You Know You’re an Adult Amateur When You’ve Thought At Least One of These At Some Point in Time.

On Horse Ownership

Wouldn’t one more be so fun?

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Yay best friends!

On second thought, one is fine.

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Please stop hurting yourself.

I wonder if my vet thinks I’m crazy.

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Um, I think something may really be wrong this time. Could you come out to the farm?

Is that horse or dog hair? Does it matter?

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Obviously misplaced my lint roller.

Look at all the bills I have!

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My credit card is on fire.

On Riding

Is this spot too long?

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Jesus take the wheel.

That was way too long. At least I stayed on.

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Gold Cup here I come!

Wait, where am I going?

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Rollback to the oxer? Or is it the quarter line? HALP.

I wonder what my trainer is really thinking.

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Do I really want to know? No, probably not.

When your horse comes out super fresh.

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Why have you betrayed me?!

Being scared to look at your phone and see how many work calls & emails you’ve missed during your lesson.

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*Slowly buries head in hands*

Daydreaming about riding with your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend like

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BUT IT WOULD BE SO PERFECT.

On Showing

I’m SO excited to show this weekend!

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It’s going to be SO much fun!

Oh, here comes the anxiety train.

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Do I really want to do this? What if I ride terribly? What if I fall off? Is it worth it?

Be confident. BE confident. BE CONFIDENT!

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Just remember to BREATHE.

After nearly throwing up in the warmup but scoring a 90 in your classic round.

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What, like it’s hard?

Placing in all of your classes & feeling like you and your horse have a unique, unbreakable bond.

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Nothing can stop us! We can do ANYTHING!

Writing checks for entry fees, stall splits & the braider then anxiously calculating the total in your head.

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Please don’t overdraft, please don’t overdraft.

Did I really just pay that much for one day of showing?

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Ramen for dinner this month!

Yes, but look how far we’ve come!

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Best horse & rider team of life.

Ok, I’m totally ready to go home now. I’m tired of almost getting run over by golf carts and tripping over small dogs.

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Slow down you animals!

OmgILoveMyHorseSoSoSoSoMuch I am the luckiest #ammylife4ever

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There’s nothing quite like finding your heart horse.

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