♪ >> FOR CENTURY THE EQUESTRIAN SPORT OF DRESSAGE HAS PITTED HUMAN AND HORSE AGAINST THEIR OWN PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS.

IN GREAT EUROPEAN ALASKA, SUCH AS THE SPANISH WRITING SCHOOL OF VIENNA, CALVARY OFFICERS PRACTICED DRESSAGE, WHICH MEANS, SIMPLY, TO TRAIN.

IT IS THE ART OF THE FINEST TRAINED HORSES EXECUTING THE MOST COMPLICATED FOOT WORK FROM SEEMINGLY INVISIBLE COMMANDS, INTRODUCED AS AN OLYMPIC SPORT IN 1912, DRESSAGE SPREAD FROM TRADITIONAL RIDING ALASKA TO ACS WHERE TODAY A HANDFUL OF AMERICANS ARE STRIVING FOR THE OLYMPIC GOLD IN BARCELONA, JANE SAVOIE IS ONE OF THEM.

>> JANE SAVOIE.

>> HO-HO.

>> I STARTED RIDING WHEN I WAS EIGHT.

MY PARENTS TOOK ME TO A LOCAL STABLE, AND BOUGHT ME A SERIES OF TEN RIDING LESSONS, AND THEY THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE IT, BUT IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM OF MINE TO BE ON AN OLYMPIC TEAM, AND AS THE YEARS WENT ON, I FOUND THAT THIS WAS A PERFECT COMBINATION THAT I COULD COMBINE MY LOVE OF HORSES WITH MY LOVE OF COMPETITION AND LOVE OF COUNTRY, AND LIVE MY FANTASY, WHICH IS TO REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES IN OLYMPIC COMPETITION.

OH, I AM REALLY CLOSE.

>> I HAVE KNOWN JANE FOR 12 YEARS, AND I TOOK LESSONS WITH HER WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO VERMONT.

I USED TO RIDE THEN, AND SHE WAS SO MUCH FUN TO RIDE WITH, SHE'S SO POSITIVE AND HER ATTITUDE IS, IS SO POSITIVE, AND SHE IS SO MUCH FUN, AND SHE WILL MAKE YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.

SHE'S WORKED VERY, VERY, VERY HARD TO GET WHERE SHE IS TODAY.

IT DID NOT COME EASY FOR JANE.

SHE USED TO WAITRESS SO THAT SHE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY HER HORSE'S BOARD, AND SHE GAVE LESSONS, AND SHE GAVE CLINICS, AND SHE HAS GONE, AND SHE IS GONE EVERY WEEKEND AND WORKS SO HARD AND WORKED SO HARD FOR THIS GOAL, AND I ADMIRE HER BECAUSE SHE GOES TO BED AT NIGHT AND CEASE HERSELF WALKING UP TO THE TOP STEP AND HAVING THEM PUT THE GOLD MEDAL AROUND HER NECK.

THIS IS HER GOAL.

SHE SEES HERSELF DOING THIS, AND SHE IS GETTING THERE.

>> DRESSAGE HAS BEEN COMPARED TO THE MOVEMENTS OF BALLET OR FIGURE SKATING WITH ONE EXCEPTION, THIS SPORT INVOLVES A COORDINATED PERFORMANCE BETWEEN CREATURES OF TWO SPECIES.

FOR A HORDE AND RIDER TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY TOGETHER IN AND OUT OF THE ARENA, THE TWO MUST JOIN TO FORM A CREATION REMINISCENT OF THE MYTHOLOGICAL CINTAR, A UNION OF HUMAN AND BEAST.

>> I ALWAYS WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH HORSES THAT I LOVE, LIKING THEM IS NOT EVEN ENOUGH BECAUSE THAT RELATIONSHIP, THAT CHEMISTRY IS SO VITAL, YOU CAN DO A CLEAN TEST, AN ACCURATE TEST BUT PROBABLY A VERY MECHANICAL TEST, IF THERE IS NOT SOME HARMONY BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR HORSE.

HE IS AN OVERACHIEVE, HE TRIES SOMETIMES TOO HARD, HE'S VERY SENSITIVE, AND YOU CAN BREAK HIS HEART EASILY, AND SO I HAVE TO ENCOURAGE HIM, BUT WHEN HE MAKES A MISTAKE, I HAVE TO BE SURE NOT TO DISCOURAGE HIM.

