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{{quote|''There is a type of girl who, while incapable of cleaning her bedroom even at knifepoint, will fight for the privilege of being allowed to spend the day shovelling manure in a stable.''|'''[[
Back in the day, horses were for men. The gentry cavorted about the countryside on them, often in pursuit of some hapless fox, farmers worked the land with their loyal draught horses, and [[The Wild West]] hero galloped into town aboard one. While women did ride horses, the mastery of such a powerful and often unpredictable animal was seen as a task fitting to Real Men.
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== Played Straight==
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* The works written and drawn by Swedish [[Lena Furberg]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20101008042540/http://www.lenafurberg.com/verklighet.html Examples of her series]), especially her longer series such as ''Freddie På Firefoot Farm'' and ''Stallgänget På Tuva'', tend to reconstruct the classic Pony Tale conventions and avert many clichés and instances of [[Somewhere an Equestrian Is Crying]]: horses cost money (and a lot of it, or there will be problems), ''keeping'' horses costs a lot of money, beginners and young horses don't match well (at least without regular help from experts), etc.
=== [[Literature]] ===
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* The ''[[Saddle Club]]'' TV series was set in Australia and fit this trope exactly.
* ''[[Caitlin's Way]]'' matches the trope perfectly.
=== [[Newspaper Comics]] ===
* One arc of [[w:Stan and Jan Berenstain|Stan and Jan Berenstain]]'s pre-''[[Berenstain Bears]]'' comic ''It's All in the Family'' (published in ''McCall's'' and ''Good Housekeeping'' magazines between 1956 and 1989) featured the daughter's discovery of horses and her efforts to become an equestrian. Although a humorous strip in the vein of ''[[Family Circus]]'', it treated her interest and goals seriously, finding humor in some of the moments along the path to a final panel showing her skillfully competing in an equestrian competition.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Just for Pun]]
[[Category:Pet and Animal Companion Tropes]]
[[Category:Equine and Equestrian Tropes]]
[[Category:Plots]]
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