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54 FRIDAY. AUGUST 14. 1992
S
how jumping, a popu-
lar equestrian sport in
Europe gaining popu-
larity here, is not as danger-
ous as horse racing, says
Margie Goldstein, a cham-
pion show jumper. Neverthe-
less, Goldstein has suffered
her share of injuries in-
cluding three broken ribs.
She has also broken her
arms, nose, collarbone and
suffered concussions. And in
her worst injury, a horse fell
on her, crushing her leg and
ankle. She now walks with a
permanent limp.
But after each injury, Gold-
stein got back on her horse,
and none of these injuries
have slowed down her career
in a sport where both men
and women compete against
each other.
Among the 22 entrants in
the $50,000 Cadillac North
American Grand Prix of
Detroit held recently at the
Bloomfield Open Hunt Club,
Goldstein, who is from
Miami, finished second atop
Daydream, a horse she co-
owns. Last year Goldstein
won both this and another
Grand Prix competition in
Detroit.
For two of the last three
years, Goldstein has been the
Grand Prix circuit "Rider of
the Year." The Grand Prix is
the highest level of show
jumping.
Goldstein was favored to
win an Olympic berth this
year, but her first-choice
horse, Saluut, developed
stomach problems and her
second-best ride, Sebastien,
twisted his hind leg, all
within two weeks of the
Olympic trials. That ended
Goldstein's hope to compete
in the games in Barcelona.
"It was a little bit
frustrating because I had
been showing them for five
years, building to that (Olym-
pic) level," Goldstein says.
"And it was just kind of a
fluke thing that they got
hurt."
Goldstein is already looking
to 1996. She believes that
neither she nor Saluut will be
too old to make another run
at the Olympics at that time.
"It's not the type of sport
where you're out at a certain
age," Goldstein says. "A lot of
the competitors, like Michael
Matz (a 1992 U.S. Olympic
team member), are 43 or 44.
Experience is actually a plus
in this sport. In other sports,
you're kind of over the hill at
a certain age. But in this
sport, the more experience
you gain, and the more
knowledge, usually the more
successful you are as a rider."
Show jumping success also
has nothing to do with
gender. "There's really no
plus or minus being a man or
a woman in this sport," she
says. "You need the physical
ability, but you can't muscle
a horse by sheer strength. You
have to kind of work with
them psychologically, too —
see what aids work best with
each horse, see what they res-
pond to the best. That's kind
of challenging, too."
In show jumping, the horses
and riders must negotiate a
difficult course, including
various obstacles under a
time limit. The obstacles are
as much as five feet high and
six feet long, with rails plac-