re: Carolina #1 for tenth straight week. AU, UGA, A&M top ten ...

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The biggest about equestrian is that on the road you ride some frickin horse you've never ridden before...You have to ride the other teams horses. Like Imma jump a fence or ditch on some horse I don't know? frick that...

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If they were just farm horses that are barely ridden then yeah it would be unnerving and possibly insane depending upon temperament but we're talking about trained horses with an even keel. Even a child who has only ridden a few times should be able to hop on one and complete an easy to moderate jump without worrying that horse will freak out. Horses at an equestrian event are not going to be so spirited or stubborn that their temperaments and lack of training pose a big risk and they certainly won't be so skittish they panic at seeing their own shadow.