Keep Your Eye on the Prize

We spoke too soon!

Fish Creek House continues with what appears to be blatant plagiarism.

Posted today, Sept 5, 2007 is this beauty on showing horses: Update: they have taken down the stolen paragraphs as of 5 pm EST Sept 5th. Let's keep up the vigilance!

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Here's the Fish Creek article: http://fishcreekhouse.blogspot.com/2007/06/keep-your-eye-on-prize.html

Notice these two paragraphs near the bottom:

Showmanship is a class where you lead your horse. As you lead the horse around the arena, the judges watch to see how well the horse follows directions while you are on the ground. Riding and leading are two completely different things. Then after a couple times around the arena, you're asked to line up in the center. One at a time, you may be asked to walk you horse from one judge to another. You will turn them when you get to one judge, then trot back to the judge you were at first. All competitors will do this.

Then after everyone is lined up again, the judge will come around to see how well you show off your horse. When the judge comes to one side, you should be on the other so that he/she can see well.

Notice the stark similarity to the words of 11 year old blogger Rebecca Shyly:

You Don't Have to Ride to Win

posted a month before, on Aug 5th, 2007.

So we've gone beyond taking candy from children. Now we are taking their blog posts?

Disgusting.