{"id":2245,"date":"2012-08-16T14:39:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T21:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/?p=2245"},"modified":"2012-08-16T14:39:09","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T21:39:09","slug":"paralympics-dressage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/paralympics-dressage\/","title":{"rendered":"Paralympics &#8211; Dressage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/equestrian.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2265\" title=\"equestrian\" src=\"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/equestrian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you get a chance you should watch these riders!<br \/>\nParalympics &#8211; now ride the event with your eyes closed!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Equestrian events test the ability of horse and rider to display both athletic prowess and supreme elegance.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Athletes with a disability have long taken part in Equestrian activities, originally as a means of rehabilitation and recreation. Para-Equestrian Dressage developed in the 1970s, with the first events held in Great Britain and Scandinavia. The multi-disability sport has since spread around the world, and athletes from more than 40 countries now compete on a regular basis.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.london2012.com\/paralympics\/equestrian\/about\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Paralympic Games 29 Aug &#8211; 9 Sept<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.london2012.com\/paralympics\/equestrian\/about\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Official London 2012 website<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Enjoy the Ride &#8212; <\/span><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">tim<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you get a chance you should watch these riders! Paralympics &#8211; now ride the event with your eyes closed! The Equestrian events test the ability of horse and rider to display both athletic prowess and supreme elegance. Athletes with a disability have long taken part in Equestrian activities, originally as a means of rehabilitation &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[321,16,239,320],"class_list":["post-2245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-dressage","tag-news-2","tag-olympics","tag-paralympics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2245"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2267,"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245\/revisions\/2267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblackstallion.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}