Horsey nonsense

[butchersapron]

I suspect this may be the best thread to post this on:

At least 25% of Team-GB went to private school

Even in the middle of an international sporting festival, where nothing but raw talent should count, you can't get away from the British class system. On the most conservative estimates, nearly a quarter of this year's Team GB (excluding those schooled abroad) were educated at fee-charging schools, attended by only 7% of the total child population. In the events where Britain is most likely to win medals – sailing and equestrianism, for example, which require a moneyed background even to participate – the proportion is much higher

 

[weltweit]

At least 25% of Team-GB went to private school

I can easily believe it, sports facilities (as the article says) in private schools are very good.

 

[twentythreedom]

Nuff respect to the 71 y.o Japanese dude on a horse! Oldest competitor

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Horses are probably second only to dogs as 'man's best friend'.

Native Americans call the Sacred Dogs. Dogs did all the hauling until the Spanish arrived.