY horse racing as acceptable.

If you can honestly say that you have never ever whipped a horse or even used a twitch in your entire training career then I'm sorry I don't believe you.

 

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2 minutes ago, Joe Bloggs said:

By making assumptions like that you're a bottom feeder, so on that note after some very pleasant years on these forums I'm a goner, to all those good buggers out there and there a good lot of you,  I wish you all ciao, and goodbye.....and good luck.

So you've never ever done anything in training a horse that would be considered unacceptable to the Anti-Racing mob?  Putting aside that they think you shouldn't exist full stop.

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Just now, Chief Stipe said:

You miss the point @nomates - the Anti-Racing mob don't consider ANY horse racing as acceptable.

If you can honestly say that you have never ever whipped a horse or even used a twitch in your entire training career then I'm sorry I don't believe you.

 

As i thought , you are not big enough and too ignorant to know when you have overstepped the mark .

What you don't get is the video was in all probability not even posted an anti racing person but a horse lover , someone who cares about horses , as i am , has nothing to do with racing , that is your agenda .

You can post a picture of Mark Todd jumping a fence to show what he has accomplished but unfortunately for him all he has achieved has been undone by 20 seconds of ugliness .

You don't get it and are too ignorant to understand that others do .

I will no longer be participating on the forum as i have had gutsful of your know all bullying attitude .

Last person out turn the lights out , oh , that will be you .

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6 minutes ago, nomates said:

What you don't get is the video was in all probability not even posted an anti racing person but a horse lover , someone who cares about horses , as i am , has nothing to do with racing , that is your agenda .

 

That's bullshit.  As I said in my first post the video was first posted on Social Media in 2019 - coincidentally the same year has Todd got a BHA license to train.  Apparently the video was taken some time before 2019 - the latest news report says it is years old.  Why the sudden re-emergence?  What's more why the concerted notification of all the news outlets in unison?  A lone horse lover?  Yeah na.

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12 minutes ago, nomates said:

You can post a picture of Mark Todd jumping a fence to show what he has accomplished but unfortunately for him all he has achieved has been undone by 20 seconds of ugliness .

 

It hasn't undone anything for me.  In my mind he is still an incredible horseman - an all time equestrian and Olympic great.  He can train racehorses too.  

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17 minutes ago, nomates said:

You don't get it and are too ignorant to understand that others do .

I will no longer be participating on the forum as i have had gutsful of your know all bullying attitude .

 

But you find it OK to attack an all time great horseman online?  I'm not ignorant of the fact that there isn't a horse trainer in existence that hasn't done something at some stage that would garner the same reaction as this latest video. 

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48 hours and it will be out of the news.  The only organisation that has any jurisdiction over Todd is the BHA and this incident happened before he was licensed to them and doesn't appear to involve a racehorse.

Oh the irony!  If Todd is getting hung out to dry for this video then why not when he did this?

Charisma with Mark Todd over the footbridge at Badminton

Or this?

The Chronicle of the Horse

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