11 Things that perfectly sum up your love/hate relationship with horses
It is no secret that you love your horse. Many times you want to scream out of the top of the hayloft how you love your horse more than any other human. But then again, there are times where you want to stand on top of the show bleachers and scream that you hate your horse and its free to a good bad home.
The good news about horses is riders always end up falling back in love with them before we go completely postal and hang up our boots for good. It is really a mystery how the love/hate relationship that every horse-crazed human has never burned out.
1) The futile battle to stay clean…
Washed my hair last night for the show today……my horse covered me in beet pulp this morning #horseproblems
— Beure (@Beureface) October 16, 2016
2) Whenever you get a good result people credit your horse. But if it goes to shit all the blame gets pinned on you…
Oh no wait…that's every day
Well at least you're doing one thing right! #horses #horseproblems #horselife pic.twitter.com/IbGc2uwEFz— Boots and Bridles (@equestrianbandb) September 1, 2016
3) Non-horsey people assume you’re living the highlife when they find out you’re a rider…
Ppl think the equestrian life is so glamorous, so glamorous I think to myself as I scrub poop stains off horse blankets #horseproblems
— Bri (@mylovekyo) August 22, 2016
4) Never understanding why your horse cannot just find its own distance. #NotMyLegs
5) It’s like your horse’s goal in life is to find more creative ways to injure itself…
6) Some days you feel like a borderline Olympian and others you feel like a borderline druggie.
How true can one post be #horseproblems pic.twitter.com/QBhsMJLXMV
— Georgie (@georg1eee_) August 5, 2016
7) You’re forever poor and wouldn’t have in any other way.
Ouh yeah. #horses #equestrian #caballos #horsequotes #horseproblems #HorseHour pic.twitter.com/G5uqQzmzer
— Horse Addiction ♥ (@horsequotediary) July 7, 2016
8) Your horse has transformed you into a bionic human.
9) Your #RiderProblems even haunt you in your sleep.
Had a dream I didn't halt at X. #dressage #riderproblems pic.twitter.com/IR111c1eIq
— Natalie Abbott (@_Nataliea) September 24, 2016
10) Horses are your family, you don’t need kids.
This is so appropriate aha. Made me laugh. #horses #horselife #riderproblems pic.twitter.com/DmbT0acXQQ
— Kathy S (@misskatheyy) July 16, 2016
11) You aspire to have the determination of your horse.
30 minutes chasing this #moodymare and I caved and just poo picked #badpractice #naughtyhorse pic.twitter.com/PUSGNto0kd
— Laura King (@laurajk7) June 6, 2016
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