Do you worry that you smell of horses and probably your vehicle as well?

[TicTac]

I have a horsey coat and boots, and change them before I come home.... so don't think I actually smell lol....., don't wear same clothes for days on end so clothes generally smell ok.

It winds me up big time when I see people walking around Morrisons or Tesco etc etc in their dirty boots or even wellies, whats all that about????? Bad manners if you ask me

XX

Same here,I am actually over fussy about my horse clothes as I'm paranoid that I dont want to smell!

My horsey shoes or boots get taken off before I get in the car and put in a bag in the boot. I love my horse but I dont expect everybody else too and that includes her smell!

 

[stacey_lou]

That is a very interesting comment, does that mean your previous did not like the smell of horses?

The essence of any relationship where horses are concerned, revolves very much about fragrance.

Either you notice it or not depending upon your level of involvement.

Lol my ex was a misseriable ******* lol

No the first time he came up the yard with me I said to him the smell off the stables is homely to me and he said actually he likes the smell of stables. So score! lol

 

[Judgemental]

Lol my ex was a misseriable ******* lol

No the first time he came up the yard with me I said to him the smell off the stables is homely to me and he said actually he likes the smell of stables. So score! lol

This thread has become most instructive.

I think it is fair to say that it is mainly the ladies who have to worry about the man in their life or potential man, so far as his attitude to the smell of horses is concerned. After all there are a variety of smells, from the body of the horse, the hoofs, the lifting of the tail, the staleing (please note I have used the nice Pony Club euphemisms - bet that's the first time you have heard 'lifting the tail' referred to as a euphemism - LOL) and of course dirty rugs, and tack, to mention but a few, although the smell of newly cleaned leather conjures up other attributes that I won't go into.

However back to the point, the 'smellability' of your man is a real test and his perception.

Of course if you as a chap and are into horses, ladies of a non-equine persuasion have to be handled with care when it comes to the rough and tumble of the stables. From my experience stick to those who have a genuine love of horses.

 

[Theresa_F]

I too am lucky - my OH finds me most attractive when I am my natural self - ie in my horse clothes, hair in mad curls, smelling of horses and no doubt a bit of mud and hay here and there.

Mind you he can't complain as often most of my attractive air is to having done his horse for him.

I have never had any complaints in the supermarket, but I do make sure I am not trailing mud and hay behind me. I make sure my boots are reasonably clean and will chuck on a cleanish jacket.

As above, I find many people stink - baby shite, unwashed, fags, booze, bad teeth, plus horrible strong perfume and I don't complain, so why should they about my choice of equine perfume?

 

[horsegirl]

I know I smell of horse and my car stinks of what I can only describe as 3 wet terriers who have rolled in horse poo but I don't worry about it

 

[Paddydou]

Do you worry that you smell of horses and that you might look as if you have been dragged through a hedge backwards most of the time?

That from my experience also probably applies to vehicles associated with people who have horses; their vehicles generally are thoroughly unsavoury.

This should bring forth some interesting comments.

JM my dear chap. Generally I do not like the general public so I avoid them where at all possible anyway. The whiff actually helps this some what as they tend to stay away.

If I am in company that I wish to keep I do tend to ensure I am clean. Most of the company I intend to keep doesn't actually care what I smell like, if I am on time, what shape my car is in because they love me just the way I am!

Lastly, the equestrian vehicle may actually resemble the local tip but how many other devices will get you from a to b while conveying first aid kits, tow ropes, spare head collars, a few light bulbs, an old envelope for scribbling strange licence plates down on, a wrench, bits of useful string and a few fencing poles... Oh and the odd saddle and a few bits of old dog chews... My car carries just as much and is only a third of the size of the OH's van! Admittedly she doesn't have a boat on the roof but still!

