| Home rentals have become an ever increasing option | | | | going on behind the scenes, and this is just how it |
| for those who plan to attend far away and | | | | should be. Suffice it to say that Lexington has been in |
| exceptionally popular events, such as the 2010 FEI | | | | full swing toward preparation for the fall, 2010 games |
| World Equestrian Games to be held for the first time in | | | | since spring of 2008, and it has no intensions of |
| America at Lexington's Kentucky Horse Park. There | | | | slowing until the last nail is sunk. |
| are slated to be over 600,000 spectators alone in the | | | | This may all seem rather boring and mundane to those |
| area over the course of the two week event, with | | | | who are only interested in the horses, as these |
| most of them overlapping for the most popular | | | | amazing creatures are the true celebration and driving |
| dressage, jumping, and eventing tests. There are also | | | | force behind it all. Public support of the game efforts |
| the stable workers, media, reporters, employees, | | | | and volunteering is as important to the games as the |
| competitors, handlers, volunteers, and countless other | | | | events are themselves, so if you find that you have |
| staff members who will be heading in from all over the | | | | some spare time to offer, the Ariat Volunteer Center |
| world at this time, so it is easy to see why the early | | | | is the perfect contact for you to make. |
| scramble for lodging. | | | | During the games, all of the most formidable and |
| The World Equestrian Games are growing, thanks to | | | | highest ranking horse and rider teams will vie for the |
| the tireless and endless efforts of their governing body, | | | | top FEI spot in one or more of 8 disciplines. The other |
| the FEI. With this growth comes a greater responsibility | | | | "every four years" world renowned equestrian event, |
| for the host cities who are charged with getting the | | | | which occurs exactly at the even numbers every two |
| games off without a hitch, and the cycle is sometimes | | | | years between the World Equestrian Games, is the |
| so overwhelming enormous that it's hard to | | | | Olympics. New this year is the para dressage contest, |
| comprehend how they get off the ground at all. | | | | where those with physical disabilities are able to prove |
| Spectators are rarely made aware of the constant | | | | their metal amongst their able bodied peers from |
| planning, labor, work, determination, and efforts that are | | | | around the globe. |