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This Hero Horse In The Olympic Equestrian Dressage Danced To ‘Smooth’ By Santana and Rob Thomas

Just like the ocean, under the moon.

by Tom Clift  16 August 2016

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You can keep track and field events, your swimming and your gymnastics. Such feats pale in comparison to the majesty of equestrian dressage, otherwise known as horse dancing. Just look at the poise, the laser sharp focus. Besides, name me one other Olympic sport where the competitors get to wear top hats.

Taking home gold in the individual category this year was Great Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin, whose name definitely makes her sound like exactly the kind of person who would have had a pony growing up.

But the real winner was my muñequita, my Spanish Harlem Mona Lisa, Spain’s Severo Jurado Lopez and his horse Lorenzo, who captured the hearts of the crowd, if not the judges, with their killer routine set to the sizzling Latin tunes of Santana’s ‘Smooth’ featuring Rob Thomas from Matchbox 20.

Despite their fly performance, Lopez and Lorenzo failed to make the podium, and ended up coming fifth. Also missing out was American Steffen Peters and his horse Legolas, who stopped, collaborated and listened to ‘Ice Ice Baby’.

Like I said, this sport is great.

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Feature image via Facebook.