I FEEL THAT I HAVE VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH MY HORSES, AND THAT THEY DO THEIR UTMOST FOR ME BECAUSE THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF MUTUAL RESPECT GOING ON, AND THAT BRINGS THE BEAUTY AND JOY OUT IN THE PERFORMANCE RATHER THAN HAVING IT LOOK MECHANICAL.

I DON'T THINK THAT THE HORSES ARE PARTICULARLY INTELLIGENT.

THEY PROBABLY ARE LIKE A SMALL CHILD, BUT THEY ARE VERY TRAINABLE.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH.

THEIR EAGERNESS TO PLEASE, AND THE FACT THAT THEY CAN BE TAUGHT THROUGH REPETITION AND THROUGH REWARD AND PUNISHMENT VERY EASILY, THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM TRAINABE.

>> IT TAKES FIVE TO SIX YEARS FOR A RIDER LIKE JANE TO TRAIN A HORSE TO THE OLYMPIC DRESSAGE LEVEL.

THE PROCESS INVOLVES DEVELOPING AND INTEGRATING THE HORSE'S MENTAL COMPRESSION AND RAW, PHYSICAL STRENGTH.

>> WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH DRESSAGE IS TRYING TO GIVE THE BEAUTY OF MOVEMENT THAT HE HAS WHEN HE'S AT WILL -- HE'S AT L, BUT HE HAS TO COPE WITH THE WEIGHT OF A RIDER ON THE BACK AND STILL LOOK THAT BEAUTIFUL, SO THROUGH A SERIES OF GYMNASTIC MOVEMENTS WE DEVELOPED THE STRENGTH SO THE HIND QUARTERS CAN CARRY MORE OF HIS WEIGHT AND THE RIDER'S WEIGHT AND THE FOREHANED, THE FRONT END IS LIGHTER AND FREER, AND THEREFORE, HE CAN BE MORE EXPRESSIVE IN HIS MOVEMENT.

IN TRAINING, AND IN COMPETITION, FIRST OF ALL, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SHOW THE THREE BASIC GATES OF THE HORSE, THE WALK, TROT, AND THE CANNER, AND WITHIN THOSE GATES, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SHOW VARIOUS DEGREES OF EXTENSION AND COLLECTION.

IN THOSE GEARS WE HAVE THE MOVEMENTS, AND THEY ARE LIKE SCHOOL FIGURES FOR A FIGURE SKATER, AND WE HAVE VARIOUS BENDING EXERCISES LIKE CIRCLES AND CERTAI CERPANEENS, WE SHOW E HORSE'S ABILITY TO MOVE SIDEWAYS IN THE TROT AND CANNER, THIS IS CALLED HALF PASS, AND THE DIFFICULTY OF THIS IS TO MAINTAIN THAT RHYTHM OF THE GAIT.

>> TO DANCING HOOVES, RHYTHM IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

TAKE THE FOOTWORK NECESSARY FOR PIAFF, AN ON THE SPOT TROT.

>> AS WITH ALL THE MOVEMENTS YOU TEACH THE HORSE YOU WANT TO TRAIN THE HORSE TO RESPOND TO THE SMALLEST, MOST REFINED AID SO YOU CAN ACHIEV THE EFFECT OF THE HORSE DOING THE WORK AND THE RIDER DOING ONE, SO I WILL CLICK ONE AND HE SHOULD DO IT, IF NOT I WILL USE THE WHIP.

COME.

WHEN YOU TRAIN A HORSE, BASICALLY, YOU ARE DEVELOPING A NON-VERBAL LANGUAGE WITH THE HORSE.

THIS IS THE WAY YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THE HORSE.

AND YOU HAVE SIX AIDES, OR SIX PARTS OF THE BODY YOU CAN USE.

YOU HAVE TWO REINS, TWO SEAT PHONES AND TWO LEGS AND THE VARIOUS COMBINATIONS OF YOUR WEIGHT AND YOUR LEGS AND YOUR HANDS TELLS A HORSE TO DO WHATEVER PARTICULAR MOVEMENT THAT YOU ARE DOING, SO YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR WITH YOUR AIDS AND HOW YOU COMBINE THEM SO THE HORSE DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY MULTIPLE CHOICE.

DOES THE RIDER WANT ME TO PICK UP THE CANNER OR TO DO A HALF PASS?

