Charlotte Casiraghi's equestrian career


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scooter said:
Many good 'Amateurs' will go to Germany or Holland to train. One of the frustrating things about the High Amateur division is that in many ways it's more difficult to win than in the professional division. A professional most often will sell his/her best horse right at the top of it's career to get the best price (think Will Simpson and Carlsson Vom Dach won the Gold at the last Olymics and instantly sold). One of the big wallet amateurs like Athina Onassis or Georgina Bloomberg or Bruce Springsteen's daughter have an unlimited check book to go play.
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Or a certain Charlotte Casiraghi ;)
 
Go Charlotte! So, she is using the white horse we saw her with in the first place, after GI Joe?
 
Great pictures - thanks; hope she places well
 
Thanks rerehh for the information. :)
 
Rerehh, I don't think that the pic is new, it's from this summer.
I've seen the same site you've found that pic at, but the article
around it was written a few days earlier. You can also see that
she rides another horse and it's been outside in the summer sunshine ;)
 
iceflower said:
Rerehh, I don't think that the pic is new, it's from this summer.
I've seen the same site you've found that pic at, but the article
around it was written a few days earlier. You can also see that
she rides another horse and it's been outside in the summer sunshine ;)
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It's true! Thanks for letting me know about it, I didn't realize. :flowers:
 
The Gucci equestrian Masters in Paris this week will include a 1* category in which Charlotte will participate. She is listed as a participant on the official website, for Monaco, and to ride two new horses, "Troy" and "Tintero". Charlotte will be competing Thursday.
 
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iceflower said:
Charlotte takes part in a competition again!

Charlotte Casiraghi at the International Jumping competition in
Bois Le Roi, France, November 20, 2009.

So far no bigger pics, and as I don't know how long the rex link
will be available, I've made a little montage of some of the pics:


** Charlotte ** rex link **
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I'm sorry if this was posted already but I haven't seen it here. Here are pics from Pure People of Charlotte at the Bois le Roi event.

Charlotte Casiraghi : Une somptueuse cavalière qui se rit... des obstacles !

In two days, the Gucci Masters will begin. See guccimasters.com. Charlotte is listed to compete in the 1* rounds. Athina will be in the 2* and Doda in 5*. It's great to see her out there jumping again. I know she's an amateur. You know, I think she'd be a lot better if she did it full time. But she's got so much on her plate, it seems like. If she was just doing this, concentrating on practicing everyday, like Athina and Doda, she'd probably move up to a serious level. But she wants to do a lot of things.
 
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So how are her results after years of competition?
 
I think it's great that she wants to keep her skills up, but is probably never looking to go pro. I am not sure if women like Valenteen or Athina went to college, but studies and internships take up a lot of time, therefore not leaving a lot of time to perfect riding skills. If they didn't go, then they seem to have dedicated a lot of time to riding - therefore, are in the upper skill level of competition. Also, some people just have a natural affinity for certain things (sports, dance, analytical things, etc) - as good as Charlotte is, perhaps she's never going to be as good as the other two women no matter how much training she has - and, I do not mean that in a negative way, just the reality. As much as I love riding, I could NEVER compete in their league or against Zara Phillips, or anything.....never going to happen!!
 
Oh my god, Zara Philipps is great. I just watched the other day in youtube a cross country she did...wow.
But I agree, Charlotte might be taking this a little more serious, but I don't think she is going to go pro.
Anyway, i'm waiting to see more pics of her riding. :flowers:
 
I agree Zara Phillips is very good at riding. But I think if Charlotte really wanted to she could go pro with proper training and all. I'm sure it's alot of hard work and long hours though. You have to be really dedicated.
 
trepstrep said:
You know, Empress, I kind of got the feeling that we are trying to say the same thing, and all this is a misunderstanding coming from not being english native speakers.

