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Jul 25 09 8:21 AM
"Gypsy gold does not chink and glitter, it gleams in the sunshine and neighs in the dark."
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Jul 25 09 9:21 AM
Quality of care shows pretty easily - if a horse is in "show shape", I tend to assume that a person is a solid rider. Tack and attire are where most of my assumptions come from. Synthetic tack or AP saddles typically make my brain go "Oh, not an H/J person." Brightly colored nylon tack makes me cringe and assume that the person is going to be your typical Playday Wahoo. LOUD and somewhat obnoxious with a preference for cheap beer. Related story - I had a kid come in to our intermediate summer camp last week with a GPA, the expensive Ariats (Crownes, I think), and some cute schooling breeches. She looked like a kid who's family was pretty invested in to the sport and we were told that the kid had been in private lessons most of last year. I had the expectation that she'd be solid walk-trot-canter and ready to start hopping over crossrails toward the end of the week like the rest of the kids. We put her on a schoolie that we assume would be appropriate for her. I take the kids up to the ring, get them on and they start walking. Kid has a pretty serious chair seat, but nothing we can't work on. I have them do some stretching, a little two-point at the walk and all the while kid continues walking and looks totally tuned out. I have them go to the trot. When she gets to where I am on the rail, she asks me how to get the horse to trot. Not in a "she won't go for me" sort of sense, but a very basic "I have no idea what I am doing up here" sort of way. I tell her to just kick on, she does and it becomes very clear very fast that she's not at all ready for this level. *facepalm*
Spooksandbolts wrote:blah, blah, blah, blah and the dog ate your homework and I can smell bovine excrement
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Jul 25 09 10:08 AM
BigDreams wrote: The Beeze wrote: This is horrible, because I do love them and the people that own them, but I often think "What, you don't want a REAL horse?" when someone has an OT Standardbred. lol. Why aren't they real?
The Beeze wrote: This is horrible, because I do love them and the people that own them, but I often think "What, you don't want a REAL horse?" when someone has an OT Standardbred.
quincy99 wrote:I hate valo because she's so damn reasonable even when she's bitching!
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Jul 25 09 11:27 AM
terryn wrote: Quality of care shows pretty easily - if a horse is in "show shape", I tend to assume that a person is a solid rider. Tack and attire are where most of my assumptions come from. Synthetic tack or AP saddles typically make my brain go "Oh, not an H/J person." Brightly colored nylon tack makes me cringe and assume that the person is going to be your typical Playday Wahoo. LOUD and somewhat obnoxious with a preference for cheap beer. *
Quality of care shows pretty easily - if a horse is in "show shape", I tend to assume that a person is a solid rider. Tack and attire are where most of my assumptions come from. Synthetic tack or AP saddles typically make my brain go "Oh, not an H/J person." Brightly colored nylon tack makes me cringe and assume that the person is going to be your typical Playday Wahoo. LOUD and somewhat obnoxious with a preference for cheap beer. *
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roro wrote:Your physical hands may be clean but your spiritual ones are infested with evil
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THE FUGLY SONGhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-_kA9Yiz6c(My 'S' doesn't always work. I promise I'm not referring to anyone as a hore. Unless I make it clear that that is my intent.)
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I wouldn't say "most" or even a majority of pros ride in jeans. You're completely ignoring the English side of the pro-population at that point. I can't think of any legitimate pros that I know or have worked with that ride in jeans on a regular basis. Most everyone is a breeches or riding-tights kind of person. In the 90's it was the trendy thing to school in jeans and custom full-chaps. Now it's breeches and half-chaps (yuck halfchaps).
Jul 25 09 11:59 AM
Squishypuff wrote: I don't see why someone riding in jeans doesn't deserve respect, or should be considered someone who knows nothing. Riding in jeans works just fine for a lot of people, why on earth would I want to blow $45 on "riding" jeans when I could spend that on something for my horse? Trail riding isn't a beauty pagaent. As for me.. I judge behavior. Don't like watching someone saw on their horses mouth, or suggest neighbor kids get under her 4 year old greenbroke Paint to prove how well trained she is. I don't judge tack unless it's obviously a horrible fit, unsafe, or put on wrong. No excuse for things to be put on wrong. As for horse breeds... I look a gaited horse and Arab riders and think "they're all nuts." I don't know why, and not a bad kind of nuts, just nuts in general. I ride a gaited horse, btw.
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dogsnhorses wrote: Squishypuff wrote: I don't see why someone riding in jeans doesn't deserve respect, or should be considered someone who knows nothing. Riding in jeans works just fine for a lot of people, why on earth would I want to blow $45 on "riding" jeans when I could spend that on something for my horse? Trail riding isn't a beauty pagaent. As for me.. I judge behavior. Don't like watching someone saw on their horses mouth, or suggest neighbor kids get under her 4 year old greenbroke Paint to prove how well trained she is. I don't judge tack unless it's obviously a horrible fit, unsafe, or put on wrong. No excuse for things to be put on wrong. As for horse breeds... I look a gaited horse and Arab riders and think "they're all nuts." I don't know why, and not a bad kind of nuts, just nuts in general. I ride a gaited horse, btw. I think that's directed at my post-- it's not jeans, per se. Heck, I ride in jeans! It's how they fit. If someone shows up in baggy jeans hanging off their butt, I think they probably aren't that good of a rider. Same with someone who wears the short jeans that ride up to mid-calf when in the saddle. Those jeans are uncomfortable for the rider, so I think it's a subconscious thought that if someone is wearing clothes that are uncomfortable or unsuitable to riding, that they must not ride much or they'd know better. 'Riding jeans' don't have to be specifically made for riding, but they need to fit well. Cut without bagginess and a bit longer on the leg than street jeans. That's what I meant. You can ride in Wranglers, Levi's, or Wal-Mart specials...doesn't matter.
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TrickRoperDeluxe wrote: Most if not all the people that ride for a living ride in jeans...
terryn wrote: I wouldn't say "most" or even a majority of pros ride in jeans. You're completely ignoring the English side of the pro-population at that point. I can't think of any legitimate pros that I know or have worked with that ride in jeans on a regular basis. Most everyone is a breeches or riding-tights kind of person. In the 90's it was the trendy thing to school in jeans and custom full-chaps. Now it's breeches and half-chaps (yuck halfchaps).
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