Word: rider
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Excuse me." A chilly command from above froze me in my tracks. I had wandered smack into the path of a chestnut gelding and its charming 12-year-old rider, who was pert in her manner, precise in her dress and, in my opinion, a pain in the ass. I mustered up a feeble apology and let her trot by. The manure be damned: I raised my eyes and strode straight ahead...
...three-day event was first introduced at the Olympics in 1912 under the name "The Military." The first day is the Dressage test which challenges the rider and horse to perform a series of some 20 tricky maneuvers, "to show the horse is calm and precise on the parade ground...
...second day is the Speed, Endurance and Cross Country event. It is defined to show "that the horse and rider could cross any terrain and surmount any obstacle to carry a message or scout a position." And while this cross-country steeplechase event is the most heavily weighted aspect of the competition, it is the final day's stadium jumping that draws the crowds...
...rider can go over the course alone prior to the competition, but the horse is seeing the jumps for the first time. Much of the success of the horse in jumping relies on the judgement of the rider as to the speed of the mount, the angle of approach...
There are few sports in which women can so successfully compete against men on an international level, and so I asked Weaver what kind of qualities a competitive rider should have. "These riders are as solid as any athlete in any sport," he said, "You won't find any soft people pooping around on a horse. Riders engage in a good deal of running and they go out daily on anywhere from two to four horses to train. Oftentimes in the steeplechase a rider will dismount and run beside his or her horse. There is no sport I know...