Equestrian Events at the Olympics

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Anonymous wrote:Equestrian is about skill but not athletic prowess. It should be taken out of the Olympics.

And you have to be insanely rich to get to the level of the Olympics. The training costs, the transportation costs, the costs of the horses etc.

It is also a pretty elitist, snobby sport. The poor wouldn't be welcome even if someone sponsored them to get there.

And dressage is kind of cruel. To me it is like using animals in a circus. Horses don't naturally dance. Just like tigers don't naturally jump through rings of fire.

Every single one of these statements is wrong.

how many poor or middle class equestrians are representing the US at the olympics?

Team USA rider Natalie Dean:
https://lane-press.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=741508&article_id=4235699&view=articleBrowser

https://sidelinesmagazine.com/sidelines-spotlight/natalie-dean-riding-to-represent.html

Team Ecuador rider's horse was purchased for $20
https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/olympic-dressage-jewels-goldstrike-866545

umm, "As she recuperated at her parents’ house in Palo Alto, California, " We probably have different definitions of middle class

[Anonymous]

Not that buying a top horse is bad. A billionaire bought Laura kraut’s horse for her to ride to try to get to tokyo when it was already going at the highest level.