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Reflections on Dressage and Dancing With Horses in Florida

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.15.2013 | Sports
Read More: Palm Beach, Florida, Money, Fei, Soul, Pundits, Horses, Dressage, Rafalca, Ann Romney, Wellington, Sports News
Georgianne Nienaber

During the last presidential election cycle dressage took a hammering from liberal pundits who circled like jackals around Ann Romney and her Olympic contender, Rafalca. It was heartbreaking to witness such vicious assaults on a sport that offers so much joy to riders from all walks of life.

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The Art of Living: Horses

Kate Moulene | Posted 11.06.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Horse, Dressage, Riding, Equestrian, Levade, Riding Horses, Horse Riding, Owning Horses, Horses, GPS for the Soul, Owning Horse, Horseback Riding, Horses Riding, Riding Horse, Riding a Horse, Healthy Living News
Kate Moulene

Life is about learning our own limits as much as expanding them. It has been said that if you fail to prepare you are preparing for failure. I had epitomized that by buying a horse I did not have the experience or knowledge to safely ride.

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The One Percent's Favorite Sports

CNBC | Daniel Bukszpan | Posted 08.29.2012 | Business
Read More: Sports, Video, Golf, The One Percent, One Percent, Pheasant Hunting, One Percent Sports, Business News, Top One Percent, Snowboarding, Dressage, Slideexpand, Business News

Anyone with a kid in Little League knows that standard equipment, like a bat, ball and a mitt, is only the beginning of the story. There are unexpecte...

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What Stoners and Mitt Romney Have in Common

Carl Gibson | Posted 10.20.2012 | Politics
Read More: Bain Capital, Marijuana, Death Squads, Mitt Romney, Drug Testing, Mitt Romney Tax Returns, Dressage, Tax Havens, Weed, Politics News
Carl Gibson

Every smart weed smoker knows that while you're applying for jobs, it's best to stay clean. While all smokers have unique remedies they swear to when ...

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In Defense of Dressage

Janet Turley | Posted 10.10.2012 | Sports
Read More: Ann Romney, Olympics, Rafalca Romney, London Olympics, Horses, Colbert Dressage, Ann Romney Rafalca, Equestrian, Dressage, 2012 London Olympics, Sports News
Janet Turley

It's easy to obtain corporate sponsorship as a world-ranked gymnast or swimmer. But wanting to fly you and your horse around the globe for international competition? You'd better be either a CEO's family or absolute royalty.

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Romney's Most Laughable Lie Since He Said His Dog Liked to Ride on the Car Roof

Paul Slansky | Posted 10.08.2012 | Politics
Read More: Romney, Lies, Dressage, Politics News
Paul Slansky

Your wife has a horse entered in the Olympics and you're not going to watch the event, whenever it's even on? This is a statement that rings so patently and idiotically false that it exempts all of his future utterances from the need to be taken seriously, or really even listened to.

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"Cheat, Cheat" Goes the Shuttlecock

Brian Rooney | Posted 10.02.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Ping-Pong, Dressage, Olympic Badminton, Olympics, London 2012, Summer Olympics 2012, Summer Olympics, Olympics 2012, 2012 Summer Olympics, London Olympics 2012, 2012 London Olympics, Comedy News
Brian Rooney

The Olympics won't recognize women's ski jumping, but they're just fine with ping-pong and shooting skeet. Blasting clay discs with a 12 gauge is fun, but not athletic. Anything former Vice President Dick Cheney ever did is not an Olympic sport.

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Ann Romney 'Thrilled To Death' Over Horse's Olympic Performance

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 10.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Ann Romney Rafalca, Video, Ann Romney Dressage Horse, Ann Romney, Olympics 2012, 2012 London Olympic Games, Rafalca Romney, Rafalca, London Olympics, Mitt Romney, 2012 Olympics, Dressage, 2012 London Olympics, Politics News

LONDON — The horse with the weight of a U.S. presidential campaign riding on her back didn't disappoint. Ann Romney said Thursday that Rafalca ...

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WATCH: Biden Vs. Horse VP Debate? It Could Happen

Posted 08.01.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Video, Romney Running Mate, Ann Romney, Romney Dressage, Romney VP, Mitt Romney VP, Ralfalca, Mitt Romney 2012, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Ann Romney Dressage, Dressage, Colbert, Colbert Dressage, Comedy News

Call Mitt Romney boring all you want, the bottom line is, he has a car elevator in his house. That may be a little heavy on the one-percent-iness, but...

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Olympics Competition Turns Attention To Romney

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 10.01.2012 | Politics
Read More: Video, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Jan Ebeling, Rafalca, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, London Olympics, Dressage, London Olympics 2012, Romney Olympics, Politics News

LONDON — Rarely has an Olympic dressage horse received as much attention as Rafalca. The 15-year-old, German-bred mare is part-owned by Mitt Ro...

