High- level competiton

jimehorselover93 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:46:29 +0000

Last week there was a jumping clinic in La Caraña with a German lady. I can’t remember her name but the clinic was very interesting and learned much about her. She lives a season in Canada for the Grand Prix competitions then she goes back to Germany. She is very qualified for her as a rider and trainer and it was a great experience being able to ride with her. This types of clinics are very important for the development of the sport here in Costa Rica because we don’t have high level trainers like they do in other countries mostly because of the lack of economic support from the Olympic committee to the Equestrian Federation (FECR). This causes low-level competition making private companies and people have to bring clinicians like the one they just brought in order to keep the level. But it is not enough. Even though there are a lot of talented riders in this country they can’t do it alone. They need the support of the Olympic committee in order to pay the tickets and other expenses of the rider and horse to compete in high-level competitions outside the country. I belief that in all the years equitation has existed in Costa Rica only two riders have gone to the Pan-American Games and they both had to pay the expenses of the horse’s transportation and theirs and both have done very bad presentations. Sport in the country has to grow and support from the Olympic committee here in Costa Rica is urgently needed but this committee is very corrupt and only gives money to sports like soccer that are popular but the team is really bad and doesn’t show any positive results, what I mean is that they don’t win games. We are just asking for a chance to get to the top and there is a lot of talented riders that with the proper help they surely can become Olympic riders and give a name to the country when talking about equitation.

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High- level competiton