Embarrassing first impression!

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Yesterday was my first day with my new share horse at a new yard. I was so excited and I really wanted to make a good first impression. So much for that! As I was emptying the wheelbarrow onto the muckheap I managed to slide down the muckheap on my backside making it look like I'd had an accident.... (Think big brown stain on back of beige jods)This happened just as the girl whos horse is in the next stable pulled into the yard.

She probably thinks I'm a complete spaz now! Whoops!

Anyone got any funny yard stories to cheer me up?
 
Oh how that did make me chuckle!
Well once I went for an interview to a racing yard, I turned up waved and said hi, whilst getting slightly strange looks, I looked down to find I had forgotten to put my chaps on.. I had black jods, black jodhpur boots and huge bright pink fluffy bed socks on that came half way up my leg! Oh my god I nearly died!
 
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Oh how that did make me chuckle!
Well once I went for an interview to a racing yard, I turned up waved and said hi, whilst getting slightly strange looks, I looked down to find I had forgotten to put my chaps on.. I had black jods, black jodhpur boots and huge bright pink fluffy bed socks on that came half way up my leg! Oh my god I nearly died!

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Try only putting on ONE chap!!
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I then had to scrounge a spare chap from one of the girls at the yard...but she could only find one of her old ones...and of course it was the wrong leg so I had to have one on back to front....I looked a state!
 
Not horse related, but my friend and her eccentric Mum were selling their house and showing it off to prospective purchasers. My friend was in her 20's at the time. The people viewing the house were worried that an outside wall was crumbling, so my friend climbed the wall to show it was solid. Her Mum promptly screamed at her, pulled her off the wall and spanked her bottom!!!
 
Last winter i fell backwards off the muck heap, bit like OP, and slipped a few steps until I landed in water trough. It was in a field that isn't used much so the water in the old trough was freezing but also all green and slimy. Two younger girls riding past were laughing hysterically, esp when I managed to clamber out and my jods had ballooned with water! Managed to laugh along with everyone but inside just wanted to cry and run home
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Ohh no what a nightmare! Just think that a bad moment has happened to us all ;-)

I have had my share of very embarrassing blunders. My worst was out riding with a client of mine (I owned a beauty salon in the UK) on her horse for the first time out hacking. I was sooo engrossed in our conversation on the beach I forgot the owner had told me the horse hated puddles and mid speech said horse suddenly stopped (in walk) and did a humongous side step. I stayed on for what seemed an eternity and we even talked during this time, will I stay on or not owww nearly but ermm nope. Think me under said horse in the puddle reins in hands looking straight up at its nose feeling like a right plonker :-)

A fall in walk on a crowded beach CRINGE! Incidentally we had just been chatting about how I had ridden for a known showjumping dealer as a child back in the 80's hmm bet she thought ermm yea right ;-)
 
I went to try a horse with the view to helping out with riding and stable chorse. The poor owner had 2 coming back from injury needing lots of walk work and didn't have time to do both. I turned up, was told what a lovely mare the horse was and how at the moment she was just walking in the school etc. Owner said she's trust her wth anyone on and her mum had ridden her. You can imagine the embarrasement (probably from both parties) as the mare did a tiny spook in walk followed by a buck that sent me head first into the sand. I nearly died!! Incidentaly that didn't put me or the owner off and I ended up riding the horse and even got to take it to do a littel dressge test. Turns out the horse was a total angel and probably one of the sweetest, most amenable hroses I've ever sat on!
 
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Last winter i fell backwards off the muck heap, bit like OP, and slipped a few steps until I landed in water trough. It was in a field that isn't used much so the water in the old trough was freezing but also all green and slimy. Two younger girls riding past were laughing hysterically, esp when I managed to clamber out and my jods had ballooned with water! Managed to laugh along with everyone but inside just wanted to cry and run home
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Oh god!! Ive never laughed so much in my life, i sooo wish i was there to see that LOL x
 
I'd been out with my friend and we both had green wellies, when I got home I took out what i thought was my pair, and the next day went to the yard only to find that I had one of mine and one of hers, both right feet! Had to wear them at my new job all day, and hoped nobody noticed!

