Cheeky/ridiculous posts you see on Facebook.

[toppedoff]

oh and to add to the frosting, their horse has been lame for 3 years? ive heard? i could of read the post really wrong

 

[BallyRoanBaubles]

This is still less gobsmacking than the “nervous” “eventer” (who last completed a BE event in 2021, the year they entered 5 and completed 1, if their BE record is accurate) who wants a competitive grassroots horse, AND expects to be paid £550/month for the privilege.

I saw that but looks like the post has gone now??

 

[toppedoff]

I saw that but looks like the post has gone now??

i only saw 1 negative comment and then half hour it was gone

 

[SadKen]

This is still less gobsmacking than the “nervous” “eventer” (who last completed a BE event in 2021, the year they entered 5 and completed 1, if their BE record is accurate) who wants a competitive grassroots horse, AND expects to be paid £550/month for the privilege.

I find that as soon as I apply my bmw analogy, it shows how ridiculous the whole thing is.

‘I want a bmw m3 for free, and not only that, I expect you to fuel it, and pay me every month to drive it whether I take it to a race or not. I’m an average driver, who last drove competitively 2 years ago and I never win’. The entitlement is baffling. I guess ‘I have some social media presence’ makes up for a heck of a lot, or something.

Then you find out some prat has actually given them the horse and the money and wonder what you’re doing wrong in your life!

 

[scats]

Yes but I wouldn’t realise advertise Millie for a novice because they’re not going to stay in an arena all the time?

No I wouldn’t advertise her for a novice, I was simply replying to your question about why would you hunt in a stronger bit if they go well in a snaffle.

 

[Pinkvboots]

On a video I put on the works fb page entitled "Boys will be boys!" Someone commented that why are we gender identifying them as male when they may well choose to be female or be non-binary

Ffs I've now heard it all what is going on

 

[Goldie's mum]

The horse looks as if it is out hunting in a 3 ring gag snaffle but that's a pretty normal bit out hunting

Nobody is saying, I don't think, that the horse can be hunted by a novice, very few horses could. It doesn't mean that he isn't a very suitable horse for a novice to buy.

Lots of horses need a stronger bit for hunting, it's a very exciting activity.

Whoever mentioned hunting? How can you tell that's what its doing?
Pony in the picture is for sale as "a plod" . Currently being ridden by a 6 y.o. apparently. From memory about 13hh but advert has dropped down the list now.

 

[JBM]

Nobody is saying, I don't think, that the horse can be hunted by a novice, very few horses could. It doesn't mean that he isn't a very suitable horse for a novice to buy.

Lots of horses need a stronger bit for hunting, it's a very exciting activity.

Because hunting and some other activities are a massively exciting activity full of adrenalin! Not the right pic for the ad though probably!

I understand it’s an exciting activity but personally just wouldn’t advertise a horse who needed a bit like that for a novice as I wouldn’t trust them to use the bit correctly.
It is a difference of opinion
My mare has been ridden bitless for fun ride outs and xc (and yes she prances and does the trot walk but she still listens)
I’m sure if the hunting by me was safe she would be able to do that bitless as well so I would say she is 100% novice material and my 3yo is shaping up to be the same way

No I wouldn’t advertise her for a novice, I was simply replying to your question about why would you hunt in a stronger bit if they go well in a snaffle.

Well yes but I would say yours doesn’t go well in a snaffle out hunting. My point was this horse couldn’t be for a novice if they needed that bit. Situational context

 

[conniegirl]

Have to say i could take my lad out hunting in a snaffle. He is not suitable for a complete novice unless on the leadrein (where he will happily carry a squealing toddler). He can be a bit to forward IMO for a novice and there are too many buttons that a novice might accidentally press.

 

[ycbm]

Whoever mentioned hunting? How can you tell that's what its doing?

It looks like an early season or junior rider hunting picture to me. You wouldn't be showing in that bit, and you wouldn't be doing many other activities in that jacket.
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[Clodagh]

Nobody is saying, I don't think, that the horse can be hunted by a novice, very few horses could. It doesn't mean that he isn't a very suitable horse for a novice to buy.

