09/09/2025
Have a bad ride? Rough day working at the barn? A saddle you want, just financially out of reach?
I'd like to take this time to remind you that...
Hunter/jumpers: We ride horses in circles and jump sticks for a living, and then we let some person tell us our horse did, or did not, jump the sticks as pretty as another horse.
Dressage: We trot in circles and let someone tell someone else to write down whether or not we are circley enough for the circle club.
Eventers: We decided jumping out of an airplane without a parachute wasn't exciting enough, so we run at mach speeds towards walls, ditches, and small lakes to see who can do it fastest.
Barrel racers: We spend all of our time fine-tuning our ability to turn three times faster than anyone else.
Ropers: We catch calves that are technically already caught.
Steer wrestlers: We wrestle an animal that didn't even know there was a wrestling match coming their way.
Team sorters: Even on our worst day, we didn't spend as much as the cutters.
Reiners: See dressage, add speed.
Cutters: We let several people tell us we're better, or worse, at not letting calves hang out with their buddies.
Team penners: We take caught calves and make them a little more caught.
Endurance: We take 10 times as long, and spend 10 times more money, to get somewhere an ATV could've brought us.
Western pleasure: We poke around at wine-sipping speeds in the equestrian equivalent of a ball gown.
Trail riders: Cheers! Y'all have it figured out. ๐คฃ
It's not that serious y'all, so just have fun!
