tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post2345446384463704396..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: Totilas in Aachen 2015: The footageStacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-18278581059459079352015-08-18T10:49:39.971-04:002015-08-18T10:49:39.971-04:00Could be too that Rath was so used to feeling it, ...Could be too that Rath was so used to feeling it, he thought it was normal. He's had a lot of negative feedback since taking over the ride on Totilas, so yes, he did have something to prove. The test would have had higher scores if the horse had been sound. <br /><br />Too, sometimes erratic steps can be caused by bad riding....bridle lameness...so the judges might have scored lower Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-90539567194358476322015-08-17T19:59:11.921-04:002015-08-17T19:59:11.921-04:00MR was so elated, so visibly joyous, that I think/...MR was so elated, so visibly joyous, that I think/hope he somehow did not notice -- or, he convinced himself if the judges didn't see it, it must not be there. If I were him I'd feel I had something to prove, that I had not "ruined" T. There was an article where the owners/T reps whined about how much trouble they'd gone to to get him soun. This horse had problems, and Stacey Kimmel-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-9611967384250232432015-08-17T19:51:11.360-04:002015-08-17T19:51:11.360-04:00Latest reports say the infection is chronic and di...Latest reports say the infection is chronic and difficult to cure--and yes, painful. I hope they retire him and give him some turnout time just to be a horse. He deserves it. <br /><br />It upsets me to think he is in pain. Poor guy. He was trying so hard to please despite it all. Hard to believe Rath didn't notice something didn't feel right. Apparently one of the pre-ride vets didn'Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.com