If I gave you a bonfire...

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... what "horsey" things would you put on it? Room 101-style.

(Please lets not let this become a thread attacking people for their choice to use, or hate, any item of equipment ... just meant to be a Fun Friday Thread! :D )

On my bonfire I have to chuck pelham roundings, and long rubber riding boots. Both make my skin crawl, both are very useful in certain instances, but I just can't stand them!!


:-)
 
Not strictly horsey equipment, but in relation to another couple of recent posts anyone who thieves or stupidly feeds another persons horse or is very rude can go on the fire, other than that, can't think off hand.
 
Oh my god it would have to be one big bonfire for my list!!!!

Just a few:

Wintecs.
Reactor Panel Saddles.
Extreme 'Bling' tack pieces.
3-ring gags [though would have to be one very hot bonfire haha!]
Swales bits.
All in one running martingales with the rubber stoppers not detachable ones...
Rubber riding boots!
Treeless saddles.
Anything Parelli....scratch that...Parelli! ;)
Any other currently 'new in season' wannabe gadgets/fashions/toys.
Saddles that blatantly don't fit.
Baby oil.
Crappy hoof oil.
Crap plaiting bands that break after one twist!
Cheap leather tack that needs a whole pot of oil before it's anywhere slightly supple!

I could go on....LOL.
 
Draw reins and similar gadgets in the hands of novices (unless used for Kerilli's clever lungeing contraption!)...

Numpties at my yard who canter round a boggy field on a borrowed horse and ask 'what's a tendon' when I tell them to be careful!

Owners who won't believe the vet who tells them their horse is too fat...

I could go on forever, this is a good thred!
 
I read your earlier post about people describing bits incorrectly... are you enjoying having a bit of a rant today?! ;) :D

I don't know what I would throw on the bonfire! Actually I do... Poly Pads! Horrible things. They never fit properly and they disappear out the back of your saddle once your horse actually moves. Who invented a padded saddlecloth that you can't actually fix to the saddle?! IME they make the horse sweat and then the bl00dy things (pads, not horses) don't dry for days... Utterly pointless!

Also, solo combs. Yuck. Either pull its mane or cut with scissors and feather it to make it look like it's been pulled. I can't pull my horse's mane, he is downright violent about it even with a twitch so I have to spend AGES cutting it, trimming it, thinning with a mane/tail rake, feathering... and it looks much nicer than a solo combed mane :D
 
Poo!! I hate picking it all up!
Electric fencing. I don't care if it's useful and I need it, it annoys the hell out of me.
Side reins. Far too many people use them to simply strap their horses heads down and don't encourage them to work properly.
Spurs. I don't trust them.
Showing folk who keep their horses severely overweight.

I could go on :o
 
baby blue or pink tack - surely no reason is needed:p
any riding clothing AT ALL that included pinkness/shinyness/sequins or any form of bling:mad::mad::mad::mad:

folks who have matching rugs/numnahs/dog rugs & human fleeces - its just too much;) - actually - not the people themselves - that would be an over-reaction - but all the rugs/fleeces instead
 
The water tray I have just been dumped into, there's just a bit of sludge left in the botton so it won't put the fire out!
 
i read that as in... if i gave you a Bonfire (as in the dressage horse). to which my reply would have been, i would worship the ground you walked on forever :)

however in the context it was meant i suppose i cant bear
Kimblewicks
sawing hands
exercise sheets that slip
 
Obese riders that wear wellies (They get all baggy around the ankle as they can't wear them properly)
Obese Horses
The never ending task of poo-picking
Cheap Leather that never gets supple
Trying to figure out what size boot to get from Mountain Horse (sizes are far too large)
Plastic riding boots.
Trying to brush a winter coat out in spring.
Waiting around for the vet/farrier
Cost of the vet/farrier
People that gallop on hard or boggy ground
Those teenagers that hang around riding schools
Pink or Blue or bling tack - keep it simple

But you know what? I really wouldn't change my sport for the world :-)
 
Flashes and grackles for the sake of 'style'!! I know they have their uses but alot are just used for the look rather than a reason.

Parelli..both of them, oh how I'd love to marshmallow roast while they burnt. :D

The yard 'expert'..you know the one that knows it all but doesn't ever seem to be riding as they as too busy interferring with those of us that do?

Rats.

