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27/02/2024

20/12/2023

This this this ❤️❤️❤️

10/10/2023

Going to try for one tomorrow ❤️ wish me luck that Pibb doesn’t murder me in the woods lmao

Sometimes, all you really need is a trail ride 🍁🍂

01/10/2023

Been feeling guilty lately. It’ll pass, it’s okay.

Hey horse girl…
It’s okay if you have to take a rest.
It’s okay if you had the longest day ever, you’re running on 5 cups of coffee, you’re sitting in traffic, you’re at your wits end and trying to get to the barn before the sun goes down…. And you start to think maybe you should just go straight home instead.

It’s okay if you are getting over an illness, or an injury, you’re having a bad pain day, or your mental health isn’t in the best spot and you’re thinking… I don’t want to go to the barn today.

It’s okay if you have had a full day at work, chasing kids and adults, completing school projects, work projects, and your horses are with you at home and the barn chores get done but not much else.

Your barn can be your favorite place, and you can still need a 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚.

Your horse doesn’t want to see you rushed, in a bad mood, sick or weak, or hurting and stumbling. Your horse wants to see you healthy, happy, and ready to give him or her all of your attention.

You don’t need to be everything to everybody every second of every day.

If your body is telling you to rest, listen to it… every day looks different 🖤

04/09/2023

This was always my favorite thing about working in a barn 🥰

So true 🤩
credits: Magazine

04/09/2023

Just one more ride on the Dandyman ❤️

04/09/2023

Takes a special kind of crazy to be horse crazy, I suppose 🤪

03/03/2023

We all know at least one 😐

Sad but true 😁
credits: Groom's Secrets on Tumbl

26/02/2023

We all know the ones with the most personality are the best…

24/02/2023

No matter what you’re going through, never doubt yourself ❤️ A partnership between horse and human is never a waste.

Not everyone can do what you do.

Having an affinity with horses isn’t a gift that everyone has.

You lead, groom, tack up, hack out, school and jump without thinking, it’s second nature to you, it’s like walking or breathing. You can’t remember a time you couldn’t do it.

But not everyone can do what you do. Sure, you can learn rising trot, you can be taught how to lead a horse and learn how to look after them, but feeling truly at home on the back of a horse, being able to understand a silent language based on nothing but feeling...that isn’t something everyone can do.

So next time you are staring over the stable door wondering if you’re good enough for your horse, or wondering if this horse is “wasted” with you, just remember that you have a gift.

To be able to handle, ride, share space and build a relationship with another species that speaks a totally different language to your own is a gift. It’s not something that can be taught or learned, you either have it or you don’t.

Next time you find yourself doubting your ability, remember not everyone can do what you do, you have a gift...

Don’t waste it.

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Photo credit: Steph Burch Photos

24/02/2023

Do it. Read that s**t.