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Veepstakes: The Pros and Cons of Picking Your Horse

James Kotecki | Posted 09.30.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Vice President, Humor, 2012 Campaign, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney Veepstakes, Horse, Rafalca, London Olympics, Dressage, Veepstakes, Comedy, Ann Romney, 2012 London Olympics, Mitt-Romney-Dressage, Ann-Romney-Horses, Political Humor, Political Humor and Satire, Comedy News
James Kotecki

What if Ann Romney's horse was Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick? Here's a look at the pros and cons of a having a famous horse for a running mate.

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Dressage Complaints

Jeff Danziger | Posted 09.29.2012 | Politics
Read More: Political-Cartoons, Dressage, Londres 2012, Political Humor, 2012 Dressage, Dressage Olympics 2012, Dressage Olympics, Politics News
Jeff Danziger

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Is Ann Romney's Horse A Factor In Timing Of Mitt Romney's VP Pick?

The Huffington Post | Jon Ward | Posted 07.30.2012 | Politics
Read More: Vice President, Ann Romney, Bobby Jindal, Rafalca, Running Mate, London Olympics, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Equestrian, 2012 Election, Rob Portman, 2012 Election Blog, Tim Pawlenty, Dressage, Paul Ryan, Video, Republican Convention, Politics News

When Mitt Romney returns from his week-long trip to Europe this week, the media's obsessive coverage over who the Republican will pick as his running ...

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With Olympic Horse Folks -- Royal and Common

Heather Lende | Posted 07.29.2012 | Sports
Read More: British Royals, London Olympics, Horses, Family, Equestrian, Dressage, Olympic Equestrian, London 2012, Summer Olympics 2012, Summer Olympics, Olympics 2012, 2012 Summer Olympics, London Olympics 2012, 2012 London Olympics, Sports News
Heather Lende

It may take a village to rear a child, but it takes more of a kingdom to raise an Olympic event horse. Which is why if you are just part of a rider's family like I am, it is a challenge to get one of Karen's packet of complimentary Olympic tickets.

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Where Are the Gay Male Olympians?

Josh A. Goodman | Posted 09.25.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Athlete Ally, London 2012, Edward Gal, 2012 Summer Olympic Games, Carl Hester, Gay, Dressage, Diving, Gay Sports, You Can Play, Lgb, Gay Athletes, Matthew Mitcham, Gay Voices News
Josh A. Goodman

While acceptance of LGBT people has increased rapidly during the past couple decades, being gay retains a huge stigma in athletics.

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Hey, Romney, Let Voters See What You Showed McCain

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.22.2012 | Politics
Read More: Abc, Al Gore, Tea Party, John McCain, Swiss Bank Account, George Romney, Ann Romney, Irs, Robin Roberts, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Tax Amnesty, Barack Obama, Off-Shore Accounts, Income Tax, Cnn, John Kerry, Tax Returns, Bob Dole, Foreign Accounts, Dressage, Ira, Elections 2012, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney Tax Returns, Politics News
Leo W. Gerard

John McCain and Mitt Romney share a secret. It's 23 years of Mitt's tax returns.

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Time For a Maximum Wage

Carl Gibson | Posted 09.15.2012 | Politics
Read More: Underemployment, Mitt Romney, Minimum Wage, Poverty, Dressage, Food Stamps, Income Inequality, Working Poor, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Elections 2012, Politics News
Carl Gibson

Mitt Romney made $15,080 every 6 hours in 2010, a year in which he grossed more than $21 million in income. It would take a minimum wage worker 1,436 years and 10 months to make what Mitt Romney made in 2010.

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PHOTOS: These Girls Are Young, Rich & Riding Horses

Posted 07.05.2012 | Style
Read More: Zara Phillips, Charlotte Casiraghi, Video, Georgina Bloomberg, Jessica Springsteen, Town and Country, London Olympics, London 2012 Olympics, T&C, Jennifer Gates, Dressage, Horseback Riding, Zara Phillips London Olympics, Style News

When they're not off attending fashion shows, throwing charitable balls and swilling champagne, how do pretty young socialites pass the time? By ridin...

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Adelson Dressage

Jeff Danziger | Posted 08.25.2012 | Politics
Read More: Romney, Sheldon Adelson, Political Cartoon, Dressage, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Jeff Danziger

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WATCH: Colbert Takes On The Romneys' Favorite Sport

Posted 06.20.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Mitt Romney Dressage, The Colbert Report, Video, Rafalca Romney, Rafalca, Elections 2012, Colbert Report Romney, Colbert Horse Ballet, Colbert Horse, Dressage, Horse Ballet, Romney Horse, Colbert Dressage, Comedy News

Just as Summer 2012 has already declared an official Summer Jam, courtesy a certain Ms. Rae Jepsen, it's about time that a summer sport arose. And on ...

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Dressage

Jeff Danziger | Posted 06.19.2012 | Politics
Read More: Dressage, Ann Romney, Political Cartoons, Mitt Romney, Politics News
Jeff Danziger

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