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Message: [QUOTE="BballFan, post: 4541461, member: 10584"] I am happy for DT. [USER=10677]@Skeets[/USER] - You should know equestrian is a tough sport. Especially eventing which is the main event highlighted at the Olympics. When I participated (at a much lower level) my mother use to tell people this…. You first have to be a ballerina in partnership with an animal to show off you teamwork. Then, you strap a medical card to your arm and put on a “safety vest” so you can run as fast as you can at solid objects (logs, water obstacles, etc) and hope your partnership with the 1500lbs animal (with a mind of its own) agrees with your judgment. You finish by asking an animal to jump higher then their own body in a perfect balance to not drop any rails while going as fast as you can. That is just as much of a partnership and a sport as basketball. [/QUOTE]