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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

Every single one of these statements is wrong.  [/quote]

how many poor or middle class equestrians are representing the US at the olympics? [/quote]

Actually the Olympics probably has more riders who came from less affluent backgrounds than the levels below that because international caliber riders can attract sponsorship. McLain ward comes from an industry family, but not super wealth. I think Laura kraut is the same and Kent Harrington didn’t have industry connections at all, he’s just amazingly talented and worked very hard and got the right breaks and support. But yeah, someone on the team has to have mega bucks, it just doesn’t have to be the rider.

Karl cook does have a very wealthy parent supporting him and he bought his horse (who is incredible) when she was already top level for what we can assume was millions. So you can finger point at him. And it’s true the sport requires a lot of money and has drifted from national sponsorship to private. [/quote]

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