With speed events, you need to focus on times not on how you are placing.

I placed first in poles on my pleasure horse. Our time was like 35 seconds. If you go off the placing, yeah she did awesome. If you look at the time, you realize how mediocre a run it really was.

Placing at Po Dunk Bob's weekly playdays doesn't count for anything unless the times are there to back it up.

Honestly, I would seriously evaluate what you want and what level you are going to take it to. You need to put a baby on the ground that someone else wants because the reality of the horse industry is that you may not own that horse for ever. There are a lot of prospects out there that can be picked up for just about the same as it would cost to get a baby on the ground.

Boys are like purses. You're always going to have that one boy that you're always comfortable with and you'll always kind of like, right? That's your purse that you wear everywhere. Then you have that gorgeous bag you want everyone to see you with. But the gorgeous bag is usually an asshole...or costs a lot of money. Then you have like those other purses that you really like but don't really want to be seen with. -- Lauren Conrad, Laguna Beach

I Can Tell Your Purse is Fake