Are you serious? I have no
doubt that these horses are well-trained and ridden by some of our best
riders. It's a horse's nature to "react" and even the best trained horse
can become unglued at times -- all you can do is ride it out until their
brains return.
I am very far removed from this type of competition, but it
seems
to me that they took horses over there that are
"trained/accustomed to" going out in front and staying there...winning
horses. Then they take them to this
high energy, stress race and expect them to "follow the plan". I
think they should ride the horses as the horses are accustomed to being
campaigned.
