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Lol got asked today why I was blinding my horse while putting on the fly mask |
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Floresta Elites said:
This pisses me off. Yes, we sit there, but it's the "just" that gets me. How about your cousin sits on the horse? They'll probably find themselves on the ground. Yes, we sit there. And we're freakin' proud of it, because it takes skill. And that's only step one of riding.
Silver Isle Eventing said:
Not too long ago my cousin gave me the classic, "But you just sit there."
This is 100% right. Like guys go ride my horse then and we will see if you can do it. Its not quite that easy. If only it was lol! |
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"Why don't you jump like that?" My sister asked watching the Olympics :P |
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I dont know if this counts but this is a conversation I had with someone in my year 12 math class. Context, she had photos of her and a horse as her device backgrounds. Me: that is a beautiful horse. Do you ride? Her: Yea. She is mine and about 16.5hh Me: That is interesting... horses can't be 16.5hh Her: oh... well she is really big. Bad thing is, yes, it was her horse. She had a warmblood that she used for Eventing that she brought with her from South Africa. I think she was just uneducated on horse height? |
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That horses are not expensive. |
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Firemancer Equine said:
That horses are not expensive.
Pfff... I've heard that a lot! Lol |
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A lot of things along the lines of "the rider doesn't even do anything, they just sit there while the horse does all the work" while little do they know, that's the sign of a strong, dedicated, athletic rider -- making it all look easy. |
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"Is that a baby one?" - my mother, every time I ride a pony. She also insists that the gelding I usually ride, who is probably around 15.1hh or so, is giant and must have some draft blood. (Sunny is a cute lil warmblood, very doubtful he has any chonk.) |
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Oh ho ho I work and board at a public barn where we do birthday parties, weddings, etc so let's just say I have my fair share of these stories Everything along the lines of why we put blindfolds on horses (fly masks) "Aww it's a baby horse!" While referring to a pony "Can you ride the baby horses?" Referring, again, to the ponies (and once to an actual foal)
"Do you race them?"
"Do you jump them?" "Is that horse dead/sick?" When they're laying down "Are those horses available?" The guy that asked that was referring to my boys who were turned out the night before a wedding "I'll trade you my car for that horse" referring to my horse.. the car was ugly so I said no.. he then offered me 5k... still no "If we want to buy a horse can you help us pick it out and train it so we can bring it here and you can do all of the work with it so we can come out and just ride it?" Basically word for word from a couple who pulled up to the ranch in a Ferrari "I've been scared of horses my entire life, but in the past couple months I've been thinking of getting one" Ferrari people again "Do you have any beginner/kid/husband safe horses for under $300?" "Can I rent one of your horses and take it on trail to smoke and enjoy nature?"
these are all real things that have been said to me within the past year alone, and yes, I do have more of these, this isn't even half of the conversations I have on a regular basis |
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I don't think I could handle that lol You have way more patience than I do |
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Sunny Day with a Full Moon tonight
