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

I dont think its cause you were on a coloured I think you probably scared her by saying I'll follow you and she has replied sharply probably not meaning to.

I never found people snobby when I had my hairy pikey pony I used to get what a lovely mane i bet that takes forever to brush but not one snobby look
 
I wouldn't of worried about it, people say things but come across in a different manor to how someone else would say things, perhaps they didn't want someone who they might of thought was a novice (remember they didn't know you) on a green horse jumping right behind them, if there horses were similar when going over the fences, you shouldn't take offence to that and think its just because your on a coloured, but if that was the case, then their not worth a second thought anyway.
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Yes I've had plenty of snobby comments because I've got a coloured cob but this isn't necessarily one of them. I wouldn't give people a lead over fences that I didn't know because Daisy doesn't like horses anywhere near her backend.
 
I'm baffled as to why you think the colour of your horse had anything to do with it...
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Anyway, personally, if I was on a fun ride and someone I didn't know wanted a lead for them on their youngster I'd say no I'd rather they didn't as neither of my mares would like it, and IME too many of these events have people (I don't mean you), who can't control their horses
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i don't think i'd want someone following me either tbh and because people get quite worked up riding sometimes what would be a perfectly reasonable thing to say comes out in an offensive tone. It could be that these people had had trouble with people following before. on the other hand there are definately snobs around, i get it when i take my 14hh senior bsja, people look at you like you're a bit of crap but on my impressive looking 16.2 its quite different. only thing is the 14hh beats their snooty arses most of the time, then their faces drop to a whole new level.

looking the other way would you have said the people were snobby if they were on cobs rather than "competition type horses"
 
Hi, i had a coloured cob for years and i got the same responses from people. I think its not only beacuse your horse was coloured but also the fact he was a cob too. I always thought people would look at me on my coloured cob and think GYPSY! Yet i would always laugh when my cob would past them when they were struggling to control their horses or jump a fence their horse refused! LOL
Also i have to disagree with some of the comments, if you have rode a coloured cob (and i think it is, just with the heavier type horses i think if you have a coloured finer built horse it might be a different story although i may be wrong) you do get looked down on, you are treated differently, it is a snob factor.
 
Welcome to my world! You should see some of the looks I get when I beat their WBs and TBs, especially in the Novice dressage! I think it’s quite funny really!
 
hmm i find nowadays its the owners of coloured that tend to think us WB owners look down our noses at them, when tbh i couldnt care less if you rode a camel as long as it didnt try to kick the shite of of my horse, i dont care.
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Coloured cob owners seem to think in my area they have the need to try and beat WBs, why cant we all get along
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. Arent we all just horse owners at the end of the day, doesnt matter if they are black and white.
 
True, i have seen a few out showing
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i think it is very unnecessary. I have seen some beautiful cobs and coloured out there. (one i was literally drooling over and would have loaded in my lorry given half the chance).

I dont see how the link can be made here, tbh if someone wanted to follow me over a fence i would be scared my horse would think i had taken up steeple chasing
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I think some owners of coloured(and im trying not to generalise/insult) people here feel they have a need to prove their might against WB/TB types and have a chip on their shoulder (i refer directly to a friend of mine
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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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LOL i wish it was that easy!!
 
Interesting last few replies! I actually own and compete a Belgian Warmblood and have other tb's and warmblood crosses.

My warmblood is the classic stunning looking horse, so the fact i was out on a coloured cob made it interesting to me to see how someone could be so patronising, and i honestly think they thought numpty on a coloured who cant ride.

Also i want to clarify, when i say lead i mean literally you go on in front, in my mind thats absolutely no different to being in a showjumping collecting ring, not for one minute was i going to tail her, and as she was cantering past anyway i was politely trying to slot in, im not a frigging idiot you know, and i dont expect to be spoken to like one!
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QR- i have to say if you tried to get a lead behind my youngster i'd have asked you not to- but for reasons of my own safety rather than considering what you were sat on! i'd be worried that you'd end up up my arse and freak my horse out (bear in mind these people didn't know you felt in control!) Chances could be that her youngster was very flighty and she was trying to self preserve!
 
No her youngster wasnt flighty, she was with a group who were jumping close together, they had just been popping much bigger stuff than i had, had cantered past me and it was a log about 2ft high.... Basically it was obvious her horse would not have stopped at it, i didnt want to sit behind her, her partner was doing that.

PF you can say i sounded chippy, but she was down right rude, and she was the one cantering ahead of me....

It just makes me wonder if anyone warmsup in a showjump arena, because you dont wait all day, cos you would never get to jump! It was absolutely no different to that!
 
well yes she does sound like she's being rude but TBH i'd probs have been like that. my baby did his first farm ride last week and i bollocked someone for getting too close to me- bear in mind that her horse might not have looked flighty but it could have been- mine looks like a much more mature horse most of the time but can turn himself inside out if he panics....
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i do agree that there is no need to be rude but i really doubt that the fact you were on a cob was the reason for it- i get a bit on edge when i think i might be about to get broncked off- might be a bit dangerous to assume that she was fine and totally feeling in control of her horse....
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I never really get snotty comments about my coloured cobby, most people say what a pretty pony she is (regardless of what they own.) I don't really know about competitions/ fun rides, though - never taken her out and she doesn't travel well but her old owners used to sj her alot. Although once when my friend was riding her she was jumping her about 3ft6' and some people rode past and said 'that pony wont jump that' and the little buggar refused she did go round and jump it after that, though - not that they saw it. It's quite annoying that people will stop and stare because they don't expect the 'fat cob' to jump it.
 
All sound a bit like inverted snobbery to me to be honest. What did their comments have to do with the type and colour of the horse.

Taking a youngster round a course can be tricky and the request made seems perfectly reasonable. Blimey I would hate to make a simple request not to have a horse too close and find that has been interpreted into snobbery on an internet forum.
 
I had a beautiful ISH mare (RIP) who I always got really lovely comments about, everyone at my local RC would speak to me, congratulate me when i did well, commiserate with me when she used to jump me out the saddle (often) and I was generally "well known".

When she was PTS I got myself a bombproof cob. Little by little all those "friends" I saw at RC hardly ever spoke to me. I also found that my instructor was more interested when I had my ISH than my cob!

I have given up competing now as it's my daugthers turn and I'm wondering whether our pony will be "in" or "out" (tell you next weekend after our local HOYS)
 
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