Phrases that get up your nose?

When people talk about getting their horses heads 'down' or 'in'.....that makes me cringe, as well as those stupid clichés you get in adverts ie. 'Jumps for fun'!

ETA: Coblet, Marish & 17+hh 'ponies'!
 
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"He's not really lame, he's just acting to get out of work."

"What bit do I need to get him in an outline?"

"You must be too scared to ride if you wear a helmet."
 
khalswitz said:
To me, shying is different - my lad will shy at genuinely scary things out hacking, but he's not spooky. Shying is the looking, maybe a half step sideways, you know something is there but doesn't do anything horrible. My lad has shied at a golfer swinging a club, a dog suddenly appearing out a gate barking etx.

Spooking is when they jump out of their skin, cat leap sideways or spin as a reaction to something that might not even be 'scary'. Spooky horses are a pain - shying is something most horses do in a genuinely scary situation.
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^^This. I've always thought of shying as that little head turn horses do to have a better look at something, maybe with a step sideways.

A spook to me is the massive leap sideways/up/backwards to avoid the scary leaf/bin/bag that's about to eat them alive.
 
On sellers posts..... 'No time wasters, joyriders or day trippers' and how exactly does one define these... Someone who decides not to buy your 3 legged donkey with 'issues' ...... 😣
 
when people say they are "an equestrian".. its all over facebook and youtube at the minute! " we are equestrians" "I am an equestrian". no. you have equestrian centres, equestrian sport, equestrian shops... you are a horse(y) person or rider, groom, owner whatever category you fit in to but you are not an equestrian !

Ok, I'm glad I got that off my chest !
 
Mine isn't a phrase as such but people selling saddles measured d to d
Or asking for a saddle, say 17" seat to fit a Welsh Cob.
I don't recall all types being the same saddle width, just feel for the poor horses backs.
 
"SHORTEN YOUR REINS!!!"

.... *shamefully hides*

I'm sure it's only because I hear this too often!

Have to say though - He's never done that before!! Is definely an annoyance!
 
justabob said:
The use of the word *pony* when it is clearly over 17.2
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This is one of my pet hates too. 'Going for a pony ride' when they are actually taking their horse for a hack. Not sure if they say it because they think it makes them sound like little girls and therefore younger. Usually women my age that say it( mid forties)
 
Almost certain to have been said before in this everlasting thread, but one word drives me bats every time, and it's "stunning". Don't know why, but it really grinds my gears.
 
Happy hacker - it's just so dismissive. Hacking is my discipline and I keep my horse fit, well schooled (or should that be hacked :D) and engaged doing it. Not all hacking is a half an hour walk round the block. It takes a good rider to get a sharp horse out on the roads and bowling over open country safely.
 
SpottyMare said:
One that is (probably slightly irrationally) starting to irritate me as I'm looking at 7.5 ton horseboxes is 'ideal ladies lorry'.

What exactly does that mean, as there's rarely any explanation in the ad as to WHY it is a ladies lorry?!
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Id say this about mine. It's a small 7.5 with a hydrolic ramp and a power assisted clutch. My mum bought it as she didn't have the strength in her legs for a normal lorry. Everyone who's driven it says it's the easiest lorry they've ever driven so suitable for a lady.
 
xDundryx said:
On sellers posts..... 'No time wasters, joyriders or day trippers' and how exactly does one define these... Someone who decides not to buy your 3 legged donkey with 'issues' ...... 😣
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This really annoys me in adverts. Nobody who is will pay any attention to it anyway because they are selfish people. It makes the seller look grumpy.

I define it as people who like the idea of sharing or loaning or owning but who do not really want the commitment and they know this, but will still reply to an ad asking a million and one questions, arrange to view then either not turn up or turn up with a car load of family and friends all of whom expect to ride, when none of them are seriously interested in taking any horse on. Or they go to see a horse for sale when they do not have anywhere near the purchase price or they only ever wanted a horse on loan or they have hardly ridden before and the horse is not novice ride. They are only doing it to indulge their fantasies of what it might be like to own a horse. People do it with houses too. It is completely unfair on the seller.

I cringe when I see it on here, people getting advice to answer a few ads and go see what is out there when they have posted about not being sure they want another horse or similar statement. Those are mostly going to be timewasters and dreamers. If I have a horse available I only want people coming to view or ask questions if they definitely want and can afford a horse and are trying to find a suitable one.
 
