Just on the subject of this guy's horse riding achievements.
I gamed a girl on the train, stayed in touch over time thru fb, she is/was a teen rider: marked as having potential.
Her life as a teenager has been a hard penurious slog with early mornings, late nights, mucking out stables, cleaning tack, riding all the time, 7 days a week, home school (somehow) on the side.
She talked me through the likes of Jessica Springsteen (SJW favourite and Blue collar champion Bruce's daughter) and her millions, specifically the influence of her millions and her connections.
Namely that the only reason why she was on the US team was because of a) her wealth and b) the influence of her family behind the scenes.
Yeah I mean she was a little bitter about the realities - but in her experience the fact that gifted but poor US riders that she met on the circuit had no chance of getting close to the US team no matter how hard they worked whilst at the same time millionaire celebrity and Neo marxist champion Bruce's daughter (who in one of her friends' words is "not just average, she is sh *t, she is so, so sh *t at riding") gets a place on the national team and a big say in what goes on behind the scenes showed what an an easy ride the uber rich had it in the sport.
Bear in mind that not only do they get access to the best facilities, the best inputs, they also, crucially, get the best horses that others can't afford and also employ other riders, who are more experienced and talented than they are, to put in the hours and hours suppling, drilling and rehearsing said horses whilst they socialise on the circuit and grab a few extra hours in bed.
Having been involved in horses a bit as a kid I just can't take the 'sporting achievements' of this wealthy socialite or that of the likes of Prince Charles on the Polo scene in any way seriously.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bruce-sprin...pic-horse/