#EventerProblems Vol. 117: When Nature Calls

In the immortal words of Outkast’s André 3000: “You can paint a pretty picnic but you can’t predict the weather.”

Or stop your horse from rolling in the mud. Or keep birds from giving birth inside your helmet. But you CAN take photos of it and post it to Instagram.

Behold:

Look what happened while I was at Rolex! 😅😅😍😍🐣🐣🐣 #rk3de #eventerproblems

A post shared by Helen Morris (@hemorris24) on May 1, 2017 at 5:35am PDT

Q: How do you keep Gus so sound and fit to compete Prelim at the age of 21? A: He's mastered the art of self-poulticing his entire body. #eventerproblems #greyhorseproblems

A post shared by Erin Gallagher (@flyingbequestrian) on May 4, 2017 at 7:35pm PDT

When you have an event in 3 days and your XC course be like… #eventerproblems @useventing #illinois #midwest #rainydays

A post shared by Colleen Mills (@mills0898) on May 3, 2017 at 10:15am PDT

Flooded not sure what's worse how much water that's outside the barn or in #eventerproblems #flooded #fml

A post shared by Ambur Cranston (@treebur) on May 5, 2017 at 9:45am PDT

Soggy disgusting day, still managed to have fun by pretending we were cantering down the centerline at Badminton! #dreams #eventerproblems

A post shared by Emma Kate Lomangino (@emmalomangino) on May 5, 2017 at 10:52am PDT

She's always gotta pick the grossest spots to roll #ottbsofinstagram #eventersofinstagram #eventerproblems

A post shared by Lizzie Harder (@eventerlizzie) on May 3, 2017 at 5:41pm PDT

Yayyy my horse is clean!! Wait… Nope. #filthyanimal #ottbsofinstagram #eventerproblems

A post shared by Ashley Ann (@ashbrush) on May 1, 2017 at 5:19pm PDT

just a little bit of a difference… now just the rest of the pile left to do… #eventerproblems

A post shared by Kate Drake (@katedrakevt) on May 7, 2017 at 8:49am PDT

Phantom of the Opera. @angiemitchell13 #rhodespoint #ottb #regal #notjustalook #itsalifestyle #springtime #texas #pegasuseventing #happyponies #wokeuplikethis #baysfordays #eventersofinstagram #eventerproblems @goeventing #farmlife #thoroughbredsofinstagram

A post shared by Ainsley Clancy (@ainsleyalice) on May 7, 2017 at 8:06pm PDT

"Think we can fit in a ride before the storm?" "It's fine, we have helmets!" "Kimber I don't think that's how helmets work… " (and yes we did ride but we had to hand walk to cool them out) #rideordie #mightactuallydie #thunderstorm #eventerproblems @kimberj1025

A post shared by Heidi Rebic (@heidirebic) on May 5, 2017 at 9:26am PDT

Go Eventing.