One of my favorite hunt seat horses: Last Detail. He's so pretty.
No Hour of Life is Wasted That is Spent in the Saddle
~ Winston Churchill
Show Me Your Horse and I Will Tell You Who You Are
Show Me Your Horse and I Will Tell You Who You Are
~ Old English Saying
I guess I am in a horse mood right now, so I am also going to put this little entry I found somewhere along the way about showing horses that is so true and even if the things horse show people do are crazy and normal people say that it sounds awful, I can tell you...It's not! What you do to get you and your horse ready to show is so challenging, fun, and so worth it! One day, I will get to do these things again! What could be better than getting up at 3 AM to walk through the pouring rain so you can ride your horse in the arena you are going to show in or living off Twizzlers & Cheez-Its Thursday through Sunday! Horse people...I tell you...they are a totally different breed of their own. I would get up every morning at 3 am if I could!
Okay...so, there is my little rant of how much I miss horses. Sorry about that. Here is the entry I found as promised:
* Don't ever tell me...
...that riding isn't a sport.
Don't EVER tell me that riding isn't a sport. Riding is a sport at the very LEAST. It's not staying after school for 2 hours of practice 5 days a week, with games every week or so that last maybe an hour or two. NO - it's driving an hour and a half at least twice a week and riding for an hour and spending another couple hours taking care of the animal that you live for. It's waking up at 3:30 in the morning on a Saturday for a horse show and staying there until 9:30 that night. It's having complete control over your body, emotions, and nerves and communicating with a 1,200 pound animal that could kill you at any moment. Riding takes more dedication and practice that you will ever know, unless you experience it yourself. Think you can multi-task? Try controlling your body in a way that is soft and elegant while steering and communicating with your horse in ways that are invisible to everyone else or memorizing and riding a complicated course of fences and executing them all perfectly. AND handling all pressure that is poured on you as soon as you step in the ring. THAT is multi-tasking. So think again when you try to tell me that riding isn't a sport, because it's not only my sport - it's my LIFE, and I love every minute of it.
