You know you are getting old "WHEN"

[Andalusianlover]

When your dream horse is no longer a raging 17hh black beauty but instead is a 15hh steady coblet.

When you go to a show, do one competition and you want to go home instead of doing every competition and staying there a good 8 hours trying to win as many rosettes as possible.

When you plan to go out hacking, look at the rain outside and go "sod that for a game of soldiers" I'll go muck him out, give him lots of hay and then leg it home faster than Linford Christie and eat food all day!

Half way round the hunter trial course you stop your horse for a while to get your breath back.

 

[cindars]

When you don't think "it's only rain. I won't melt" I don't want to have to ride home on my bike with a wet bum. Getting out of breath pushing the barrow up to the dung heap.,thinking my next horse will be a fat cob instead of the arabs I love. (I'm 63)

 

[cyberhorse]

.... when cold hands suddenly develop into Raynauds Phenomenon....

Have had this since being 14 gladly they seem to be finally improving with age!

Standing next to your horse and holding out your left leg whilst carrying on the conversation you where already having, and not having to actually ask for the sympathy leg up...and yes it is simply because I do not want to damage my horse's back or the saddle tree by "vaulting" athletically from the floor. (*sssshhhhhh don't tell*)

Lining up for the back-flip dismount and deciding that your 16.3 is too tall when you did this off your 17.2 as a teenager, and that this kind of behavour is really is not sensible anyhow.

Being too aware of your impending doom to jump bareback.

Apologising profusely to your horse after your third trip to the feed room, coming back without the dinner bucket you went for.

The first thing you do when you get to the yard is turn the radio down and bemoan why the youth of today is deaf

Decide to wind up the kids further by mucking out to some nice relaxing tunes on Classic FM

...and I am only 32 the best is yet to come!!!

Loved reading the posts and I will now be investing in a sports bra and doing pelvic floor exercises - prevention, prevention, prevention.

 

[ChesnutsRoasting]

.....when you thoroughly enjoy an episode of Gardeners World.