You would be amazed when such things can come in useful, getting stray dogs off the road, sorting out a temp repair to a fence after some livestock have slipped through so you can get back to the farm to warn them but ensure their livestock will be safe for 10 minutes, bandaging up various passer by's etc. Many a folk have been glad of my little mobile tip on many occasions, be it to get them to the local garage, catch an errant dog, get a dog out of a car when its owner has been taken ill, make up a temp sign for whatever reason, pulling mini buses off of muddy verges... My car is not just a car she is an adventure!

 

[Captain Bridget]

I know I do smell of horse when I come back from the yard but usually I've only been there for a couple of hours so don't smell that bad. My car has a faint whiff but it's not so bad. As I don't have air con it gets a fair airing when it's warm enough! If I have smelly clothes I try to keep them away from other things, but I do tend to wear things a few times before washing them! Unfortunately my waterproof coat and trousers have rather taken on the smell of horses so every time they get wet they smell again!

 

[Alec Swan]

... My car is not just a car she is an adventure!

We need to be breeding such vehicles, not just allowing them to evolve!

Alec.

 

[Mrs B]

We need to be breeding such vehicles, not just allowing them to evolve!

Alec.

I'm sure if we left Pad's car and a similar van I know together in a quiet garage for the winter, we might be quite surprised a what they've produced come Spring when we open the doors again...

Worth a try

 

[Alec Swan]

I'm sure if we left Pad's car and a similar van I know together in a quiet garage for the winter, we might be quite surprised a what they've produced come Spring when we open the doors again...

Worth a try

I'm just wondering if my old, battered and currently hated Land Rover, could stand at stud. He has a pedigree (of sorts), he's reasonably well mannered, he'll go through anything, and he is still in possession of most of his original parts (unlike his owner!!).

I'd also suggest that he probably wouldn't need "The winter", to further his career; over night should do!!

Alec.

 

[EAST KENT]

JM my dear chap. Generally I do not like the general public so I avoid them where at all possible anyway. The whiff actually helps this some what as they tend to stay away.

If I am in company that I wish to keep I do tend to ensure I am clean. Most of the company I intend to keep doesn't actually care what I smell like, if I am on time, what shape my car is in because they love me just the way I am!

Lastly, the equestrian vehicle may actually resemble the local tip but how many other devices will get you from a to b while conveying first aid kits, tow ropes, spare head collars, a few light bulbs, an old envelope for scribbling strange licence plates down on, a wrench, bits of useful string and a few fencing poles... Oh and the odd saddle and a few bits of old dog chews... My car carries just as much and is only a third of the size of the OH's van! Admittedly she doesn't have a boat on the roof but still!

You would be amazed when such things can come in useful, getting stray dogs off the road, sorting out a temp repair to a fence after some livestock have slipped through so you can get back to the farm to warn them but ensure their livestock will be safe for 10 minutes, bandaging up various passer by's etc. Many a folk have been glad of my little mobile tip on many occasions, be it to get them to the local garage, catch an errant dog, get a dog out of a car when its owner has been taken ill, make up a temp sign for whatever reason, pulling mini buses off of muddy verges... My car is not just a car she is an adventure!

Spot on..and mine`s completely organic too!

 

[Millyard Rejects]

My car hasnt smelt of horses for a while....it has reeked of feral cats and even musty ferrets!
but now the hay is been packed in the back for the goatlings and the feed bags for the goats..chickens and waterfowl it has a really weird whiff to it?
My only concern if I go to the supermarket in johds/wellies or yard boots is that there is no poop attached to them!
if the farmers from the local mart are allowed in then i dont see why i shouldnt be? and one local restaurant caters for the farmers on mart day and i would not like the cleaners job hoovering the carpets!
But I think its all relative....I can smell cows/dogs/cat wee and most other things on the vet and his car....yet never say anything........but he always mentions the smell of ferrets to me!!!! and I know my ferrets dont smell!!!!

 

[Judgemental]

I would just love to respond to all the various posts but there are too many.

However what fantastic honesty about what to some might be a 'Scent-sative' subject.

Paddy your description of your vehicle is worthy of a literary prize!

