@todaywithgus: a lot of people don’t find value in horses unless they can ride them. a lot of people won’t pay to care for a horse unless they can ride it. a lot of people don’t spend much time training or working with their horses outside of riding. I am simply not one of those people. maybe 2% of the time I spend with Gus is spent riding. today I rode him for 18 minutes (15 minutes of that at the walk only) but spent 40 minutes on the ground (walk warm up on foot, play session, cool down on foot), 30 minutes hanging out with him while he ate and 20 minutes hand-grazing him. on average I spend roughly 120 hours at the barn per month but only 1.5-2 hours riding. I simply value other things way more than I value riding. #horsetok #horsemanship #horselover #horsegirl #fyp