If what you mean is that Federico Fernández Senderos sold Tintero to Charlotte because at 10 years old he already knew what its level was, and was alreagy old to have hopes of improvement, I agree with you.
Wealthy amateurs, like Charlotte, often buy horses around that age that the top riders have discarded because although they are very good, they are not the top horse they are wainting for. Of course at 10 years old you already know what to expect from a horse, and Tintero may not have the level to win the Grand Prix at a global champions tour (that's the level his former rider was competing in) but is still an amazing horse for an amateur.

Of course a 10 or 12 year old is a mature horse in the sense that you already know what to expect from him. It's not a project full of hopes like a young horse of 6 or 7. What I meant is that an 8 year old is young for top level competition in the sense that his best years are still to come, and he has't yet peaked as he will between say, 11 and 13. Most horses at 8 haven't started to show the best of themselves.
Of course top horses are so expensive that a lot riders try to sell them just before they start their downway hill, in order to get a good prize for them. A top rider won't buy his "next top horse" at 12, of course, that's old to buy a top horse. But it doesn't mean the horse is old for competition since his best years are yet to come.
And I was not trying to make the horse I ride pass for younger than he is, I swear, since my very own horse (I ride several others) is only 7!

Charlotte's purchase seems very reasonable to me. She's bought a horse who jumped the Grand Prix at top level international competitions. It must have been really expensive. But she's got the money! If she's a little bit talented a horse like this should allow her to have very good results at 1.30 amateur competitions.
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Hey, trep, thank you for this info.! Tintero is the awesome white horse, right? And I think the bay is Turbo?

I hope we get some great pictures from the Paris jumping!

The horses, the events:
List, 1, 2
Source: Jumpingvideo.com

It's not a complete list obviously. Aber Hallo isn't on there. Nor Tintero. But they list the ones where there is a video to purchase. Has anyone bought a video of Char from there?
 
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Result GUCCI MASTERS

Thursday 10

International Jumping Competition CSI1* - 1m15
Table A against the clock (No Jump Off)

Charlotte ranked 12 (with GI Joe)

International Jumping Competition CSI1* - 1m25
Table A against the clock (No Jump Off)

She raked 7 (with Tintero)

SCG - Sport Computer Graphics
 
The division that she competes in the the Low Junior/Amateur division. While some may speculate about her riding for Monaco at the next Olympic games, she's not competing at anywhere near that height. The Olympic division is 1.65M.
 
Pics 10.12.2009

Charlotte Casiraghi rides her horse "Tintero" during the Gucci
Masters International Jumping Competition, on December 10,
2009 in Villepinte, France.



** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** belga **
 
Oh, the kind of "necklace" she is wearing with the card (on pic 2 that iceflower recenty posted) is there her picture on? I mean this small photo that her card has!?:ROFLMAO:
A minor detail of course :p
 
^Yeah, good eye! It's the event ID with a "mugshot":p of her and her name. I wonder if it's a pic she took for this or if she just used her drivers' license pic for it. They can do that sometimes. They just copy your dl pic and put it on the tag. That's funny. I love these minor, random, stupid details. :D
 
Thank you so much for the pics! I just wanted to throw out another trivial detail.Charlotte's jacket says "Barclays Wealth." It also says that on her horse's saddle blanket. This must be her sponsor.
 
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The lady is photographer Vanessa von Zitzewitz. She competed in the 1*'s and represented Monaco. Only she and Char were there for Monaco.

These people like Vanesa and Hingis, were they there as "celebrity" riders? They aren't regulars are they?
 
Charlotte looks beautiful, as usual. She is a clone of her mother. It's good that we can see her much more time in the equestian world.
 
She looks great as always but it looks like she dyed her hair jet black, especially in that second pic horseygal posted. Her hair wasn't that dark before. It was almost auburn, now it's either really dark brown or black.
 
Maybe during the summer mos her hair lightens because she is out in the sun more...and during the non summer months it darkens?

I always thought Charlotte had a dark chestnut color to her hair.
 
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