Stupidest Questions/comment you've been asked by non-horsey person

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Ok so this may be a bit mean but reading another post gave me an idea for a thread. Whats the stupidest thing you've been asked about your horse/ horsey things? Working in a a stables open to the public I could go on forever but heres a couple choice ones:

"So when he's retired he'll go out to stud?" (of the 19yr old shire stood for harnessin demo)

"I assume you get old retired horses from other places to pull the carriage?" (yeah because pull over a ton of carriage 1-4.30 4 days a week + other duties is for a retired horse)

"There's something wrong with your horse! He's lying down!" (if you weighed 900kg+ and worked hard you'd lie down)

"Your horses are so bored. why don't you let them out!?" Umm they're asleep... and the live out! They just came in for some tea!

I know its a bit mean as the general people now have no clue about animals in general but some of the stuff gets a bit much. I also do get a bit bored with explaining what chesnuts (the leg variety no the colour!) are but at least its vaguely intelligent and shows an interest. I've also had arguements with people on the carriage who thought our jacob sheep we're goats... i tried to explain but they wouldn't listen...
 
a collegue at work asked me what i did with my horses whilst i was at work
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err...take them to the creche of course!
 
this lady turned up for livery (diy) with her teenage daughter. first evening she mucked out and left the shavings up the bank when YO asked her when she was going to lay her bed down her reply was "oh don't the pony do that"
 
I once got, from a work colleague:
'Why do you still get up at 7am on a weekend to go and do your horse? Why don't you give her a lie-in?'
Uh, hello, she's in a stable overnight and I don't fancy she'd appreciate a 'lie-in' and would probably kick the place down by 8:30...
I also once got 'why don't you teach her to pull a cart?' but I think we all get that a bit, don't we?
 
Not quite the same but my dad who has never ridden, offers helpful advice on the rare occassions when he comes to watch me compete like, "You should kick a bit harder if he is going to stop". Yeah thanks for that Dad, and you should hit your golf ball harder so it goes futher! LOL love him really xxx
 
What's a Gelding?

Why do you use studs?

Do you really change there shoes every 6 weeks?

Do they sleep standing up?

Many many more............
 
'what time are you 'racing'?' the day before an ODE,

and

'how big will he get when he's older', erm he's thirty already thanks - he can't help being a pony!!
 
I think the best one recently was said to my friend who was out hacking and her very cheeky (and fat) cob tried to grab a snack from the hedge, and this woman who was walking along the bridleway witnessed this and said 'gosh don't you feed your horse?'
 
OH god, farrier questions are great. Had him in yesterday acctually and unfortuanly he wasn't finished by the time we opened and drew a HUGE crowd! Bless him, he's only an apprentice and the horse wasn't helping him at all and he was dripping in sweat. I also heard the story of how people used to have to go to the farrier themselves years ago! These people were all of an age.... I also get, "Theres a horse in the field opposite my house" WHERE DO YOU GO WITH THAT STATEMENT!
 
A lady called up the other day asking to book a riding lesson. I asked her what her experience was and she replied with the classic line

"Well, I had lessons for a bit when I was a child but I stopped when I was a teenager. That was about 20 years ago. I love horses but I've completely lost my confidence and I feel really really nervous."

All well and good I thought until she finished her explanation with the words...

"so I've gone out and bought myself a 4 year old TB mare. She used to be a racehorse then a brood mare and I need the confidence to get on her and reschool her"

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Not quite the same but my dad who has never ridden, offers helpful advice on the rare occassions when he comes to watch me compete like, "You should kick a bit harder if he is going to stop". Yeah thanks for that Dad, and you should hit your golf ball harder so it goes futher! LOL love him really xxx

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Hehe, my friends Mum, upon watching a dressage comp that she was entered in, came out with "oh, I can see where your going wrong now, you need to get her to tuck her head in more, all the others have their heads tucked in"
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(no sh**t mum, thats what I've been trying to achieve for the last year, was the general gist of the answer).
 
Not many commets I can think of although a broker rang the other day wanting to put a horse on cover and told me it was 15ft high! Bless.
 
Best one I've ever been asked was "do they eat meat?"

Mind boggles at the thought of blood-thirsty carniverous horses, chasing peeps desperate for a quick bite...
 
This is the conversation me and my grandad had when i first had buddy.

Grandad..."he is rather big for a two year old"
Me..."nope he is about right...still got a lot of growing to do"
Grandad..."so how old are those two horses there, there really small, take it they a about one or something then...how much more will they grow?" (referring to the 2 ponies who were about 8 or 9 and about 12hh tall.

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Dunno about stupid question but in the past when I was single if a potential boyfriend asked "So do you go and see your horse every day ??"......


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Explaining to people at work that there not born with bridles and saddles on their back, that there is a lot of work and time put into a horse before you can ride it...they thought you can just ride any horse.

Explain why horses/ponies are different price due to age/breed/work they can do etc to the golden oldie question, ''how much is a horse?''

but this made me laugh...

''So a thoroughbred as in a hot blood...right, hmmm so that's like a Ferrari then?, a warmblood is cross between a hot and cold? so is a like a family saloon and a draft or cold blood and cobs...is that like corn on the cob?.... are like Land Rovers and four wheel drives then''

I just agreed and said yes.
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On discussing which stallion to use on our mare, I said we were down to a choice of two. Someone overheard the conversation (non horsey) and asked which one we thought the mare would choose!!!!
 
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''So a thoroughbred as in a hot blood...right, hmmm so that's like a Ferrari then?, a warmblood is cross between a hot and cold? so is a like a family saloon and a draft or cold blood and cobs...is that like corn on the cob?.... are like Land Rovers and four wheel drives then''

I just agreed and said yes.
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That's actually not a bad analogy for non-horsey people.
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totally non horsey builder friend had been working on a big house with horses out in the field next door asked me most seriously " why are all their horses blindfolded then? whats that all about?" took me a minute or 2 to work out he meant they were all wearing fly masks
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Best one I've ever been asked was "do they eat meat?"

Mind boggles at the thought of blood-thirsty carniverous horses, chasing peeps desperate for a quick bite...

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My old pony once ate a corned-beef sarnie out of my hand!

Best one is "why do you burn your horses feet when having shoes put on, doesnt it hurt" (hot shoeing)
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Another - Do you know how to ride it!

Well duh......and its a horse not it!
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My OH's mum can't understand that when I go to an endurance ride - we dont do our 20 miles (minimum) around the same field so that spectators can watch.

She keeps saying that she will come and watch - so i said it wont be very exciting i.e a field full of empty trailers and still - 4 years later - she says 'oh, so you dont stay in the field then?'

But then she does always ask if my cat is a he or a she - that would be the cat that is called Austin then - anyone have any guesses what sex he is?!
 
People at work
Do you go and look after your horse everyday?
Do you even go and feed your horse christmas day?

People who we pass along the street
Is he going to aintree this year, shall I put one on eachway?
To my Clydesdale X Highland
Yes I replied, he is full brother to desert orchid!
Couldnt resist.

Its non-horseys are an entertainment.
 
Non horsey parents who'd bought a pony for their daughter (so she could do PC like all the other girls at her boarding school).

'I never thought ponies had personalities, let alone different ponies have different ones'.
 
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