Just for Laughs

My beloved husband forwarded me this picture. It made me laugh so hard I couldn't breathe!

Enjoy!

Tacky Triple Play

Today I have a triple play of hideous for you. The first one is not too horrible, being in acceptable earth tones. While I don't personally care for it, I am not offended by it. For a trail saddle, this would be fine. I am assuming that it is all synthetic, it is really difficult to tell.

This version however, is far less tolerable. It is a pale turquoise blue and black. I really don't care for it at all.

Lastly, we have something that looks like a prop from a Victoria's Secret photo shoot. Screaming pink and black, you can hear this one from miles away.

FEI World Equestrian Games

So, who else besides me and my friend Mallory are going? It is going...to...freaking...ROCK! I am so excited and it is still over a year away! We have to decide when during the event we are going, we can't go for the whole time because of work. The Alltech folks were here this week with some of their products and they had nifty brochures and such. I am somewhat concerned that tickets may be prohibitively expensive, but they have yet to post prices. If I have to, I'll sell a kidney or something. Heck, I have two!

Oh...My

I believe the person who once owned the horse that this saddle was made for is a reader. If so, I am not trying to offend. If it weren't for the seat, it wouldn't be too bad as a show saddle. I like black saddles, and it looks to be very high quality. Without the seat, which admittedly would be mostly covered by the rider, I wouldn't object to using this on my filly. The seat is just too much though. So, sorry, I'[m not trying to be offensive.

That said...dang this is a tacky sucker.

The Inescapable

Apparently I will never be able to escape from the hideous, piece of junk, painted cardboard leather, Pepto-Bismol pink saddle. Every time I begin to relax and forget the hideous, this happens...

AAAAAAAAAAAH! NOOOOOOOOO! (runs screaming from the computer).

For Cut N Jump

Googly Eyes for you! Does make the saddle more "fun" no less hideous though! ;-))

Yes, sometimes I have too much free time, and a slightly odd sense of humor.

The Right Equipment for the Job

Ok, so I was browsing Dreamhorse today and ran across a photo that all I could do was look at it and grimace. Here it is.

This horse is SUPER cute, and looks like a willing fellow for putting up with what is going on. I shall refrain from being too critical of the rider's position, but when she lands, she is in for a nasty surprise. This is a prime example of why it's a bad idea to use the wrong tack for a given activity. This poor girl is going to end up landing and either getting a saddle horn to the sternum, or it will get caught in the band of her bra and she is going to be stuck to the saddle horn (that sucks, I can assure you, I once was doing sort of an emergency dismount and got caught like that), or a combination thereof. But hey, at least she won't inadvertently chuck him in the mouth, what with being stuck to the saddle horn by her bra.

So, moral of the story, if you are planning on jumping, I strongly suggest using a jumping saddle and not a Western one.