Funny things people have said about you and your horse

[marmalade76]

I was once out exercising a horse when we went past an.old lady who said hello, being a polite person I said hello back only to be informed that she was talking to the horse and not me which I thought was rather rude and unnecessary. If I' d been a bit quicker thinking, I'd have told her my horse didn't speak to rude people.

I've been told before that my horse was dangerous, once by a lady MFH at a team chase because he was fast, I thought that was the point! She was rude too, inferred I'd pinched her team rugby shirt by grabbing the one I had on under my jacket (yes, she actually grabbed me by the collar!) which happed to be a similar colour to the one that I'd put back in it's bag along with the saddle cloth & hat cover and handed back to her.

 

[Cloball]

The public say the darndest things.

"Is that one a baby?" Referring to Fin when my hacking company have been 15+hh horses.

"Are they related?" Referring to Fin and Hermosa.

"Are they donkeys?" Also referring to Fin and Hermosa.

"That one looks like Spirit [of the Cimarron]." Referring to Hermosa.

"Look, it's wearing little trainers." Referring to Renegade Vipers.

"Shouldn't you be riding it?" Heard this a lot when I was handwalking Hermosa.

"Can I drive it?" Some random guy on the road while I hacked Gypsum past him.

"Are you the polis?" We all had hi-viz on.

"Our horses will be scared by your horses. They've never seen ones that small!" The actual police. The Mounted Unit was in the park, involved in a murder-suicide investigation. I was on Fin and my hacking buddies that day were a couple hairy cobs and a Connemara.

Surely police horses are supposed to be trained to be less sensitive to things ie. Perfectly normal sized horses.
The funniest was definitely a child who asked where the gelding w*lly had gone. The grey highland I was riding was confused for a unicorn. And a child asked if any of the ponies layed eggs or had been in space.

 

[SashaBabe]

I'm really enjoying this thread. Some of these stories are hilarious

 

[FitzyFitz]

"Look, a donkey!" - to my elderly native mare

"ooh I love friesians!" - to my 14hh welsh cob (he is at least black and long maned)

"has she got rubber shoes on?" - about my barefoot pony (because she didn't go clip clop like the other horse)

 

[Caol Ila]

Surely police horses are supposed to be trained to be less sensitive to things ie. Perfectly normal sized horses.

One would think! But the police horses did in fact get very worked up by our collection of furry native ponies. I figured seeing strange ridden horses must be unusual for them, since their standard beat is in places like Ibrox and Parkhead, where 'normal' horse people don't tend to ride.

 

[ycbm]

'That horse needs shoes on! " as the horse marched towards him across a car park of big limestone chippings.
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[Elf On A Shelf]

“Why is it wearing a batman mask?” - out on a hack on a sunny day, my horse had a grey fly veil on! Happened about 10 years ago and still makes me chuckle, fly veils are now known in my family as Batman masks.

We call the hoods horses race in their Batman masks and kids always point out the Batman horses at the races.

 

[toppedoff]

its old ish but from hackett equine, makes me laugh each time

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7198939414318386437

 

[FFAQ]

"She looks like Deadpool!" in response to my mare's maroon fly mask. I can't unsee it now!

"You can tell he's a hooligan just by looking at him"! A farrier commenting on my cob who was standing quietly minding hus own business. To be fair, the farrier was spot on but we didn't know it at that point!

"At least your 'orses have got proper legs. I gets worried about those 'orses with spindly little legs we sees goin' past" - my mum (thick Devonshire accent)!

 

[Fransurrey]

Way back in the 70's we sent a mare to stud. When I told the ladies I worked with one asked "Will she be shut in the stable for the night with the stallion"

See, I wouldn't have been able to resist saying, "No! It will be consensual. We first line them up with dinner together, followed by a nice film in the open air cinema."

 

[dreamcometrue]

“He’s built like a prop forward*”.

My Dad about my Haflinger.

*Rugby League player

 

[Annagain]

“He’s built like a prop forward*”.

My Dad about my Haflinger.

*Rugby League player

I explained the sort of horse I was looking for to my rugby (union) playing OH as a back row forward! He got it.

 

[scats]

I was once out exercising a horse when we went past an.old lady who said hello, being a polite person I said hello back only to be informed that she was talking to the horse and not me which I thought was rather rude and unnecessary. If I' d been a bit quicker thinking, I'd have told her my horse didn't speak to rude people.

