The partnership
What the work turns into: the disciplines you might take up, and the length of the road you are on together.
Somewhere past the daily round, a horse stops being an animal you keep and becomes one you know. This stage is about what that looks like — the disciplines people give their weekends to, and the plain arithmetic of how long you’re likely to have together.
What to read first
- Point-to-point and the jumps season
- National Hunt and what horses jump
- What happens after racing
- What is dressage?
- What is showjumping?
- Horse years in human years
- How long do horses live?
- At what age should a horse be retired?
- Will a single horse get lonely?
- What happens when a horse dies
- The passport, after a death
- What to say when someone loses a horse
The whole road
There is no stage after this one. The full path runs from dreaming of horses through to the partnership.