Eventing Persuasive Essay

In every Olympic Sport, a mistake can be the difference of winning and losing, but when people add a horse to the mix, a simple mistake is not always just losing your gold medal, but also perhaps, your ability to walk, or worse. Eventing is the most dangerous sport in the Olympics because, there are many injuries that can happen, it is important that horse and rider work together because they can get seriously hurt if they do not, and they have to follow specific rules, so that they can stay safe.
What exactly is eventing? Eventing is a three day event, in which horse and rider compete in a series of events which include show jumping, dressage, and cross country. They have to follow specific rules in order to win.
Dressage is the first event
The horse needs to trust the rider and the rider need to trust the horse. They need to make sure they are working as a team, and not just as an individual. If they don’t work together, many injuries can happen, such as, broken bones, concussions, and even possibly death. Injuries are not the only thing that can happen, if a rider does not communicate with their horse, the horse will not go where it is supposed too, and they might go off course and get points deducted from their
One of the safest ways, by far, is to wear a helmet ( Hazelton 1). Dawson gives us another example of an injury that could have been prevented if the rider was wearing a helemet, “The Journal News in White Plains, New York reported on April 13, 2004 that 14-year-old Melissa Norman was injured when the horse she was riding stopped suddenly and threw her from its back. Ms. Norman, who was not wearing protective headgear, attempted a jump but the horse stopped short ( Hazelton 1). She was thrown into the air and landed on top of a stone wall, where she struck the back of her head and neck ( Hazelton 1). She was taken by helicopter to hospital, where she was in unknown condition” ( Hazelton