Bit of fun...

[farrierswife]

...what are the most common/entertaining quotes/sayings you hear when out on the hunting field.

I'll start it off "sit up, SIT UP...awwww....LOOSE HORSE!!"

 

[wellwisher]

He he
Must be sooo many... something to think about as I cook supper!

 

[AprilBlossom]

Anyone who was out with me must have enjoye a regular chorus of 'WOOOOAAAAHHH.....STOPPP...STOOOOOPPPP HOSS!!!'

 

[combat_claire]

'Bloody Hellfire' and 'Bloody foxtrot' when anything has surprised or distressed our huntsman...

 

[A1fie]

Sorrysorrysorrysorry!

 

[quirky]

I used to hear "wow, watch this kid on her pony" .... I was 22 - 28 years old at the time

 

[CrazyMare]

'Can you give us a lead...?'

 

[Bernster]

"LOOSE HOOOOORSE!!" Only ever heard that out hunting.

And from me, "ARE THERE ANY NON JUMPERS?" as I get pointed to the 6yo PClubbers on their teeny weeny ponies being chaperoned around. Oh, the shame.

 

[Happy Hunter]

Heard:

'He's not trying to kick you, honestly'
'Sorry, sorry, excuse me, watch out, BLOODY HORSE, sorry, sorry excuse me!'
'Shes only young' - Horse had been well known as a 14yr old seasoned hunter!
'Anyone seen the Mounted field lately' - infact the field was galloping towards them (hidden by a huge hedge - quotee moved fairly quickly!)

Said to me:

'Please remove your horses mouth from around my stirrup'
Blooming thing likes the taste of stirrups for some reason

'That horse needs spurs'
The most useful snippit of information I have ever been given, transformed a nervous and impatient thing into a confident rock of a horse! - She just needed a few well timed and delicate pokes and a few more outings!

 

[combat_claire]

Heard for real at a hunt events:

'Catch the horse, the NHS is free!!!'

 

[Littlelegs]

That's brilliant combat Claire! Wonder if I can get away with shouting it when small children fall off hacking?

 

[Rowreach]

"Ware hole!!!" (there were a lot of rabbits where I used to hunt. Here though, on finding someone's horse's head overhanging my horse's bottom and touching me on the back I said "Er, my horse has a red ribbon on his tail," to which he replied "Yes, I see that!"

I was one of only a couple of women hunting with a load of men, and made the mistake of yelling at them to "Watch my bottom!!" (meaning the red ribbon) and they never let me live that one down

 

[Clava]

Not a common one, but "TRAILER!!!" as it started to roll down the steep grass hill where the meet was.

 

[Toffee44]

Clava omg!!!

 

[soggy]

I often hear "can you give me a pull" as some daring Derek or Delia finds himself/herself stuck in some gate way, in some ditch, on some bank.

One of the reason why I wasn't to upset when my old landrover with its winch was written off by the honey wagon was I then had an excuse to say sorry I don't have a rope.

 

[partypremier]

Where the ****** are the hounds said by the huntsman whilst hunting in galway.

A master on his own land told everyone to mind out for the bottomless bogs. He told us to follow him 5 mins later we pulled him clear off his horse who was by then up to his shoulders in a bog. Fire brigade job & horse had terrible colic for a few days master just holloaed to groom to get him a second horse