Equestrian Dover takes pride in AIDS role

Dressage rider Robert Dover has spent 20 years not just living the Olympic dream but trying to ally it to one of sport's last remaining taboos: homosexuality.
It takes Dover a few moments to compute the difference between his first Games, in Los Angeles 1984, and the prospect of his sixth and final closing ceremony in Athens this August.
"Wow, there are no comparisons between the two," the 47-year-old American told Reuters.
"LA '84 was my first international competition. I was a young, impressionable athlete worried by my image and thinking I knew what was going on. I also thought I could win.
"Now the world has changed -- not just its attitudes to homosexuality -- and I, personally, feel a different person. I am fortunate enough to be able to compete in a sport I love as a gay athlete and to be open at the same time."
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Paralympics to join FEI
The FEI is expanding to incorporate three new national equestrian federations, while Paralympic equestrianism joins the seven other FEI disciplines The equestrian federations of the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia, the Cayman Islands and Sri Lanka approached the FEI regarding affiliation. Following an extensive application process involving various surveys and questionnaires, all three federations were accepted.
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Trick Training Your Horse to Success
I like to start trick training by teaching the bow. It can be either easy or very difficult to teach, depending on how smart your horse is and how well you can teach it.
The bow has several steps. With ropes to hold and hooves to avoid, it can prove challenging for both horse and trainer to understand at first. But if you can master teaching him this trick, you will prove to yourself that you can succeed at trick training.
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Riders learn how to talk 'horse'
An Olympic medalist spent her weekend in Beaumont giving lessons on a equestrian technique used to help win wars in ancient Greece. "Keep your shoulders up. ... Hands together, play with the bit," was the advice Dorothy "Dottie" Morkis gave to rider Jeanette Kretchik over a public address system in an indoor riding barn on Sunday. Karen Orloff-Yatsko, Peaceful Valley Equestrian Center's owner and trainer, invited Morkis to the center to give hour-long lessons in dressage to her students and other interested riders.
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