Olympic Poseur: Equestrian

During these Olympics, Poseur will spend each day watching and reviewing one sport. He also promises to stop referring to himself in the third person.

Equestrian is both the most egalitarian and the most elitist sport at the Olympics. Let's take the egalitarian side first, because this is the first and last time anyone will describe equestrian this way. Equestrian is the only sport in which men and women compete against each other in the same event on a level playing field. Now, in most sports, it makes perfect sense to divide the men and women, but not in all of them. Really, do we need a gender divide in shooting? Or archery? Equestrian has the good sense to