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In reply to the discussion: It's past time to end the "pony envy" [View all]magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Her decision to dump her horse, Super Hit, exactly when it became clear he could no longer perform to expectations, and then his being drugged up in order to dupe the buyer to the tune of $125, turns my stomach. That she was dropped from the ensuing lawsuit does not clear her in my mind. There is no way you can be riding at that level and not *know* something serious is wrong and not *know* your horse has been drugged. She may not have known how heavily he was drugged, but no way she didn't know. And she remained loyal to Ebeling, who probably did the drugging, and who has now gotten her to the Olympics.
To me, she doesn't love horses or dressage so much as she loves what they can do for her.
And it confirms to me everything else we see about the Romneys. Their horse gave everything he had to give. They rewarded him not with a decent semi-retirement or full retirement, but by drugging him, using him to the bitter end, and then dumping him. Not unlike gutting a business and leaving the employees that built that business to fend for themselves.