PinkvSantaboots
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Alot of my friends don't understand why I still have riding lessons I can see the confusion in there face and no matter what I say they don't get it 
Common assumptions about horsey people...
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smolmaus
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Why did Serena Williams still need a trainer/coach when she was winning grand slam after grand slam?Alot of my friends don't understand why I still have riding lessons I can see the confusion in there face and no matter what I say they don't get it
Fjord
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That I am brave. And that I can ride really well!
Titchy Reindeer
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I had to explain to friends staying with me that my horse was like an athlete. I didn't have to ride her every day, but if I wanted to compete with her it was only fair and common sense to keep her fit.
cauda equina
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That you will know everyone in the county who has or has had a horse or rode when they were a child
littleshetland
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If Iāve had a ābad horse dayā, OH ( who used to be a chef) will helpfully say āshall I make some pastryā¦.?ā
Barton Bounty
Just simply loving life with Orbi š„°
toppedoff
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That once you've fallen off you can't get back on 
My mum was quite gobsmacked that people got on after they took on the floor and got back up
My mum was quite gobsmacked that people got on after they took on the floor and got back up
Glitter's fun
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..or that when you call it an "unscheduled dismount" that means you don't wish to discuss it further.That once you've fallen off you can't get back on
My mum was quite gobsmacked that people got on after they took on the floor and got back up
PinkvSantaboots
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I look after my friends horses when she goes away it's her retired 17h coloured maxi cob and a 11h yearling coloured colt, last time I went my oh wanted to walk down with me and as soon as he sees them he says aww is that the little ones mum
Hilarious
the 17h is a gelding
Hilarious
the 17h is a geldingSurbie
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This. How wrong they are in my case!
Also that I have a fancy, sensitive, long-legged something-or-other. When in fact I have an enthusiastic, hairy tank.
They assume I am stubborn and opinionated. They are right, though I have learned I need to play in the Tact Field rather than outside it. And that I have a lot of patience - which I do for animals and small children but generally not for adults.
toppedoff
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Oh and "But that horse isn't green?"
Dave's Mam
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Yep.
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Birker2020
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What have people immediately assumed about you when they learn that you are horsey?
I think we have all probably come across the usual 'horse people = rich/posh/snobby' (their words not mine!) a few times - but I'm hoping that not all assumptions are necessarily negative!
So, what views/opinions/assumptions have people shared with you, based on your love for horses?
- That we only visit said horse once a week (we leave a key for the feed room on other days)
- That we wear ribbons in our hair plaits whilst doing gymkanas (yeah maybe if we were three)
- Also that every single horse that dies goes to the glue factory
- "Why do you need riding lessons if you can ride?"
- Oh, and that we scream 'tally ho' before jumping a 6ft hedge out hunting (I for one would be saying something else)
- "Oh you have a horse? I rode a horse on holiday once and he galloped off with me". (it probably broke into a lumbering trot).
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smolmaus
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A guy I work with has horsey family but isn't horsey himself at all, his brother show jumps and the idea of me wanting to ride a hairy little bog cob was very confusing to him
I deliberately chose this one! On purpose! I could have a big leggy jumper if I wanted but I like this one!Surbie
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A guy I work with has horsey family but isn't horsey himself at all, his brother show jumps and the idea of me wanting to ride a hairy little bog cob was very confusing to him
I have this a lot - like I got mine by mistake.
Annagain
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I think we're partly responsible for this by calling them lessons. I don't think anyone doing any other sport calls training sessions lessons, even though a certain level of instruction takes place in those sessions. I'm as bad as the next person for this. It seems pretentious to call it training - it suggests I'm better than I am. Maybe we're too modest?"Why do you need riding lessons if you can ride?"
Birker2020
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Possibly. Although I've heard of lads having golf lessons and the like and they are 'training to improve' rather than 'absolute beginner'.
Annagain
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True, golf and tennis might be the only other sports where lessons take place. I can't imagine anyone saying they're going to football or rugby lessons!
Fransurrey
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When I ate an all vegan diet I had some pr*ck try to pull this stunt on me when he found out I had horses. I forget the exact story, but it was something to do with flesh hanging after a road accident with a horse. He said it with a smirk, which disappeared when I pointed out to him that as a research scientist I had handled human intestine and lung, plus had regularly visited abattoirs and fallen stock yards to take out horse/cow trachea, lung and intestine from freshly killed animals. I went on to say if he was trying to make me squeamish he'd have to work a f*ck sight harder, as I would finish doing all that then go and eat my lunch/dinner.
Actually, if you want to make me squeamish, just light a BBQ. It smells EXACTLY like the incinerator outflow.
