Horseback Riding...Yes it IS a Sport

After devoting a pretty generous part of my life to equestrian sports, one of the comments that I despise hearing the most is: "Horseback riding isn't a sport." A large number of people think that horseback riding is just about looking pretty and riding ponies around in circles. They don't understand the hard work, passion, and emotion put in to this sport. This blog will contain reasons why horseback riding IS a sport, and equestrians are one of the hardest working athletes around.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Olympic Riders

I found an e-book on the Berry Library site called "A Who's Who of Sports Champions: Their Stories and Records". It has the short biography of different sports champions including a couple riders that participated in the Equestrian part of the Olympics. One of the riders is Bill Steinkraus who rode for six U.S. Olympic Teams and was the captain of 5 of them. He also was the first American to win the gold in indicidual jumping. I find it a great success that Steinkraus is mentioned in this book and that Equestrian Athletes are starting to be recognized as some of the champions of our time.