Dare I start a thread entitled Men, Money and Horses, yet another sensitive subject.

On the other hand perhaps to give real feeling and colour, perhaps it should be entitled, Men, Money, Horses and Masters of Hounds?

Perhaps not, that could really become too hot a topic!

I will leave that to bolder posters.

 

[applecart14]

Do you worry that you smell of horses and that you might look as if you have been dragged through a hedge backwards most of the time?

No I don't usually care. I wouldn't walk down the high street in my jods and dirty t-shirt but I often walk into the local one stop shop in my horsey gear.

The only time I have been really embarrassed was when we had some poor quality haylage on the yard and it was absolutely stinking stuff, it smelt like vomit. You couldn't help but get it all over your hands and clothes and you loaded your haynets.

I went to the local Tesco one stop shop and there were two lads in the queue about 16/17 yrs of age. They were behind me and the one said to the other "pooh i can smell baby sick, it really stinks in here!". I was absolutely mortified.

 

[stacey_lou]

No I don't usually care. I wouldn't walk down the high street in my jods and dirty t-shirt but I often walk into the local one stop shop in my horsey gear.
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Lol I have many a times my weekends are so packed and so busy that if I need to pop into town before heading to the yard to muck out as quick as i can to then ride do all my jobs to get home before getting ready to go back to job number 2 then ill happily stroll through town in my Breechers, boots and chaps. I dont care this is me deal with it.

Atleast Im not walking around like these chavs do with their asses hanging out smelling of what I can only describe as an explosion at the local Lynx factory with a hint of canabis.

 

[benson21]

I must admit, I am sitting at work now thinking I can smell the stable odour around me today. Probably because I finished work late, went straight to the yard and mucked out in my work shoes!!!

 

[Waffles]

Supermarkets have got a damned cheek if they ask horsey people to leave! My god, in the local Asda and Tesco there are people who stink to high heaven of human body odour! In comparison, horsey smells are rather nice! As long as your boots aren't too muddy, I think that's fine. I never give a toss whether people think I look like I've been dragged through a hedge backwards (sometimes I actually have been! lol).

 

[PolarSkye]

Defender - my mobile wheelbarrow, usually has lurchers in, plus empty plastic bottles (never know when you might need one) carrier bag hooked over the low box knob for sticking all my rubbish in, middle seat unusable as has spare coat, gloves, envelopes, corn bills et al. Floor filled with dried mud, gravel, bits of rubbish that missed the carrier bag. Ashtray partly full. Back has lovely squidgy waterproof dog bed (of course) and mobile waterbowl. Windows all smudged from doggy noses and feet.

This! OH calls my car the mobile tack room (oh the shame). Don't have lurchers (have other varieties of mutt) and the ashtray is full of spare change and (ahem) "female necessities" (I keep it closed) but otherwise you've just described my trusty estate car .

P

 

[Judgemental]

I started this thread way back on September 2011 and in view of the many new members on the forum, I felt it could do with an 'airing'.

Indeed it has come to my attention that horsey women and their 'horsey' vehicles have a certain attractiveness in certain 'quarters' and visa versa.

Just wondering if a few new views, opinions, experiences, yes I think experiences are always good for smile, wince or LOL might be posted?

 

[YasandCrystal]

A friend of mine makes me laugh - she is not horsey, but has a relative that is. Well she laughs because I often have an 'eau de mare's pee' about me or a whiff of the manure pile. I usually have stray hay on my clothing, straw embedded in my socks, mud on my jods and my boots are very muddy; I won't go into detail about my hands. Her relative apparently is always attired in immaculate light coloured jods and clean riding boots and looks like she has stepped off a magazine cover. She doubts her relative 'does' for her horse at all

I wish I could maintain that look and manage 4 horses

 

[arizonahoney]

Jumentous. An excellent word to trot out when playing Scrabble

 

[gunnergundog]

Judgemental.....I nearly had a heart attack and I hold you solely responsible!

