Phrases that get up your nose?

One of mine is the owner of a naughty horse declaring that it had been abused in the past.

There are few physically abused horses around but there are many ignorant owners around that allow the horse to be so naughty.
 
CBFan said:
The term 'quality' being used when the angle of the photos suggest anything but...
Click to expand...

I don't like 'quality' full stop - is it good quality or bad quality?!

'Cob x' or 'PB cob' gets on my nerves a bit. Isn't 'cob' a type rather than a pure breed? So aren't they all crosses?
 
Tnavas said:
One of mine is the owner of a naughty horse declaring that it had been abused in the past.

There are few physically abused horses around but there are many ignorant owners around that allow the horse to be so naughty.
Click to expand...

Mine was the victim of physical abuse and was a bag of nerves to the point where she displayed unwanted and potentially dangerous behaviour, but hours of patient and fair training made her the quiet loving mare she is today and 99% of the time behaves beautifully.

And I'm sometimes told I'm lucky!!!!
 
It's not a phrase as such, more of an attitude - when somebody posts a photo portraying a miserable horse while ridden - head high, ears back, mouth agape, tension all through the body, rider hanging onto the reins - and comments it with "He was having so much fun!" and so on.
 
Lexi_ said:
I totally agree with you on the percentage thing but you'd hate me for some of the names I call animals :D Monty is quite often referred to Montypops (dunno why, it just seems to come out that way) or Sir Montalot.
Click to expand...

My Monty is known as "The Monster" or "Monster Munch". Archie is only ever Archie and occasionally Arch though!
My old boy Ebony was more often called Fred. Even though it was me who did it I still don't know why!
 
Not read all 400+ posts so sure if anyone's mentioned this before but
"He/she's a nice person."
No he/she's not he/she's a b****y horse who has a nice temperament or is good to do.
 
stencilface said:
Any phrases that people use to describe how they ride a horse and you listen and think wow, they must be really good. Then they get on and ride like a sack of spanners.
Click to expand...

OMG, coffee across the keyboard - you might just have been describing someone I know!!!!!!!!!!! All talk before mounting and once in the saddle, does a couple of laps of the school, then gets off really quick before she gets sussed out LOL!
 
When someone starts talking to my horse about me and says "Your Daddy". Horses do have mummies and daddies, but they tend to have four legs.....

I (optimistically) consider myself his master.

Well, that's the theory :)
 
People that write in depth things/talk in depth about how they 'schooled' their horse, 'brought them on' etc, when in actual fact, they literally sit like a passenger and ride in circles with the horse going around like a giraffe with outside bend and no rhythm whatsoever.
 
fburton said:
So do a lot of people up here in Scotland. Discusting! :frown3:
Click to expand...

She's Glaswegian. I don't make allowances, it still gives me rage!

Moomin1 said:
People that write in depth things/talk in depth about how they 'schooled' their horse, 'brought them on' etc, when in actual fact, they literally sit like a passenger and ride in circles with the horse going around like a giraffe with outside bend and no rhythm whatsoever.
Click to expand...

For once, and this is pretty rare, I agree with you ;)
 
Moomin1 said:
People that write in depth things/talk in depth about how they 'schooled' their horse, 'brought them on' etc, when in actual fact, they literally sit like a passenger and ride in circles with the horse going around like a giraffe with outside bend and no rhythm whatsoever.
Click to expand...

'Produced' is a bug bear of mine - even when people have actually produced their young horses etc, something about the term seems really clinical, and puts all of the good work on the rider, which I just don't like. I much prefer 'schooled' to 'produced'.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top