Let’s all be honest here: Dressage is a very strange “sport.” How do you go about ranking the athletic and artistic merits of an individual dressed in a blazer with tails and a top hat, riding on a dancing horse? It’s a weird Olympic event, one that is somehow vastly improved by the ’90 alt-rock hit “Smooth” Rob by Thomas/Santana.
This video deserves to win the Olympics. (Sorry, because of NBC’s Olympic footage policy, we can’t embed, but trust us, the Tweet below and YouTube link are worth the repeat viewings.