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In reply to the discussion: Ya'll ever see Ann Romney's favorite sport? [View all]Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)34. I know a good few "horse people."
Last edited Wed Apr 25, 2012, 05:54 PM - Edit history (1)
Some of them are wealthy...but a whole bunch are far, far from it. They absolutely love horses and various equestrian pursuits (including dressage and eventing), and make some pretty serious financial sacrifices to further that passion. I'd bet that for every millionaire equestrian there's at least one who's more like Ree Dolly in the film Winter's Bone: asking for help from their neighbors to keep their horses fed while they struggle in this crap economy.
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Yep. It reminds me a little of some of the old Yalies I see in the Yale Bowl when they
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#14
Oh, the animal is magnificent. It's the "sport" that is silly. That top hat and just the idea of
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#6
not to put too fine a point on it, but lots of Americans have experiences with gymnastics and
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#16
great sports. they don't get enough attention, IMO. It's all millionaires and their race horses,
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#20
My late sister in law was in that category. Loved horses. Had a retired race horse named
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#40
There used to be horse pulls in Door County years ago when I first started visiting there.
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#17
Americans wouldn't be so critical if they knew anything about this, but then that's redundant. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2012
#31
We probably can't. I don't think the Romney campaign will be putting out any press releases
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#30
They are amazed because that horse has more rhythm than any one of them ever will.
prefunk
Apr 2012
#32
Dressage is the foundation of battle maneuvers they used to teach horses
riderinthestorm
Apr 2012
#41
Thanks. I didn't know that history altho I suspected it about the Spanish Riding School.
CTyankee
Apr 2012
#42