Appreciating What You Have Blog Hop

April 24, 2014 Lauren Mauldin Comments 11 comments

I love love love the Viva Carlos blog hop this week! It’s especially topical since we all know how much horse showing can make you question everything about yourself including the quality and talent of your horse.

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the Pros of our current ponies, whether you own them or just ride them in lessons.

Simon has a lot of good qualities, and I probably don’t write about them on the blog as much as I should since I tend to focus more on what we need to improve on. So without further ado…

Simon is perhaps the least buckiest horse I have ever sat on
I’m not sure he knows how to rear
He loves to work
He has excellent ground manners
He’s easy on the eyes
His large ears make it easier to hear… but he rarely spooks at noises
When he does spook, it’s usually the “stop and snort” variety
He’s a super duper honest jumper, any stops we’ve had were my fault entirely
He’s gentle with dogs and small children
He doesn’t mind a good spa day
His gaits are pretty comfortable to ride
He has a fairly stable gastric system
He’s pretty easy on the eyes
He is a very cute jumper for the hunters
He likes attention
He hauls my fat butt around over courses with 0 complaints! 😉

This is probably my favorite blog hop at all… love to celebrate our beloved creatures a bit more!

11 thoughts on “Appreciating What You Have Blog Hop”

Definitely one of my favorite blog hops so far!!

I love this blog hop too! 😀 You have a lovely horse, its obvious 🙂

YAY for SIMONPANTS!

1. I love that you put “he’s easy on the eyes” on the list twice, because he’s so f*cking cute I think it needs to be said at least three times. Cause he is just that adorable.
2. I burst out laughing at the “fairly stable gastric system” bullet. <3