#EventerProblems Vol. 127: A Special Breed, Horses vs. Humans Part 1

Well over a hundred #EventerProblems later I still don’t know who has more screws loose, event horses or the people who ride them. In this edition and the next, we’ll let the two parties face off.

Today, let’s start by letting our horses make a case for themselves:

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I don't know how he does it, but Monti has some amazing skills at peeling out of pull on bell boots without damaging them. #eventerproblems #ottb #skills

A post shared by Megan Hewitt (@megginni23) on Jul 31, 2017 at 9:19am PDT

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Its like sending your kid off to school for the first time…. Please be good Finn! #JWE #eventerproblems #sogoodforhim #nobabyshenanigans #Catalpaprep

A post shared by Kristina (@kwhorton87) on Jul 31, 2017 at 12:31am PDT

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When your horse poops into his shipping boot in the trailer… #failfriday #eventerproblems #lifewithhorses

A post shared by @camelias2009 on Aug 11, 2017 at 8:22pm PDT

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Well, I guess that's one way to keep flies off your face…. #FloridaProblems #SheDoesntCare #SheGotMadWhenITriedToTakeItOff #SpidersOfFlorida #LunaticFringe #Amelia #ottbsofinstagram #OTTB #EventerProblems #EventersOfInstagram

A post shared by Game On Eventing (@gameoneventing) on Aug 13, 2017 at 8:56am PDT

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Trailer with 100 bales of delicious Alfalfa? Or secret lair of a horse-eating dragon? Maybe we should spook just in case. #farmlife #eventerproblems #itmoveswhenthewindblows #spooky #eventer #horses #jumper #hummingbirdstables

A post shared by Amy Nelson Eventer Official (@amynelsoneventer) on Aug 16, 2017 at 6:37am PDT

Every. Time. We. Flat. #ottb #ottbproblems #chestnutmare #ottbsofinstagram #eventersofinstagram #eventerproblems #eventer #jumpallthethings

A post shared by Hilary (@sweetradiance_eventing) on Aug 16, 2017 at 8:56am PDT

Some people are all "oh I just ran around a Training course with my Makeover horse and I'm all, "I taught it to fetch." #nooshstale #tbmakeover #ottb #weirdo #fetch #pacificfarms #eventerproblems

A post shared by Clare (@claremansmann) on Aug 16, 2017 at 2:56pm PDT

on this week's edition of what my intermediate/2* lease horse finds spooky: mowed grass #eventerproblems #maythequeen

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Well played young man, well played. Rigby – 1, Dressage Camp – 0 #chroniclesofrigby #eventerproblems #atleasthesbay

A post shared by Hannah Schofield (@hannah2ana) on Aug 29, 2017 at 12:31pm PDT

*cries* #hewasblack #eventerproblems #horses #eventing #sellefrancais #trakehner #fatbeauty

A post shared by Grace Wilkinson (@grace__wilkinson) on Aug 31, 2017 at 4:47am PDT

Dorado's real opinion about alfalfa … #dorado #ottb #thoroughbred #badhorse #whycantyoubenormal #onlyhorseiknowthatdetestsalfalfa #eventerproblems #spradlinglife2017

A post shared by Erica Spradling (@xbetterbesocialx) on Sep 7, 2017 at 5:25pm PDT

Preliminary thoughts, EN?

Go Eventing.