Choose Your Own My Adventure

All work and no play. You know how the saying goes. Same applies to horsesÑall work and no play does make you dullÑwhether you’re talking about too much time in the arena or many hours at the desk and not out at the barn.

I’m more likely to fit in the second category right now. Confession: I haven’t touched a horse in almost a month. Since I don’t have my own horse at the moment, it’s kind of a hazard of my situation. I live vicariously through others: I hear about my friends’ horses and my mom’s horses, I ask about the milestones in their horses’ athletic careers or their antics on the trail, and I ooh and ah over the photos they show me.

My love of the horse and my passion for their care is what got me into this business in the first place. So how did it happen that I’m clucking at this year’s colts and fillies as I cycle past them, and how is it that I’m longingly looking over my shoulder at round broodmares lazily grazing in the warm evening light as I drive by É but I’m not riding or caring for them? Yes, it’s not my horse ownership chapter, so I must be very intentional about seeking out horse experiences