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Horses spooked by sumo wrestler statue at equestrian Olympic event | Boing Boing
Many of the horses in the equestrian jumping course at the Olympics in Tokyo make a sharp turn going into the 10th obstacle and stop short of jumping. The popular theory is that the horses get scared by seeing the backside of a decorative yet realistic sumo wrestler statue positioned directly adjacent to the jump. The statue is in an attack position and the first thing horse and rider see are buttocks split by the mawashi a sumo wrestler traditionally wears.
via AP:
"As you come around, you see a big guy's (butt)," British rider Harry Charles said.
"There's a lot to look at," Ireland's Cian O'Connor added.
"It is very realistic," echoed Israel's Teddy Vlock.
"I did notice four or five horses really taking a spook to that," Charles said. Read More »
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In offering the following pages to the public, the writer begs emphatically to disclaim any intention of laying down the law on such a subject as horsemanship. Every man who wears spurs believes himself more or less an adept in the art of riding; and it would be the height of presumption for one who has studied that art as a pleasure and not a profession to dictate for the ignorant, or enter the lists of argument with the wise. All he can lay claim to is a certain amount of experience, the result of many happy hours spent with the noble animal under him, of some uncomfortable minutes when mutual indiscretion has caused that position to be reversed.
- GJ Whyte-Melville, Riding Recollections (1878)
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