Rude comments about your horse

Mine is perfect so anyone who says anything negative about her is clearly stupid or delusional! ;)

Seriously though I don't think anyone has ever been insulting about her to my face. Although I think the judge who asked me how long she had been out of racing may have meant it as an insult (she isn't a tb, she was just a baby at her first show who is a bit on the skinny side) I just assumed the judge was a bit thick.

The aren't you lucky to have such a good horse comments do grate. I took a chance and bought a very green youngster and put a lot of work into "making" her into the horse she is.
 
I moved from DIY to my own field. It was less secure and the local news had said there had been an attack on a valuable horse nearby. I had already told the YO I was moving but we were talking a few days later about the attack on the horse and the relative lack of security at the new place. She came out with the line that my horses were not valuable. It must have shown on my face that they were to me and she just said well they are not! I thought thanks a lot not I am sure anyone who attacks a horse is not going to care if the horse is worth a fiver or fifty thousand!
 
On the day I bought mine, someone went past and said the p word about him. It was a BSJA yard and even my husband said he's not a 'proper' horse (ie warmblood or TB!) I wanted something different from the 17.2hh Hanoverian I had to have PTS, think I did well in that respect! I did laugh next time I saw someone from there with a pile of rosettes plus his red from winning his first show at the posh show centre they all frequent!

Lexi_ said:
Then we went past a dog walker the other week who said "Errr, isn't your horse weird looking?"
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To which the only reply is surely 'So's your face'!! How did you resist??
 
As some of you may know, one of Kal's nicknames is The Grey Donkey . . . or Donkey . . . this is mostly because he has enormous ears, but also because he is so patently NOT a donkey - particularly not in temperament . . . it is very firmly tongue in cheek. I am allowed to call him a Donkey . . . but woe betide anyone who uses the word to describe him in a derogatory way . . . if you think he's that donkey-fied, YOU ride him and then we'll see!

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P.S. Reading that back, I am apparently quite touchy about anyone insulting my boy!

P.P.S. I actually really like donkeys . . . I am not, in any way, donkey-ist . . . honest . . .
 
My mare was quite overweight when I first got her so I was trying to get the weight off. We went to our first pleasure ride when a young child on her little pony looked my mare up and down and said in a loud voice: "That pony's very round, isn't it?"
 
I don't get many nasty comments. I get the usual "daft arab" or "mad chestnut mare".... until they get to know her, when I hear "I dont usually like Arabs but I love your mare". But then I'm lucky enough to be on a great yard, and the endurance world is rarely nasty so we generally avoid all the nastiness.

I occasionally get "your horse is stunning!" which always nice to hear :-)
 
Around this time of year I frequently get asked if I'm on my way to Appleby by random strangers I've never met before. He gets verbal abuse from everyone though because he's short, hairy and fat not to mention stupid (but adorable all the same)
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But then I call my friend's 3* eventer a donkey because he has big ears...
 
My farrier is always slagging off my horses legs, he laughed at the legs of my last 3 horses when he first saw them and then said he wanted to cry when he saw my last ones legs! No horse has perfectly symetrical legs though IMO, he's just being picky ;) If anyone else ever slagged my horse off I'd tell them where to go unless they had a proper point but it depends how they delivered their opinion!

I can't really comment though as on seeing one of my current horses when I went to view him to potentially buy, my dad looked over the stable door, laughed and said loudly that "it" looked like a donkey... I was horrified, the owner was pretty shocked too I think. But we did end up buying him in the end (albeit out of pity but he ended up being my superstar horse!).
 
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My horse is an appy 17hh cob. We get underestimated and the odd rude comment the meanest being in an eventing clinic from an international eventer. But then he starts jumping and shuts everyone up even got an offer to buy him off said international jumper after 3 day clinic.
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Love it!!
 
PolarSkye said:
As some of you may know, one of Kal's nicknames is The Grey Donkey . . . or Donkey . . . this is mostly because he has enormous ears, but also because he is so patently NOT a donkey - particularly not in temperament . . . it is very firmly tongue in cheek. I am allowed to call him a Donkey . . . but woe betide anyone who uses the word to describe him in a derogatory way . . . if you think he's that donkey-fied, YOU ride him and then we'll see!

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P.S. Reading that back, I am apparently quite touchy about anyone insulting my boy!

P.P.S. I actually really like donkeys . . . I am not, in any way, donkey-ist . . . honest . . .
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A donkey would be insulted if compared to a horse. Your horse should be flattered!
 
I was once told my horse was dangerous - by a PC instructor - the fool wouldn't know a dangerous horse if it double barrelled her in her over-inflated ego.
 
blazingsaddles said:
A donkey would be insulted if compared to a horse. Your horse should be flattered!
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On second thoughts, perhaps he IS a donkey?

Big ears? Check

Opinionated? Check

Rubbish in bad weather? Check

Cute? Check

Stubborn? Check

Very sweet/kind? Check

Hmmmm . . .

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My big lad has quite a bit of wither, which is handy for supporting his long neck. The vetwas kind enough to point this out to me and mention he wouldnt win a beauty contest with thiose withers. I was moderately offended.