I've been told before that my horse was dangerous, once by a lady MFH at a team chase because he was fast, I thought that was the point! She was rude too, inferred I'd pinched her team rugby shirt by grabbing the one I had on under my jacket (yes, she actually grabbed me by the collar!) which happed to be a similar colour to the one that I'd put back in it's bag along with the saddle cloth & hat cover and handed back to her.

I once thanked a man for stepping aside and letting me passed on a bridle way. He very rudely told me that he was moving for the horse, not me! I did tell him that I’m sure the Diva was very grateful but generally she leaves it up to me to do the communication stuff!

 

[First Frost]

Why is your horse wearing skateboard pads? He was hacking with knee boots on.

 

[toppedoff]

Why is your horse wearing skateboard pads? He was hacking with knee boots on.

youre taking him to the skatepark of course!

 

[toppedoff]

I was once out exercising a horse when we went past an.old lady who said hello, being a polite person I said hello back only to be informed that she was talking to the horse and not me which I thought was rather rude and unnecessary. If I' d been a bit quicker thinking, I'd have told her my horse didn't speak to rude people.

I've been told before that my horse was dangerous, once by a lady MFH at a team chase because he was fast, I thought that was the point! She was rude too, inferred I'd pinched her team rugby shirt by grabbing the one I had on under my jacket (yes, she actually grabbed me by the collar!) which happed to be a similar colour to the one that I'd put back in it's bag along with the saddle cloth & hat cover and handed back to her.

my mum had somewhat of a similar situation with the first one, she was talking to a dog as we passed it and a man unrelated walked past and said "so you want to talk to the dog but no one else here? what a joke" It was outside a shop. not much chit chatting here and she said youre now my reason why i should keep talking to the dog

 

[Fjord]

I'm loving these!

 

[J&S]

One comment I always remember: I was out riding with a younger girl and her rather twitchy/unrelaxed pony, she said to me:" Your horse is really quiet "(meaning rather boring !) and I replied, "No, she is just good mannered"!

 

[TinseLeneHorse]

I'm the first to admit that my mare is a chubster. To be fair she has Cushing's and has the classic poor topline big belly look. I've had numerous people asking when her foal is due.
At least she's a mare and it is feasible that she could be 'expecting'. It is funnier when people ask gelding owners if their horse is pregnant

 

[spottypony90]

The amount of people who refer to my horse as being ‘the grey one’. I don’t own a grey - he’s an Appaloosa but his markings are slowly fading with age but his spots are still there!

 

[myheartinahoofbeat]

My husband has a leopard spot appaloosa. His spots are brown and he is over 17hh. I'm fed up with the number of times we unload our pride and joy off of the trailer and people say he looks like a giraffe!!!

 

[Caol Ila]

I wish I had a pound every time horse people commented on how refined Hermosa is. Hence me posting a couple flappy threads on here.

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

The first thing a fellow livery said to me about Dex was that she liked him because he looked like a cross between a donkey and a moose and she liked both those animals

I also vividly remember saying to one of the riding school staff when I was young whether the rather large chest of the gelding I was leading was his boobs - much hilarity for her!

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Pony I have heard - aw look at the baby horse (welsh A 12 hh)

Apart from nice coments about the others that is it.

 

[shanti]

"Your horse runs like a chicken" it's a pretty accurate description when he is in full standie mode

When I had indie a traditional coloured cob a small child asked when he had slippers on (feathers)

I have been struggling to find an accurate way to describe what my Standie looks like when he runs around the paddock, chicken is perfect! Thank you

 

[Fransurrey]

I have been struggling to find an accurate way to describe what my Standie looks like when he runs around the paddock, chicken is perfect! Thank you

You do realise I am now going to be watching my chickens run and imagining them as standardbreds???

 

[Suechoccy]

When I had a Shetland, I used to ride my 16hh gelding and lead the Shetland. Both were piebald.
Mother to child "Aww look at the big horse with his baby."

 

[Caol Ila]

A friend of a fellow livery approached me as I got back from a hack on Fin and said, "Is he a Highland? He must be so calm and quiet."

Yes to the first. But not so much to the second.

I guess I could have put this post in the breed stereotypes thread.

 

[seriously festive equine]

I have been asked many times while hacking my mare why her ears are orange ( she has a fly veil on)

 

[McGrools]

I was asked by a child if my 13.2hh pony “would grow up to be racehorse” so cute