Posts with Tag:  The Olympics

“What’s a Dressage?”

Posted on August 17th, 2008 in Horsemanship Today

It’s hard not to notice the disdain with which some sports watchers treat Dressage. They give silly quotes to media people that produce articles like: “Olympic dressage events leave Hong Kong’s horse racing fans yawning.”
Well of course they are yawning. You don’t get your Olympic thrills through eventing dressage, which is only more interesting than [...]

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Horses & the Olympics

Posted on August 12th, 2008 in Horsemanship Today

In writing Eclipsed by Shadow, I researched the history of the original Olympic Games and their relation to horses. The original Olympics were a religious ceremony, and were as much a poetry contest as a sporting event. The equestrian events were considered an athletic poem. They were a major focus of the original Games.
We have [...]

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