Even worse, I fell over in the mud by the gate and got completely soaked, I had an old towel wrapped around my waist along with my wellies on when the woman from Michelham Priory came over and said she had some trousers I could borrow and to go with her there and she would get them from the office.
Trinny and Susannah where there filming Not What To Wear and there was me walking around with an old towel and wellies on!!! Definitely not the thing to be seen in!!
Luckily they didn't see me but almost all the crew did and it was horrific, never been so embarrassed in my life.
I often wonder why she made me go over there with her....
 
Not horsey but my step dad came in drunk one night, opened the front door and scared the sh1t out of the dog (JRTxBorder=Handful-dont get one!!), who legged it out into the night.
I had just got out of the shower and was just wearing knickers, a dressing gown and a towel on my head. I flew down the stairs and shoved my muckers on. Jumped in the car and followed my sister who was running up the road after the dog. The little bugger thought it was fun and was giving her the runaround so I jumped out of the car with a leadrope (always got one in case of emergencies).

Dog started running towards me and so I got right down to his level, arms out ready to catch him and he started eyeing up the driveway next to me...next thing I knew, he dived to the left to duck onto the driveway and I've launched at him and grabbed him!!

Very pleased with myself at catching the little git, I looked down and my dressing gown was hanging open, boobs on show, the neighbours all pointing and laughing.
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Never have I been more tempted to leave the sodding dog outside all night.

Dog was pleased with his little adventure though.
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When I was at uni, I went to get my horse in from the field, with a friend who was getting hers and the gateway had got quite muddy from rain. I managed to get her headcollar on and as I went to attach the leadrope, she moved pulling me along in the mud. I ended up slipping in the mud, and landed arms first in a trough full of freezing water! Luckily it was just my arms and not my head - friend was laughing so hard, and have to admit I was a bit too but was so embarrased.
 
I started to ride again, after a 20 year break, in November two years ago. I knew all my OH's horsey friends, but only from meeting them at home or when I used to go and help out with the dobbins. One Sunday my OH said that one of her friends was going to ride with us, I was happy about that as she has a nice horse and is a very experienced rider, so it would be a good chance to ride 'at my best' and also to socalise my horse, who we had only recently bought.

All was going very well until we started walking along a very muddy bridleway and my lad decided he really did not want to get his feet wet. I was leading the three of us and my boy decided there was a nice dry path to one side of the mud and (deep) puddles. Unfortunately, the reason the path was nice and dry was because it was under some large trees and as he walked underneath the branches, I was slowly but surely pushed further back up the saddle until I got swept off his back completely.

Having a cats balance I managed to perform some sort of flip and landed on my feet with my horse still wandering along in the group and the two girls crying with laughter at my antics.

Not to be deterred I retrieved my confused horse (who looked at me as if to say "hello mate, what you doing down there then?") and attempted to remount, only to find that I had a stirrup and leather missing. I returned to the point of my impact and sure enough there it was in the mud. Suitably cleaned and returned to its correct position I got back in the saddle. The girls were STILL laughing.

I later found out that what was making them laugh the most was the fact that as I was being pushed off my horse, it had never occurred to me to bring him to a halt!

So I didn't manage to impress with my riding skills that day
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Lol thanks for cheering me up everyone! I'm glad I'm not the only one that's done some stupid things!

Wish I couldve seen a few of those situations!!
 
Went to a riding school for first ride in 12 years. I had told them that I USED to be a decent rider, but obviously it had been a long time! Was put on a huge warmblood with the biggest trot you have ever seen! Imagine my embarassment as I wasn't able to trot at all, every time I tried he just jolted me out of the saddle so I couldn't get the hang of rising trot again.

Even worse, when I got off I forgot what a long way down it was... jumped, hit the ground, stumbled backwards and fell flat on my arse
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At which point I assured the instructor that I hadn't been making it up, I had USED to be able to ride!!

Isabelle
 
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