Best compliment you've had about your horse?

[Fools Motto]

Years ago after a typical dressage test that didn't go according to plan I got a comment of 'lovely tail!'... I mean, it was a positive on otherwise an awful ride... A compliment that is just not forgettable!

Today, a person who I value a lot rode my horse for the first time, just for a bit of fun. They loved her! Said she was a serious BE90 horse. I 've been grinning like a cheshire cat since. How I'd love to do that!! I bought this horse, cheaply off of a video, nearly 10 weeks ago, didn't get her vetted, and just thought she was 'nice, my type'.
Would love to hear what nice things others have said about your horse that has made you proud/laugh.

 

[Barton Bounty]

Hes a very responsive ride and wow he has a cracking ass ???

 

[ihatework]

The biggest compliment I get these days is how easy my horses are.
The 2 x 3yo this year have had this said from multiple sources.
Vet/stud
Breakers
Graders
YO on livery

The 6yo is too - despite being quite a high energy slightly autistic sort!

 

[Abacus]

Mary King called my boy a handsome brute. It’s just about right. He also got a phone call from Wayne Rooney…

 

[spotty_pony]

Joss Hanbury, hunting legend called him a ‘Bonny little chap’ once ?

 

[cauda equina]

Judge in a showing class - 'He's got a very kissable nose' - which would have been fine if I'd been a little kid, but being well past middle age I felt properly patronised

 

[ycbm]

He also got a phone call from Wayne Rooney…

You are going to have to explain that one! ?

 

[tda]

One of my dales ponies was on loan and was taken to a Mary King xc clinic, she loved her and said "she was all knees and hocks" ?

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Friend on Saturday, uncomplimentary about B, very much so, expletively so, despite me giving her a few pointers pre getting on.
Same friend on Sunday, said completely the opposite and blamed herself for riding like a twerp the day before and asked to exercise her again. (Friend doesnt usually 'do' ponies but TB's)

All 3 local friends have told me my current 2 are so well behaved and easy to deal with over the last week, tho 1 friend has already been applying my rules to her horse and seeing a difference.

 

[Starzaan]

The two people whom I respect most in the industry, both told me he was exceptional and that they would buy him from me in a heartbeat.
The Cherry on top was when one of them took him hunting and sent me a photo of my horses ears saying ‘I LOVE THIS PONY!’ one of the proudest moments of my life.

I also used to have a yard near Gatcombe, and on three separate occasions princess Anne stopped the car to tell me that my horse was ‘a fine chap!’ Whenever I was on a livery she would drive past and smile, but each time she saw me on my Roy boy, she stopped to say she loved him. Made me almost burst with pride.

 

[Griffin]

Professionals always say my mare is a 'smart mover' which considering she is a fairly rounded cob, I always find very flattering!

 

[EllieBeast]

“She just isn’t a dick in any way, is she? I can see why you’re so fond of her”

Nope, no she is not ? and as my husband’s favourite thing to say about my hobby is “horses are dicks”- it definitely struck a chord with me ? - he does like my mare though, maybe because she bucks the trend ??‍

 

[Abacus]

You are going to have to explain that one! ?

He had been out on loan with a girl whose husband was away on tour with the England team. They had just given him back. The sweet chap missed the horse so much that, drunk one night in a bar in Estonia, he and Wayne phoned to talk to him…

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

A very prominent show producer in Scotland saw GrayMo with his head down eating grass at his first show. Came over and said "he will go to HOYS without a shadow of a doubt. Next year will be his year." I thanked her then pointed out his tendon to which she replied "OK maybe not HOYS now which is a shame as he is cracking." He most certainly was!

I always have people compliment the behaviour of my home grown colts and stallions. They are total dudes.

 

[Gloi]

Mine just gets his mane admired by various walkers while we are out.?

 

[oldie48]

At an UA veteran dressage comp, the judge called me over and asked me how old my little chestnut TB was. He was 22 and had just done a very competent Novice test for me but I thought she was going to tell me he was lame or she'd eliminated us for some reason. She just said he was the first horse that she'd seen that was going correctly and he was lovely. I almost fell off him in surprise!

 

[Cherryblossom]

My instructor recently told me that she wished her stunning beautiful horse had a fraction of the trainability (is that a word?) that my mare has. She also said she couldn’t believe the standard of horses over here in Ireland, and what I was calling a ‘not very talented, maybe low level RC’ prospect would be considered high end PC in England. She really is the best- I leave every lesson absolutely grinning!

 

[Caol Ila]

Many people have complimented Fin's colour.

Another livery said he was "really cute." He was going into reverse gear at the mounting block, so I did not share her view at that moment.

A random person in a car stopped while I was leading Hermosa along the road and said she was pretty.

 

[Sleipnir]

A breeding farm called me, wanting to breed my youngster to their mares after seeing his pictures on social media.

He has been gelded since 8/9 months old.

 

[Michen]

The guy who transported him from LA Airport quarantine all the way to the mountains of Colorado said it was a total honour to bring him. That he was so fearless and easy despite being a bright chap.

That is the best compliment to me because I nearly sold that horse as a 5 year old as he was deemed never able to travel even by professionals because he was so dangerous with it. To have shipped him across the world and had glowing reports from everyone who had contact with him makes my heart sing! I trained that

 

[AntiPuck]

I start glowing whenever a driver stops on a hack to tell me that I have a "beautiful horse".

A friend and I also passed some walkers once who started loudly discussing which of our horses they liked best, and consensus was my "orange one".

I also love it whenever anyone comments on how well-behaved she is because it took a lot of time, effort, and patience to get to this point.