THOSE AIDS ARE VERY SIMILAR, THEY ARE JUST VERY SLIGHT VARIATIONS WHICH COULD CAUSE CONFUSION FOR THE HORSE IF YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL OF YOUR BODY AND THE TRAINING HASN'T BEEN COMPLETE.

>> ANOTHER MOVEMENT INVOLVING INTENSIVE TRAINING IS PASSAGE, A CADENCE-LIKE TROT.

>> THE HORSE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME IN THE AIR, IT'S A LOT OF THEY TROT, AND THIS IS ANOTHER -- IT'S LIKE DOING A DEEP KNEE BEND FOR A HORSE.

IT'S A TREMENDOUSLY DEMANDING EXERCISE IN TERMS OF THE STRENGTH OF THE HORSE.

>> WHEN DRESSAGE IS DONE CORRECTLY, IT SHOULD APPEAR THAT THE HORSE IS DOING ALL THE WORK AND THE RIDER IS JUST SITTING UP THERE VERY ELEGANTLY AND QUIETLY, AND THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE, IF IT'S DONE CORRECTLY, WILL ASSUME THE HORSE IS DOING ALL THE WORK.

BUT, THE RIDER HAS TO BE AS MUCH OF AN ATHLETE AS THE HORSE FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

IN ORDER TO SIT IN THE POSITION, THE ELEGANT UPRIGHT POSITION THAT YOU NEED TO BE IN, YOU NEED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF BODY CONTROL.

YOU NEED TO BE VERY STRONG, ESPECIALLY IN YOUR STOMACH AND THE LOWER BACK BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HOLDS YOU ERECT.

>> TRAINING FOR AN OLYMPIC SPORT IS NOT JUST A MATTER OF PHYSICA REGIMEN, IT CALLS ON SOME MENTAL AND WHOLISTIC CAT AESTHETICS.

THE DOCTOR EXPLAINS.

>> INEVITABLY MISTAKES THAT ATHLETES MAKE HAVE TO DO WITH THEIR OWN MENTAL HEALTH.

JANE CAME TO ME TO INCREASE HER PERFORMANCE, TO DO BETTER IN HER SPORTS PERFORMANCE, AND SO WE HAVE WORKED AROUND SPECIFIC SKILL DEVELOPMENT, AND THOSE SKILLS ARE RELAXATION, CONCENTRATION, VISUALIZATION, AND GOAL-SETTING, AND IT'S SORT OF A PACKAGE APPROACH TO DEAL WITH THE TENSION AND ANXIETY OF COMPETITION, AND IT'S SEVERE.

IT'S A VERY HIGH PRESSURED ENVIRONMENT, AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC SKILLS THAT SHE WANTED, NEEDED TO LEARN IN ORDER TO PERFORM BETTER IN HER SPORT.

>> I WAS REALLY PLEASED WITH THE WAY THAT THINGS WENT AT THE COMPETITION, BUT I AM STILL HAVING PROBLEMS DEALING WITH MY FIRST DAY ANXIETY, TENSION, IF I COULD RIDE THE FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION THE WAY I DO THE SECOND DAY, I WOULD BE ALL SET.

>> WHY DON'T WE GO THROUGH THE RELAX PROCEDURE HERE SO WE CAN REINFORCE THE TECHNIQUES YOU NEED TO PRACTICE AT THE FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION.

I WANT YOU TO UNCROSS YOUR LEGS.

FLOP YOUR HANDS ON YOUR THIGHS, AND CLOSE YOUR EYES.

AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH THROUGH YOUR NOSTRILS AND RIGHT DOWN TO THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH.

VERY DEEP, AND VERY FULL.

NOT SO DEEPLY THAT IT MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE.

JUST DEEP ENOUGH SO YOU FEEL THE AIR SOAKING IN, AND AS YOU FEEL THE AIR SMOKING IN, YOU CAN FEEL YOURSELF BEGINNING TO RELAX AND TO CALM DOWN.

COMFORTABLE.

AND RELAXED.

NOW, I WANT YOU TO VISUALIZE IN YOUR MIND -- >> OLYMPIC COMPETITION REQUIRES MORE THAN JUST A FIRM HAND AND STEADY HEAD.

IT ALSO REQUIRES A STEADY FLOW OF CASH.

UNLIKE EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS, THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T SUBSIDIZE ITS OLYMPIC ATHLETES.

