Flossy is well known to many on the British Dressage Forum as a teller of interesting stories and perhaps the odd joke or two. We have selected a few tales for your pleasure.
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Blind difference
A Regular issue raised by members of British Dressage on most forums is number of riders forwarded to the championships.
The members are in the opinion that everyone should be entitled to ride in the national championship , BD administration also think so, but for practical reasons limit the number of qualified riders to a manageable group of riders. In spite of this rational the grass root members are still disgruntled and used the meeting during the last championship to voice their dissatisfaction , “WE WANT MORE COMPETITORS THROUGH TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP “ was the un compromising demand.
Calvin Klein the organizer repeatedly emphasised “WE CANT TAKE ANY MORE COMPETITORS there aren’t enough days with more than 24 hours in them” he continued “ we already maximising arena time to the limit , the” Halt only tests “ from now on will be judged against the clock, all other competitions will run in “ speed mode “ of minimum of 450 steps pr minute, judges breaks from next year will last no more than 4 minutes in which in this time the judges will have to finish lunch walk the dog and go to the loo and following the French example sanitary papers will not be supplied with the hope that will discourage judges from over using this facility . And ladies and gentlemen let me reveal to you that we have been tackling this matter for some time , since 2008 not known to others but the few with the need to know, ARENA SIZE HAS BEEN reduced BY ONE METER FROM EACH DIRECTION which have shortened each test time by 17 seconds and offered 2 more places in each competition” .
All this logical explanations did not cut water with the members and suggestions flew from each and every direction “You can do this You can do that , remove here add there “ etc etc etc .
Exasperated Calvin Klein tried to reason with the members “ HEAR” he said “With all the new championships with the different categories if I add one more test the last class will be ridden in darkness!!”
“WHICH CLASSE IS THAT ?” someone shouted from the back of the hall.
“It is a new para category for the visually impaired/blind riders “ Calvin replied
The voice from the back of the room “ well that’s OK IT WILL NOT MAKE A BLIND DIFFERENCE TO THEM “
The members are in the opinion that everyone should be entitled to ride in the national championship , BD administration also think so, but for practical reasons limit the number of qualified riders to a manageable group of riders. In spite of this rational the grass root members are still disgruntled and used the meeting during the last championship to voice their dissatisfaction , “WE WANT MORE COMPETITORS THROUGH TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP “ was the un compromising demand.
Calvin Klein the organizer repeatedly emphasised “WE CANT TAKE ANY MORE COMPETITORS there aren’t enough days with more than 24 hours in them” he continued “ we already maximising arena time to the limit , the” Halt only tests “ from now on will be judged against the clock, all other competitions will run in “ speed mode “ of minimum of 450 steps pr minute, judges breaks from next year will last no more than 4 minutes in which in this time the judges will have to finish lunch walk the dog and go to the loo and following the French example sanitary papers will not be supplied with the hope that will discourage judges from over using this facility . And ladies and gentlemen let me reveal to you that we have been tackling this matter for some time , since 2008 not known to others but the few with the need to know, ARENA SIZE HAS BEEN reduced BY ONE METER FROM EACH DIRECTION which have shortened each test time by 17 seconds and offered 2 more places in each competition” .
All this logical explanations did not cut water with the members and suggestions flew from each and every direction “You can do this You can do that , remove here add there “ etc etc etc .
Exasperated Calvin Klein tried to reason with the members “ HEAR” he said “With all the new championships with the different categories if I add one more test the last class will be ridden in darkness!!”
“WHICH CLASSE IS THAT ?” someone shouted from the back of the hall.
“It is a new para category for the visually impaired/blind riders “ Calvin replied
The voice from the back of the room “ well that’s OK IT WILL NOT MAKE A BLIND DIFFERENCE TO THEM “