When dressage...

...goes wrong.

Ack! It's...it's...my reflection!

I'm figuring they didn't get great marks for this test...

Talk about...

...keeping the horse between you and the ground. Dang.

I think that horse needs a bit more jump schooling!

Who needs stirrups?

Not this guy!

(Other pro tip: Check your stirrup leathers. He didn't just 'lose' his stirrup...he actually lost his stirrup. I assume they did find it again...)

Here they come

Clearly, there's something good waiting in the barn to get these guys to come running!

Even more cute...

I couldn't resist this one.

And...

...an even cuter foal jumping video. But of course it's cruel to "make" horses jump...

Oops...

Way, way, way too much enthusiasm here. Nearly took out the starter!

Aw...

Little baby foal is learning that jumping is fun and the like!

Apparently...

...they call this the round pen of horrors.

He's not too keen to start with, but I bet he'll make a nice trail hinny (opposite of a mule) before too long.

I don't think I'd have done this bareback, though!

There is...

...so much wrong with this.

Why are we working this horse in a tiny area between the haystack and the equipment shed? (to be fair, maybe it's pouring it down).

Saddle way too small for the rider, and I'd put that rider on the lunge for a bit to learn correct posture. I don't like all that head tossing either...and is that a boucher? Rider is using hands for support a lot.

It's not horses...

...but I had to anyway.

I mean.

Seriously.

The Running of the Bulldogs

I like birds...

...unlike this horse.

Well, to be fair, geese eat his grass?

But what did the chicken say to deserve that?

I love...

Scurry driving. A British tradition I miss.

I never could...

...resist some feathers coming down the street. Look at those guys.

Just some...

...adorable baby minis.

Been there.

When the jumping lesson turns into the "Behave" lesson.

I don't even know how she stayed on, although she might have been using a bit much rein and trotting through cantering poles is kind of asking for trouble. But...insane horse and no stirrup?

Aww...

Adorable baby is learning that one of the uses of opposable thumbs is scritches!

Oh dear

I'll show you how to stop your horse without jerking the reins.

I guess this is a "do what I say, not what I do" moment?

Down the road...

...with an adorable little mule. And a very noisy dog. I'm amazed the mule doesn't kick it...

Horses...

...don't really understand what you're saying. Yelling doesn't help.

...and the number of times I've said things to my horse anyway...