funny things non horsey people say

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Daughter in law came and had her first hands on contact grooming the ponies She loved it thought it therapeutic what made me laugh was her question
"Who mows the grass?" looking at my bowling green fields.
Son burst out laughing and said "they do"
Made me smile too
 
Ive had so does your horse eat grass then? Why dont you keep it in the garden to save money?

Do you have to go and see them everyday? Even on Xmas day?

I dont ride my motorbike every week....it will be fine.

Horses...so you must be loaded then?
 
Talking about my jump lesson to my mum, saying how I had struggled to see a stride;

"Do you need to wear your glasses whilst riding?!!"
 
"Aren't you scared to sit up there?" (Actually that one may not be as silly as it sounds in some cases!).
"Where are his toes?"
"You can't be tired, he does all the work"
"How can you ride a horse if you have a bad back" (Ha Ha, I would give up a lot more first-and I have had to scale back- but NOT give up!)
"Can I have a ride" (With my husband's horse this was not a problem, but with Jay I give a hollow laugh inside)
"Don't the nails in his feet hurt"
 
Ohh mungo madness I love that one! My mum has said some funny things too, and says when I talk to an equine pro its like listening to a conversation in a different language. Oh and a typical one is that horses wear coats.
 
We've kept horses for years, my daughter is an avid show jumper. My very patient OH does all the mucking out etc for our string because I broke my back in a riding accident a few years ago and it is too painful to do them all myself. But he still refers to the stirrups as "pedals"! As in "Which set of pedals does she want on this or that saddle"!
 
Had most of the above. The worst I can remember is some speshul member of the public asking me how old my exmoor was. I replied with "16". The man came back with, "Oh! When will he grow up to be a horse, then?" Turned out he thought I was riding a foal...ye Gods!
 
My non-horsey in-laws used to stay in a caravan at the weekend. When we visited, they said 'you must come and see this horse down the road, she has just had the most gorgeous foal..'. When we got there there was no foal, but there was one of the oldest most unattractive shetlands I have seen in a long time :D
 
"Shoes every six weeks??,..why can't you just buy a set and keep them on all the time??"

"Why do you have to go up EVERY day?"

"Will he not be OK if you put lots of hay in and came away for the weekend?"

"Why do you see some people riding round and round in circles?"

"You have a horse?....Oh i love horses,...can i come up and have a ride?"

"Why do you shave your horse then put a coat on him?" (quite a logical question in alot of respects i guess as i do know of some folk who do clip for no reason,..because so and so clipped theirs, so i'll clip mine - LOL!!).

"You pay insurance?,..Why?,..do you pay Road Tax then as well if you go on the roads?"

"How much does your horse cost you?" and then when you tell them they say "Oh my God, you must be minted"...(errr No,..just do without alot so i can have my horse!!).

"Ooooo it's raining outside, should he not be kept in his hut in the winter time?"
 
'Why is your horse blindfolded?' no thats just her fly mask which leads to a million questions of 'can she still see then??'

'Why is your horse wearing shin pads?' Her BOOTS protect her legs :)
 
"You still have lessons? I thought you'd know how to ride a horse by now!" had this a few times.

"I don't want to LEARN how to ride. I just want to get on and go galloping and jumping." - my non-horsey OH who likes the idea of riding, but doesn't want to go through the rigours of learning how lol.

And of course, the usual "you have to go up EVERY day? Even on Christmas!?" and other such gumpf!
 
Oh I get the one about lessons all the time! I point out even olympic athletes have coaches, and now refer to "training sessions with my coach". Somehow, people get this one. Bonkers.
Must confess due to non-horsey influences, my horses wear jim jams and coats (hangs head in shame)
 
I'm riding a sweet cob over the summer and my boyfriend asked if she's going to be a racehorse when she's older - I tried to explain the difference between tbs and cobs and it didnt really work
 
People at my work serisouly don't understand why I don't ride my current horse yet.
Hes a yearling.
I'll explain that he's only 1 and they look at me as if to say 'so?'
I try and explain that he won't be backed until he's 3 or 4 and even then it depends on how mature he is... They look at me as though I'm mad because I have a horse I can't ride... Yet.
I've given up explaining and if anyone asks if I ride him I just say no. This has however led to people thinking I have some pet horse in my garden...
People ay!?
 
I often get asked by my coworkers if I won the horse race on the weekend. I show jump. I've tried in vain to explain to them the difference and I've long since given up and just respond with generic answers like "I'm very happy with how it went" and leave it at that!
 
I rode on Saturday and it was raining, a non horsey lady told me I was cruel to ride in the rain as I have a choice and he did not!
 
Whilst out riding with my then horse and the old pony. 'Is the small one the big one's baby?' Er, no. They're both geldings...
 
HH you meanie you... It is a well known 'scientific fact' that horses melt in the rain ;)

I've had some corkers, mainly from non-horsey girlfriends...

Having explained what the shiny thing on her feet are 'So does she have different shoes for different occasions?'

'Where do you take her to have her hair cut?'

'Does she get scared in the field in the dark?'

'Why does she poo so much?' (I do ask myself that too occasionally)

And my personal favourite...

'Do Prada make horse jackets?' No, no they don't....and if I could afford a Prada horse jacket, it would not be a Prada horse jacket I would be buying....probably another horse or two!! :D
 
My mum refers to ankles instead of fetlocks, coats instead of rugs, and NUMNUMS instead of numnahs. She also complains about him trying to bite her - he is checking her hands and pockets for more after she's just fed him half a pack of polos.

I've been asked if we ride in the grand national, I've been asked if we do 'horse dancing like the Olympics', I've been asked why my horse has a hat on (ear veil), and had people on the old railway line near us tell me how nice it must be to be able to ride off the road on such a nice clean Tarmac path... Aside from being Tarmac, this means it is overrun with cyclists, dog walkers and joggers as well as lots of buggies on weekends. I sighed and nodded.

I've been asked whether I pay road tax or not, and been asked why I don't pick up poop off the road. I've also been asked when I last showered my horse as he smelt bad...
 
The guy I'm seeing came up to the yard yesterday and was watching my large beefy ID in the field and went 'How does he get so big if he only eats grass?!' Well, he does eat rather a lot :p
 
I've had so many!

Non horsey friend came down to the yard the other day whilst my section a was munching grass - he looked at me horrified and said - i thought horses couldnt eat grass?!!

Erm why do you think horses are kept in fields then?? - well so they can run around i thought they just ate hay??

:D

Same friend who doesnt understand why hiding behind hedges and jumping out (to scare me) makes the poor pony do a vertical jump and then doesnt want to go near him!

I've also had the usual - why do you need lessons, why do you go down EVERY day? what do you mean you dont have any money you have horses dont you? (yes.. hence...)

why are you touching his thingy?!! im not "touching" it, im cleaning it....

anyone can ride a horse....

horse riding isnt exercise, the horse does all the work

why do you have someone else come in and trim their hooves why cant you do it yourself with a big nail file?
 
My mum thinks I was mean all of last summer because my boy was wearing a rug in the heat. It was a sweetitch rug. She said it was cruel as no others had them on. No others have sweetitch!!

I get fed up of explaining why I go down every day. And why my pony is 'stripey'- he's roan and clipped- skin brown and body coat currently grey and he has a trace!

Ax
 
'Why do you pay to shovel poo?' (the point of a share lost on my OH)

'Why are you sweating though?' (friend thinking you just sit on while the horse works)

'Why do you just ride round in circles?' (ARGHHHHH)


On the other hand I was so proud of my non-horsey OH pointing at a Welsh Section D and saying 'There's a Welsh Section D over there.' It blew my mind - he's learning!
 
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