THEREFORE, MUCH OF JANE'S SPARE TIME IS SPENT FUNDRAISING.

TODAY SHE'S SENDING OUT APPEALS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SEND HER AND HER HORSE TO TRAIN.

CAROL, THE TOP DRESSAGE RIDER IN THE UNITED STATES AND FELLOW VERMONTER EXPLAINS THE EUROPEAN TRAINING CONNECTION.

>> WELL, YOU CAN DEVELOP YOUR HORSE HERE, RIGHT UP TO THE OLYMPIC LEVEL TEST, WHICH IS THE GRAND PRIX TEST, AND YOU CAN BECOME THE U.S.

NATIONAL CHAMPION.

BUT WHEN YOU GO TO EUROPE, NONE OF THAT MATTERS.

NOT ANY BIT OF IT.

THE STRONG HOLD OF DRESSAGE IS IN EUROPE, AND YOU NEED TO BE EXPOSED TO THEIR STANDARDS.

AND YOU NEED TO BE EXPOSED TO -- IT'S A HIGHER STANDARD OF DRESSAGE THAN WE HAVE HERE.

THERE ARE MORE RIDERS, BETTER RIDERS, AND GERMANY ALONE COULD FILL THREE OLYMPIC TEAMS, ALL OF THEM BETTER THAN OUR ONE TEAM, AND WE ARE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING ONE TEAM.

SO YOU NEED TO GO AND BE EXPOSED TO THAT KIND OF QUALITY OF RIDING ON EVERY SHOW.

>> ROUND TRIP AIRFARE FOR A HORSE IS APPROXIMATELY $7,000.

AND THEN THERE IS THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION IS VERY EXPENSIVE.

I HAVE SENT A LOT OF FUNDRAISING LETTERS TO PEOPLE AND EXPLAINED THIS IS MY DREAM TO COMPETE IN THE OLYMPICS.

IT'S BEEN A LIFELONG DREAM, AND THAT I NEED HELP, AND I HAVE HAD AN INCREDIBLE RESPONSE FROM STUDENTS, FRIENDS, FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN ME COMPETE, AND IT'S THROUGH THESE PEOPLE, THESE SUPPORTERS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO PURSUE MY GOAL.

>> ONE OF JANE'S STUDENTS IS SUE, WHO TRAILERS IN FROM MAINE TO TRAIN.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO BE ONE OF THE GREATS IN THE COUNTRY, I THINK THAT WOULD NOT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT.

I DIDN'T.

BUT RIGHT NOW I AM AN AMATEUR, I HAVE THREE CHILDREN, AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR MY LEARNING, SO I AM INTO LEARNING.

>> LESS ANGLE, MORE BEND SO HE ENGAGES THE HIND LEGS, THERE YOU GO.

NOT SIDEWAYS.

INNER LEG, LESS OUTER LEG, AND TIGHTEN IT DOWN AND BRING HIM IN AND WORKING, VERY GOOD.

>> TEACHING IS A PASSION OF MINE.

IT STARTED OFF AS A WAY FOR ME TO SUPPORT MYSELF SO THAT I COULD PURSUE MY COMPETITIVE GOALS, BUT IT IS A PASSION FOR ME.

I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT MY GIFT IS IN MY RIDING.

I THINK THAT I AM A GOOD RIDER, BUT I THINK THAT I AM A GREAT TEACHER.

IT'S A CREATIVE OUTLET FOR ME.

I AM BASED AT HUNTINGTON FARM IN SOUTH STRATFORD, AND I TEACH A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BOARDED THERE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE TRAILER IN FOR LESSONS, PLUS I AM ON THE ROAD PROBABLY THEE WEEKENDS OUT OF FOUR OF EACH MONTH TRAVELING AND DOING CLINICS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

>> JANE ALSO SPENDS ALMOST HALF OF EVERY YEAR TRAINING IN FLORIDA OR TRAVELING THE COMPETITION CIRCUIT.

THIS ON THE ROAD LIFESTYLE IS PARTICULARLY HARD ON THE JANE SAVOIE PICKUP BUT UNLIKE THE ENGINE, HER HUSBAND, RETT KEEPS FIXING THE MARRIAGE RUNS JUST FINE.

THIS YEAR JANE AND RETT CELEBRATED THEIR 15th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

>> SO HOW IS IT GOING?

