Mare-ilyn Monroe

just your average suffering adult horse girl and chronic mare lover /// Professional equine photographer & barn manager /// she/they 🏳️‍🌈

[Mare-ilyn Monroe @bitchymares]

If you’re a new follower of mine, this is Rina, my 2012 tb that I bought back in 2017 :)) She helped me accomplish so many dreams, & now we are navigating our journey together after her career ending injury. If you’re also a queer mentally ill horse girl, you’re welcome here💕

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Not too bad for my soon-to-be 14 year old 🥺

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Not too shabby for a semi-retired baddie 😌✨

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something that doesn’t slide around on her back, distributes weight well (doesn’t put pressure on the withers due to the girth), and won’t irritate her skin. Shes extremely comfy bareback so I don’t need anything with crazy padding. Her comfortability is the most important!

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Friends!! I am looking for a really good bareback pad! Rina truly only enjoys being ridden bareback these days (it’s literally night and day when it comes to her demeanor bareback vs. with a saddle) so I’m willing to spend the money on a really good pad. Looking for (1/?)

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Everyone tell him he looks handsome in his party hat

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I could cry over how gentle, patient, & careful my mare was today with me. Thought she’d be scared of the crutches & instead she let me lean on her for support & was aware of every step she took around me. I am so lucky to be loved by such an incredible animal like her 🤍

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What a magical weekend with my Posie girl 🥹 First time back in the show ring in over a year & this mare brought me home a blue ribbon. To say I’m grateful is an understatement. Last time I brought home a blue was with Rina, so this felt even more special 🩷

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Made my first big adult purchase this weekend and bought myself a truck 🫣 Still doesn’t feel real but I’m so excited!

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Rina and her adopted son Felix hitting the double cheese

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The eventer is dabbling in the dark side 🫣

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“Can I HELP you??”

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Those dapples 😍

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Had SUCH a good jump school with miss Posie girl today and definitely needed a feel good ride like this 🩷

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So this happened today 🥺 in the 7 years I’ve had Rina she has never laid her head in my lap like this. It felt so special, and I am so honored to be loved like this by such a wonderful mare. 🤍

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Exactly 1 year difference between these photos from my first training ride on Felix to today 🥺 I cannot believe I accomplished this with him. Just feeling extra proud of myself and this special baby horse today ❤️

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The best baby horse letting me do all the dumb stuff I never got to do as a kid 🥹❤️

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All dappled out after her bubble bath ☺️

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Rina really enjoying her bath time today 🧼🛁

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Prettiest girl enjoying the sunshine today ☀️

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Look at my chunky mare looking so good!! 🥹🩷