For me, people always assume I love racing. I don't. Plus if you think doctors hate horse-riders, try running as well.
People sometimes assume I'm posh before they meet me, but then I open my Northern potty mouth!!
Glitter's fun
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When I say he was "obviously excited"....When I ate an all vegan diet I had some pr*ck try to pull this stunt on me when he found out I had horses. I forget the exact story, but it was something to do with flesh hanging after a road accident with a horse. He said it with a smirk, which disappeared when I pointed out to him that as a research scientist I had handled human intestine and lung, plus had regularly visited abattoirs and fallen stock yards to take out horse/cow trachea, lung and intestine from freshly killed animals. I went on to say if he was trying to make me squeamish he'd have to work a f*ck sight harder, as I would finish doing all that then go and eat my lunch/dinner.
Actually, if you want to make me squeamish, just light a BBQ. It smells EXACTLY like the incinerator outflow.
For me, people always assume I love racing. I don't. Plus if you think doctors hate horse-riders, try running as well.
smolmaus
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Go directly to jail. Do not pass go, do not collect Ā£200.When I say he was "obviously excited"....
Peglo
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We definitely get the horsey folk are stuck up here. There is quite a few people who donāt help with that assumption though.
The confusion if you donāt/arenāt riding your horse because of retirement, lameness, unfitness etc.
That we just sit there. The horse does all the work. I get that a lot.
When my surgeon found out I owned horses he told me we kept him in a job he was even less impressed that I do running as well
The confusion if you donāt/arenāt riding your horse because of retirement, lameness, unfitness etc.
That we just sit there. The horse does all the work. I get that a lot.
When my surgeon found out I owned horses he told me we kept him in a job
he was even less impressed that I do running as well
little_critter
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Mine has learned now that if I have a bad horse day he should NEVER blame the horse. That just results in me being grumpy at him instead of riding life in general.Did he even need to ask
Birker2020
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Ha this is me too! I open my mouth and my brummie accent comes out!
And I hate racing with a passion because of the young horse fatalities which are heart breaking (although I will admit, professionally and quickly dealt with my on course vets).
Birker2020
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Yep I got told by a colleague the other week what a waste of money to keep my horse in a retirement, and just have him 'got rid of' instead.We definitely get the horsey folk are stuck up here. There is quite a few people who donāt help with that assumption though.
The confusion if you donāt/arenāt riding your horse because of retirement, lameness, unfitness etc.
That we just sit there. The horse does all the work. I get that a lot.
When my surgeon found out I owned horses he told me we kept him in a job
SEL
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An ex boyfriend of mine was disappointed to watch a lesson once and find we weren't all in tight white breeches 
PurBee
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A fellow horse owner on 2nd visit to me, asked me if i was a snob!
The reason that was hilarious as hell to me was at that time i had just bought a run down farm, was living in a caravan temporarily, had piles of rubble/mud/building gear surrounding the place, i dressed appropriately for getting covered in shoite daily, hair shoved under hat at all times, wellies glued to my calves covered in shoite - AND youād be likely to find me at any time of day or night swearing like a trooper trying to get the place organised!
Snob isnt the term iād associate with such a person as i was livingā¦then years later it sunk inā¦.she meant the arab in the fieldā¦thatās the snob part!
(what she didnt know is i always hankered after a hairy cob and just ended up with part bred arabā¦i felt sorry for it! But now I really do love the breed, wasnt keen before..but no, owning an arab doesnt magically induce rainbows, glitter, range rovers, rich arabs and pots of gold into ones life..)
The reason that was hilarious as hell to me was at that time i had just bought a run down farm, was living in a caravan temporarily, had piles of rubble/mud/building gear surrounding the place, i dressed appropriately for getting covered in shoite daily, hair shoved under hat at all times, wellies glued to my calves covered in shoite - AND youād be likely to find me at any time of day or night swearing like a trooper trying to get the place organised!
Snob isnt the term iād associate with such a person as i was livingā¦then years later it sunk inā¦.she meant the arab in the fieldā¦thatās the snob part!
(what she didnt know is i always hankered after a hairy cob and just ended up with part bred arabā¦i felt sorry for it! But now I really do love the breed, wasnt keen before..but no, owning an arab doesnt magically induce rainbows, glitter, range rovers, rich arabs and pots of gold into ones life..
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MereChristmas
riding reluctantly into the sunset
Alot of my friends don't understand why I still have riding lessons I can see the confusion in there face and no matter what I say they don't get it
Both of the above
Also that you need to feed horses in winter
āThey eat grass, donāt theyā
Realisation dawned after I said
āDo you cut your lawn in winterā