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So whenever the news cycle gets too depressing, I scroll through horse sales ads while drinking my morning coffee instead. Even tho I'm not around horses anymore, and don't intend on getting back into that world.

Now, my partner hasn't been around horses much at all. So you can imagine my surprise when he not only became very invested in looking at random horses with me, but started actively enforcing horse ad time like it's some long-established relationship ritual we have.

After like three months of this, he has a surprising amount of opinions on horses and horse breeds despite never having been around one since he was 8. And since I kinda live for his comments on these horses by now anyways, here are some highlights:

he seems to have a nagging suspicion that irish cob yearlings aren't real, because they look too fluffy to be true. I'm with him on this

he likes Mustangs the most, because they have the friendliest faces.

He groups ottbs into the 'boring' or 'looks like a very big dog' category.

He dislikes American Miniature Horses so much that whenever we come across one, it's like he's discovering them all over again

He has developed a certain dislike for Icelandic Horses specifically. When I asked him what makes him hate Icelandics but love shetlands for example, he gave me a rather passionate explanation of how Shetland Pony ads are at least honest about selling some equine poltergeist, while Icenaldic Horse people act like they're selling Sleipnir itself. And jfc he's got a point?

Speaking of shetlands, he's a big fan of shetland sales ads and the euphemistic language they use

He also always asks me to save particularly... memorable pictures of horses to add to his growing collection. Here are some of the recent additions:

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Aston napping 💤

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10 years ago.

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A Light in the Night by Frank Tenney Johnson, 1936

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Sahara is learning how to use her body properly in the approach to a lone cavaletto.

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it must feel good as hell when you’re a horse and you take a big bite out of an apple like ttshoke

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"Meteor" can you tell how much I love Meteor? he's my favorite. Sandwash Basin, Colorado

Photo by WilsonAxpe Photoadvocacy

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horsethoughtbarn 5 name

if horses werent called horses what do you think they should be called

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greenware, before the kiln -vs- bisqueware, after the bisque fire

I added some pencil/charcoal texture to these pieces, but even just the kiln changed the colour dramatically

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"Cassiel" Red Desert, Wyoming

Photo by Living Images by Carol Walker

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Black velvet painting of a horse trying to seduce me with its eyes? I had to be forcibly restrained by my wallet.

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Cloud’s Pride - Mustang

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"Blue Zeus" currently residing at Skydog Sanctuary with his mares Red Desert, Wyoming

Photo by Living Images by Carol Walker

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Shakira adores it when I play tag with just her, and she gets rounder and rounder and more and more up as the game progresses.

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"Ramiro" South Steens, Oregon

Photo by MustangMeg

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Playing her favourite game, find the treat