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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up with a number of "horse girls" and not all of them were super rich but they all had families that spent a ton of money on it obviously. I do think there is actual talent and skill involved because some people bail on it early when they don't do as well as others despite spending similar money.

But I think the biggest factor is time put in. The more you train with your horse the better you and the horse will be and the better you perform at competitions. The issue for most girls is that even if their parents are willing to commit unlimited money to it the girls also want to have a social life and "be normal" to some degree.

I think if you have a kid who is willing to live and breath equestrian sports for her entire teen years and you are willing to spend the money then yeah you probably have a realistic shot at competing at the Olympics because you probably have the baseline skill and talent level to sustain that interest and are willing to put in the hours. This does seem different from other rich kid sports like[b] tennis or golf or lacrosse [/b]where some kids are just fundamentally better at the sport and you start to see real separation between people who can be competitive at the college or pro level and everyone else starting in the early teen years or even before no matter how much money you are willing to sink into coaching and home training facilities and travel and all that.[/quote]

You can play all three for relatively cheap and a truly talented player would be able to shine and advance. For dressage, having access to the horse is a bigger barrier to entry than anything in tennis or golf or lacrosse  [/quote]

I agree with this. I have spent time around the horsey set without being horse-mad myself, and as a complete outside observer it seems like the richest girls always win the most. To be fair, horse people love horses to the point of being complete obsessives, so of course they have built the skills of riding. But a poor girl who loves horses will never do as well in competition as the rich girl whose parents move to Florida, buy a horse estate, import as many 250k horse(s) from Europe on their private jet as needed, and pay for one of those ritzy online "schools", so she can spend all day doing horse stuff with the very best trainers instead of going to school...well naturally she will win all the competitions. I can't think of another sport that rewards wealth as much as equestrian stuff.[/quote]

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