A horsey different half is many riders’ dream — somebody to share the payments, in addition to your hopes, goals and disappointments. No extra arguments since you spend an excessive amount of time on the yard, as a result of she or he is there too!

But it surely’s not at all times bliss and crimson roses within the tack room. Listed here are eight issues horsey {couples} might discover themselves arguing about…

1. Who ought to dismount to open that basically stiff gate out hacking. Sure, the opposite horse is taller to get again on, however mine is way much less more likely to stand nonetheless…

2. Whose fault it’s when somebody goes the incorrect method in a dressage check. Was the caller so distracted by watching how good/unhealthy the medium trot is (and so they really know what they’re in search of), that they forgot to provide an instruction? Or was the rider merely not concentrating and the caller gave route in completely good time?

3. Who ought to pay for lorry repairs if it’s been reversed into one thing — the driving force or the individual doing the guiding? Generally there’s one thing to be mentioned for resorting to the joint checking account, even when it’s meant to be strictly payments and mortgage solely…

4. Whose fault it’s that you simply arrived on the present actually late — the one who didn’t set the alarm clock correctly or the one who insisted on a breakfast cease at McDonald’s? Domestics in McDonald’s are by no means elegant…

5. How the Olympic qualification course of works. You each know you may remedy this by simply wanting on the FEI web site, however an excellent debate is far more enjoyable… (or is that simply us?!)

6. How British Dressage’s bronze, silver and gold system works. As above, however completely different web site.

7. Whose flip it’s to wash the 27-year-old retired pony’s sheath. Or clear underneath the rubber mats. Or do some other actually unpopular job…

8. Why somebody had the final fence down/a silly cease throughout nation/their horse cantered on the incorrect leg for the choose. In any case, the spectator can at all times inform, proper?

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H&H journal editor and eventing editor

Pippa is a real eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand expertise of competing as much as British Eventing intermediate and worldwide CCI2*-L degree, and has labored within the business on a prime occasion yard. Pippa enjoys nothing greater than immersing herself within the sport on the highest degree, reporting from the five-stars and worldwide championships, together with the Olympics.