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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with riding is barn culture.  Horse parents are BSC, way worse than gym parents.  To get the training to become a really competent rider you need to be in the academy space and not just rec classes.  Then once you’re showing you need to lease or own your horse and it just keeps going.  [/quote]

Yep!  My DD wanted to be a trainer for the longest time.  Her last barn convinced her she did not want to be a pro.  It was insane!  The emotional manipulation and materialism was off the charts!  One of the trainers would shame her for eating and kept sending her cleanse programs (she is not stick thin and is not really built that she ever will be).  If she made a mistake in the ring during a show, the trainer would shun her and refuse to speak to her.  For $5k a month.  Yep.  We left.  In a great barn now.  Amazing, talented trainer but older so already hs a name and doesn’t care about appearances.  She is restoring my DD’s faith in the sport.[/quote]

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