Lexington, 25 September 2010 – Legends, athletes, stars of stage and screen and “The Greatest” of them all, global sporting and humanitarian icon Muhammad Ali, contributed to the spectacular opening of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games at the Horse Park in Kentucky, USA tonight.
And completing the celebration was the key ingredient to the thrills and excitement we can expect to see over the next two weeks – the horse.
A cast of almost 1,500 people, and a vast array of equine talent, combined to provide a programme that paid tribute to the Games arrival on American soil with scenes from the prairie, Broadway, the Wild West and the Deep South. The show journeyed through the history of man and horse and explored defining moments in US history and culture, beginning with the heritage of Native Americans and a Prayer for All Nations by Lakota chiefs and concluded with a Mardi Gras extravaganza of epic proportions.
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