My Life as an Equestrian Told Entirely By GIFs – Part 3 Y’all

1. Trying to break in a new pair of boots

2. When I talk big game before a class and completely bomb it

3. When the judge talks to everyone in the lineup but me

4. What my horse probably thinks when I spray paint his black tail black-er

5. My horse when I turn him out

6. When one person’s horse starts bucking and it starts a chain reaction in the warm up pen

7. Losing a stirrup halfway through my pattern

8. Trying to feed all of the horses at once

9. The time immediately after a meet wraps up

10. When my competition asks me whether I think I won the high point

 

11. When people spend thousands on tack and show clothes when they should be spending it on training and lessons

12. Me immediately when I get home from a show

13. When my favorite judge tells me I’m a fun rider to watch

14. When my trainer tells me to calm down before I go into a class

15. When my sister tells me I messed up my pattern but I still place well

16. When I’m riding with friends and they dare me to jump my western pleasure horse

17. My relationship with my horses 80% of the time

18. When a little kid tells me they want to ride just like me someday

19. My reaction when I go to a 4-H Leader’s Meeting

20. When my Quarter horse wins the Saddleseat High Point

21. How I feel after I get my hat shaped & cleaned

22. My gelding and I’s relationship

23. My feelings towards anyone who thinks riding is easy

24. When my sister/lesson kid takes my advice and it works

 

 

25. My feelings about the MSU Equestrian Team being the best in the region/nation/WORLD

 

26. My reaction to anyone who talks smack about my horse show friends

 

27. Whenever anyone says anything about a horse and the whole class/group looks back at me for confirmation

28. When non-horse people make horse jokes at my expense

29. When I win a class but the announcer says my name wrong (every. time.)

30. My thoughts for anyone who doesn’t believe that riding is the most fun you’ll ever have….ever

 

My Life as an Equestrian Told Entirely By GIFs- Part 2

1. When my boyfriend adds his 2 cents when I rant about something horse related

2. That slow motion feeling when I’m falling off my horse

3. When someone brags to me about how much their horse cost

4. When a little kid tells me that they’re going to be in the Olympics someday

5. When I forget what I’m supposed to do mid-showmanship pattern

6. When people talk about how much better their breed of choice is

7. Me when I walk into a tack store

8. Coming home after a tough lesson

9. What goes on in my head during a pattern

10. When my boyfriend says I love my horse more than him

11. Fitting into your show clothes at the beginning of the season

12. When people tell me I should quit riding because it’s dangerous

13. When one of my lesson kids wins a class

14. When a rider that doesn’t know me says they don’t like me

15. Telling your friend they did great after they bomb a class

16. When my horse is lame and I have to pull out of a show

17. Finding out that a trainer has been drugging her 4-H kids horses for shows

18. When my dad brings me lunch during a show

19. When someone tells me I don’t work hard because my parents help me financially

20. When I get into serious show mode

21. When someone tells me all about their ‘big name trainer’

22. When I’m pretty happy with a class

23. My mom when the judge doesn’t place me first in EVERY CLASS

24. When people come out of nowhere to win the high point

 

25. When someone is jerking on their horse’s mouth and it starts being an idiot

 

26. Me whenever I get hurt from some freak horse accident

27. Every horse person EVER when given advice that they don’t like

My Life as an Equestrian Told Entirely By GIFs

1. My reaction when people ask me if I wear “assless chaps” when I compete

2. When I compete on a new circuit and win the high point

3. When my mom offers me food between classes

4. Watching a cute guy ride a pattern

5. When people say they didn’t place because of ‘politics’

6. Doing barn chores in Michigan 90% of the year

7. When my competition screws up their pattern

8. When people say that equestrians are high maintenance- whatever. At least I’m honest

9. The moments after I fall when I seriously debate whether to just stay down there forever

10. When the show FINALLY ends at 11 pm

11. When I hear trainers yell to their clients “Just jerk on his face and spur him, that’ll collect him!”

12. When a horse bucks off a rider that deserves it

13. When a rider loudly fights with their coach in front of everyone

14. When you win a class you don’t expect to

15. When someone expects to win when they don’t put in any work

 

16. When I bring my non-horsey friends to the barn

 

17. When my horse acts like an idiot in the show ring

 

18. After I win a Sweepstakes class

 

19. When someone cuts me off in the ring

 

20. When the ringmaster calls for someone to do their pattern first

 

21. When someone I can’t stand tries to give me training tips

 

22. When I try out a new class and fail miserably

 

23. When walk-trot kids get into a pileup in one corner of the arena

 

24. When people say that equestrians aren’t athletes

25. When all the hard work I put in all year finally pays off