How do you design a vaulting poster to advertise vaulting lessons that doesn't scare parents to death? Well, I guess I wouldn't include this photo. (Or the one on the front of our vaulting website.) Or, maybe I could just crop Shakespeare's long long legs off.

The Europeans get vaulting. A lot of them do this before they ever pick up the reins. It has an excellent safety record, in fact, it's the safest of all of the equestrian pursuits. My son and daughter have been on back-country rides (on a very safe and suitable pony with the proper equipment) in some very rough country since they were just five.

Think about the hunter jumper world and those little girls perched on top of those big horses hurtling over fences. Vaulting is much safer than either of those two horse activities.

Here in the U.S., most people just don't seem to understand ...