Wednesday, April 7, 2004

Rumor Control – Lisa Wilcox and Relevant Doing Just Fine

The Facts

The facts behind the accident with Relevant are just this - Relevant was playing with his blanket bar attached to the front of his stall with his mouth. This occurred several weeks before CDI Stuttgart. He managed to get his lower teeth hooked under the rail, and when he pulled back to free himself, he knocked two bottom incisors loose. Relevant did not fracture his jaw as mentioned in this rumor. An uncomplicated surgical procedure to wire these teeth in place and hold them, like a retainer, was performed. Relevant had a complete and successful recovery.

The rumor that Ernst Hoyos, being from the Spanish Riding School, works horses on crossties is completely false. Ernst has shared and demonstrated his methods of working horses in hand at the Global Dressage Forum in Holland, as well as the Symposium in New England, and at the USDF Convention. "Nothing like that would ever be practiced on this farm. It is insulting to the integrity of Ernst's training. This is an ignorant assumption and comparison to what is done at the Spanish Riding School"