Jeremy Rose

[10 pnt move up]

I think trying to figure out if it was intentional or not is splitting hairs....he had the whip, it was under his control, the horse got hit. No one is thinking he was trying to injure the horse but teach the horse a lesson (which lesson is debatable), but the bottom line is he was in control. 6 months is very harsh, if it was much less then I don't think the story has the same vigor.