When I’m a famous rider…
MiKael tagged me with the “When I’m a Famous Rider, I’ll Demand…” meme. The only problem: I don’t feel very demanding right now. I mean, my list begins and ends with “my own horse.”
Actually, given the sniping of famous riders that tends to happen on online forums, I think I’d have to demand a personal press secretary. Their job would be to find all the snitty posts about me and provide me with regular digests, because I would find such things amusing. And, I hope, as a famous rider I’d be spending too much time on horseback to find them all myself.
Oh, and it would probably be a good idea to demand frequent interaction with other riders and instructors, so I never forget that there are others who know more than me, and ride better than me, and have ideas that could help me improve.
Ok, is that enough humbleness? Good.
I want a fancy air-ride trailer with box stalls and a tack room chock full of stuff. I want a farm in a temperate part of the country that has four seasons, reasonable temperatures year-round, and an indoor arena for the inevitable climate temper-tantrums. Plus miles and miles of trails. With a view of the mountains and a beach within day-trip distance. And huge pastures with green grass in the summer.
Mostly, though, I demand my own horse. And I don’t say this just because I’m horseless at the moment. I hear too often about riders whose sponsors buy them a horse, and just as they are doing well, the horse gets sold out from under them. That’s one aspect of being a famous rider I can live without.
Hey, what can I say? I’m selfish like that.
I’m not sure how far around the blogging world this meme has made it yet, so until I figure it out, I’m going to have to tag people whose feeds say they haven’t done this one yet: Learning Horses, Rider One, and Pony Tail Club.
KY Horse Properties says 25 October 2007
Well, at least you know what you want. I’m with you on just about everything except I’d swap the air-ride trailer for a horse van like they use in England/Europe. Now that you know what you want, I think the next step is to figure out to get it. Not all at once of course, but lay out a plan for how to get those things. Good luck.