'Regular Mom' Ann Romney practices one of the 'sports' of millionaires in the company of a 'trainer.
As Ann Romney immersed herself in the elite world of riding over the last dozen years, she relied on Jan Ebeling as a trusted tutor and horse scout. In her, he found a deep-pocketed patron. A German-born trainer and top-ranked equestrian, Mr. Ebeling was at ease with the wealthy women drawn to the sport of dressage, in which horses costing up to seven figures execute pirouettes and other dancelike moves for riders wearing tails and top hats.
A taskmaster, Mr. Ebeling pushed Mrs. Romney to excel in high-level amateur shows. He escorted her on horse-buying expeditions to Europe. She shares ownership of the Oldenburg mare he dreams of riding in the Olympic Games this summer. Mrs. Romney and her husband, Mitt, even floated a loan — $250,000 to $500,000, according to financial records — to Mr. Ebeling and his wife for the horse farm they run in California, where the Romneys use a Mediterranean-style guesthouse as a getaway.
“He came over here with two empty hands,” Anne Gribbons, technical adviser of the United States dressage team, said of Mr. Ebeling. “He had a lucky break to get to know the Romneys.” The relationship has given the Romneys “the ability to enjoy the horses in a very safe and private haven, along with enjoying the people who provide them the service,” said Robert Dover, who knows the Romneys and Mr. Ebeling and his wife, Amy. “That friendship has stood the test of time.” It also offers a glimpse into the Romneys’ way of life, which they have generally shielded from view.
Protective of their privacy, they may also have been wary of the kind of fallout that came after Mr. Romney’s mention of the “couple of Cadillacs” his wife owned and the disclosure of plans for a car elevator in the family’s $9 million beach house in California, which prompted criticism that Mr. Romney was out of touch with average Americans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/us/politics/ann-romneys-hobby-spotlights-world-of-dressage.html
Jus' reg'lar folk.
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well, that is pretty much how I regard them too 
and I love giving my horsey-people friends shit by challenging them to bring their pampered babies out to the ranch for a day of real work. Only one has ever come, but she didn't bring any of her babies, I had to put her on one of ours and she was pretty tired and sore after a short morning 
not in this thread, but with the Yacht story. Despite the fact that some Kerry supporters posted that it was from the RW BoHerald, and noted that the Senator did nothing wrong (docking in RI than MA). And that didn't have constituent support like Uncle Ted (ok, no one could touch him there), but that didn't seem good enough. Tay did say a while back that MA has high expectations of their pols, so me doesn't understand cause of being in a bright red southern state. 
When that whole Catholic thing came out there were some replies that said, he's rich or in the 1%, but he was supportive of OWS.
Ok, maybe me was wrong, if this was over the top, than apologies.
Also hoping that Liz Warren hangs in there with the Cherokee drama.
Apologies for the posts. Peace. 
I think Warren will pull it out. It feels like Brown's support is a mile wide and an inch deep. If Warren doesn't get bogged down in personal politics (like this native American genealogy crap) and sticks to democratic issues, and runs a campaign (unlike Coakley, who mailed it in until the last few weeks), I think she can win.
