Americans with excessive amounts of money to spend on their child.

It's obscene but I maintain that horses keep rich kids grounded. You have to work your butt off in this sport and it is a very humbling experience.

Kids who ride are the nicest, most hard-working, focused, disciplined lot.

There are exceptions, of course, but for the most part that has been my experience. They don't shop or do drugs. They spend all their time at the barn working. And invariably they are excellent academic students as well.