I'm actually so jealous; wish I could've brought my horse to school with me, I hate leaving him for extended periods of time :(  But oh my lord; riding in England isn't nearly as expensive as it is in America, which means you get so many fats at competitions. Like when I go to a dressage show, there are always so many of them on little tiny ponies and I just want to slap the selfish bastards. However on one occasion my friend and I got someone kicked out of a show by reporting to the organisers that she was so fat that the little 13.2hh was struggling. Her online when they took her aside was "oh, but he's a solid build!" So are you fatso, now get off the pony, look at yourself in the mirror and think about what you've become