In the article “Rocker’s daughter wins ASPCA Maclay Championship,” it talks about how Bruce Springsteins daughter won one of the biggest junior jumping competitions in the country. This competition is a huge deal. All of a riders training goes into this competition. With over 13 years of training going into under two minutes of adrenaline rushing competition, it is a huge accomplishment to win it. She spent countless amounts of hours training and competing in order to even qualify for this event. Her parents were extremely proud of her and have even more appreciation for the sport as a result. Her father, Bruce, mentioned how horse riding is similar, yet different compared to his band performances. He said how in these horse competitions all of your practice is shown, but unlike his band performances, riders only have one shot to show their skill and that they deserve to win it. In band performances if there is a mess up they can just play it again at a different location, and get a redo. This doesn’t go on at horse competitions at all and Springstein is very impressed and proud of his daughter’s accomplishment. The author’s opinion on this situation is that it is great publicity for the horse world and is a great accomplishment for this little girl. I believe that it is great to see celebritys kids riding horses and winning competitions because it shows that they don’t always get the special treatment. In show jumping one isn’t judged, but timed, and truly the best of the best win. This article represents this notion in that famous people don’t get special treatment, and Jessica Sprinstein had to work extremely hard for this huge accomplishment. One question I have about this article is whether people from her training barn were able to show at her level or if it was just her.
Article used: http://www.horsechannel.com/horse-news/2008/11/03/springsteen-wins-maclay.aspx
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