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They Said It Couldn't Be Done
At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta they won again and then here in Sydney they did it again. Back in '88 everybody said it couldn't be done, but not Robert Dover. He believed in the U.S. structure. He believed in a plan that involved getting our riders over to Europe and he believed in our riders. More importantly he got the riders to believe in themselves. This time around we added a new dimension to those achievements of the past. Two of our riders made it into Saturday's (Sept. 30) Musical Freestyle ride which decides the final Individual medal winners. Both Christine Traurig and Susan Blinks did what everyone said couldn't be done. They showed the world that the U.S. dressage riders are ones to contend with and everyone better watch out, because we're not stopping here.
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At the 1988
Olympics in Seoul, Korea and then at the 1990 World Equestrian Games
in Stockholm, Sweden getting a dressage medal seemed like an elusive
dream. Back then Robert Dover spoke of hope and goals and assured everyone
that we were heading in the right direction. Then in 1992, what seemed
like the impossible dream came true. The US won a Team Bronze Medal
at the Barcelona Olympic Games in Spain. And that was only the beginning.
