Snobby horse people. Or was it my coloured cob lol!

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I took my recently broken coloured cob on a funride at the week end, this is his second one and once again he was impeccably behaved!

As he is still young i tend to let him have a lead over small fences to keep up his enthusiasm.

At one particular log there was a couple on some competition type horses, i called out 'you go on and i will follow you' at this the very snotty girl turned around and said 'dont have a lead from me im on a youngster, and then her partner shouts dont get behind me either' FFS.... So i shouted back 'dont worry im on a 3yo im not exactly going to get up your arse'.

What was the point of this... Im in control of my horse, personally i think she looked at the coloured cob and looked down her nose at me!

Hmmm i have competition horses too and event, it was just so bloody patronising and rude tbh.

Never judge a book by its cover.
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Amazing how many people still look down on coloured cobs, especially feathered jobbies. Personally they're my dream horse and when I told one lady, she gave a snort and said, 'horrible, common things!' Huh?? I just laughed in her face!
 
Lots of them about when I ride my daughters 13.2 pony people werent that friendly but when I ride my TB is a different story
 
Yes, and to me her paronoid reaction just said to me, im nervous and panicking....

I felt in total control, and tbh all she need have said is 'dont get to close, or something... she really made me seethe tbh.
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Well it may have been that the youngster was so flighty and the older one was just as much as an arse that they were afraid that they would not be able to control them and were scared to have anything near them for that reason.

My WB mare was like this and I would have asked people to give her room for their own safety - with my TBs, well if you could keep up I would lead you round most low XC course - but flat out.

I am now addicted to my big hairy horses. Personally I don't often have this problem maybe as I am so confident with my coloured cobs and their abilities to do just about anything any other horse can and in most cases better that snobby people don't bother me - I just go out and beat them.

My cobs are master jack of all trades - from showing, XC, jumping, dressage and then a very safe hack for the kids.
 
unfortualy u get people like this and can never understand why people are like this they either think they now more or think they have better horses then you
trust me i have plenty of those near me i always seem to play them at there game
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Are you sure you are not the one with the complex?

If she was on a youngster, she may well have stopped, and if that's likely its best not to have an audience?

Partner probably wanted to wait for friend

What you automatically assumed could be way off the mark, so are they a snob or are you for judging them and calling one "snotty"?
 
Thing is Theresa, there is ways and means of saying things!

I ride young horses all the time and would never speak to someone as they did to me!!
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It was a small log.... i was well away from her, her tone of voice was very patronising and rude, no need for it.

No i was not off the mark, i was with a friend and she thought the same.

(it wasnt you was it?
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I'm 100% with you on this one, I took my coloured shetland x welsh cob to a fun in hand show a few weeks back and we got placed 6th in a class and two women below me walked out!! It was only a charity in hand thing and I just fancied taking him out, we did 3 classes and didn't get anything because he's not really showing material but it was just fun and it upset me the way they behaved stomping off!! He's a very well behaved little boy out and I think some people are so flippin rude!!
 
Funny how all my horses turn out well behaved, perfect manners and are safe for everyone to ride isnt it lol!

We are talking small logs and things not badminton.
 
Can i stick my neck out here and say that maybe they have had bad experiences of horses getting too close to their backsides! Maybe the youngster was prone to stopping etc and maybe so was the other one. Im sure they didnt say it just because you were on a coloured cob. I think that being a bit dramatic-sorry.
 
if someone asked to follow me over a jump, i'd poo my pants and say no... cos i'd be worried about 1) someone watching me make a tit out of myself.... and 2)in case it made my horse freak...

so, i might say 'no' although would be polite... regardless of the breed of horse! xx
 
I really don't understand the link between them saying they didn't want to give you a lead over a fence (for which they may have had many valid reasons) and you assuming it was because you were riding a coloured cob? Did they say anything about her colour or her type?
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I thought coloured cobs were the fashionable thing to ride these days, anyway!
 
Wouldnt bother me, if it did i would POLITELY say please dont get to close, i was a long way off them tbh, and they were intially charging off in front of me.

It was the arrogance that pissed me off more than anything.
 
Is that not quite a lot for a recently broken 3 y o to be doing?

Perhaps there was no coloured content in what they said but they are like that about anyone who gets close to them when jumping?
 
I've been in the position out hunting on my (old, experienced) horse- if someone follows him, he thinks he's out racing and tanks me. Therefore, if someone shouts "I'm following" I reply "Don't get to close". Too me, the line "I'll follow" is the same as taking a lead and I will not give leads! I think that's a tad dramatic assumption, lol!
 
Oh come on, I wouldn't want another horse coming up over a fence behind me either, especially if I was on a youngster. I suggest that if you want to slipstream someone, take a friend and make use of them. I wouldn't dream of expecting a complete stranger and/or a horse I knew nothing about to give me a tow either.

Mindy you, I wouldn't be taking a 3 year old to a fun-ride with fences either, however low they are. Are you one of these people who breaks in at 2?
 
yeah i have a coloured cob and get this when you go to different yards etc but he shows them when hes jumping 3ft fences lol
It is very patronizing and no matter where you go its always the same
 
i agree, i doubt it was because you were on a coloured horse.

if i was on a youngster i wouldn't want someone to follow in case it spooked mine or mine stopped anyway.

and on my 'proper' horse i wouldn't like someone i didn't know to follow me as he is very competitive and the sound of thundering hooves behind him will make for an exciting ride!

you knew you weren't going to get right up their backsides but they didn't know that
 
Have to say it doens't sound like they were being snobby about the fact you ave a coloured cob to me. If they'd laughed and said "well we'll be long gone by the time you get over it" or something then yes I'd say they were but if someone said they would follow me and my horse was a baby and I was cacking myself about jumping it I would probably reply with a strangled cry of of "please no!" whilst thinking "oh god this is going to go wrong" - can you tell I have a nervous disposition about jumping!

They could probs have been politer but I don't think you shoud assume it was because of the horse you were on!
 
No i dont break my horses at 2. What is the difference of doing a quiet funride than hacking out, showing in hand, loose jumping and preperation for futurity type classes?

He is not overworked or thraped he is being being produced quietly through the summer and will have a break over winter ready for next year.

You seem to be missing the main point. It was her rude aggressive tone which was uncalled for. Im just one of those people who goes with the flow, and would help anyone im not a 'im all right jack' kind of person tbh.
 
I dont think it was because you was on a coloured, To be honest if I was taking a 3 year old on a fun ride which I wouldnt, but I would want someone else with me that would take lead over fences etc.
 
I would like to think it wasnt because of the horse i was on but because he is 14.2hh fat and hairy its like they looked at me as if i knew nothing, like a piece of dirt, so i just thought perhaps they think im a numpty because of my horse!
 
They were cantering on infront of me, overtaking hence i said ill follow you type thing.

It amazes me how people think horses are broken in tbh? Perhaps i should just tell him about life experiences.
 
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