Are you a horsey snob?

Great thread, making my friday afternoon fly by........I think i shoud be doing lesson plans for next week!!! Whoops! :))

I really hate those woman who enter their children in a class knowing that it is not a class split in to adults and children and then get cranky because an adult beats their child. Why should their child win because of their age. This happened at a show I went to last year. The stupid woman did her nut because a man, a novice rider, beat her child and the bloody brat was riding in side reins!! She stood there sobbing because she only got a green rosette! Poor child....not, spoilt brat! The woman stood and shouted at the show organiser, in the end we walked over and told her that as teachers we felt it was a good life lesson for her child and maybe she could also start demonstrting manners to her . She stromed off shouting she would never return....thank god she hasn't!
 
DragonSlayer said:
No.

As long as it's not directly causing the horse physical pain etc etc....I don't care what other people do, their business.

Motto - Live and let live.
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Ditto.

Honestly I think folk get soo worked up about the things others are doing that THEY think are wrong that they just add hassel to their lives that doesnt need to be there.

What I put on my horse is nobodies concern unless my horse is showing considerable distress, and thats NOT chucking the had about because they want to fook off ;)

Honestly the horse world astounds me sometimes and its threads like this that show really how much in everyone eles business folk are and how assumptions are made just from looking at folks.
 
Copperpot said:
I do wipe my tack over after every ride, I always brush my horse and I ride in long boots and breeches, so apart from the smoking I'm not too bad.

I'm not a snob thou as although I like nice, usually expensive stuff, I don't look down on those who don't want this stuff and choose to ride in wellies and track suit bottoms. If they are having fun and horse is happy does it matter in the grand scheme of things :)
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Just as well, they are more likely to have a lighter/spare fag on them.:D

Apart from that, this thread is something of a confirmation of what is wrong with the horse world.
Wonderful animals, less than wonderful humans involved.
 
Aarrghimpossiblepony said:
Just as well, they are more likely to have a lighter/spare fag on them.:D

Apart from that, this thread is something of a confirmation of what is wrong with the horse world.
Wonderful animals, less than wonderful humans involved.
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Yep. My horse definitely isn't a snob. On a good day he'll share his haynet with anyone and on a bad day he'll tell them it's his and they can go do one. He may have his own moods and likes and dislikes but he certainly doesn't make judgments on whether they are TBs or Shetlands, plaited up or coated in mud... The only thing that might sway his judgment is whether they are mares or geldings but that has nothing to do with snobbery (or sexism come to that - or maybe it has ;) )! We've still got a lot to learn from our horses IMO.
 
Ooo crikey this thread is fun reading

I agree with long loose hair - it just looks messy

Agreed the whole polite range I hate it with a passion grrrrrr

People riding without any hi vis so dangerous, just wear it even that horrid Polite stuff is better than nothing

People that dont thank drivers for slowing down - it only takes a second

People smoking on horses (people smoking full stop)

Riders without hats

Tails that have been raked with those comb things - being a hairy cob fan I hate them and they look messy so quickly

Clipped faces and ears way too much fur off IMHO

More boots on the horse than needed for just out hacking

Deep litter its just eurghhhhh

Full livery, there are days like this morning when I would have been happier in bed but generally I enjoy doing my jobs and it helps develop a bond with your horse

Ok going to stop there...........
 
I work on a SJ yard, all horses are clipped all year round, hot groomed daily, hardly anyone wears a helmet. Everyone talks on the phone, smokes on horse, wear high end clothes. Horses fitted out in devecoux and after being here for a year. I would NEVER dream of wearing hi viz to pop along the bridle path nowhere near a road, never pull a mane ALWAYS cut :D If someone wants to so something or not do something who is anyone to tell them different?
 
teamsarazara said:
I work on a SJ yard, all horses are clipped all year round, hot groomed daily, hardly anyone wears a helmet. Everyone talks on the phone, smokes on horse, wear high end clothes. Horses fitted out in devecoux and after being here for a year. I would NEVER dream of wearing hi viz to pop along the bridle path nowhere near a road, never pull a mane ALWAYS cut :D If someone wants to so something or not do something who is anyone to tell them different?
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And two weeks ago when I was pulling manes in the freezing cold on a Friday evening I secretly wished we were in the sj circle where it is the done think to block cut manes, it would make life a little easier!
 
