This guy is well worth an inclusion: this is Hiroshi Hoketsu of Japan and his horse Whisper. Hiroshi is 71 years young and still competing at the top level!





And this is veteran Olympian and the face of dressage, Anky van Grunsven of the Netherlands, here riding Salinero. I think she finished 6th overall, but she's been at the top of the sport for a very long time and I grew up watching her training videos.







If you're unfamiliar with dressage and are string to imagine the stills in action: here's a couple of videos I took of Anky's test:






More to follow...