Comments on: ‘The morbid appeal of equestrian cross country’ http://www.horsenation.com/2012/07/30/yahoo-sports-the-morbid-appeal-of-equestrian-cross-country/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yahoo-sports-the-morbid-appeal-of-equestrian-cross-country horsing around the world Thu, 23 May 2013 01:37:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dr. Jen http://www.horsenation.com/2012/07/30/yahoo-sports-the-morbid-appeal-of-equestrian-cross-country/#comment-8657 Dr. Jen Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:40:02 +0000 http://www.horsenation.com/?p=13607#comment-8657 Ginny is a mare, not an “it”. Just saying… :)
Go Riding and Go Olympics!

]]> By: Jocelyn http://www.horsenation.com/2012/07/30/yahoo-sports-the-morbid-appeal-of-equestrian-cross-country/#comment-8650 Jocelyn Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:32:52 +0000 http://www.horsenation.com/?p=13607#comment-8650 I wouldn’t consider it a “morbid” appeal. It’s more of an appeal for action and a superior form of athleticism that you just can’t find in any other horse sport. Why do people hang around the water jumps, the coffins, the banks etc.? People fall off more at those jumps because they are more challenging. So I guess you can say, people are attracted to the “crash questions” on course, but hey, if we wanted to get our “morbid” fix, we would be interested in other lame sports like fencing (where whole premise of the sport is to stab someone else in the jugular).

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