Is there a more famous horse in the Olympics that Rafalca Romney, which is owned by normal guy Mitt Romney. The performance was decent, and rider Jan Ebeling sits fourth at the time of posting, but it's unlikely Rafalca will be bringing any more precious metals back to Casa Romney. The New York Times profiled the horse today. Here's a gif of everyman horse Rafalca doing her thing.
Early-bird US tweeters were already getting their digs in.
Ladies and Gentlemen...Your taxes at work! Rafalca Romney has now entered the Dressage area!
#TeamUSA#Rafalca— REDS (@rougemoi) August 2, 2012
Unbelievably convenient: the best manoeuvre in Rafalca's run was... the halt and reinback
#evenhishorsehastowalkstuffback— Lauren G (@geeoharee) August 2, 2012
If Romney could poll as high as
#Rafalca, the election would be in the bag. 70.213 to#Romneyshorse at#London2012— Catherine Mayer (@catherine_mayer) August 2, 2012
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