Motorcyclists love to say, "Put something exciting between your legs! Ride a motorcycle".   For me, I'd rather have a fuzzy, 4 legged, warmblooded equine instead of a hunk of metal.   But, to each his own...

A friend of ours owns a Grand Prix dressage horse.   Fully trained for International level competition, the horse knows all the moves performed in Olympic level dressage.   If a rider can climb into the saddle and ask politely and correctly, amazing things happen.   Canter pirouettes (as I'm demonstrating here), flying changes every stride, half-pass zig-zags, piaffe, and passage.

This mare is going on the market soon...   But, hopefully I'll have a few more rides with her before she goes off to a new home!

Yup, it is these moments that make dressage riding great fun!

And, yup, this is why I work for a living...   To afford the horsey lifestyle!