After being brutally beaten for refusing to jump over the hurdles at the Olympics, the Saint Boy horse will soon soon have a particularly worthwhile adoptive mother: actress Kylie Quacko.
"I will buy this horse and give it the life it deserves. Just say what your price is," she opened the story she posted to Instagram last weekend.
As you may recall, St. Boy is dating his German rider Anika as part of the modern five-fight at the recent Olympics in Tokyo.
The horse, which was unfamiliar to his own and had never competed with her before (the horses in the competition are team riders without prior knowledge of the competition), refused to cooperate with her throughout the competition, which cost those who were certain candidates to win the gold medal a jarring loss.
What caused the storm in the world was not the horse's refusal to cooperate, but the cruel way in which his own and German national team coach Kim Reisner chose to deal with the obstacle that seemed in their way (literally).
Shalev was unable to take control of the horse that refused to jump over the hurdles, and in despair lost her composure, shouting and tears.
She pulled him hard and whipped him, with her coach demanding that she beat him and even did it herself, all in front of the eyes and ears of millions of viewers around the world.
Reisner's controversial behavior has sparked outrage around the world and led to a joint decision by the German delegation and competition organizers to remove her from the Olympics.
The one who chose not to remain silent in the face of cruelty is the successful actress Kylie Kwoko, who last weekend uploaded to her Instagram a series of stories in which she referred to the incident.
"Just say what your price is."
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Kavko, 35, star of the "Big Bang" and "Stewardess" series, opened the story with a deep shock at the violence perpetrated on the horse and wrote: "I feel in my heart that it is my duty to respond to this omission. This is not an Olympic jumping competition. Responsibility and abuse in this sport in so many ways, "she was furious.
At the end of the story, Koko, a semi-professional horse rider herself and known for her great love for horses and even married to trainer and horse rider Carl Cook, wrote: "I will buy this horse and give it the life it deserves. Just say what your price is."
