Home rentals have become an ever increasing option for those who plan to attend far away and exceptionally popular events, such as the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games to be held for the first time in America at Lexingtons Kentucky Horse Park. There are slated to be over 600,000 spectators alone in the area over the course of the two week event, with most of them overlapping for the most popular dressage, jumping, and eventing tests. There are also the stable workers, media, reporters, employees, competitors, handlers, volunteers, and countless other staff members who will be heading in from all over the world at this time, so it is easy to see why the early scramble for lodging.

The World Equestrian Games are growing, thanks to the tireless and endless efforts of their governing body, the FEI. With this growth comes a greater responsibility for the host cities who are charged with getting the games off without a hitch, and the cycle is sometimes so overwhelming enormous that its hard to comprehend how they get off the ground at all. Spectators are rarely made aware of the constant planning, labor, work, determination, and efforts that are going on behind the scenes, and this is just how it should be. Suffice it to say that Lexington has been in full swing toward preparation for the fall, 2010 games since spring of 2008, and it has no intensions of slowing until the last nail is sunk.

This may all seem rather boring and mundane to those who are only interested in the horses, as these amazing creatures are the true celebration and driving force behind it all. Public support of the game efforts and volunteering is as important to the games as the events are themselves, so if you find that you have some spare time to offer, the Ariat Volunteer Center is the perfect contact for you to make.

During the games, all of the most formidable and highest ranking horse and rider teams will vie for the top FEI spot in one or more of 8 disciplines. The other every four years world renowned equestrian event, which occurs exactly at the even numbers every two years between the World Equestrian Games, is the Olympics. New this year is the para dressage contest, where those with physical disabilities are able to prove their metal amongst their able bodied peers from around the globe.