Retirement Day #2475 April 10, 2026 Every day, the arena- that “horse dance studio” of life – offers a new-not-new lesson du jour. Today, as I lunged* my horse, StarBucks, in preparation for our lesson, a ground pole ambushed me, causing me to unexpectedly lose my balance and tumble; I tasted dirt in the midst of a tidy roll. My trainer flashed “keep going! get up!” StarBucks, dutifully trotting about 30ft. out on the end of the lunge line, suddenly realized her human was doi