The YO'ers dogs who crap everywhere but if my dog dares to poop I don't have time to get the bag out of my pocket (yes YO because I do carry them everywhere...that's what a responsible dog owner does!) before she's hurtling across the yard with banshee screams of 'THAT DOG S**T'!!!
 
Now let me see??

Tea tree oil
'The new one' Neem oil
Anica
Aloe vera
homeopathy
Reiki
and all other forms of unproven hogwash and quackery.
Saddle chariots
horse flies
ticks
bots
worms
Sarcoids
That'll do for now. Feeling better already :D
 
jsr said:
Flashes and grackles for the sake of 'style'!! I know they have their uses but alot are just used for the look rather than a reason.

Parelli..both of them, oh how I'd love to marshmallow roast while they burnt. :D

The yard 'expert'..you know the one that knows it all but doesn't ever seem to be riding as they as too busy interferring with those of us that do?

Rats.

The YO'ers dogs who crap everywhere but if my dog dares to poop I don't have time to get the bag out of my pocket (yes YO because I do carry them everywhere...that's what a responsible dog owner does!) before she's hurtling across the yard with banshee screams of 'THAT DOG S**T'!!!
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:D :D It's worse when dog does it in your nice clean stable .

Definately horse poo
mites
people who feed my pony cos he's cute
cars that don't seem to be able to slow down when passing me on the road
 
My former livery
She thieved the tie ring from the box when she left
Rubber Jod boots (why do they make them)
All reins that fasten with a buckle
Bling browbands
Draw reins
All Katie Price horse related wear.
 
Over reach boots that split after one day in the field.

The current batch of dressage diva's that have invaded our yard and ponce about without hats and always ride in draw reins and rowel spurs (which are on upside down most of the time).

Yard staff that muck out with less skill, grace and enthusiasm than a drunken toddler and then get antagonistic when it is pointed out to them, and take it out on the horse.

Haylage that has turned my horse's rse into a pressure hose for shiv.
 
* pony club mums (pushy, overly driven, living there dream through there kids ect)
* fat people - skinny horse combination (you know the type, where the poor animals knees are wobbling under the strain)
* rubber riding boots
* know it alls
* draw reins, side reins
* carrot sticks and any one who might be attached to one
* people who are clearly over horsed and scared to ride but they wont admit it as it looks pritty
* pink tack
* whip happy people

im sure ill think of some more ;)
 
all the fly masks that dont stay on (highly recommend the shires mesh ones with ears btw as these do stay on!)

all the jodphurs that end up with holes after a couple of uses cos they keep making them with added lycra so you may aswell just by leggings

jointed snaffles
 
feisty_filly said:
* pony club mums (pushy, overly driven, living there dream through there kids ect)
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Oh yes totally - I forgot about these. Do yours wear a 'uniform' of jeans, Dubarry boots, sleeveless Joules gilets over Joules long-sleeved tops and peak caps?? Occasionally have a fed-up husband and son in tow?
 
jesstickle said:
please don't throw polypads on the fire. I'd be lost without them!!
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Ohh I love my polypads and so does my terrier!! It's his bed when he's at the yard!

Oh can I add people who have a horse because it looks 'right' rather than the horse they actually could ride and enjoy!! I don't care my hairy monster isn't a flashy showy thing cos at least I can tack up get on and enjoy!
 
Flicker said:
Oh yes totally - I forgot about these. Do yours wear a 'uniform' of jeans, Dubarry boots, sleeveless Joules gilets over Joules long-sleeved tops and peak caps?? Occasionally have a fed-up husband and son in tow?
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they do! and they all stand together bickering about whos child is the more capable rider? the only time they seem to even notice ther child when the pony knocks / refuses a jump and then there in there screaming at the child to kick / whip / stop being such a whimp lol
 
lazybee said:
Tea tree oil
'The new one' Neem oil
Anica
Aloe vera
homeopathy
Reiki
and all other forms of unproven hogwash and quackery.
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I love you. I actually do :D I'd like to add all the people who I've ended up arguing with because when I ask them if their product / technique has any benefits supported by a well designed, controlled, statistically significant scientific study and they refer me to a case report or two published on their website :rolleyes: (It's a good thing Ben Goldacre doesn't (to the best of my knowledge) keep horses :cool:)

Also the owners of obese horses and the judges who place them in shows. Ditto owners who ride obviously lame animals and the judges who can't spot lameness. And gadgets, especially used incorrectly by novices.

This is gonna be a BIG bonfire.
 
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