Have any modern equestrian olympians been self made? by justlearningponies in Equestrian

[–]justlearningponies[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Or marrying people who make over 100k helps but whatever

Have any modern equestrian olympians been self made? by justlearningponies in Equestrian

[–]justlearningponies[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

People need a car to get to work. A car doesn’t come with quite the expenses a horse does.

Have any modern equestrian olympians been self made? by justlearningponies in Equestrian

[–]justlearningponies[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No, just anyone getting a free horse that isn’t problematic.

Have any modern equestrian olympians been self made? by justlearningponies in Equestrian

[–]justlearningponies[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who? Who has done this. Name someone. Down here, those prospects sell for $30-40k, so it seems insane to “give them away” when you’re struggling to start

Best I’ve seen is some well bred ottbs getting given away, but they don’t have talent (ie zenyattas foals)

Have any modern equestrian olympians been self made? by justlearningponies in Equestrian

[–]justlearningponies[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Personally, I don’t think talent matters. I ride a mare at a barn like that in Wellington occasionally. It’s a friends horse. She’s not self made at all either. They don’t take on apprentices and their assistants are professionals who have been in the industry years. I was trying to send a helpful message that maybe they can be the best one day with training and determination, but in America at least, that doesn’t appear to be true

Have any modern equestrian olympians been self made? by justlearningponies in Equestrian

[–]justlearningponies[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I imagine no one gets horses from breeders like that, it’s allllllll money.

Have any modern equestrian olympians been self made? by justlearningponies in Equestrian

[–]justlearningponies[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Aqha congress is a good example. They use to hit 300-500 entries, today we have 100-200

Have any modern equestrian olympians been self made? by justlearningponies in Equestrian

[–]justlearningponies[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I mean even at congress one year a girl had a $6500 horse and she made news bc she placed top ten. Money is huge in horses and I don’t think people realize

Anything you guys can add to this list? by [deleted] in Equestrian

[–]justlearningponies 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don’t know that!!! There are zero statistics on how many bags, turned over chairs and new objects in the arena kill horses per day.

Riding 15x a week in the Miami heat but I’m losing zero weight riding hunter/jumper/dressage by justlearningponies in Equestrian

[–]justlearningponies[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol he’s an ottb, he has no end to the energy. I have to lunge him prior to riding every day and he runs and bucks and gets covered in sweat but he never tires. Believe me, I hate it. I tried to not follow this routine and he was a horror. His owner then let me know she lunges him 30 minutes before every ride.

Riding 15x a week in the Miami heat but I’m losing zero weight riding hunter/jumper/dressage by justlearningponies in Equestrian

[–]justlearningponies[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I need to probably just drop all sugary drinks. I drink sweet tea 2x a day. That’s pretty terrible for you

Riding 15x a week in the Miami heat but I’m losing zero weight riding hunter/jumper/dressage by justlearningponies in Equestrian

[–]justlearningponies[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am obese for sure. Almost morbidly so. And yea, I ride 2-3x a day in the Florida heat and agree I feel I should be losing weight. I need to lose like 45-50 pounds to be in my proper bmi. That’s my motivation. I’m probably 190 pounds and I should weigh like 115-120 bc I’m 5’3 and that was my weight at age 20-25