When your horse is lame and the vet tells you it will be out of commission for 3-6 months…freaken mint
When you realize that once the horse becomes sound it will take another 2-3 months to get back up the level you had been at previously…freaken mint
When you buy a green horse and put a year and a half’s work and effort into her and just starting to win blue only for it all to go to pot… freaken mint
When you trainer has you ride a horse that already has two other people leasing it…freaken mint
When the the borrowed horse with two other riders has bad habits because he has had to fill-in-the-blanks too many times… FREAKEN MINT