HORSE SHOW BOYFRIEND
I wrote a book called Horse Show Boyfriend.
It's about finding myself suddenly submerged in the hunter/jumper show jumping world. I attempt to explain it to outsiders while providing a travelogue of the shows I went to all over the east coast. Read more about it here.
The book has its own website (www.horseshowboyfriend.com) with a ton more cool stuff like blog posts, pictures, press and favorite tweets. You can also check out the Twitter account that started it all here, or just buy it on Amazon! More about the book below...
It's about finding myself suddenly submerged in the hunter/jumper show jumping world. I attempt to explain it to outsiders while providing a travelogue of the shows I went to all over the east coast. Read more about it here.
The book has its own website (www.horseshowboyfriend.com) with a ton more cool stuff like blog posts, pictures, press and favorite tweets. You can also check out the Twitter account that started it all here, or just buy it on Amazon! More about the book below...
I always knew my girlfriend was into riding, but it wasn't until we moved near Wellington, FL that I was unknowingly pulled into the vortex of the A-circuit hunter/jumper equestrian world. By the end of the Winter Equestrian Festival there, she had quit her job to visit horse shows all over the east coast and blog about them. I made the decision to go along and logged over 20 weeks at horse shows in 6 states, observing everything from FEI 5* Grand Prix events to Cleveland Bay classes. I realized eventually to justify it all, especially Pony Finals, I would need to write about my trip.
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For all the veterans of the A-circuit, I hope I get your sport and world right enough that you thrust this book into the hands of your friends and loved ones and say "here, this will finally help you understand I don't race horses." I certainly don't expect it to turn them in to Medal finals judges, but they may just refrain from congratulating you after your next 50 hunter round.
And if you have no connection to the hunter/jumper world like I did a short time ago, then jump down the rabbit hole with me and learn all about this crazy world you likely never imagined.
This is where I would put a bunch of blurbs about how awesome the book is, but I didn't really organize them or get permission to use names. Here's just some stuff important people have said, you'll have to take my word for it.
-"Refreshing look at our wacky but wonderful little world" - Georgina Bloomberg (I remembered this one because she posted it on her Instagram)
- George Morris said I got everything right and it was well written. I would directly quote him but I momentarily lost consciousness as he told me this.
- "Not only laugh out loud hilarious but it illuminates how truly insane and money oriented the sport can be."
-"Takes a subject that could teeter on the edge of boredom in the hands of a lesser author and made it educational yet funny as hell."
- "Definitely will make my boyfriend read this -- when I finally get one -- if I ever have time to get one after the horses."
And if you have no connection to the hunter/jumper world like I did a short time ago, then jump down the rabbit hole with me and learn all about this crazy world you likely never imagined.
This is where I would put a bunch of blurbs about how awesome the book is, but I didn't really organize them or get permission to use names. Here's just some stuff important people have said, you'll have to take my word for it.
-"Refreshing look at our wacky but wonderful little world" - Georgina Bloomberg (I remembered this one because she posted it on her Instagram)
- George Morris said I got everything right and it was well written. I would directly quote him but I momentarily lost consciousness as he told me this.
- "Not only laugh out loud hilarious but it illuminates how truly insane and money oriented the sport can be."
-"Takes a subject that could teeter on the edge of boredom in the hands of a lesser author and made it educational yet funny as hell."
- "Definitely will make my boyfriend read this -- when I finally get one -- if I ever have time to get one after the horses."