I’ve mentioned how important I believe breeding is to the future success of the U.S. international high performance programs several times in articles since the Olympic Games. It doesn’t take much looking around at the rest of the world to notice how woefully behind we are in this aspect of our sport. I believe this is the single largest gap we face as a nation in becoming a sustainable power in equestrian sport. The problem has evolved, and it will take time to fix, but without some immediate action we’re only going to fall further and further behind.