No. Just no. You have no idea the hours, days, weeks and months of hard work that it takes to make a Olympic athlete horse. When riding a horse you are CONSTANTLY MOVING. Look up how many calories the average human does burn in a simple hour of horseback riding. Both horses and riders are athletes, and very special…

“Dear Deadspin Troll, Fuck You Commie.”

Once golf starts using trained birds to drop the balls into the hole, then you can start comparing it to dressage.

Have you ever ridden a horse? Trained a horse? Jumped a horse? It is a sport, a highly technical one in which the rider has to flow along with the horse. If you knew all the practice hours and training that goes into an Olympic quality dressage horse, you might change your opinion.