>> I AM CONVINCED THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS I HAVE IN THIS PURSUIT OF OLYMPIC COMPETITION IS BECAUSE I HAVE SOMEBODY LIKE RHETT SUPPORTING ME AND HELPING ME.

HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON WHO TAUGHT ME HOW TO THINK POSITIVELY AND WHO ENCOURAGED ME THAT I COULD ACHIEVE ANYTHING THAT I WANTED TO IF I WAS WILLING TO WORK.

>> YOU KEEP THE GOAL IN MIND, AND YOU SAY WELL, IT'S A PAIN TO DO THIS, BUT THEN YOU THINK ABOUT, WELL, IF WE DID NOT DO IT, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK GEE, YOU KNOW, IF THE OLYMPICS OF 1992 COME AND GO, WHICH THEY WILL, OBVIOUSLY, AND IF YOU DID NOT TRIED FOR IT, YOU WOULD WONDER WHAT IF, AND YEAH, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY, WHAT IF, ABOUT.

SO I SUPPORT HER WHOLE HEARTILY, AND WHAT SHE IS DOING.

>> GLADSTONE, NEW JERSEY, JUNE 15, 1991, THE MILLER'S NATIONAL DRESSAGE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

THE 12 BEST DRESSAGE RIDERS HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THIS OLYMPIC TRAINING SITE TO COMPETE FOR THE TITLES OF BEST DRESSAGE RIDER IN THE NATION, WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THIS EVENT IS MORE THAN A TITLE.

EARNING HIGH MARKS HERE WILL SEND JANE AND ZAPATER TO TRAIN AND INCREASE THEIR CHANCES OF MAKING NEXT YEAR'S OLYMPIC TEAM.

JANE'S COACH, ROBERT DOVER, COMPETED IN 1984 IN THE LOS ANGELES OLYMPICS AND IN KOREA IN 198.

HE TRAINS JANE TO SOME DAY DO THE SAME.

BUT IS REALISTIC ABOUT THE CHANCHANCE CHANCE OF ANY ENDEAV.

>> THIS FAR OUT FROM AN OLYMPIC TRIAL, THERE IS SO MANY IFS THAT I HATE TO SAY THAT.

I KNOW AFTER HAVING BEEN ON A LOT OF TEAMS MYSELF, ALL IT TAKES IS ONE WRONG STEP, ONE OF THE RIDERS HERE WHO MADE THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM WAS OUT ON THE CONCRETE ABOUT THREE DAYS AGO, AND THE HORSE SLIPPED, HURT ITS TENDON AND IS NOW OUT OF THE SHOW.

SO IT HAS TO BE ANIMAL THAT IS NOT ONLY A GENIUS BY ATHLETIC ABILITY BUT BY HIS ABILITY TO THINK THROUGH THE TEST, TO COOPERATE, TO KEEP HIS CONCENTRATION.

IF A FLY LANDS ON ME I GO LIKE THIS, IF A FLY LANDS ON THE HORSE HE HAS TO KEEP GOING STRAIGHT AWAY AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S A TOUGH SPORT BECAUSE JUST A BUG CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINNING AND LOSING.

>> WHEN YOU GO TO THE OLYMPIC LEVEL, WHICH IS THE GRAND PRIX LEVEL, IT IS SUCH AN AMAZING FEAT TO TRAIN THIS HORSE TO PERFORM THESE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT MOVEMENTS.

LITERALLY YOU WILL SEE THE GOOD RIDERS, YOU DO NOT SEE THE SIGNALS THE RIDER IS GIVING THE HORSE, AND THE HORSE WILL DO THE CHANGES OF EVERY STRIDE, IT SHOULD BE EFFORTLESS.

IT SHOULD LOOK AS THOUGH HE'S DOING IT ON HIS OWN, AND THIS IS WHAT WE AIM FOR IN DRESSAGE.

THERE ARE FEW HORSES IN THE WORLD THAT CAN BECOME A MEDDLE-MEDAL-WINNING HORSE, IT'S TOUGHER TO HAVE A AGREE HORSE THAT CAN PERFORM AT THIS LEVEL.

>> IT'S WHAT WE CALL EXPRESSION AT THIS LEVEL.

IT'S A KIND OF THING WHERE WHEN A HORSE COMES IN TO AN ARENA, IF THERE WERE 100 OTHER HORSES AROUND, PEOPLE'S EYES HAVE TO BE MAGNETICALLY DRAWN TO THAT ONE HORSE, THAT'S THE CHAMPION.

