What we wish we knew as young adult amateurs | ep 70

If we could go back and give our younger adult-amateur selves some advice… what would we say? This week on the Equestrian Adult Amateur Podcast, we’re talking directly to the younger amateurs - inspired by a conversation with our very own Emmy, who came to us with an opportunity to get a horse and one very important question: Should I do it?

Naturally, we had thoughts. 😂

Because between the two of us, we’ve made the impulse horse purchases, spent money we probably should have saved, bought young horses we absolutely did not need, navigated different trainers and programs, and learned plenty of lessons the expensive way.

So this episode becomes the conversation we wish someone had sat us down and had when we were younger: What can you actually afford? Are you thinking about the purchase price or the real cost of owning the horse? Is this horse right for the rider you are today? What happens when your goals, career, finances, or life change? And sometimes, is the smartest horse decision simply… not buying the horse?

We also look back at our own early amateur years - the choices we made, the advice we ignored, the things that somehow worked out, and the things we’d probably do very differently now. This isn’t about telling younger riders not to chase the dream. It’s about everything we’ve learned while chasing ours.

As always, expect plenty of tangents, laughs, questionable financial decisions, horse stories, and two adult amateurs realizing that apparently we’re now old enough to give advice. 😂🐴

If you could go back and give your younger equestrian self ONE piece of advice, what would it be?