O/T The Greatest Show On Earth (or the Saddest?)

[sota]

lol CA. Here's Nik walking the wire 200 feet above Sarasota without a harness or net. He's walking 600 feet uphill from the top of a crane jib to the roof of the Ritz. This is what the circus is about for me. Ringling Bridge in the background :-)

[kentmillerman]

Picking up on a point made above is there any difference between horses trotting around a circus ring and those doing odd maneuvers in a dressage ring?

Or the physical demands of events like the Grand National?

Surely it's taking advantage of a dumb animal in both cases?

Having said that jolly, our cat stood at the door intimating he needs to go out for a slash. I told him to open the door himself, lazy git.