Firefly9410 said:
This really annoys me in adverts. Nobody who is will pay any attention to it anyway because they are selfish people. It makes the seller look grumpy.

I define it as people who like the idea of sharing or loaning or owning but who do not really want the commitment and they know this, but will still reply to an ad asking a million and one questions, arrange to view then either not turn up or turn up with a car load of family and friends all of whom expect to ride, when none of them are seriously interested in taking any horse on. Or they go to see a horse for sale when they do not have anywhere near the purchase price or they only ever wanted a horse on loan or they have hardly ridden before and the horse is not novice ride. They are only doing it to indulge their fantasies of what it might be like to own a horse. People do it with houses too. It is completely unfair on the seller.

I cringe when I see it on here, people getting advice to answer a few ads and go see what is out there when they have posted about not being sure they want another horse or similar statement. Those are mostly going to be timewasters and dreamers. If I have a horse available I only want people coming to view or ask questions if they definitely want and can afford a horse and are trying to find a suitable one.
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I think when sellers put that on their post THEY tend to be the timewaster anyway! When I was looking for a horse I did reply to a few adverts to ask a few questions or agree to come and view the horse, only to either have them cancel on the day I had arranged to view (and had booked a day off work for it) or for me to turn up and the horse is totally not as described.

I politely turned them down and hoped they find the right buyer, only for the advert to be re-posted as "readvertised due to MORE time wasters!!!" - clearly aimed at me- maybe if they advertised the horse truthfully they wouldn't get these so called time wasters!
 
pansymouse said:
Happy hacker - it's just so dismissive. Hacking is my discipline and I keep my horse fit, well schooled (or should that be hacked :D) and engaged doing it. Not all hacking is a half an hour walk round the block. It takes a good rider to get a sharp horse out on the roads and bowling over open country safely.
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I agree! It's been a battle to get Ned to "happy hacker" stage, it's taken blood sweat and tears! Just because it's not tested and you don't get rosettes, doesn't mean it isn't bloomin' hard to get to where it's safe and fun!
 
Paint Me Proud said:
I hate 'not a novice ride' - i'd rather the seller just tells me what it is the horse does that's naughty!!
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Mine doesn't do anything particularly naughty, but I wouldn't want a novice on her. She can be cheeky and she needs riding effectively to get any form of decent work out of her.

"Established paces" - can't even walk in a straight line and loses balance on corners.
 
Polar Bear9 said:
Id say this about mine. It's a small 7.5 with a hydrolic ramp and a power assisted clutch. My mum bought it as she didn't have the strength in her legs for a normal lorry. Everyone who's driven it says it's the easiest lorry they've ever driven so suitable for a lady.
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I think you've just hit the nail on the head as to why it annoys me.. :) The implication that only ladies would want a compact, easy to drive lorry that has things like a hydraulic ramp and assisted clutch. There are blokes who would also appreciate such things for all sorts of reasons - why not just put it in the description? To me, it feels patronising - 'there, there dear, a nice little horsebox for you that you will be fine driving even with your substandard driving skills and lack of spatial awareness, strength and co-ordination'. But maybe that's just me as allegedly I'm a lady(debatable - also ex rugby player ;) ) and need no such assistance.. :D

It does also put me off inquiring further, as I tend to read it as 'small' (if there are also no measurements) and therefore unsuitable for my large horse!
 
Was thinking about this thread earlier and up it pops again!

Something that really bothers me is when people say/write "black horse" when the horse is clearly not black, it is dark bay or brown etc. There is a horse at my yard which everyone just refers to as the "black horse"... IT IS DARK BAY!!!
 
TT55 said:
Was thinking about this thread earlier and up it pops again!

Something that really bothers me is when people say/write "black horse" when the horse is clearly not black, it is dark bay or brown etc. There is a horse at my yard which everyone just refers to as the "black horse"... IT IS DARK BAY!!!
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Sorry but that's how I describe my pony - he may to a geneticsist be dark bay but he looks black so that's what I call him. Quite often in the phrase "you little black :expletive deleted:

The phrase "foot perfect" winds me up for some unknowable reason
 
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