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10 Ridiculous Reasons Why Equestrians Love Horses

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Have you ever wondered the reasons surrounding why equestrians love horses as much as they do? Well, here’s some great information to help you answer exactly that – and the reasons, well, they may not be quite what you expect!

  1. Horses leave our bank balance successfully in the red each month – fact. If it’s not, we’ve probably forgotten to pay our livery bill
  2. We enjoy pain, and hurtling around an arena with no breaks during early spring, it helps keep life interesting and our riding skills sharp
  3. We enjoy being dirty and smelly! Mud is supposed to be a good exfoliator anyway, all the top sauna’s use it dh!
  4. Sleep is over rated anyway, we enjoy 5.30am starts even at the weekends and going down twice a day in the winter – interrupting anything else we plan to do
  5. We pretend we don’t like to go out and socialize, we’d rather spend it being cold and wet with the horse
  6. We enjoy being kicked, stood on and ran off with as it keeps us fit and our muscles well stretched
  7. Paying our hay man is keeping him in a job, he can feed his family throughout the year now (you see how thoughtful we are?!)
  8. We get away with talking to ourselves (we just say we were talking to the horse)
  9. Wasting time is what we do best, we spend hours perfecting banks, levelling the base and digging out tiny pieces of poo for the horse to destroy our masterpiece in under a minute
  10. We get away with looking dirty when down the supermarket, just throw on the jods and chaps and we’ll be excused

If the above list hasn’t helped, you could always try helping at a stable yard local to you! That should help prove our point nicely. Don’t forget your wellies!

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Suzanne Ashton

Suzanne Ashton is the Founder and Editor of Everything Horse Magazine, an independent equestrian publication covering horse sport, welfare, care, lifestyle and the latest industry news. With a lifelong passion for horses and a background in marketing management and equine studies, Suzanne combines equestrian knowledge with professional publishing experience to create trusted, informative content for horse owners, riders and industry professionals.