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Happiness is turning on the TV just to see what they’re actually showing on the Olympics and catching the show jumping phase of the Three-Day Eventing competition. True story: I used to do that back in high school. Well, no, not exactly that. At my level they call it Combined-Training Eventing and we did it all in one day and the jumps were only 2’9″.
Basically the equivalent of your local 5k fun run versus Olympic marathon.
But still.
Anyway.
The horse I’m taking dressage lessons on now competes at the same skill level as the Olympic dressage horses. I’m learning a ton. I’m not anywhere near there as a rider myself.
But I do get a bit frustrated that the one category of sports I know ANYTHING about hardly gets any mainstream coverage.
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The average viewer will never get the chance to understand the equestrian events as a sport, either, at least in this country. Of course, if it's done well, the final result should look effortless. I took dressage lessons once upon a time. My grandpa was one of those convinced the horse was doing all the work and I was just along for the ride... until he came to watch a lesson. He walked away with a new appreciation of the effort it takes.