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“They Travel Better Than My Kids”: Exquisite Horses of US Team’s Luxury Travel Leaves Sports Fans Amazed

Published 04/06/2023, 9:30 AM EDT

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The FEI (Federation Equestre Internationale) World Cup Finals 2023 is underway, and the US Equestrian team is leaving no stone unturned in representing their best possible contenders for the same. The World Cup, in partnership with Longines, is to take place from 4-8 April in Omaha, Nebraska. As the US dressage and showjumping teams get their horses ready, their stunning looks and luxurious conditions make fans drop their jaw in awe.

The FEI World Cup will comprise the jumping, dressage, and vaulting events. As the exquisite breed of horses gets lined up for the competition, fans can’t be more excited about the ‘behind the scenes’ lives of these horses, including their travel arrangements.

A unique look into the life and journey of equestrian horses

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The US Equestrian Instagram page posted a video and wrote the caption, “Catch a flight with @usajumping and @usadressage to @feiworldcupfinals with our trusty partners @duttacorp who give our horses wings all around the world!” The video serves itself as the tantamount reason for many people to feel jealous and leave hilarious comments below.

 

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The video captures the whole journey of the horses from their stable to their rides to finally reaching Omaha. It is sprinkled with witty anecdotes like, “Horses catching their taxi to the airport” and “Ride sharing = New friends”, etc. Natalie Dean’s ‘Acota M’ and Alice Tarjan’s ‘Serenade MF’ were some of the first-class passengers i.e. the horses, who were traveling.

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The journey then proceeds to Miami, where the containers are prepared for the horses to be loaded. As the camera pans throughout their journey, it gives viewers a unique look into the step-by-step procedure of getting the horses ready to depart for the competition. The final view is “an inside look into the horse containers”. The horses, which then sleep standing up, finally reach their destination.

The fans have never wished more for a better lifestyle

It was all-in-all a truly lavish journey for the prime contenders of the World Cup, and fans were in complete awe of them. Here’s how some of them reacted:

“I just love how horses can adapt to us. Their expressions are like, ‘Ya, got this. We do this all the time'”

“Man! They travel better than my kids!”

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“Where do I sign up to be a chaperone??”

“I’m curious on how much a ticket is for one horse”

“Just amazing. A hundred years ago, I rode to Horse Shows”

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The sense of humor of most equestrian fans was on point. They were mainly pointing out their fascination behind the welfare of these horses – how much they cost, their maintenance cost, etc. Well, it’s all worth it when they go all guns blazing on the day of the competition.

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Tanmay Roy

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Tanmay Roy is an American sports writer at EssentiallySports. For Tanmay, it was the Olympics that turned out to be the defining moment to take a serious interest in the field of sports. As a sports writer, he finds his inspiration from the early individual achievements of Michael Phelps, Pete Sampras, and John McEnroe.
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Simar Singh Wadhwa