The horses even come with their own hay and other feed from their home countries. These Olympic horses are worth thousands of dollars each. Based on the information above, challenge students to figure out the average worth of one of the Olympic horses. The three-day event takes place over three days. The first day is the dressage.
Some people think dressage is like watching grass grow.
It is beautiful put to music, which you will probably see on television during the dressage phase of the event. In this phase the riders must jump a series of very tall, very scary jumps. Some of the jumps are over 5 feet tall and drop off up to 15 feet below. The last day is show jumping. The jumps are just as high as those in the second-day events, but this event takes place in a stadium.