Whats the WEIRDEST moment you have ever experienced when at a show?

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I was just thinking about when my old farm had a little dressage competition and a sheep jumped out from the hedge my horse spooked I fell off but the sheep just stared at us like, well do you want me to move?
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So what is yours?
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I think mine has to be, when a woman decided to bring her two Shetlands to watch my dressage test, and stood right at the gate way the whole way though. Bodey was like ‘what the hell are those’. I thought that was a bit strange!

Maybe she thought the Shetlands would learn how to do dressage from watching me, he, he?!
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i had a cat run into arena at rodbaston whilst i was doing test i was coming across diagonal towards it whilst it finished scraping the surface then ran off - yes it had been and done its business whilst i was doing my test!!!!!!
also another one - my first ever test was at our yard so decided before started to just take her down to see arena - it was put by river - a bird flew up horse spooked at that then saw reflection of sun off white board cue another spook - saddle slipped - she bucked i fell off - tried to hang on ended up with bridle in my hand she galloped back to yard - i sat there with bridle bleeding from nose trying not to get any on white jod - broken nose!!!!!- i wanted to do my test but face swollen quite bad so trip to hospital - ho hum!!!
 
a peacock running in front of the next jump..... oh and a horrible lady telling me bailey was her old horse when i know he wasnt. she was horrible and rude and refused to believe me telling her it wasnt!! and then i told her well actually thats when we rescued him so if he really was your horse , thats what you did to him!!!
 
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oh and a horrible lady telling me bailey was her old horse when i know he wasnt. she was horrible and rude and refused to believe me telling her it wasnt!! and then i told her well actually thats when we rescued him so if he really was your horse , thats what you did to him!!!

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Funny enough I was out on a hack on Saturday and an old woman did the same to my friend! Maybe its because there eyesights going.. not tryna be offensive!
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I was once jumped over by a horse
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And on another occasion the horse I was grooming for jumped out of the ring and cantered off across the show ground. He was taken back in to the ring and finished his round (or maybe went into another class after, can't remember now) but then cantered around for a few laps before I had to go in and grab him, the rider had no breaks what so ever
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Hee hee. How about someone bringing their goat to watch the dressage!
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My horse was not impressed and did a lovely flying leap across the arena and refused to go any further. When my mate yelled "not enough inside leg" I nearly planted her!

Then there was the little dog that joined in my dressage test ...just after my Mum (god love her she was mortified) managed to lose a whole set of dressage tests, they were whipped out of the folder by the gale force wind, and they went flying around the arena as I was doing my test. I love my George, he just stood on them and ignored the dog!
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Falling off painstakingly slow, bum-in-the-air style at the Area PC show jumping championships, and revealing my blue teddy bear knickers (through very see through jods) to the boy I had fancied for ages, who just so happened to be stood watching at that fence
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Falling off painstakingly slow, bum-in-the-air style at the Area PC show jumping championships, and revealing my blue teddy bear knickers (through very see through jods) to the boy I had fancied for ages, who just so happened to be stood watching at that fence
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ROFL, ha! Must of been embarrasing bless youuu!
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Winning lol
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When I did my first BSJA the woman in the collecting ring was obsessed that I was someone else - she thought I was having a joke when I kept saying that I wasn't. It was very surreal!
 
I was once called a professional by someone at a BSJA show while warming up for the Discovery.
My friend was putting the practice jump up for me and a lady rode past and said 'its ok for these professionals and their grooms' I was rather flattered tbh
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I was once judging a local dressage competition and someone came in on a tb with a racing saddle!!!! Was rather difficult to judge, the horse would only canter sideways, and what mark could I give for the riders position and correct use of the aids??????
 
Not at a show, but had a very strange experience at the Badminton Fun ride. My old boy was 25 and I had never been able to go on him, so I was determined to go that year knowing it would probably be our last chance. Friends dropped out one by one so I ended up going alone, but was quite pleased as it meant we could go at our own pace as he was starting to slow down by then! There's a section towards the start with a very long wide grass section with a load of fences up one side. I was only walking as he took a bit longer to warm up than previously, so rather than walk in the way of people who wanted a good gallop, I was walking between the fences and the hedge. All of a sudden a squirrel leapt out of a tree in the hedgeline and landed on Eby's neck! It gave me a hell of a shock so you can imagine what it did to him! To his credit all he did was a very slow motion spook/spin but I was so not expecting it I ended up on the floor. As I was lying on the floor laughing my head off with Eb standing over me with a very bemused look on his face, two 13 year olds on little ponies came cantering over to check I was ok, they thought I was crying! Fair play to them though, I would probably have galloped off in a panic if I'd come across that at that age! Don't know where the squirrel ended up but I hopped back on and had a lovely ride, so pleased I went as he retired the following year, and really had a memorable ride as my last big outing!
 
The Solar Eclipse of 1999 happened whilst I was in the ring at Anglesey show with my naughty little shetland. We had prepared for months - had to stay overnight in a tent at the showground but then ended up coming last because said pony had become impatient with all of the waiting around and turning round and would not stand still never mind straight or do her show - can't say I blame her and I wasn't best pleased as I had to miss the eclipse!
 
A cat on a lead! Was watching some dressage at my local venue and while looking at the scores caught sight out of the corner of my eye what I intially thought was a small dog. Turned round to go back to the arena to see it was actually a cat. Then, by the arena, the owner was allowing the cat the length of a retractable dog lead to climb up a gate and along a fence nearly pulling it off in the process. A number of horses (and riders) going into the arena didn't look to impressed!
 
There was a parachute display at a county show I was at. We were all lined up in the hunter class and one of the parachutist's shoes fell off and landed in the ring not that far in front of us as he came in to land. None of the horses really spooked either!
 
not that weird but rather funny, was unloading at a show, and my pony was like.....errr no i'd rather stay here and eat my haynet thanks.....

i turn round to look at him, he then jumps from the top, and i fall off the side of the ramp backwards!!

I have also fallen backwards out of the jockeys door!!

Oh also was watching lead rein class once, and one of the girls didnt really want to be there, and threw herself in slow mo onto the floor and started crying..... paramedics and everything run over. pony was like erm.... WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENNED THERE??

Really quite funny!
 
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Falling off painstakingly slow, bum-in-the-air style at the Area PC show jumping championships, and revealing my blue teddy bear knickers (through very see through jods) to the boy I had fancied for ages, who just so happened to be stood watching at that fence
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I have seen Polly Stockton's undies in similar circumstances, so don't worry. They were black by the way!
 
A mother shouting angrily at her 7 year offspring after a dressage test "You have let the whole family down!" I would like to be that child's therapist in later life as she will have some tales to tell...
 
When a load of cows and calves broke through from a neighbouring field and followed everyone round the lap of honour!
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My friend and i were then temporary cowboys to round them up and get them back in their field
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Was quite surreal!!
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