If you were a competitor, spectator, volunteer or even an avid follower at home, your participation in this year’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games counted.

Kentucky bid for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in 2004. Now, after 6 years of planning and preparation, the first WEG held on U.S. soil came to an end on Oct. 10. There were 81 medals awarded in an event involving enough speculation, scandal and Totilas to put any drugstore mystery novel to shame, but the real impact of the WEG lies in the numbers behind the scenes.