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dwi

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I may be paranoid but I'm fairly sure that some of the people in this aream look down on our coloured cobs as lesser horses. One particular pair of women on a pair of chestnuts (I don't care if you are reading this, you know who you are) are never friendly and we don't get more than a grunt if we meet them out hacking. We might them twice on saturday and they deigned a frosty hello on the way out. We met them again about 30 mins later by which time I was walking and leading my clearly lame horse. Not a "hello" or "is there a problem?" from either of them.

We moan about car drivers and other road users but I was appalled that two other riders wouldn't offer help to someone else who clearly has a problem. I hope they feel ashamed.
 
Fair enough on attitude, but what exactly would you have expected them to do?! You were obviously aware of the problem, and leading your horse, IMO I personally would only have intravened if I saw a lame horse that the rider was apparently unaware of!! Sorry, just my opinion.
 
I do feel that some people look down on other horses (not just coloured cobs).
Granted it is not nice to have fellow riders have an attitude with you but as long as you reamin civil then you are better than they are.
Unfortunatly there is nothing they could have done in regards to your horse being lame, what did you expect them to do?
Granted they could have been nice and asked if everything was okay.
Just remain bigger than they are and if you seen them with a lame horse, ask them if everything was okay.
 
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but what exactly would you have expected them to do?! You were obviously aware of the problem

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I just think that it would have been basic common courtesy to say something. In that situation I would have probably said something along the lines of "Are you alright?" "Is there anything we can do to help?" I might have needed a hoofpick or to borrow a mobile phone. I didn't but I think its polite to enquire
 
TBH though, its up to other people how they are. I get annoyed when people expect everyone else to behave in a certain way.
 
there was a coloured cob at a yard I go too and this woman always refered to his markings as that of a cow and all coloured horses have no use other than to be looked upon as cattle in fields, WTF?? the woman was a total nutcase so i know exactly what you mean. If I have have another horse it would be a coloured love them
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TBH though, its up to other people how they are. I get annoyed when people expect everyone else to behave in a certain way.

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Maybe I'm old fashioned but I was brought up to return a friendly greeting when it was offered to me and to be prepared to help someone when they are in trouble.

It costs you nothing to say hello to someone when you ride past and you might be grateful if you need that person's help oneday.
 
Some people are just snotty B*****ds. Sod em. I used to get it when I had a pony and I thought it was coz I was an adult on a pony they are still the same and I am on a tb same as them. If they dont know how great cobs are then thats there loss!
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I agree about courtesy and if that had been me on the horse I would have said hello or hello back etc and I also would have asked if you and the horse were ok and needed any help. But that is just me being my usual considerate self.
I can remember a few years ago I got off the bus on the main road near to a shop where I live ( shop gone now) and a girl had fell off her pony. I offered to help and she was with her sister. The horse had reared and fell and she had fallen onto concrete.
I asked if she was ok. I asked her about any pain or tingling/numb etc and could she stand. Me and the sister (cannot remember now lol) helped her to her feet and I also checked out her pony with her.
She decided to climb back on board the pony and so I gave her a leg up. Her sister ( I'm sure it was) had phoned her mum to meet her at the stables which I discovered was down the track near to where I lived.
I walked with them virtually all the way down to those stables to make sure she and the pony were ok.
After that everytime I saw them they would say hello and have a little chat. They have moved yards now I think as someone bought it for private use.
But that is just me and my helpful nature. I have always said hello to horse riders if I have been on foot and when I have been out hacking.
I do agree though that there is a lot of snobbery in the horse world and it really makes me mad. To be honest from my own pov ( mostly racegoers and owners etc) I have found most of the upper class people I have met have been either rude or ignorant.
I cannot count on my hands the number of times I held a door open for the snobs who go to a local racecourse I attend who did not even say thankyou once.
The same goes for people who look down on other horse owners as being beneath them ( social status) because they have a coloured or a cob or don't use stubben tack etc.
It really annoys me.
Horse owners and riders are just that.
It does not matter how much your horse or tack cost.
It does not matter what breed your horse is or what colour it is.
It does not matter who you know and who you don't know.
Asking for good manners is not asking for a lot from people. Neither does it hurt to show a bit of compassion from time to time whether it be to human or animal, horse rider to non horse rider. A very little can go a long way.
I try to be courteous to people wherever possible ( although there are exceptions if someone angers me or is rude to me)
I never look down upon anyone, except of course my pets as they are smaller than me lol.
Maybe someone should introduce a be nice to other horse riders day or week? Just a thought?
Cazx
 
I am afraid you just have to accept that some people are pig ignorant.

You have to feel for them.

I hope your horse is OK and that is was nothing serious?

I don't know why anyone would think a coloured cob is any less of a horse?? Aren't they becoming expensive to buy these days as they are sought after?
 
They may not have realised it was lame
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some people can't see a lame horse, unless your poor horse was hobbling on 3 legs. I would always be polite and friendly to other riders like yourself, remember in all walks of life there are those people who always are wrapped up in their own little worlds.
 
i have a very similar problem with a local riding school if ever i meet them out hacking my god you would think they owned the place they will never move aside and let you past they have been known to trot past me with 5 horses in single file while ive been on my own and my horse clearly getting wound up they have cantered across a field towards me before today. once when i was out by myself i met an instructor and i client out hacking so i moved right off the track and let them past and as the horses got level with me the clients horse spooked and went into the bushes and the instructor said it was my fault and i shouldnt have been there, its a bl%$!y bridle path! and if i go past the riding school when clients are coming in for their lessons they run you off the road in their cars and it drives me insane cos if a driver did that to there children while they are out on a hack, and somethink happened they would be the first to moan!
 
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