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Told that TheHorse.com wanted him to talk about his 2012 Olympic mount’s training and management regimen, jumper rider Rich Fellers chuckled.
“This will be a short interview,” he said.
In fact, it was.
The Oregon-based Fellers, 52, takes a traditional–which is to say, minimalist–approach to managing his Olympic partner, Flexible, an Irish Sport Horse stallion owned by Harry and Mollie Chapman.
No massage. No chiropractic. No acupuncture. No special tack. No treadmills, hydrotherapy, feng shui, whatever-therapy. “Normal shoes.”
The veterinarian shows up occasionally for, you know, routine shots and stuff, but “we don’t see him too often,” Fellers said.
“He’s pretty sound,” Fellers said of his mount. (Flexible did have a couple of fairly serious injuries some years ago, but they were not of the soft-tissue-and-related-lameness vari
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re: The Care and Feeding of an Olympic Horse: Flexible
GOOD LUCK TO YOU BOTH IN LONDON WE WILL BE WATCHING
re: The Care and Feeding of an Olympic Horse: Flexible
Love to see some common sense.
re: The Care and Feeding of an Olympic Horse: Flexible
No crazy bits or kick boots either.
re: The Care and Feeding of an Olympic Horse: Flexible
Great to see a REAL horseman. One who knows what is important to a horses physical AND mental well being.
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re: The Care and Feeding of an Olympic Horse: Flexible
The only thing I’d change about the care this horse gets would be to remove his shoes – permanently. Barefoot is best!
re: The Care and Feeding of an Olympic Horse: Flexible
Good luck, Rich! I will always remember our horse buying trip to Ireland, and you found Christina an amazing 5 yr old gelding by Cruising. Routine vet was all he ever had. He never was lame in his 12 years of showing. Enjoying a
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