Quote Originally Posted by salsabike View Post
Chris, what is this horse-related stuff you do? I have loved horses all my life.
I was a dressage and three day event rider as a kid and young adult...I was quite good, Grand Prix dressage. I was lucky enough to have excellent (if extremely old school demanding) trainers. They not only taught me to ride, they taught me to teach. I taught several gold medal young riders over a 20 year career teaching and training. I loved, loved it, but the travel, the uncertainty of income, and the general lifestyle wore me out.
I still have about six eventing students who stick with me despite my flaky schedule...and I am on the mounted patrol unit with my police department and am a mounted police instructor.
Three day eventing is like an equine tri. Dressage, cross country jumping, stadium jumping.
I have the BEST jobs!