I don't care what others do but I never let my horses go out with shavings in their tail or feet not picked out, partly because the shavings end up on the yard and I do put all four boots on as it only takes a couple of minutes and I'd rather that than them getting cuts or scrapes on their legs.i know it won't kill them but that's just me,I like tomake my horses look pretty.just a shame I don't put any effort in my own image!!but my hair is always tied up but I'm usually wearing a dirty hi vis jacket that is way too big! And not make up.
 
Arghhh! My pet hate is novices that refuse to take advice, claim they know it all, and plaster it all over FB about how good their little baby is for only rearing twice on his way in!
Your horse is taking the piss, go to a riding school and come back when you've got a clue.

Also, people who incessantly chatter to their horse at all times! Grrrrr!!!!!
 
I'm not getting the concept of smoking on horseback being dangerous. I'm not in the habit of holding my cigarette in front of my groin in between drags, so the idea of it going under the saddle seems a bit far fetched. Nor do I normally drop burning ash when I smoke elsewhere, so its unlikely I would suddenly start just because I'm mounted. Irrationally disliking the way it looks, fine. But trying to say its dangerous, please. We may well all be entitled to rather illogical dislikes, but at least don't try & justify them.
 
Littlelegs said:
I'm not getting the concept of smoking on horseback being dangerous. I'm not in the habit of holding my cigarette in front of my groin in between drags, so the idea of it going under the saddle seems a bit far fetched. Nor do I normally drop burning ash when I smoke elsewhere, so its unlikely I would suddenly start just because I'm mounted. Irrationally disliking the way it looks, fine. But trying to say its dangerous, please. We may well all be entitled to rather illogical dislikes, but at least don't try & justify them.
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I think in some cases it may be people who don't smoke assuming that you are basically holding the equivelant of the Olympic torch and could set yourself/the horse/small villages on fire with one ill thought swipe.

Smoking in your car - now that is dangerous, I have a scar on my back and a hole in the drivers seat of my old VW to prove it, chucking a fag end out of a car window on the M1 is a talent that I admire.
 
And the while horse passive smoking being as bad as smoking in front on a child. Please. My horses head is a long way from my cigarette. He has this long thing called a neck ....
 
^hahah!!
Also hate when people put boots on their horse because it matches tack, I was always taught that boot colour goes with colour of leg? CANNOT stand bright colours on horses either.
 
People who can't feed their horses properly!! Folk that feed their welsh section b competition mix because it goes to one local show once in a blue moon and then is baffled as to why it's crippled with lami in all 4 feet
the word 'coblet' *rage*
 
I think I've figured it out copperpot. Perhaps whilst I am dangling over my horses shoulder in order to give her a blow back from my pipe, I might accidently empty the burning contents of the pipe bowl on her neck, prior to posting the pipe under the pommel.
 
Littlelegs said:
I'm not getting the concept of smoking on horseback being dangerous. I'm not in the habit of holding my cigarette in front of my groin in between drags, so the idea of it going under the saddle seems a bit far fetched. Nor do I normally drop burning ash when I smoke elsewhere, so its unlikely I would suddenly start just because I'm mounted. Irrationally disliking the way it looks, fine. But trying to say its dangerous, please. We may well all be entitled to rather illogical dislikes, but at least don't try & justify them.
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I can understand the dangers on that one... always remember my dad smoking in the car when we were kids, and a few times the end dropped out the ciggie between his legs and him bouncing round trying to put it out, (while he was driving) guess the same can happen while your riding...
 
Teamsarazara - I didn't know matching leg colour was the thing, what if the horse has an irregular number of socks? Do you have to buy one white boot ;-)

Lol at Olympic torch, I don't think smoking on horseback is dangerous but I find it a bit odd as its kind of a sport, albeit sometimes a slow one, you don't see cyclists or hikers smoking often, or bowlers or cricketers... golfers? I don't know I'm going to be looking out for people smoking during activities now.
 
