#horseblr

[horse-breed-a-day]

Horse breed of the day: Curly Horse

Height: 14-16 hh

Common coat colors: Bay, pinto, chestnut and palomino

Place of origin: US (Nevada)

[yorksnapshots]

Not minding the mud.

[cruzadocreacher]

treated myself to a new hillbury leather halter for the creacher

[track2hack]

05.12.2024

1.5 years of confidence in the making! 💪

It’s taken a bloody long time to get to where we are now -which looks exactly the same as where we were- but with a trail of blood, sweat and a LOT of tears in between 🫣

I’m a walking (sometimes limping!) testament to the old saying that “green and green makes black and blue” and felt every single ache and pain and the doubt that it brings, but it’s awesome to look back and see how far we’ve come - even if the jumps are the same piddly 35-45cm height as they’ve always been 😅

This time last year I was seriously regretting getting Ed back from Waimak after our first rally back resulted in yet another fall, having a meltdown over a course of poles on the floor, too nervous to have lessons, didn’t wanna ride in case I fell off again, and was constantly doubting whether I was a good enough rider to bring out the best in him (and had even considered selling him at one point! - bullet dodged on that one 😅😮‍💨)

I’ve always had doubts if Ed was the right one for me (and very public ones too 🙈) but it’s hard to believe this is the same team as last year, it feels like we’ve finally hit our stride and are really working as a partnership - Ed’s strengthened up and matured so much in these last couple months alone, and that pesky swinging lower leg of mine has done her dash and getting better every ride (one more thing I can thank Molly for, if my leg wasn’t on then I was coming off 🤣)

If you were on the outside looking in you’d think we’ve stagnated, but we’ve done a lot of growing this year! I might not be jumping 65 oxers this year but I’m just proud to not be crying over 25! 🥳

It’s easy to lament over how far a journey you’ve still got to go, it’s hard to look over your shoulder and see how far down the road you’ve come 🙌💕

[ofhoovesandheart]

[hamgumber]

the beginning of my exploration into horse girls and obsession. i have been reading the anthology "horse girls" by halimah marcus and was struck by the comparison between horse girls and religious fanatics. to be a horse girl is to wear it like a scarlet letter; she is weird, she is obsessive...but in her obsession she finds herself free from judgement and the male gaze. men hate her because she does not serve them. she serves a four legged god and finds salvation in the smell of hot musk, leather, and hay.

[creelarke]

“How’s life?”

Me:

[polishkurapika]

[horseimagebarn]

horse whose hooves are stuck individually in different colored buckets the horse seems a bit surprised but unbothered the sign of a well mannered yet perhaps empty minded horse or perhaps this is all a goof of the horses own design

[lilu-the-horse]

when horses do the big doggie stretch and go allll the way down…

Yeag

[horse-breed-a-day]

Horse breed of the day: Dales Pony

Height: 13-14 hh

Common coat colors: Black, roan, bay and grey

Place of origin: England

[kelpeigh]

Me: I think I’ll get another video of me shedding Blaer out. The internet loved it last year

Tito:

[bebs-art-gallery]

The Wound by welderwings

[shadowofthebells]

He has a few quirks we need to work out…