13/05/2026
❤️Horses and healing❤️
I must say lately I've been feeling a little frustrated with a few niggley issues (non horse related) so I've maybe been a little down beat! This got me to thinking how much time we spend complaining about the price of shoes/feed/livery our early mornings and days out cut short because we have to get back to see to the horses, but do we ever really appreciate the full value of what our horses do for us? I got up today throughly fed up, did the necessary chores then left the house with my black cloud in tow for my first job, I tacked up my first ride of the day, a lovely Irish mare and suddenly all my troubles disappeared, replaced by assessing my current ride and exercises to suit, 40 minutes later my mood had lifted and replaced by a little optimism about how the rest of my day may go, then i thought back to 2019, probably one of my toughest years to date there were a fair few disappointments that year most of the year I wallowed in self pity and w**e however the only thing that got me through was getting my sorrowful backside out of bed to see to my horse, I'd spend hours sat in the field then slowly kicked myself up the backside and got my mare back out competing to have probably one of my most successful years ever! Only later to find out that tough time was the best thing that could have happened because it meant only a few years later I'd end up with my beautiful daughter 🥰 Another heartwarming story I thought of involves the best horse I will ever sit on. I thought it and he did it, 9 times out of 10 he would bring back a red rosette. He was as obnoxious as the day is long and would only let a select few ride him, now this boy really peaked at Elementary and I had aspirations to go further so after much deliberation and tears we decided to find him a new home where he could teach someone else as he had done me. Now he carefully selected his lady after humiliating 2 previous people, and he left us the weekend after, I was heartbroken. A little while passed and I contacted the lady and I was saddened to hear that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and it had really taken its toll on her, (now this bit still brings a tear to my eye) I suggested we have him back for a while I would keep him in work whilst she was on the mend then he could go back home, Her response to this was, Thankyou but no, because every morning I get up and look out of my window and when I see him it gives me a reason to keeping fighting to get better, and that she did as I recieved a photo of him adorned in rosettes after winning the veteran championships at bd 🙌
Thinking through all this whilst being pelted with hail stones and still wearing my long winter coat in May I must say how bloody privileged I am to have spent the last 33 years surrounded by horses, Our private unpaid therapists no judgement just happy with a friendly pat and a bucket of nuts 😍