I have been known to have a cigarette whilst on my mountain bike!

Little legs I think you've finally cracked it! Imagine if I were smoking and riding in a pink KP velour tracksuit, I'd be the ultimate in chav chic :)
 
Copperpot said:
I have been known to have a cigarette whilst on my mountain bike!

Little legs I think you've finally cracked it! Imagine if I were smoking and riding in a pink KP velour tracksuit, I'd be the ultimate in chav chic :)
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It's not so much the smoking - more the spitting and swearing :p oh and the bong - a bit ott :D
 
I'm an old fogey who came up the BHS route so a lot of things that have been deemed "snobby" on here are just "standards" to me, because that was what was drummed into me from childhood onwards.

There are a lot of things I don't like, but I don't think that necessarily makes me a snob. I don't like anything unsafe (so not wearing a hat / hi-viz, not doing up tack properly, not wearing gloves for lunging etc), or anything that I think shows a lack of respect for the horse. I know that probably sounds awfully pompous but I've never lost sight of the fact that these amazing, beautiful creatures tolerate our ham-fisted attempts to work with them. I'm lucky that my riding horse is a gorgeous Arab boy so I do like to show him to his best advantage by making sure we're neatly turned out, he's clean (or as clean as a white grey can be with this endless mud :rolleyes: ), straps are tucked into keepers etc. I like to turn out smartly for lessons because it shows respect to the instructor.

I don't personally like things that make horses look cartoonish or like My Little Ponies, so animal-print rugs and pink sparkles and onesies, but I would never comment on someone else using them. And of course I have my own little foibles and prejudices but I keep them to myself. I would never comment on anything someone else chooses to do with their horse unless it was a welfare issue and not speaking up would place the horse in actual danger.
 
marmalade76 said:
Yep, and I have freely admitted to being a snob on here before. I know some very well off well bred folks who look like tramps, wear old clothes, use old tack...
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Ditto ^^^

I know a lady, very wealthy but you'd never guess. For as long as I can remember she's always used a tail bandage instead of a belt (on herself)

Her horses always look like they've been dragged through a hedge backwards, manes and tails to the floor and I'm not talking natives. I bumped into her at a County show a couple of years ago where she'd taken a younster for a day out, her tack wouldn't of looked out of place on a Havester restaurant wall. Her hat was an old style beagler with ripped velvet and just an elastic strap that went under her chin. She had torn jeans on and half chaps which I dread to think how old they were. She's got to be in her 70's :)

But she's one of the loveliest people I know, what she doesn't know about horses isn't worth knowing and she's probably forgotten more than I'll ever know. I can guarantee the horse she had that day would of cost her peanuts but she'd of made it and sold on for a tidy sum.
 
Guilty of using a Grackle, martingale and ear bonnet, believe me, he needs them. Each to their own as long as the animal is healthy, but I do dislike people who bring their horses in after a day out in the field and just bung them in the stable without picking feet out, just a pet hate of mine, and owners who untack a sweaty steaming horse after a ride and proceed to let it stuff down a bucketful of feed straight away !!!
 
Horse height discrimination.

A pony goes showjumping with full regalia, bonnets, sponsors, white boots, grakles, and dutch gag, and is laughed at.

A horse without any of these things is laughed at. Please, lets make the playing field even, a strong pony with a small rider is the same as an adult on a strong horse.

Ok, I know its not as marked as that, but still :p
 
Not really as long as it's not hurting the horse so I like to see clean tack and numnahs etc for that reason. Don't really care what other riders wear but like to see a riding hat as the fashion round here is it's cool without :rolleyes: None of my business but I did smile that my haffie arrived in a grackle with the flash so loose it doesn't shut her mouth. I can assure you she doesn't look all "event type" in it:)
 
Check you out with your Stella, copperpot you snob. And tied to the saddle. I drink skol, tied to the waistband of my thong, which of course is visible at least 4" above the waistband of my pink velour trackies, which have 'babe' in diamanties across my backside. I used to drink bottles of diamond white out hacking, but its a pita opening them with your teeth when the horse won't stand still!
 
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