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Lamentation and ranting
Jun. 7th, 2011 11:07 amSo I was delighted to discover an unread issue of Dressage Today that was buried under all the other crap beside my bed (books, catalogs, and other issues of Dressage Today) since I had some time to read and wanted something new RIGHTNOW.
I like reading personal stories (basically I view them as blog precursors, but more concise and well-written) and there was an article about some woman earning her gold medal (usdf) despite various setbacks. I like an underdog/all-in-the-same-boat story as much as anyone, so I read it.
This woman seems pretty clueless, and starts out as green horse green rider and after a year or so says "Not working." So she buys an 18 year old Grand Prix Schoolmaster and finds that she can't really ride him either. So then she buys another horse (Lower level schoolmaster) and is trying to sell the Grand Prix schoolmaster. She shows the lower level horse to like 2nd, and earns her bronze medal. Then she breaks her leg and the lower level schoolmaster goes lame. So she goes off to Germany for 2 months, and puts the GPS (hee, tired of typing out grand prix schoolmaster) in training with Liz Austin. She comes back, starts riding the GPS, and in 2010 shows 4th, then PSG, I-1, and then Grand Prix, earning her silver and gold medals by getting qualifying scores on every test she shows.
So in like 4 years this woman goes from training to Grand Prix. Her husband wrote the article and is like "she finally achieved her lifelong dream."
And I am like oh "F--- You, lady."
It's totally sour grapes, and yes I'm a jerk. I even dislike her because she didn't take her husband's name, and I'm making a snap judgement that she's uppity and priviledged and undeserving. I know that sort of thing happens pretty regularly, and I'm generally at peace with it. But for some reason reading about it in black and white did piss me off. :)
I like reading personal stories (basically I view them as blog precursors, but more concise and well-written) and there was an article about some woman earning her gold medal (usdf) despite various setbacks. I like an underdog/all-in-the-same-boat story as much as anyone, so I read it.
This woman seems pretty clueless, and starts out as green horse green rider and after a year or so says "Not working." So she buys an 18 year old Grand Prix Schoolmaster and finds that she can't really ride him either. So then she buys another horse (Lower level schoolmaster) and is trying to sell the Grand Prix schoolmaster. She shows the lower level horse to like 2nd, and earns her bronze medal. Then she breaks her leg and the lower level schoolmaster goes lame. So she goes off to Germany for 2 months, and puts the GPS (hee, tired of typing out grand prix schoolmaster) in training with Liz Austin. She comes back, starts riding the GPS, and in 2010 shows 4th, then PSG, I-1, and then Grand Prix, earning her silver and gold medals by getting qualifying scores on every test she shows.
So in like 4 years this woman goes from training to Grand Prix. Her husband wrote the article and is like "she finally achieved her lifelong dream."
And I am like oh "F--- You, lady."
It's totally sour grapes, and yes I'm a jerk. I even dislike her because she didn't take her husband's name, and I'm making a snap judgement that she's uppity and priviledged and undeserving. I know that sort of thing happens pretty regularly, and I'm generally at peace with it. But for some reason reading about it in black and white did piss me off. :)
