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HI Spy: What will your equestrian life be like in ten years?


Look into your crystal ball. What do you see?
Probably—and hopefully—lots of horses.



None of us know with certainty what the future
holds, but we can take a good guess. Imagine your life in the year 2022. If you’re
just starting out now with riding lessons, perhaps you see yourself as an
experienced equestrian and a horse owner in the future. Maybe you’re training
hard today so that you can be working towards an Olympic qualification for
2024. Or if you’re a rider of a certain age, perhaps you see yourself winding
down a bit and spending your golden years on the back of a reliable trail
horse.



On the other hand, if you’ve got a reasonably young
horse and a happy farm today, your vision for 2022 might just be to still be
enjoying the company of the same horse on the same farm with the same friends.

Ten years ago, you could not connect to your
favorite equine retailers or celebrity trainers via Facebook and twitter. You
couldn’t upload videos of your rides to YouTube (or to HorseChannel.com, for
that matter) and get critiques from strangers thousands of miles away. When you
look into the future, do you think major changes in technology will affect the
horse world?

Click “Submit a Comment” below and share what you
think the future holds for the horse world and for yourself as an equestrian.

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  • I am starting school for equine science in the fall. Hopefully in ten years, I will be working my way up in the horse world. I don't know exactly whether I will be at a racing stable, breeding farm, or show barn. There are just so many possibilities!

  • In ten years, hopefully, I will be a NRHA member and a successful competitor and will have greatly improved my riding and training skills. If that happens, (assuming reining is ever added as an Olympic sport) I would think my young horse Tomahawk and I would qualify for the 2024 Olympics.

  • Hopefully, in ten years I will be running a succesful jumper stable and competing my horses, especially Pogo, state and maybe nationally!

  • I hope that in 10 years i will be done with veternary school and on my way to become an natuarl healer for horses! i'v wanted to for sooo long! oh and i also hope to still be riding my gorgous mare Ginger

  • Ten years from now I hope to at least be started in school to become a holistic veterinarian (working mostly with horses). I also would love to be competing in dressage, working my way up through the levels.

  • Ten years from now i want to run a very successful equine rescue chairty barn. I would love in the future to save dozens of horse from a terrible fate they never would have deserved.

  • Ten years from now, I hope to be training horses professionally, and practicing natural remedies and alternative methods of caring for horses. I also plan to be a extremely faithful subscriber to Horse Illustrated! I love the magizene!!

  • In ten years i hope to be living on a horse ranch in nevada or colorado. Somewhere with hills and mountains. I also hope to be a succesful barrel racer with my quarter horse!

  • In ten years I hope to be introducing my young son or daughter to horses and taking my then 12 year old niece on rides.

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