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Originally Posted by 1964Alum
Many, many of the members of an equestrian team do not loan their own horses. They lease them or are training them for a more affluent owner. Or they are working students. Additionally, many pay for the board of their mount whether owned by themselves or acquired by other means by mucking out stalls, bringing horses in and turning them out, holding them for the farrier, putting blankets on or taking them off, and many more things that go along with caring for a horse. I have known many young riders and wouldn't call any of them "privileged" or having feelings of entitlement. Many Olympic and Grand Prix riders do not own the horses they show.
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My response was to DBB's comment "privileged" - which I interpreted her comment meaning that only privileged people own horses for equestrian events.
My response to her was to explain that not
everyone who owns a horse does so for the purpose of competition. I was giving her a different view.
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