Her angles always look off. It always looks like she's either ahead of the jump or getting left behind. And you're right- even on the flat, she looks like she's standing in her stirrups and she shouldn't be doing that. I personally think it's because she doesn't have a very good seat.
Granted, there are people in this thread that know more than I do, but that's my opinion.
And I mean... Athina Onassis isn't a pro, but she's a very competent amateur. I think she usually looks very good.
BonJour
No one will attack your opinion, freedom of opinion exists, for 90% of participants in this forum. unfortunately in my case it does not exist. but that's another story.
1ª - where you see
CHAR. ``sitting´´ in is stirrups ? what
parcours ? what horse ? what kind of obstacle was a Oxer ? was a vertical ? a double vertical ?, or a double Oxer ? reached this conclusion through photos, or videos ?? because all this is relevant, for the analysis made to the rider .
RULES Nº 1 - JUMPING OBSTACLES IS IMPERATIVE STANDING UP IN THE STIRRUPS, WAY ? come next ...
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obligatory riders release their mounted, before jumping to facilitate the impluse of the horse, and avoid the obstacle with successfully, unfortunately it did not happen in CSI5 * La Coruña, (last Dez.) a Brazilian rider, forgot to take the tail of is Seat, in a 1.60 cm Oxer, the horse land over the obstacle in a horrible decrease, (because the horse dont have any impluse) the horse broke his shoulder in 11 different places, and had to be slaughtered (i´m sorry the term, it was what they did) by Vet 2 hours later.
In relation to Tininha Onassis (Tininha to his friends) I dont think she is an amateur amazons, quite the contrary, I am sure that it's a hope in the world riding, and I think she is a novice professional, and always based my opinion with supporting documentation, ... repair: in the last 5 events is results was most better than her husband (Doda to his friends), and this is enough to consider a new hope for the equestrian professional worldwide.
The problem of CHAR. is exactly the same was at two years ago, where I wrote this in this forum:
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Hello
Perhaps the vacations carried through for CHAR. in Portugal, follow the Chantilly, had not been enough to come back the necessary concentration, and inteligence is necessary to this sport.
Maybe the trips for the Mediterranean with is mother, it it has recouped the lucidity, and intelligence; to star in win prize giving to was in the hipism.
We are practically in the end of GCT 2010; e until seems that it started yesterday in Spain.
It has part that about the burrow, (CHAR.) I think that whichever the result of Rio de Janeiro; the participation carried through for the CHAR. it was reasonable; having the race of (Chantilly) its worse, and the participation in Holland the best off.
I did not have chance to see in the Eurosport, the participation of CHAR. in day 13, but I see the course of days 14, and 15; with special unpleasantness of this last one; for the following reasons:
1) He is proven of that TINTERO is the best horse that CHAR. it had until the present a date, by the way as already I affirmed in the last post.
2) If TROY does not jump, is for entire guilt of the CHAR., without a doubt.
If you repair in day 14, (S33 course) the CHAR. it entered very well with TINTEIRO, and TROY, Sufficiently intent, and motivated; without lacks, an authentic professional.
No longer day 15 was a disaster … Since the beginning it gave to perceive of that CHAR. it was with the head in the moon, and not on of the shoulders; as it would have, lets us see:
In the S43 course, everything ran well to the exception of (Oxer - jump nº 11); CHAR. it carries through a serious error, in prolongating in way step, the point of stroke, in the approach; the horse still of the one last effort, giving a violent vertical strain, to be able to run away to the obstacle, but was inevitable; its knocks down. It was a serious error, that if paid expensive, therefore was hindered to go to jump-off; if it had not committed this error, would have been in an excellent position, that is; third place with 72,28 seconds, would be its better result of always, and would go to jump-off; as a professional.
In relation to the S46 course; it was a total shame, for a knight with the CHAR experience. It has to admit that if TROY does not jump is for guilt entirely of it, lets sees:
Repair in 1º error carried through for CHAR. it advances for the jump nº 1 (Vertical), practically on of the supports, that is CHAR. it is incapable to center the horse in the way Vertical it, as if it can see in the videos of the Eurosport.
2º error, is one of the reasons for what TROY rejected to jump has to see, with the impulse that is, the force who the horse leads to transpose the obstacle, is about a test of 1,35cm, in this case TROY would have to go in FULL TROT SPEED TRUST, and not half speed trot impluse) therefore this when having conscience of that it went very slow for the obstacle, and badly centered in the way Vertical it, rejects to jump; and WITH REASON !!!
CHAR. comes back, and it carries the same error again … the horse (under pressure) for the three lashing that it led previously, makes a suplemental effort and … it jumps to the tangent.
The 2ª jump as approach of excellent form , that is ... FULL TROT SPEED TRUST … and guess whant ? TROY jumps very well !!!
3º obstacle (Vertical) without error. Approach of the oxer nº4 CHAR. reduce the FULL TROT SPEED to the half trot speed, and whant whose the resultes ??? ELIMINATION !!!
The horse has conscience of that it is a oxer, and the speed that leads it does not obtain to transpose, clearly; therefore if before in a simple Vertical line it does not jump, or jumps to the tangent; in this oxer, would be very worse; TROY opposes to jump it clearly, repairs in the mouth of the horse, as it does not follow the CHAR instructions.
THE HORSES ARE NOT STUPIDS !!!
I wish better concentration in RIO de JANEIRO, because this is a sport with a little of danger , and a crash is not good, to any one, lot whant happend to Athina, by the way i´m glad to see Athina back to the business again. ´´
Unfortunately she did not change much is lifestyle, and problems persist, she can not calibrate the footsteps of his horse properly, can not even keep a defined direction of the mount, (or the optimal speed at the point of impluse) because she does not know enough the horse is using, it is necessary to train a lot, but really with one, or two horses, at most, (and not a lot of them) Horses are like men, the only difference, is the firsts has four legs, and the men have 3, UPS !!!
I said 3 legs ? I apologize ... the mens have two legs, (where I had my head ...)
A woman will not marry a man without truly knowing, and only dating him will discover ... logically. in horses is the same thing, you have to train hard, to see how he reacts to this; or that, in order to extract the best advantage, in this; or that jump. Nobody makes a master's degree without first learning to read and write, and CHAR. in my OPTION, continues to spell out the syllables ... YET !!!
Lets work ... please !
she dont have capacity (technique at this moment) to pass CSI2* 120cm. 
). As well, I'm glad that Gucci has partnered with Charlotte for the past two years, after taking a 20-year hiatus from the equestrian world, which is all good for the sport (re: Gucci a new partnership with Charlotte Casiraghi ).
