Spoiler: Bruce Springsteen's daughter Jessica . . .

[FelineOverlord]

Wins silver medal with the show jumping team.

Link to tweet

[orwell]

1. That's Boss! n/t

[Botany]

2. Pretty Woman

But owning jumping horses is expensive I wonder if Bruce has a go fund me web site?

[SunSeeker]

13. She looks just like her mom Patty Scialfa!

And yes, it must have cost a fortune to fly her horse to Tokyo...alive!

[samplegirl]

27. She looks like a young Julia Roberts to me!

[KS Toronado]

14. Wonder what the swirl on her belt buckle represents?

[Historic NY]

15. Sideways S

[KS Toronado]

20. Possibly for Springsteen?

[FelineOverlord]

3. Glory days!

Link:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/07/jessica-springsteen-show-jumping-olympics-tokyo-2020-silver-medal

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[Cracklin Charlie]

4. Excellent!

Nice work, Jessica!

[ananda]

5. Nice! And the only woman on the podium.

Yay

[StarryNite]

6. Awesome

[MLAA]

7. Good for her! Yeah!

[a kennedy]

8. She's 29, it's her first olympics and makes us so 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 proud.

[TexasBushwhacker]

17. First and 1/2

She was actually an alternate on the 2012 team.

[mcar]

9. Good for her

[Farmer-Rick]

10. I wanted to do that when I was a kid

But my parents just could not afford it. It was a very expensive hobby.

I did a lot of volunteer work for the equestrian Olympic team when I was a teenager. Some of those rich idiots were awful. But a few were really nice. I always thought of it as charity for the rich.

Some of those riders have groupies follow them around like rock stars. The women riders not so much.

[misanthrope]

22. You said exactly what I was thinking.

I've known some horsey folks. Not all were well off, just most.

[Joinfortmill]

11. Cool

[DinahMoeHum]

12. Just her Olympic debut at that. She's 29.

Most equestrians don't reach their primes until their 30's and 40's. Some even compete in their 50's.

Her teammates McLain Ward and Laura Krautt are several-time Olympians.

Jessica is the future of this sport. I hope we see her in 2024 and 2028, as well as worlds and the Grand Prix circuit.

[Historic NY]

16. Takes years of practice and training to get there,

along with a steady Stead. The United States Equestrian Teams Headquarters is in Gladstone N.J.

Not to short the rest of the team which captures a sivler for their event.

[HipChick]

18. And funds....

[IcyPeas]

19. How 325 Horses Flew Emirates "Business Class" to the Tokyo Olympics [VIDEO within article]

The YouTube video (5 minutes) in the article is very interesting!

https://runningwithmiles.boardingarea.com/video-325-horses-flew-emirates-business-class-to-the-tokyo-summer-olympics-a-look-at-the-details/

[VIDEO] 325 Horses Flew Emirates “Business Class” to the Tokyo Summer Olympics – A Look at the Details
...

As for the onboard “perks”, the accommodations for the horses was called “business” class – though not the business class that you may know from regular Emirates flights! For horses, this meant that there were just 2 horses per flying stable/pallet instead of 3 horses. They were also served meals throughout their flight as well as “on-demand” snacking of hay throughout the flight.

[shenmue]

21. Baby, we were born to jump!

Okay, don’t slap me.

[Budi]

23. Wow, her horse is magnificent!!

What a beautiful animal.

👍 congrats...

[IL Dem]

24. Just finished watching it.

What a nail biter! Good for them. And congrats to Sweden!

[MustLoveBeagles]

25. Congratulations Jessica

Silver's nothing to sneeze at.

[Bayard]

26. Bookmarking