Daftest things you have ever heard anyone say.

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and have any of you noticed that wen u ask a non horsey person if they have ever ridden before they ALL..ALWAYS say 'ive ridden once but the horse ran of with me'!! lol

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not only did they run off with them but they jumped a 5 bar gate and everyone said how brilliant they were and what a natural!!

Then you offer them a go on your horse and they refuse saying they dont feel like it.....
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And why is it always a huge black stallion? I don't know any riding schools that put total beginers & huge black stallions with a tendancy to bolt!
 
haha one funny but crazy mum at my old yard was telling me and my mum whilst watching her daughter ride her pony round a jumping course, that holly (the horse) changed her conformation half way round thats why she knocked!!

same woman: i'm going to get some spurs for *daughter*
me: why? she doesn't need them pony is very forward going
woman: well *daughter wants to jump higher so i'll get her some spurs??
me:
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also same woman, pony is lame gets daughter to trot her up the road (riding) to see if she is better the week after!!
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QR - Great post guys this has made me chuckle loads
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I have heard LOTS of daft things in my time but the one thing that really sticks out for me was being told paper (ie very small cross-shredded pieces) does not rot, despite the fact what was going on the muck heap was soaked through with urine... Funny that the muck heaps filled with paper at my MIL's are gone WAY quicker than the straw and shavings...! LOL
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One day when I had first started keeping my horse at home I had to suddenly rush out, I asked my Dad if he could bed down the stable and bring my horse in. I returned several hours later to find my horse stood on top of a straw mountain, basically just a heap of straw in the middle of the stable. I asked Dad what he had done with the bed, and he said " I thought the horse would like a nest, I can't see the point why you waste the bedding putting it around the sides of the stable, when the horse sleeps in the middle!" If only the horse did sleep in the middle...................
 
I once had a judge call my horse a gelding while we were in a prettiest mare class
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And very cute - my neice once asked if our brown gelding and grey mare were the parents of our coloured horse because he was both colours!
 
I was riding a Highland Pony in a M&M class, we were pulled in first and the judge asked me if he was a section D!!

My husband thought you could only ride horses every other day, really don't know why he thought that!!
 
When we'd just bought my first horse:

Instructor: have you got a rug for him?
Dad: Yes
Instructor: What kind? Is it a New Zealand?
Dad: ... it's purple.
(He used to ride, so he's got no excuse!)

Then, when we bought Dylan:

Instructor: he's quite long in the back
Dad: ... what does that mean?
Instructor: er, it means his back's quite long ...
 
what a great thread Some of them are brilliant.

one recently was, 'oh, he only acted that because he knows it is tuesday and i won't be here'
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Then the people who ask, 'do you go every day to see your horses, even on christmas day?' I said no, i text them and tell them to get their own breakfast.
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The vet was amazed one day when i shouted on my 2 at the field and they were the only ones who came to me. she asked why the others don't come too, i said it was because they are not mine and i didn't shout on those ones lol.

I was behind one grooming her back end and a non horsey visitor asked me if she wouldn't kick me. i said no, she quite likes me.
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and the ones who have been on a horse once and it bolted with them jumping 5 bar gates etc, it was always the biggest horse in the stables.
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and the best one.......

One of my students first attempt at a trace clip. I came back to find she had removed all the hair from ABOVE the chalk lines that I had so carefully drawn.

When I recovered enough to ask her why she said that it was obvious really. Why would you leave the hair on the top of the horse that will be covered by a rug and remove all the bottom hair that isn't!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not a lot I could say to that.

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OK, this has my vote now, for its utter logic and its total innocence.
 
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and have any of you noticed that wen u ask a non horsey person if they have ever ridden before they ALL..ALWAYS say 'ive ridden once but the horse ran of with me'!! lol

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Yes, how come they ALWAYS say this?!! I've got so bored of hearing this (+ sick of those who blame horse). Let's have a H+H Facebook thing?!! (In support of the horse) It can only help share knowledge....
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and have any of you noticed that wen u ask a non horsey person if they have ever ridden before they ALL..ALWAYS say 'ive ridden once but the horse ran of with me'!! lol

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not only did they run off with them but they jumped a 5 bar gate and everyone said how brilliant they were and what a natural!!

Then you offer them a go on your horse and they refuse saying they dont feel like it.....
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And why is it always a huge black stallion? I don't know any riding schools that put total beginers & huge black stallions with a tendancy to bolt!

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Hi friends,

I'd forgotten that there was always our own huge black stallion, just wanting them to ride him...!!! He's pawing + prouncing now, just how they like him.
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(Well, i'm exaggerating. I've only got a 20 yr old bay tbx
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Most of these riders are apparently extremely proficient bareback, + often choose to ride that way
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I assume they all carry private insurance?

Daftest thing you ever heard anyone say?

'I teach riding'.

(So do i get a prize now?)
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Best wishes all round, BS x
 
one of the ones that comes to mind is this one.....
Is Sunny quicker than Pidge?
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Sunny - 14.3hh heavyweight cob
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Pidge - 17hh ISH
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My neice (maybe 4 years old at the time). I asked her wich horse she liked best out in the field and she said the one with the T Shirt on (rug) lol.

My dad asked why we put those things over their heads (fly masks) is it so they can't see where they're going..??

I asked the most stupid of questions to the man who was building the electric wire fence - he was sat there with the ends of the fence in his hands and I said "is it actually on yet" he didn't even bother to reply, just held it up and looked at me.
 
"Is it legal to keep horses without shoes?"

"you shouldn't be on the road with your horse, you don't pay road tax..."

"how does he know how fast you want him to go?"

On the beach... "How much is it for my kids to get a ride on your horse?" Erm...no.
 
Your pony has no self respect if he stands in his own poo in the stable. That was the YO!

I couldn't get to the yard for a week and YO looked after my boy. It was summer and he was out 24/7 with the other geldings. She couldn't catch him and told me he'd gone feral!

I walked to field yelled his name and he cantered across to me and did everything bar hug me! Doh!

This from an experienced horse woman.

Jane
 
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All the talk of clipping reminded me of another, by a work colleague "why do you clip them in winter when it's cold and not in summer when it's nice and warm?"

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I have to admit to wondering that myself when I was little.
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My dad used to call the stirrups "pedals"! And he calls rugs "duffel coats", but I think he thinks he's being funny.
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You know that sense of humour that only dads seem to have, where they think that being annoying is hilarious... he also insists on calling Scooby "Snoopy", it drives me up the wall!
 
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