From the Independent: It would be fair to say that the
United States presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's recent visit to London will
not be remembered for its light-footedness.
That a tap-dancing horse should have come to play such a significant
role in the battle for the presidency of the US is not as surprising as it
should be. Rafalca, a dressage horse owned by the Republican candidate's wife,
Ann, has become the subject of much derision across the pond.
Those with an interest in the rather expensive and rather
odd sport of dressage, in which horses are commanded to prance up and down to
music, under the judges' critical eye, might not, it has been suggested, have
all that much in common with the man on Main Street….
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