Photo by JJ Sillman.
The hands-down best thing anybody has posted on Facebook in recent memory is this massive 400-photo gallery by JJ Sillman, titled “Reasons Why I Love Eventing.”
“Since there is a lot of negativity going around about eventing right now, I figured I would give everyone 400 reasons why I have loved eventing all of the years I have gotten the honor of photographing it,” she explains. “This is not even all of my happy reasons, either. I have surrounded myself with the best people and I hope I will continue to be so lucky for the rest of my life.”
EN is honored to share JJ’s gallery. “I would love it to be seen everywhere,” she says. “It made me so happy to make and I’m glad it’s made others happy. I love our sport.”
Thank you, JJ, for this timely yet timeless reminder that at the bottom of it all, we all just want the same thing: happy and healthy horses, a thriving sport, and a supportive community with whom to share our smiles.
All photos courtesy and copyright of JJ Silman (click thumbnail to see full-size image):
From grassroots to the four-star level, all around the world, we ARE the Eventing Nation. United we stand; divided we fall. Let’s work together in a positive, constructive way to keep the reasons why we love this sport intact.
Photo mosaic of JJ’s gallery by EN from a photo by Leslie Threlkeld.
Go Eventing.
