what's the dumbest thing you've ever heard a non horsey person say about horses?

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I was at a show, i'd not taken my mare as she was lame at the time so for the first time ever one of the girls who i used to stable with step dad decided to talk to me, his step daughter went in for the jump off and they did a lovely round together (i'd have been proud anyway) but had 4 faults, she pushed him on a little to much and he just knocked the pole. welll her step dads reply was "fek!n horse, its such a let down, do you know it reminds me of united, useless", after sitting there with my mouth open for what seemed like forever i just said "well im afraid horses arnt machines and you have to remember they are both young, i think she did great"

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Overhearing an RI telling a fellow livery at my old yard. "You need to make your straw banks atleast 3 foot high, your Horse will never ever get cast then. It's the only way to stop a Horse getting cast".
 
Here's a funny one - Years ago my boss decided to start learning to ride.
I came in on Monday morning and asked him how he was getting on in his lessons - he said "Ye I'm doing great, I'm onto doing parrallels now" I said "wow your jumping already!" "No I'm just getting used to rising trot and changing over the parrallels" He meant diagonals!!! ROTFLOLAPM:D:D:D
 
I dont need the vet to look at my horses lameness, the horse whisperer is coming :eek:

This was from a newbie owner and I think the above statement qualifies them as a non horsey person.
 
brilliant :).. the step dad also had a brand new discovery and his step daughter had broken her leg during the really bad snow he made he walk it to the horse as he had lowered the suspension and didnt want the car getting damaged :S x
 
took my non-horsey friend to the yard the other day and when she saw a horse lying down in the field she said "omg is that horse dead????"
 
oh i love them!! adverts along the lines of

"im 13 years old (but dont let that put you off) i have been riding for years and have lots of experience with different horses i am looking for a horse between 13.2-16.5hh" x
 
Farmer stopped for a chat and asked me "so why do you keep horses ?" He had his dog with him at the time (not a working dog) and I was tempted to say "so why do you keep a dog?" but instead explained the enjoyment of being around them, in the countryside, hunting etc .... his reply "oh right !" mmmmmm !!!
 
I was in a horse shop with one of my Non horsey friends and we were just looking about and all I hear is "are these hoof warmers" WTF she had picked up some stable bandages
 
Similarly, my mum called my horse's stable wraps his "legwarmers", I found it quite funny and I have to say I refer to them as legwarmers now as well! She also once asked me if there was anything I could put in his water to make it taste a bit more interesting. Yes, I'm sure my horse would like squash...!

My dad still isn't quite sure which one mine is in the field, as there are about five bay horses I can't really blame him can I!
 
I posted a picture of Ned standing over 'his' mare Tegan, while she slept. A friend left this comment.
"I thought it meant that if a horse's head was down on the ground then it meant something really bad.."
I explained it could be bad, but most of the time they're just sleeping :P

I also had a moron at work say "How on earth can you fall off a horse?!"
 
Erm from some girl/aquantance who wants to buy or loan a horse to my mum who is non horsey 'is that canter?' after I told a friend who was riding at the time to skip trot and just walk to canter as it wakens him up when jumping.

Yes she doesnt believe she is a novice and cant see why no one would loan their horse to her :eek:! If I get any more stupid questions from her I think I might just have to put a post up with a whole rant about it.
 
Having worked at a major public open air museum, we used to get THE most ridiculous questions and reactions from non-horsey people.

A major one was our pony was in its stable resting a hind leg- a member of the public phoned the RSPCA to report it had a BROKEN LEG! :eek:

Luckily RSPCA just called and checked before wasting their time coming out!

Another is when flies landed on the horses and they twitched to get them off, members of the public would say 'why are they shaking, are they scared?' Whilst said horse is standing there with eyes closed enjoying being fussed!

Others were 'is that a Shetland Shire?' and 'what type of Shire is he?'

We were pleased when horsey people did visit, we didn't need to answer stupid questions!
 
A fellow livery said she wanted a coloured foal so she was going to get a white stallion for her dark bay mare... Same livery abandoned the mare soon after
 
'Awww! Look at the baby pony! How old is he?' some random woman with kids asks me.

'He's 19years old.' I reply.

'Oh wow! So how big will he be when he is fully grown?' I get asked.

'This is him, as tall as he will ever be. He is a Shetland pony and they don't get that big' I answered.

'Well isn't that a bit small to ride?' She asks.

'No, not really if you are small enough and don't weigh much' I replied.

'Oh good so you won't mind my daughters having a pony ride on him then?' She says in response ...

I walked away at this point and took my pony into the ring for the in-hand class. Some people just astound me!
 
I was talking about selling my horse to a friend, and how I didn't think anyone would want to buy her. Friend then asked if I couldn't just release her into the wild.. Erm, not really.
 
Was riding my old cob through the village a few years ago when someone piped up " Hey misses, why is your horse wearing yeti boots?" :)
 
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My oh asked why i was putting carrot peelings in a bag, for annie was my reply, i didnt think she ate the peel he said- i replied that she always peels her own apples but finds carrots tricky!! :)
 
From a colleague on seeing some footage of the medal-winning dressage team:

"How is that a sport? I mean, it's not like when they jump or race. All you're doing is just sitting on the horse while it prances about."

But then I have lovely other colleagues who if they have bananas (which have ripened more than they want for eating) leave them on top of my locker for Dave!
 
Someone regaled me with the tale of an 8 yo rider competing in affiliated sj on a 16.5hh horse! Another who had bred from both her very ordinary ponies insisted on calling one a tb and one an arab even though they patently weren't and said as she had had a filly and colt last year she hoped one would have a gelding this time :eek:!
 
sadly not even from a non horsey person....

After the vet had been and pronounced said horse grossly obese owner said to me
"well vets are so used to looking at tb's they don't know cobs are supposed to look like this"

Owner also told farrier when he mentioned the huge fat crest on horse....."that's not fat it's muscle".
 
I love the bewilderment on peoples faces when you talk about a horses passport!!!

'Are they going on holiday then??'

Hehe :) also when my bailey got choke, my mum kept referring to it as croak! Was funny when she was telling people Bailey had croaked a few weeks ago and I had to keep jumping in to say I think she means he choked!!

:)
 
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