Again you concentrate on the negative (it wasn’t hard, your column was meant to offend, and succeeded). Here is a link to the 1984 Individual Gold Medal winner (an American) accepting a lifetime achievement award and explaining the essence of what horses have contributed to the human race, and why horse sports retain…

As for justification of the continuance of Equestrian sport in the Olympics, these are among the earliest contests humans took part in during the course of human history. Skill on horseback translated to strong armies, the ‘dancing’ movements of the horses were used in tactical military applications, the ability to…

Deadspin ‘staff writer’ Patrick Redford really seems to enjoy concentrating on the negative in most of his writing. He is clearly ignorant of the traditions of equestrian sport and obviously has no clue about the value to humanity of the close partnership between horses and humans. World history would be very…