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| Jordan hits out at polo 'snobs' | Jordan hits out at polo 'snobs' |
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| Model Katie Price has hit out at the "snobs" who excluded her from a prestigious annual society polo event. | Model Katie Price has hit out at the "snobs" who excluded her from a prestigious annual society polo event. |
| Price, also known as Jordan, says she paid £6,000 for a table at the Cartier International at Windsor, but was told she was not the type they wanted there. | Price, also known as Jordan, says she paid £6,000 for a table at the Cartier International at Windsor, but was told she was not the type they wanted there. |
| Asked to put her side in a Times editorial, the keen rider said she knew more about horses than most guests. | Asked to put her side in a Times editorial, the keen rider said she knew more about horses than most guests. |
| She wrote: "It's pure snobbery. However good a horsewoman I am, I'm also a glamour model. That embarrassed them." | She wrote: "It's pure snobbery. However good a horsewoman I am, I'm also a glamour model. That embarrassed them." |
| Price has been riding horses since she was seven and - after taking up the interest in earnest again in recent months - has earned an invitation to perform a dressage masterclass at the Horse of The Year show at the NEC Arena in Birmingham in October. | Price has been riding horses since she was seven and - after taking up the interest in earnest again in recent months - has earned an invitation to perform a dressage masterclass at the Horse of The Year show at the NEC Arena in Birmingham in October. |
| Mucking out | Mucking out |
| She wrote: "All my life I've been surrounded by horses, I earned my pocket money sweeping out stables and I now have six horses. | She wrote: "All my life I've been surrounded by horses, I earned my pocket money sweeping out stables and I now have six horses. |
| "I've been invited to take part in the Horse of the Year Show, I've even played a charity polo match at Cowdray Park." | "I've been invited to take part in the Horse of the Year Show, I've even played a charity polo match at Cowdray Park." |
| It's pure snobbery. However good a horsewoman I may be, I'm also a glamour model Katie Price | It's pure snobbery. However good a horsewoman I may be, I'm also a glamour model Katie Price |
| "I know more about fetlocks and forelocks than most of the celebrities invited by Cartier and the Chinawhite nightclub," added Price, who has written a number of children's books on the subject. | |
| "I've certainly mucked out more horses." | |
| She said she wanted to go to the event to watch the polo matches, not to meet royalty. | She said she wanted to go to the event to watch the polo matches, not to meet royalty. |
| " I've met the Prince of Wales and the Queen before. I don't need to be photographed with the A-list, I've met quite enough celebrities. I wanted to watch the matches and give my family a treat. | " I've met the Prince of Wales and the Queen before. I don't need to be photographed with the A-list, I've met quite enough celebrities. I wanted to watch the matches and give my family a treat. |
| "Polo should be for people who love horses, not a media charade. They should be for everyone - little girls, glamour girls, working-class girls like me. No one should be excluded." | "Polo should be for people who love horses, not a media charade. They should be for everyone - little girls, glamour girls, working-class girls like me. No one should be excluded." |