>>LAUREN VERNO: WELCOME BACK EVERYONE GOING FOR GOLD ONE OF THE SPORT’S THAT YOU’LL SEE
DURING THE GAMES AS THE
EQUESTRIAN SPORT
OF DRESSAGE YOU HAVE PROBABLY
NEVER HEARD OF IT, IT LOOKS
KIND OF LIKE DANCING, BUT YOU
DO IT WITH THE HORSE. RIGHT
THANK YOU.
RIGHT NOW GERMANY IS LEADING
IN TOKYO.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: SO JUST SIZE
BECAME AN OLYMPIC SPORT IN THE
1912 GAMES WHEN ONLY MILITARY
OFFICERS WERE ELIGIBLE
IN 1953 AND BECAME THE ONLY
OLYMPIC SPORT IN WHICH MEN AND
WOMEN COULD COMPETE AGAINST
EACH OTHER.
THAT’S INTERESTING. SO WE WENT
TO OUR EQUESTRIAN EXPERT KIDS
THE NEXT USE FOR JAX ANCHOR
MARY BAER.
SPENDS ALL OF HER FREE TIME
AROUND HORSES SO SHE KNOWS WHAT
SHE’S
TALKING ABOUT SHE WILLINGLY AND
HAPPILY THE AND AND SAYS
SHE IS.
>> SURPRISE THAT IT IS MORE
DIFFICULT THAN YOU MIGHT THINK.
>> IT’S A SPORT THAT’S BEEN AROUND FOR CENTURIES IN EUROPE BUT CHRIS AND ONLY STARTED
BECOMING POPULAR AMONG RIDERS
IN THE U.S. IN THE 1970’S BACK
THEN I WAS ONE OF THOSE HORSE
CRAZE
YOUNG GIRLS TO JUMPING LESSONS
BARELY HANGING ON AND I
REMEMBER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
THE SPORT OF DRESSAGE I
COULDN’T EVEN PRONOUNCE THAT
THOUGH BACK THEN.
>> LET’S DO THE SAME THING A
LITTLE SHOULDER IN. WHEN YOU
GET TO BE HAD HALF PAST TO THE
CENTER LINE.
AT AROUND DIA LITTLE TOO MUCH
ANGLE THERE. NOW LET’S DOES
LATER, I’M STILL TRYING TO
FIGURE IT OUT FACTS ARE A
LITTLE LESS BUMP WITH THE
LEFT LEG. DRESSAGE TRAINER
SUSAN GRAHAM HAS BEEN SHOWING
ME HOW TO DO IT FOR ALMOST 20
YEARS NOW. SO ONE OF THE THINGS
I’VE LEARNED FROM WRITING SINCE
I WAS A LITTLE GIRL IS AS I’VE
GOTTEN OLDER. I DISCOVERED THAT
WRITING HIS MANDARIN.
AND FLEXIBILITY.
IT HELPS KEEP MY MIND SHARP I HAD AN INJURY OR OF. THE REPAIR THIS PAST YEAR AND IT WAS
MENTALLY HARD. >> TO BE OUT OF THE SADDLE MARCH SAVAGE IS AN AVID
EQUESTRIAN AND COMPETITOR WHO
ACTS AS SUZANNE’S EYES ON THE
GROUND.
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>>LENA PRINGLE: AND JUST LOWER THE JAW AND POLL A TINY BIT.
>>LAUREN VERNO: IN THE OLYMPICS
DRESSAGE RIDERS ARE COMPETING
IN THE GRAND PRIX THE HIGHEST
LEVEL OF
THE SPORT, HERE’S SUZANNE
DEMONSTRATES THE P OFF ON HER
HORSE FEMI THE PAYOFF IS.
ON THE
SPOT TROT AS SHE’S
DEMONSTRATING THE FACADE
ANOTHER VERY DIFFICULT MOVEMENT
FOR THE HORSE AND THE AT WHERE
THE HORSE IS SITTING IT HAS TO
BE IN POSITION AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN IT NEEDS TO JUMP FORWARD
AND SIDEWAYS ONE FOOT AFTER ANOTHER IN A FAIRLY CIRCUMFERENCE ALL OF
THESE UPPER LEVEL MOVEMENTS
COMING THROUGH YEARS OF HARD
WORK I HAD TO WORK.
>> CRAZY ART, I WASN’T GIVEN
ANY HORSES HAD TO
START FROM THE BABIES IN ANY
WAS 5 WHEN WE GOT HER AND THE
GIRL INTO THE
GRAND PRIX AND THAT’S JUST
CRAZY REWARDING YOU DON’T HAVE
TO JUST HAVE THE
FANCY HORSE. IF THE HORSE HAS
THE HEART IS A BIG THING LIKE A
NANNY SPORT WITH HORSES.
IF THEY HAVE
THE HEART. THEY’LL DO IT FOR
YOU AND THAT’S WHAT’S SO COOL
SO REWARDING WHEN
THEY ACTUALLY YOU HAVE THAT AHA
♪
MOMENT YOU’RE LIKE WOW I JUST
TOLD HIM SOMETHING ELSE GIVE.
THAT
WAS NICE.
WAS NICE. >>EMILY BOYER: WITH SUZANNE’S GUIDANCE, I FEEL LIKE I’M
FLYING ON FAY WITH HER
SIGNATURE MOVE IT’S A
LENGTHENING OF THAT RIGHT, BUT
IT DOESN’T ALWAYS GO AS
PLANNED.
♪
PLANNED. ♪ ♪
>> AND THE NET WAS WORTH ONLY STARTED WRITING IN HER 40’S AND NOW THIS WARMER DANCE
INSTRUCTOR HAS TURNED A HOBBY
INTO A BUSINESS CREATING
MUSICAL FREESTYLES FOR DECIDE
RIDERS NOT HELP THEM SELECT
MUSIC THAT’S APPROPRIATE FOR
THEIR HORSE AND MAKES THEM LOOK
LIKE THEY’RE DANCING.
>>LAUREN VERNO: SO YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED OR SIZE RIDERS LOOK DISTINCTIVE IN WHAT THEY WEAR
AND THERE’S A REASON WATCHING
THE OLYMPICS YOU’LL SEE THEM
WEAR A HARD HELMET THIS IS
REQUIRED
THE JACKET SHORT LIKE THIS IN
THE FRONT BUT AT THE OLYMPIC
LEVEL GRAND PRIX UPPER-LEVEL
RIDERS THEY WEAR WHAT’S CALLED
THE SHAD BELLY AND THAT HAS
LONG TAILS THAT GO DOWN THE
LEGS THAT’S TRADITION THEN
THERE’S THESE BRIGHT WHITE TO
BREACHES OR PANTS TRY TO KEEP
THESE CLEAN AROUND A HORSE AND
WHITE GLOVES TOO MIGHT HAVE