When your non-horsey friends ask you to explain eventing for the 6,397th time …
When your alarm clock goes off at 3 a.m. for an event …
When your horse destroys his brand new turnout sheet …
When your arch rival just edges your dressage score …
When you watch your friend jump the wrong jump on cross country …
When you realize that max table IS on your course …
When you’re watching the Rolex live stream and your favorite rider jumps double clear …
When someone tries to open the port-a-potty door while you’re inside …
When you have way too much Red Bull on the way to an event …
When your friend says her horse has never had a cross-country jumping penalty …
When you’re the only person in your division to go double clear in show jumping …
When you pop into the barn just before meeting friends and your horse slimes you …
When you look at your ride times and see you’re in a division with five Olympians …
When you’re trying to learn your dressage test and the people next to you won’t shut up …
When someone tells you your horse is just “an OK mover” …
When your horse comes trotting up to you in the field …
Go eventing.
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