Fluffy little black animal

[yakalskovich]

He's allowed to do that, it's the cat chair in the kitchen. Picture taken on Sunday by the Nazgul.-

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[idylchild.livejournal.com]

I got my new pony in for training last night. :)

[yakalskovich]

That's a pretty little white creature.

[idylchild.livejournal.com]

That is a BEAST!

Give me six months and that one will be unbeatable. :)

[yakalskovich]

At what?

[idylchild.livejournal.com]

I train hunters and jumpers and my area of expertise is Ponies.

This one will qualify for Pony Finals. She has a monster jump and a 10 step.

By the time we finish, she should be worth about $50,000. (No, I don't get paid that much. The owner gets all that.)

[yakalskovich]

Who buys that kind of horse?

[idylchild.livejournal.com]

Americans with excessive amounts of money to spend on their child.

It's obscene but I maintain that horses keep rich kids grounded. You have to work your butt off in this sport and it is a very humbling experience.

Kids who ride are the nicest, most hard-working, focused, disciplined lot.

There are exceptions, of course, but for the most part that has been my experience. They don't shop or do drugs. They spend all their time at the barn working. And invariably they are excellent academic students as well.

[yakalskovich]

Well, I hope that horse goes to the right sort of hard-working kid, then, in the end!

[idylchild.livejournal.com]

I know it seems like they are a spoiled lot to have that kind of money (but better on sports than on clothes, eh???), but they really are a great group (the parents, however...)

Here is Bruce Springsteen's daughter, Jessica, winning the Maclay. She worked her butt off for this win!!

[yakalskovich]

Did you train that horse??

[idylchild.livejournal.com]

Lord no!

I think she rode with Frank Madden.