>> ZAPATO, JANE SAVOIE.

>> IT'S THE SAME IN OTHER SPORTS, TOO, WHERE YOU SEE PEOPLE COME INTO AN AUDITORIUM AND ONE WILL COME INTO YOUR FOCUS, AND YOU WILL SAY THAT'S THE ONE.

♪ >> JANE SAVOIE.

[APPLAUSE] BREATH, BREATH, I HAD TROUBLE BREATHING BUT HE WAS SUPER, CLEAN TEST, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE FOR A NOVICE HORSE, HE'S GREEN TO THIS LEVEL AND REALLY HOLDING HIS OWN EVERY COMPETITION.

EGGS BETTER AND BETTER, AND HE WAS EXPRESSIVE TODAY.

I WAS THRILLED.

>> WHAT MAKES UP A CLEAN TEST?

AND WHAT ARE THE DRESSAGE JUDGES LOOKING FOR?

INTERNATIONAL JUDGE EDGAR HUTS EXPLAINS.

>> FIRST OF ALL, RHYTHM, THE RHYTHM INVOLVED WITH TROT AND CANTER CLEARLY MAINTAINED.

SECONDLY, IS THE HORSE SUPPLE AND LOOSE AND STAY SUPPLE AND LOOSE?

AND IF THE HORSE IS ACCEPTING THE RIDER'S AIDS, IS IT PROPERLY ON THE AIDS AND DOES IT STAY THAT WAY?

HOW DOES IT STAY THAT WAY?

AND THEN DOES THE HORSE HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY FROM BEHIND THAN THE STRAIGHTNESS, THE NEXT PREREQUISITE, MEANING STRAIGHT, DEAD ON STRAIGHT, ON A STRAIGHT LINE, FOR INSTANCE, ON THE CENTER LINE OR THE LONG SIDE, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS THE HORSE ENOUGH IN THE LEVEL IT IS BEING SHOWN, AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE SAID LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE LAST THING IS GEOMETRY.

SIMPLY SPEAKING, THE DIAGONAL AT THE PRESCRIBED LEVEL, DID IT END AT THE PRESCRIBED LEVEL OR BEFORE OR AFTER OR WHATEVER.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE ACCURACY.

WE HAND OUT THE AWARDS FOR THE DRESSAGE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE FIRST PLACE GOES TO ARABELL.

>> VERMONTER CAROL IS NOW THE BEST DRESSAGE RIDER IN THE NATION, NEXT YEAR SHE HOPES TO BE ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

>> I HAVE SEEN THE G GERMAN FLAG GO UP ONE TOO MANY TIMES.

>> SOMEONE ELSE'S HOPES ARE ON THEIR WAY TO BEING REALIZED IS JANE SAVOIE, MISSING SECOND PLACE BY FRACTIONS OF A POINT.

>> WE HAD A GOOD ENOUGH SHOWING THAT THE UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN TEAM HAS JUST AWARDED A GRANT FOR ME TO TAKE ZAPATERO TO EUROPE TO DO A TOUR.

WE WILL LEAVE AUGUST 1 TO COMPETE IN HOLLAND AND FROM THERE TO BELGIUM, AND LUXEMBOURG AND GERMANY, AND IF THERE IS ANY MONEY LEFT OVER, THEN I WILL GO TO GERMANY AND TRAIN WITH HERBERT, WHO IS THE UNDISPUTED MASTER IN THE WORLD FOR DRESSAGE.

>> WINNING THE GRANT NOW SPELLS MORE RIGORS OF LIFE ON THE ROAD, YET IT'S THIS VERY ROAD AWAY FROM THE GREEN MEADOWS OF VERMONT THAT MAY LEAD TO AN OLYMPIC MEDAL IN 1992, AND THAT MAKES IT ALL WORTHWHILE.

>> IT IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE, BUT THAT'S THE NAME OF THE GAME.

ATHLETES IN ANY OLYMPIC ENDEAVOR HAVE TO MAKE GREAT SACRIFICES.

>> SHE'S A WONDERFUL INSPIRATION FOR ANYONE WHO THINKS THAT THEY CANNOT DO IT, IF YOU WANT IT, YOU CAN DO IT.

>> YOU TRIED HARD TODAY.

YOU TRIED HARD.

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