 

[BBP]

I was stopped whilst I was leading my Welsh B pony out in the roads. They said how lovely she was and asked if she was very young (perhaps because I wasn’t riding her and she was jig jogging along next to me). She was about 35 at the time ?
I was also told by a well respected horseman that she was a ‘proper old fashioned Welsh B, they don’t make them like that anymore’, well no, probably not given she was made 30odd years before that comment!

 

[Red-1]

Mine isn't for sale. but my biggest complement was when we were having a first lesson with the sort of trainer I don't usually have - one who was dolled up and glamourous. One with make-up, nails done, expensive jacket of the price that I don't even have for going out, let alone teaching, glossy curls and jewellery.

I was offered rather a lot of money for the boy. Not because he is exceptionally beautiful or athletic, as he is so-so in those departments. No, because he was taking everything in his stride in a very busy environment, he was trying his best, he was just so accepting. His schooling was appropriate, he is nice, attractive, a good egg.

I was offered more than 3 X what I paid a few months earlier, and he wasn't exactly bargain basement then. She gave him that value as she said he is the sort who someone average can bring on themselves, enough talent to affiliate at lower level anything yet 'cold' enough to pick up and put down. Lovely sort for his type. Beautifully produced so far to maximise his assets.

I was proud for picking a good one and for producing him to date. I was proud as I am someone average who is enjoying producing a 'nice' horse. I have him. No-one else.

She was a little surprised that I turned down the offer immediately (it was that sort of highly inflated offer from someone who knows the horse is worth more than money can buy) but, as I pointed out, it took years to find him and where would I find another like him? She agreed, and said that is why the offer was so high!

I haven't even done much with him yet, but here I am, nearer 60 than 50, an old crock with my hips etc, enjoying lots of firsts. First dressage, first show SJ, first water jump, first farm ride, first cattle round-up, first beach ride. He has furry ankles and a golden heart. A horse who enjoys being groomed- can't beat it!

As for Rigsby... hmmm.... not sure he gets many compliments! Other than for his mane? His independent spirit? ?

 

[Season’s Bleatings]

My instructor used to say he wishes he could clone my boy, because he’d have a queue of people waiting. Ohh and our lovely chiro vet once said she loved seeing him because it was always a pleasure to see a truly sound horse (she’s very picky!).
Sadly big lad is laid up with a tendon injury now so her opinion might vary.. but she’s very complimentary about his box rest behaviour so that’s something I suppose!!

 

[eahotson]

Mine isn't for sale. but my biggest complement was when we were having a first lesson with the sort of trainer I don't usually have - one who was dolled up and glamourous. One with make-up, nails done, expensive jacket of the price that I don't even have for going out, let alone teaching, glossy curls and jewellery.

I was offered rather a lot of money for the boy. Not because he is exceptionally beautiful or athletic, as he is so-so in those departments. No, because he was taking everything in his stride in a very busy environment, he was trying his best, he was just so accepting. His schooling was appropriate, he is nice, attractive, a good egg.

I was offered more than 3 X what I paid a few months earlier, and he wasn't exactly bargain basement then. She gave him that value as she said he is the sort who someone average can bring on themselves, enough talent to affiliate at lower level anything yet 'cold' enough to pick up and put down. Lovely sort for his type. Beautifully produced so far to maximise his assets.

I was proud for picking a good one and for producing him to date. I was proud as I am someone average who is enjoying producing a 'nice' horse. I have him. No-one else.

She was a little surprised that I turned down the offer immediately (it was that sort of highly inflated offer from someone who knows the horse is worth more than money can buy) but, as I pointed out, it took years to find him and where would I find another like him? She agreed, and said that is why the offer was so high!

I haven't even done much with him yet, but here I am, nearer 60 than 50, an old crock with my hips etc, enjoying lots of firsts. First dressage, first show SJ, first water jump, first farm ride, first cattle round-up, first beach ride. He has furry ankles and a golden heart. A horse who enjoys being groomed- can't beat it!

As for Rigsby... hmmm.... not sure he gets many compliments! Other than for his mane? His independent spirit? ?

He sounds wonderful.

 

[Indy]

Me and my friend were out riding Rory and Ishela and an elderly lady stopped and looked and said oh what beautiful horses. Made my day.

 

[LadyGascoyne]

We had an Italian chap stop his car in the middle of the road, and get out shouting “Bellissima! Bellissima!” at her ?

But my favourite compliments are for manners. Mim gets lots of those from vets, physios, dentists etc. Yesterday the physio asked if she could take her home ?

 

[Boughtabay]

My childhood pony still has 2 local reputations: the pony who consistently decked me OR the hunting/jumping machine that would outpace/out jump most (local, low level mind you) horses. there’d be many a shocked face after his little 12.2 self won the chase me Charlie again & lots of people out hunting would ask if they could have a bigger clone of him ?

current horse gets many compliments for being handsome and a character which is nice. Also that he has nice paces which put faith back in me that I can spot and buy a tidy horse!

 

[rabatsa]

One complement I took was actually meant as the opposite.

I took a homebred horse, out of my scruffy 13.3 mare, cost £50 paid for by helping out at the next door farm, by a HIS stallion, to a show and the comment was "Of course you will win, your parents can afford to buy you the best horses".

My parents had never bought me anything expensive, unless you count the £30 saint of a first pony. My second pony cost £5. They did pay a lot for livery and lessons when I was young.

 

[GoldenWillow]

It wasn't meant as a compliments but at a livery yard I got "oh your mare is so easy in every way" err you should have known her when I got her and after schooling around 110 course "she's so easy you just have to sit there" that was a huge back handed compliment as it was at the very edge of my comfort zone (well out of it now ?) and no I hadn't just been sitting there!

With J a family friend rode him after not riding for a couple of years and said to my mum, not to me as they were a very close person, that he was the nicest horse they had ridden. I was surprised and very happy as they have ridden some well bred and schooled horses and used to exercise a serious dressage horse.