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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a middling rider (adult jumpers, 1.10m). It’s not that taxing. Sure, it requires fitness. High level fitness to compete at the higher levels. But it’s more about coordination, skill, finesse, experience, etc. But a lot of Olympic sports are like that. They’re not all feats of power.

There’s a reason the Olympic equestrian disciplines have the oldest athletes and both genders. 
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Finally a realistic answer [/quote]

The horses are all crazy athletic, but it’s a lot about brain and skill for them too. Horse racing is closer to a test of athletic power. Thus, the fillies are slower as a group than the colts and the vast majority are done racing by 10. In all of the Olympic disciplines, 10 is on the young side and there are mares, stallions and geldings at the top. Being freaky athletic is kind of the price of entry, but it only gets them so far, because adjustability matters a lot and also willingness and the sort of mental fortitude to deal with high level training, travel, competitions etc etc. Some of them handle it with aplomb and some of them just can’t, even if they’re super talented.

Unfortunately for the sport’s Olympic outlook, it’s pretty hard to average viewers to appreciate how awesome the horses are I think. [/quote]

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