I know it’s an exceptional thing over here to have huge crowds close to the dressage arena, but I wonder if, in the future, our horses might do better if they were able to go to some big, electrifying event during the lead up to big, electrifying events like WEG? That’s a real disadvantage we have over here (and the Germans sure as heck DON’T have!). I think (no, I’m sure of this) that GM and other jumper folks have mentioned this a lot as the reason why our jumper riders need to cross the pond more. But it’s so expensive to do just to practice in front of crowds, so I’m wonder how ELSE horses could get crowd mileage. I’m pretty stumped on how–and its a shame because it’s the sharp edged TB that suffers for it.
Maybe for big events here the ropes around the dressage arena should be brought in a bit more (I know: Silly, but I’m just whining and prattling simultaneously).