On Friday, 5,000 Kentucky schoolchildren came to the KY Horse Park’s new indoor arena to see demonstrations of the sports being featured in this year’s World Equestrian Games. Coming in to work in the morning, I drove past long rows of yellow school buses, each sporting the name of a different KY county.

The driving demonstration was provided by the folks at the Gayla Driving Center in Georgetown, KY, with Sterling Graburn driving a four-in-hand team of Hackney Ponies. Debbie Banfield narrated the demo and explained that a team of ponies should be considered “WEG light” — that it would be teams of horses in the actual competition this fall. Regardless, the crowd seemed to really enjoy the demo, judging from their applause and cheers …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urvbZsHnhHs&feature=player_embedded

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riBORwMx4zM&feature=related