“Trying” by whose standards?
Maybe they enjoy the little (by your standards) they do with their horses.
I have my horses at home & before Monster Auto Repair Bills, had my Dressage trainer coming every other week. She never rode my horses, trained from the ground even when I had horses who might have benefitted from a Pro ride (& me from watching that ride).
@beowulf just described me
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If you are a trainer who does this part time and travels to people (versus a trainer at a showbarn that people come to) you may find the people you’ve described are your demographic. This is my demographic and, generalizing here, there are many adults out there who are perfectly fine having a lesson once or twice a month with no clear show goals or objectives…
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Until above-mentioned bills sidelined my lessons, I was a steady source of income for some 10yrs.
Hope to get back to that place.