The latest addition to Edward Gal’s stable may be gold, but it’s not a smart new palomino.
The dressage supremo has been kitted out with golden boots courtesy of Petrie, Edward’s riding boot sponsors.
But the bling boots have split opinion.
Reactions on H&H’s Facebook page range from Amy McGrady’s, “Go ahead. If we are not having fun, why are we doing it?” to Susanne Madsen’s quip: “The Only Way is Essex called. They want their boots back.”
If Edward is willing to stray this far away from the strictures of dressage norms H&H wonders whether he might go the whole hog and don a golden tailcoat and glittery top hat.
This news story was first published in the current issue of Horse & Hound (9 June, 2011)
