Christine Barakat

Managing Editor of that horse magazine you love. Tweets represent my own opinion, and possibly the opinion of the barn cats. I write about ponies.

[Christine Barakat @CMBarakat]

If you need something done—anything, really—ask a Grown Up Horse Girl to do it.

[Christine Barakat @CMBarakat]

@VirginiaDMV can someone get in touch with me to explain why my father was denied veterans license plate, on Veterans’ Day? We’ve been told he needs a letter from a commanding officer. My father is 85. His commanding officer died decades ago.

[Christine Barakat @CMBarakat]

My Insta is iwriteaboutponies

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@hunterreject iwriteaboutponies

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It’s only the most thoughtful, considerate ponies who trot away from you in the field for 10 minutes to show you how sound they are.

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Young friend: “Wow. It’s colder than I thought today.”
Me: “I’ve got an extra jacket in the back of my car. Put that on.”
YF, zipping up jacket: “Ooh. I look like a 1970s Barn Mom.”
Me: “Give me back my jacket.”

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

What are all these scribbles on your keyboard?

A brief history of punctuation marks:

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In which I have an existential editorial crisis. Why bother publishing advice people probably aren’t going to follow? https://t.co/G2jGOJVcc3

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Current challenge: Making reels for EQUUS that walk the line between “aware of current culture” and “hello, fellow kids.” https://t.co/4ntMFagw3K

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See? It’s annoying.

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Gonna stop reading Twitter threads. Here’s why.👇🧵

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Bespoke s’mores. Now they’re just trolling, right? #gbbo

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Rude

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@Oh_Suzanney That entire episode:

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*gestures broadly at everything*

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@Horsesnhills @Maryland5Star Top of the rack. Excellent.

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The reason for the season.

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Important info from your favorite horse magazine, suitable for sharing.

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@boderek It’s the facial expression. (And you just know he’s in farthest corner of the pasture.)

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When you forgot the farrier was coming and have to go get the gelding you *just* turned out.

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One of the riders in the Queen’s funeral procession had a rough afternoon. Long Walk? More like Long Jig.