Halloween ... an equestrian's every day normal!
In honor of this hallowed day, I'd like to share some of Izzy's riding terrors. I don't see them, of course, but obviously he does. I introduce you to the Corner of Death. It helps to read it with a creepy echo bouncing around and maybe some weird screams and cackling. There are three things that make this corner such a bogey-man. The first is that jump standard with a single red panel. What? You can't see it glaring at you? Does this help? Not gonna lie; that thing has nearly gotten me killed at least 56 times. Equally as vicious are the weird creepy things lurking by the neighbor's gate. It's the gate back there in the trees that you can't see. I should point out that it's a SILENT gate. Since we can't actually see the gate from the arena, I hiked over to it for the photo. Imagine my surprise when nothing happened while I took the picture. It just sat there quietly behind its wall doing and saying NOTHING. Set back across the road, just to the right of the Corner of Death sits a metal carport that is clearly a refuge for the crazed and demented. Every once in a great while, like maybe twice over the past 14 months, when the wind was really howling, so maybe it was actually something else ... that carport has made a creak or groan. Izzy's not taking any chances. He gives it the hairy eyeball every single day. When the looneys make their move, he knows he'll be ready.
Halloween ... an equestrian's every day normal!
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10/31/2017 09:39:52 am
Hilarious! The "Whoooooooo" gate was my favorite. We have a section of the arena AT the gate where we enter EVERY SINGLE FREAKING TIME and she's always counter-bending to sidle away from it every time we go past. *shakes head*
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11/10/2017 06:41:27 am
Right?! It's the every single time that kills me.
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Shelly
11/1/2017 09:30:18 am
You are hysterical... luv this & that we can all relate w/ this equine humor... our scary spot is just before we go out the gate to the trails she loves, so whatever, sometimes I back her all the way out, arrrrgh! 😖
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