Alice the goddess
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Does she want to go to the olympics?
Gosh, I really can't believe the discussion going on whetever she should be travelling or even doing jumping if her results are low.
Let the girl be. It's her life, her money and her decision. She is an adult and perfectly capable of making her own choices.
Not everyone rides to win. Some just ride because it's fun. Some ride just to ride.
Because she has the money. Let's face it, girls. If you had all the money and you could choose between an amazing horse with an incredible background of family or a nice horse, but not very special? I'd know it.
We are not "making" any problem. We are commenting on Charlotte absurd way of leading her career. When you make public silly choice and you even flaunt them on tv interviews you are exposed to public opinion.I really don't see the problem you all are making. But hey, that's just me. We don't know her, stop acting like you do.
Does she want to go to the olympics?
You forgot something: being wealthy and having to report to no-one also gives you the privilege to not care about what the public think.You seem to think that being rich gives you excuse enough to do whatever you want. Well, it certainly gives you the economical means to do it. But it can't prevent you for looking silly in the eyes of the public.
Does anyone know?
How many hours per day can a horse be trained?
How many day per week and hours per day do the pros train on horseback?
How many horses do the pros usually take on tour with them? eg. like the Global Champions Tour
I can think of several good reasons why Charlotte would want to ride with the Global Champions Tour:
1) it provides good, free, international publicity for Monaco
2) it provides good, free, international publicity for the GCT. They don't have a Tiger Woods. She is regularly on the cover of magazines.
3) if she is thinking about trying to go pro, riding with the GCT would give her a feel for what it would be like and what kind of commitment would be involved
4) It's a no brainer. Riding with the GCT is like going to the Harvard school of show jumping. She got to observe first hand, for several months, the top 30 show jumpers in the world. And I'm sure she asked them plenty of questions.
As for the Olympics, I would tend to agree with you except for the fact that her uncle, great uncle, great grandfather and his cousin were all Olympians. Six gold and 1 bronze in rowing. Pretty impressive.
I think it's way too early to write Charlotte off. Most of the top riders are aged 30 to 60. The few in their 20's all seem to be over age 25. Charlotte is age 23.
Before I had kids, I trained 2 horses for shows for the barn where I rode (not my personal horses). I would train 2 hrs for one, 2 hrs for the other - TIRED by the end of the day. I'm an intermediate rider, and the horses were both exprienced, used to the show ring, so they needed more of a "reminder" than stressful training to get them used to jumps, the ring, other horses, etc. I'm sure, at the professional level, they train many more hours on different horses (if they're to ride more than one during the event). I'd be interested to hear from more experienced riders, too.
I guess every country has different ways. I am an amateur myself, but I've worked both with professionals and amateurs and we never trained a horse for more than 1 hour. never knew of anyone who trained a horse for 2 hours. Of course, different trainers different methods, I guess.
And yes, professional ride many hours. Professional ride many horses daily, not only the 2 or 3 horses they take with them to the big tours. there is also the young horses, horses they test for a while, horses they try out for other people... It's very time consuming and you can't really be professional and have another life with another job. That's why most people who are passionate about horses remain as amateurs.