‘This can’t be good for the sport’s image’
AT my first show of 2020, a friendly steward pulled me up for carrying the wrong whip. I had absolutely no idea that British Showjumping (BS) had changed the rules on 1 January, deciding to adopt similar rules to racing and making it mandatory to use one of the floppy type of whips.
Somebody kindly lent me a whip; I didn’t think I’d need to use it, but of course my horse decided to
