I am a horse trainer. I wake up early.
I am an athlete. I have been to India.
I worked with a new horse this week for the first time. That's great! What where they like? Think they've got potential? It's a little early to say... but I like to think they all have potential, and what I'm figuring out is whether they have the drive, and really want to compete.  We shall see.  They sure are cute, though, I can tell you that!  Just a few months old... So young! I bet they really do all have potential at that age. Hopefully they really do have the drive! How many hands are they at the moment? Much growing to do? No, no.  No hands - they are born with their hooves already in place. ha ha - just kidding!  I didn't measure them, but if I sat on one (which I wouldn't quite yet!), I could almost keep both feet on the floor! LOL! So hopefully quite a lot of growing still to be done. What do you tend to do with them on their first session with you? Is it a bit like a first date? I imagine there's a lot of work to build a trusting relationship. A first date??  What an interesting analogy!  I guess it is like that, in a certain way.  Except I kiss the little guys on their noses a lot, and I try not to do that with dates... Yes, at first I'm just getting them used to my voice, and also teaching them that if they can figure out what I want, and then do it, there is always a nice treat for them!  Apple slices, currently. My mom used to reward me with apple slices too! I wonder if she thought I was a horse?! I guess I do run quite fast! Definitely just on two legs though. And with feet, not hooves. Ha!  There are other similarities, too: for example, the right pair of shoes can make all the difference in the world, don't you think?  These guys just go barefoot for now, but they'll get their first shoes soon...  Say, have you ever tried polo before?  We could merge our two interests and try some time! I suspect I'd be dreadful on top of a horse! I've tried bike polo before, same deal but on bicycles. I was OK at that but there's too many twists and turns. I'm better if you just point me in a specific direction and I'll run as fast as I can. The Forrest Gump method of track running if you will. Oh, I see.  So instead of working as a team with my fillies, you're proposing a race?  I don't mean to sound negative, because I know you're very impressive for a human, but... I'll be putting my wager down on the side of the horse. LOL .  On the other hand, I suspect the horses would do poorly in water polo... Maybe we could do a polo-athon. Water polo, bike polo and regulation horse polo! Would be quite the interesting day out. 