Lots of horses need a stronger bit for hunting, it's a very exciting activity.

A wise old man once said to me ‘there are fools, there are bloody fools, and there are people who hunt in snaffles’.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

A wise old man once said to me ‘there are fools, there are bloody fools, and there are people who hunt in snaffles’.

I took my fell pony out hunting for the first and only time in a loose ring, nueu schule comfort mouth snaffle. I usually rode him in a swales Pelham as he could be a number headed thug. My reasoning behind the snaffle was that if he was an idiot I didn't want him to lose respect for his Pelham I'd hunted plenty of the racehorses in simple snaffles so there should be no reason I couldn't do the same with my Fell I turned 4 circles in the first field, 5 in the next then he was knackered enough to enjoy

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

On a video I put on the works fb page entitled "Boys will be boys!" Someone commented that why are we gender identifying them as male when they may well choose to be female or be non-binary

Were they being serious? That is absolutely mental!

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Were they being serious? That is absolutely mental!

Sadly yes!

 

[BallyRoanBaubles]

i only saw 1 negative comment and then half hour it was gone

Someone must have said something there’s another post up now

 

[ownedbyaconnie]

I couldn't care less if she's wimpy or not. But I do think it's cheeky asking for £550 a month for schooling livery when she has no facilities other than a rock hard field, doesn't have a strong competition record and has happily admitted her horse that she only took eventing the other week (but admittedly retired) has been lame for 3 years?!

 

[toppedoff]

Someone must have said something there’s another post up now

the comment was pretty much what everyone has said here and she should admit she aint a whimp, probably why that post is there now!

 

[toppedoff]

I couldn't care less if she's wimpy or not. But I do think it's cheeky asking for £550 a month for schooling livery when she has no facilities other than a rock hard field, doesn't have a strong competition record and has happily admitted her horse that she only took eventing the other week (but admittedly retired) has been lame for 3 years?!

thats around the price my old yard charged for 5 day but had stables, 2 arenas - im surprised there isnt any negative comments on the lameness post but i could of really read her post wrongly

 

[Jenko109]

I'm sorry. Is there a new meaning to wimp that I dont understand?

 

[shortstuff99]

I'm sorry. Is there a new meaning to wimp that I dont understand?

Its alluding to a name of an equestrian social media influencer

 

[skint.spotty]

I couldn't care less if she's wimpy or not. But I do think it's cheeky asking for £550 a month for schooling livery when she has no facilities other than a rock hard field, doesn't have a strong competition record and has happily admitted her horse that she only took eventing the other week (but admittedly retired) has been lame for 3 years?!

what page/group is the post on?

 

[toppedoff]

what page/group is the post on?

it is an eventing influencers page, wimpy is part of the page name

 

[skint.spotty]

it is an eventing influencers page, wimpy is part of the page name

I know of the "influencer" it's referring to - i was wondering where the post advertising for a horse for £550 a month had been posted.

 

[toppedoff]

I know of the "influencer" it's referring to - i was wondering where the post advertising for a horse for £550 a month had been posted.

ohh sorry, it was posted on her page but she deleted it my bad

 

[ponynutz]

In her defense I don’t think horse has been hopping lame for 3 years. Sounds to me like it’s a reoccuring problem that has been treated and managed but keeps resurfacing.

The rest is questionable given the story behind her account but I also know how debilitating anxiety can be; I feel for her slightly. The £550 is slightly odd though!

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

Sorry but I am feeling far too nosey, please can someone PM me what influencer this is?

 

[BallyJ]

Sorry but I am feeling far too nosey, please can someone PM me what influencer this is?

Will do now!

 

[JBM]

Seen a few posts up looking for a loan horse for a month..who’s going to move their horse for you to own them for a month? Seems to unworth the trouble?? A step further than just summer

 

[Dexter]

why are people avoiding saying the influencer's name? It's in the public domain

diary of a wimpy eventer

 

[toppedoff]

why are people avoiding saying the influencer's name? It's in the public domain

diary of a wimpy eventer

im just not sure if we could name a person is all