I started reading this thread from the beginning, saw a post from Rosie F and I think I now know what the feeling is when someone says that 'someone walked over their grave'! It was only then that I looked at the dates!!!!

PS Just gone back and looked again and now realise that her name is in black. Didn't register at the time.....not been around long enough to realise that that is what happens to such posts.

 

[CrazyMare]

I often appear to have been dragged through a hedge backwards, in boots, breeches & horsey coat, all topped off with a fleecy hat. Or the summer look is boots, breeches, and polo shirt, topped off with wild hair.

Car is a mobile skip, full of useful necessities, such as tow ropes, and 7 Day Mud Away spray.

OH has his own horse, which is lucky really.

OH also proposed, giving me a very sparkly rock, whilst sat on my homebred 4 year old, after jumping on a hot afternoon. I don't know who was sweatier, me or her, but it clearly didn't put OH off in the slightest. Not even when Callie rubbed her sweaty head on him, whilst he was on one knee!!!

 

[Luci07]

Judgemental.....I nearly had a heart attack and I hold you solely responsible!

I started reading this thread from the beginning, saw a post from Rosie F and I think I now know what the feeling is when someone says that 'someone walked over their grave'! It was only then that I looked at the dates!!!!

PS Just gone back and looked again and now realise that her name is in black. Didn't register at the time.....not been around long enough to realise that that is what happens to such posts.

Oh thats actually rather sad...

RIP Rosie

 

[Crugeran Celt]

I always showered and washed hair after seeing to the horses before work as I was a little paranoid about the smell and my job involved meeting different people all day. Now as I am not working at the moment I don't really care but as someone has said a local supermarket will not let you in boots and jodhs so I just shop in the co-op instead as they don't mind at all. My 14 year old un-horsey son soon tells me if I am smelling of horse!!

 

[Foxhunter49]

The smell of horses is probably more pleasant to wet dogs and green tripe which I collect in bins from a local abattoir!

 

[samleigh]

I always wear an old pair of trainers to and from the yard, wash clothes reg! But it clings to hair and hands..so always shower as soon as get home or my Hubby and sons complain none stop

 

[lcharles]

Oh wow! I must be gross!! x

As i'm at the stables most of the day, everyday. I go everywhere in my jods and boots! I go to supermarkets, pubs - even non-horsey ones, shopping and been to work in them.

I have to go to a shopping centre tonight to get a new dress so i'll change my top from stinky farm one to clean general one and will pick out my cleanest boots from my car but will still wear my jodphurs. I don't care what i look or smell like. I'm proud to have horses and everyone can know/smell it lol x

I always wash my hands from the yard but mainly because of eating.

If i smelt so bad that i could smell myself - i'm pretty immune to the general horse smell - then i'd make an effort but if i go home from the yard, i have less time for anything else and i lack sleep as it is! x

General body spray squirt is the best i can do wherever i go after the yard! haha x

We had a yard meal on Sunday at the local carvery at 9 of us must of made an offputting smell but we stayed in the corner away from the normal B.O, fag stinking, crusty baby sick and over perfumed people! x

 

[Fii]

No i dont give a flying fig!
My car smells of haylage , horse and wet dog, and so do i most of the time!
i also walk around the shops (local and supermarket) straight from work/horses. It can be really useful in the winter to see which aisles you have been down by the trail of mud!
When OH used to work on a dairy farm we used to get a few odd looks as he would have rather a lot of cow muck on him.....but work is work and time is money, and we dont have time to go home shower change just to go to a shop!!
As an extra note... it just goes to show how used to me the local shop keepers are when they actually comment in a shocked voice " omg you look smart are you going somewhere nice!"

 

[FfionWinnie]

My horse does not smell and therefore nor do I. :snooty:

All animals smell and if you don't think they do, it's because you smell like them

After a ten year break I thought horses smelt horrible. Now they don't really smell...! (Cattle and sheep are the same).