Romney horse fuss a headache for "elitist" dressage

LONDON (Reuters) - When a horse part-owned by Mitt Romney's wife Ann was selected for the Olympics, the sport of dressage was pushed out of the sand arena and into the political one.

The Democrats brandished Rafalca - and Ann's role as patron and pupil of dressage rider Jan Ebeling, who will ride the mare in London - as more evidence the U.S. Republican presidential candidate is out of touch with the common man.