elizabeth18088 wrote:
I tend to judge riders baised on their horse/horse care

-cleanliness of their tack. Tack is cleaned everyday at our barn, so I am accustomed to clean tack and think it shows that the rider genuinely cares about their appearance and puts in the time. If it isn't clean, I assume they don't care about the longevity and safety of their tack


This made me go out and clean all my tack today.

As for the horse height preference mentioned by another user, I don't see anything wrong with that. I personally like 16hh+ horses but that's not so I can prove I can "handle a big horse", I just feel uncomfortable on anything smaller plus I prefer the longer strides. I have long legs that make even a 16hh horse like a pony in some photos

Dammit my quote thing is screwed up.