Wednesday, April 7, 2004

Rumor Control – Lisa Wilcox and Relevant Doing Just Fine

Since our inception in 1997, it had been the policy of DressageDaily to avoid gossip and negative reporting. There is so much “good stuff” to talk about we normally have more stories than there are days in the week and hours in the day to report. However, we have been aware of a persistent rumor regarding Lisa Wilcox and Relevant, which originated from Europe after his performance at the CDI Stuttgart, and continues to circulate throughout America.

During an Olympic year, when lifelong careers, goals, and dreams become the center of attention, those at the top take the most heat from speculators, and we have decided to put the rumors to rest by going to the source, offering Lisa the opportunity to set the record straight.
Mary Phelps-Hathaway

We contacted Cindy Snowdon, Lisa’s manager in America, to offer Lisa the opportunity to respond;

Lisa has been aware of a rumor floating around south Florida with regards to Relevant, but did not give it further thought because rumors seem to be the ugly side of this sport when you reach a certain level.

The embellished and expanded rumor has left her feeling very disappointed. Lisa questions the motivation behind spreading such erroneous and slanderous accusations, particularly when they involve methods employed by her trainer, Ernst Hoyos.