My boyfriend (bless him) has been nothing but supportive of my horse habit. Despite an eyeball-scratching allergy to horses, he pops Reactine and goes on the odd trail ride with me. He flew to a remote northern town in Mongolia to meet me at the finish line of the Mongol Derby. And he just smiles and nods when I say, at least once a month, “Don’t kill me, but I just spent another $200 at the tack shop.”
But the reason I really appreciate him is his unintentionally hilarious observations of the horse world. My man is a fount of truth that we riders are too afraid to speak aloud.
Here then, are his words of wisdom.
1. On illogical early mornings...
![AlarmClock](https://cloudfront.horsenetwork.com/sites/4/2016/07/AlarmClock.jpg)
2. On horse show etiquette...
![LawnChairQuote](https://cloudfront.horsenetwork.com/sites/4/2016/07/LawnChairQuote1.jpg)
3. On grooming...
![BuckBraids](https://cloudfront.horsenetwork.com/sites/4/2016/07/BuckBraids.jpg)
4. More reasons grooming is pointless...
![MaxPower0815](https://cloudfront.horsenetwork.com/sites/4/2016/07/MaxPower0815.jpg)
5. On the underwhelming aspects of a basic dressage test...
![DressageQuote](https://cloudfront.horsenetwork.com/sites/4/2016/07/DressageQuote.jpg)
6. On providing moral support...
![Jump](https://cloudfront.horsenetwork.com/sites/4/2016/07/Jump.jpg)
7. More moral support...
![Booing](https://cloudfront.horsenetwork.com/sites/4/2016/07/Booing.jpg)
8. On the waiting to riding time ratio...
![Stopwatch](https://cloudfront.horsenetwork.com/sites/4/2016/07/Stopwatch.jpg)
9. On the revelation that horse shows are a bad investment...
![MoneyMoney](https://cloudfront.horsenetwork.com/sites/4/2016/07/MoneyMoney.jpg)
10. On the refreshment situation...
![beer](https://cloudfront.horsenetwork.com/sites/4/2016/07/beer.jpg)