We have FAILED horses at the Defender Kentucky 3 day event!
TheScholarlyEquestrian
[{'start': '0.560', 'end': '4.320', 'text': "So I can't even believe, guys, that I'm having\xa0\nthis conversation with you guys right now"}, {'start': '4.320', 'end': '11.040', 'text': "because to me this shouldn't—there should be no\xa0\ndiscussion. So there are some people that think"}, {'start': '11.040', 'end': '18.000', 'text': 'that Calvin Bachman, who was riding Phantom of the\xa0\nOpera at the Rolex Kentucky 3-Day Event, was okay'}, {'start': '18.000', 'end': '27.600', 'text': 'to continue on course after his poor horse fell\xa0\ntwice. Twice. Not once—twice. To me, the ground'}, {'start': '27.600', 'end': '34.160', 'text': 'crew should have just called it immediately. There\xa0\nwas no way of really knowing at that time, in my'}, {'start': '34.160', 'end': '42.240', 'text': 'opinion, if the horse was injured or not. There\xa0\nare so many factors that go into a fall like this.'}, {'start': '42.240', 'end': '47.440', 'text': "So if you watch the videos that we have coming\xa0\nup here, you're going to see what I'm talking"}, {'start': '47.440', 'end': '52.400', 'text': "about. And then we're going to go into more\xa0\ndiscussion about the problems and why you"}, {'start': '52.400', 'end': '66.880', 'text': "shouldn't be able to tell on course if this horse\xa0\nwas actually injured or not. So let's get started."}, {'start': '66.880', 'end': '75.840', 'text': "Unbelievable. Just leaves you\xa0\nso long and we've just been..."}, {'start': '75.840', 'end': '97.520', 'text': "Since after reviewing those videos, I'm\xa0\nsure you can see that in the first one,"}, {'start': '97.520', 'end': '102.080', 'text': 'the horse completely fell to the ground.\xa0\nSomehow the rider managed to stay on and'}, {'start': '102.080', 'end': '109.280', 'text': 'galloped off. Just a few minutes later—not as\xa0\nbad a fall, but still a fall. So you might say,'}, {'start': '109.280', 'end': '115.680', 'text': 'well, you know, he looked pretty sound cantering\xa0\noff. Well, the bottom line is, unfortunately,'}, {'start': '115.680', 'end': '121.200', 'text': "when there's adrenaline involved, horses\xa0\nwill blow through lameness a lot of the time."}, {'start': '121.200', 'end': '126.480', 'text': "This is a big environment. The horses\xa0\nare going fast. The adrenaline's pumping."}, {'start': '126.480', 'end': '133.760', 'text': 'It could be a day or two later before\xa0\nany serious injury shows up. And also,'}, {'start': '133.760', 'end': '140.160', 'text': "when you're doing a lameness exam with a horse,\xa0\nyou don't do it in the canter. The rider didn't"}, {'start': '140.160', 'end': '146.720', 'text': "even bother to drop to the trot to check out to\xa0\nsee if the horse was lame or not. The trot's a"}, {'start': '146.720', 'end': '154.480', 'text': "more even gait. There's left lead and right lead\xa0\nin the canter, as well as various other issues."}, {'start': '154.480', 'end': '165.280', 'text': "And I just don't get it, guys. Why—why would you\xa0\nrisk your horse for this? Why? You know, it could"}, {'start': '165.280', 'end': '172.720', 'text': 'be a week from now that we really, really get to\xa0\nknow. So he actually competed in show jumping the'}, {'start': '172.720', 'end': '178.480', 'text': "next day. They cleared him to do that. And now\xa0\nthey're giving him a yellow card—and now, way"}, {'start': '178.480', 'end': '187.440', 'text': "after the event. He wasn't even anywhere near, um,\xa0\nin contention to win or in contention to place."}, {'start': '187.440', 'end': '192.560', 'text': "So let me know your guys' thoughts on this. I'm\xa0\ngetting really tired of reporting the same thing,"}, {'start': '192.560', 'end': '197.280', 'text': 'where more needs to be done for the\xa0\nhorses. In my opinion, we are running'}, {'start': '197.280', 'end': '203.840', 'text': 'the risk of losing the ability to\xa0\ncompete because of acts like this.'}, {'start': '203.840', 'end': '205.200', 'text': 'Thanks for joining us.'}]