YOU KNOW YOUR A HORSE PERSON

Our lives with horses are rich with feeling.
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>If you've ever...
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>Choked back tears watching a new foal wobble to his feet for the first
>time.
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>Or watched your good horse wobble to his feet after surgery...
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>Or seen the ends of the reins float straight out as a reining horse spins
>beneath them...
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>Or chuckled to yourself as you watched a tiny tot, on a patient pony, trot
>through a barrel pattern at a saddle club play day...
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>Or felt the building tremble as an eight-up hitch of feather-legged giants
>towed a hand-carved beer wagon into the arena...
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>Or had your heart stop when you saw your horse lying motionless in the
>pasture on a sunny day -- and waited breathlessly to see an ear flicker...
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>Or cheered at the screen when "The Man From Snowy River" slid Dunnie down
>the mountainside, or when Seabiscuit made his final surge to beat War
>Admiral...
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>Or cruised along the highway and have seen a horse in the pasture and
>wondered what he's like to ride...or pictured him as a prospect...
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>Or sucked-in your breath as a horse and rider approached a six-foot wall..
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>Or sworn a solemn oath to your horse that together you would triumph...
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>Or flipped through the TV channels and stopped when you saw a horse...even
>when it was a commercial.. .
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>Or laughed aloud when you rubbed your horse's face and he rubbed back..
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>Or gotten chills hearing Dave Johnson's "...and DOWN THE STRETCH THEY
>COME!"
>(Or "Run For The Roses" circa 1980ish?)
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>Or stood in awe at your horse in morning play as he sprinted around the
>pasture, then stopped, head erect, and snorted defiance at the rest of the
>world...
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>Or been thankful to see wild horses grazing casually at the foot of a
>hill..
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>Or felt calmed by the sleekness of a silky haircoat beneath your hand...
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>Or felt your jaw drop as you watched a Lipizzaner perform a capriole...
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>Or if you've ever seen someone in the grocery store wearing a certain kind
>of hat, or boots, or buckle, or have a certain cut and length to their
>jeans
>..and felt some remote kind of connection.. .
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>Or felt warmed by a soft-nicker greeting you as you entered the barn.
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>If you've ever been moved by any of these feelings, you know you are a
>horse
>person.