One of my mates though once said owning him would be 'soul destroying' putting all that work in knowing he'd never go elementary. My instructor reckons he'll go advanced, he's currently prelim & novice and it's early days, I adore this friend but I was a little offended
 
I've had many awful things said to me about mine. Sometimes I get upset but mostly I just think that it's nobody's business but mine what horse I have, so what does it matter what other people think?
 
This is a timely thread as another livery yesterday called my beautiful Gelderlander a "Hackney carthorse". That livery is now dead to me.
 
I hate people being rude about my ponies unless I specifically asked for their opinion...

I have a 6yo Welsh D who I bought from the field last summer, backed but nothing done - completely blank canvas. Excellent breeding lines but cheap because of the above.. Someone told me he was probably so cheap because he was a lot smaller than the usual Welsh..! Was very offended as I really want to do well in the show ring.... Good job he went a came 2nd in his first ever m&m class last weekend ;)

The worst comments are about my 2 shetlands.. They're only just 2 so don't do too much but do go showing and I walk them in hand as much as I can. People always say things like 'what's the point in them?' 'why don't you just sell them, you can never do anything with them'. Irritates me most as it usually comes from those incapable of riding their own horses/those with lame horses... My shetlands are better mannered than most peoples horses and I have far too much fun with then!!

Clearly I'm just very touchy :D
 
Mine is kinda small with a sticky up tail :p But tbh only one trainer has said anything negative that I've heard and that's just as we gave different tastes/considerations/goals. He a long way from perfectly out together and his performance is still getting to where I want it to be but he's the best pony in the world ;) Joint with FattyCob who only I an ever mean about despite him having glaring faults! I guess in lucky being on my parents yard my horsey acquaintances are friends not yard bitches!
 
Must admit to getting a bit defensive when people call my homebred a big head she has the smallest bridle of all of them bar the tiny pony so she is an inch or too shorter than them but her body is the size of a 16hh she just has short legs bless her I love her to bits in spite of her a sandwich short of a picnic attitude
 
Was at a small local show ages ago, only went for a looksy as horse hadn't been to a show before, and some nasty sorts made a comment along the lines of 'whats that doing here, should be pulling a milk-cart'. Was very upset at the time, horse is nothing special to look at, but to me he's perfect, manners and temperament to die for. It did put me off taking him out and about for a while though, think I'm just too sensitive....
 
Im aware of the faults of all mine so im not bothered by peoples comments. My anglo was called a donkey by two different sets of kids when we were last at the beach which i thought was highly amusing as thats one of my pet names for him at home, he is kind of donkey coloured :D
 
I've not had her long, most comments have been positive. Even if they weren't, I couldn't care less.

While its my backside in the saddle and my bank balance paying the bills - no one elses opinion matters :)
 
Mine is small, fluffy and amiable. My friends says "I could never have something like that, it's like riding your labrador'
 
Ahhhh what a sweet pony... It's not a Shetland, it can out think you, given half a chance it would try and nap, can be an evil little darling..... Its a highland with pony tittude and its bright....very bright. Not mr average at all... I love him!
 
For some reason people feel comfortable telling me that my horse Ffin is fat, usually the day after the vet had said how well I am doing with his weight, ( have to keep it off because of the arthritus) he just has a large barrel, I just think they are stupid people to judge a horses weight by their belly.

Did have a woman stand behind me in a cafe once moaning about the hairy cob(thats my ffin) beating her horse (soundly) at dressage, she cried! I thought that one was funny, my opinion (too much use of draw reins) I kept to myself as I snortedin to my tea! ;)
 
When I took delivery in Ireland of my lovely "loan" horse from a good friend, an amazing old vet happened to be at the yard so with trepidation I asked him to have a quick check over. After having a good prod and poke, he went to his car and brought back a catering box of Bute and recommended that I hunt him hard and "knack" him at the end of the season. I was totally gob smacked tbh.

That was 14 years ago and I still have the horse who is now 23 (acts 5!), has been fantastic in every way, can turn his hand to anything and is such a lovely character - and friend.

I often think of the advice, and am so pleased it never crossed my mind to do as was suggested! Ok, he had a point in that my horse's conformation is not the best so he would never have lasted long in a pro's yard as was intended before he came to me.

I have had it said that he has not achieved his potential competitively which is probably true but he is still going strong at 23 and I am convinced that he doesn't wake in the morning wishing he could go to a show that day!
 
My mare got a proper good insult a couple of years ago. She used to be fairly tricky to ride, even trickier to jump and I fell off quite a few times. Then we overcame our problems and settled into jumping approx 80cm happily. All of a sudden she began refusing jumps (quite a sudden, dirty refusal). One of the last ones she did was a couple of years ago now and it was over a 60/65cm double where she left me in the sand.

A so called friend turned around to me and said 'it's just G, she's always been a stroppy b!tch, don't know why you're getting upset. She's just naughty'.

I called the physio out and sure enough, she had a bad back. Sorted that out and suddenly, began popping fences again without a problem. I've now sourced the reason behind her recurrent back pain, and am on top of it and so far she's not been too bad, however she's 16 this year and is arthritic unfortunately (bad conformation) so I'm not sure that I'll ever get her back jumping how she was before it all began, but providing she's happy, and I'm happy, who cares.
 
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