The boss' daughter
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/07/sport/jessica-springsteen-silver-tokyo-intl-spt/index.html
Talk about “born to jump.” Jessica Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen’s daughter, helped her squad nab silver in the team jumping final at Equestrian Park at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Saturday.
Daughter of rock star Bruce and singer-songwriter Patti Scialfa, Springsteen made her Olympic debut at this year’s Tokyo Games.
The equestrian said she called her family after medaling alongside her teammates Laura Kraut and McLain Ward.
“I FaceTimed them really quick. They were all screaming, I don’t think we understood anything,” she said.
“Just saw their team USA gear; there was just lots of shouting. I couldn’t make a lot out but I know that they’re so excited.”
Sweden won gold in the jump-off, and Springsteen said the experience was “wild.”
“You definitely start to get the jitters,” she said. “But it was also super exciting. My horse jumped it beautifully. And we really gave it our all out there.”
Springsteen is ranked 14th in the world.
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Cool.
A friend of mine’s sister medaled in equestrian events in Barcelona in 92. Also from a wealthy family.
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A show horse like that one is probably in 6 figures to purchase.
And, as they say, buying the horse is the cheap part.
When we had our horses at a hunter-jumper barn, there were all these small-assed ladies on huge horses - I remember one was about $25K - 20 years ago. They were shocked when I'd put my Western saddle on Simon (we paid $1200 for him, by the way) and rode around the farm.
They stopped laughing when I'd actually take him off the property into the subdivisions: "I'd be afraid to do that with my horse!" Yeah, I didn't need $25K of crazy.
I think board there is now about $1000 a month. Add the farrier, vet, etc, and you're talking serious coin.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Where do you folks rank "horse" on the list of "things rich people own" in the USA?
Private space program
NFL/NBA team
Private jet
US Senator
NASCAR/Formula 1 car/team
US Representative
Local mayors/legislators
Private yachtWhere does "award winning show/race horse" fit on the list? How would you rearrange that list?
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@george-k said in The boss' daughter:
A show horse like that one is probably in 6 figures to purchase.
And, as they say, buying the horse is the cheap part.
When we had our horses at a hunter-jumper barn, there were all these small-assed ladies on huge horses - I remember one was about $25K - 20 years ago. They were shocked when I'd put my Western saddle on Simon (we paid $1200 for him, by the way) and rode around the farm.
They stopped laughing when I'd actually take him off the property into the subdivisions: "I'd be afraid to do that with my horse!" Yeah, I didn't need $25K of crazy.
I think board there is now about $1000 a month. Add the farrier, vet, etc, and you're talking serious coin.
BIL bought Ryan in about 2000. He found him in New York, paid somewhere around 12 grand for him and had him shipped to Florida. My niece competed on him for several years. Good enough to win some small stuff, not good enough for the big stuff.
She had already quit jumping when she married, but BIL was still boarding Ryan. After she got married, she and her husband bought a fixer-upper farmhouse and some land out in the country. Ryan lived out his days in the Florida pastures and is buried on the farm.
She still owns a quarter-horse and occasionally she'll barrel race him at a local rodeo. Once horsey, always horsey, I guess...
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Glad she caught a break.
Sort of reminds me of the two olympic athletes who got married after having met at the games. They were in different sports. They each cherished the experience so much, they wanted it for their kid. When they had a daughter, they strategized which event was easiest to get a medal in, for someone with decent athletic ability and a lifetime to practice. They chose the event, I think it was some backwater winter games thing, and trained their daughter in it for her whole childhood. She ended up winning a gold.
