Horse show dramatics

[Lace Neil Singer]

My fave ever horse to ride at the riding school shows was this ex pacer called Bill. He was just the best ever, at least, in my opinion but a lot of the snobs looked down on him cuz he was quite weird looking compared to their clockwork horses. He was really long and lanky like a greyhound, with a really long back. Sucks to be them when Bill and I whipped their butts. To me, a great personality in a horse beats a high price tag any time.

[zara1269]

That's awesome! Congratulations on your rescue.

Horse show people are snobs occasionally and there are some who just aren't good people. There was this one girl who showed in 4-H and during her showmanship classes her mom would put a bug in her ear and tell her what to do during the class. She also had one of those horses that even a monkey could ride. She finally got banned from 4-H because one year with her champion paint horse (the girl had a new horse each year from a different circuit..qh, paint, palomino etc.) she was found to have injected it's head with some type of substance that caused it to get a migraine and there for would maintain the low Western Pleasure head set. She was one of the rotten apples that give horsey people bad names. I bought my Quater Horse (actually it's a non-registered quarter pony) for $1300 and trained him myself. I loved beating all of those registered professionally trained full sized horses with my little guy (who I adore).

I did find that there were more nice people than snobs at most horse shows. It just depends on the type of show.

[Saydrah]

I have a pwneh too. Mine's a rescued Thoroughbred who was on his way to slaughter when I got him. Can't wait til he's ready to go horse show- I am going to LOVE beating the pants off the expensive hothouse flowers and then telling the snooty owners I bought him for 30 cents per pound!

[Primer]

My husband and I participate in 1800's era reenactments, some of which are quite large. Generally staff uses golf carts to run errands. As much as I may kid about swiping a cart to get from point A to B, I'd never dream of actually doing so. If I can't walk it myself, I just don't go out, and stay at camp. (I camp-sit a LOT!) I just can't imagine the gall of anybody actually taking a cart, or anything else, that does not belong to them.

[Horsetuna]

I have always wanted to learn how to ride and own my own horse. Right now I can barely afford rent.

Well, maybe someday.

[zzapp the witch]

Horse people scare me. The painfully snobbish psychotic behavior of the great majority of them...../shudder

[Argabarga]

I haven't ridden for years, but, even with the passage of all that time, I still vividly remember the 1 or 2 people who were total snobs and who looked down on everyone else. My trainer called them "push button horse" people, in that the only reason they could ride was because thier mommys and daddies went out and bought them horses that had been so meticulously trained that all they had to do was sit down and push buttons, and that was the ONLY horse they'd ever be able to ride, since they'd never been dumped like the rest of us.

I wish I still had mine, but until I can save enough to get back in , I take some MAJOR solice in the fact that right next to my parents house is a horse farm with a pasture that butts up to thier property. There's a lot of friendly faces there that are more than happy to come over for scratches whenever I'm kicking around. Including the jealous one that chases everyone else away when he notices I'm handing out carrots.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Heh, horse drama. XD I used to ride, and there was a lot of it at the place I rode, between the snobs and the kids like me. Not all the kids who had their own horses were snobs, but all the snobs owned their own horses. They'd look down on us riders who rode the school horses; sadly for them, we were often better riders and used to wipe the floor with them at the shows. I remember one snob bursting into tears and throwing a tantrum after she lost at the Chase me Charlie; which I came second on. Another snob hysterically accused me of cheating just cuz I got a clear round and she got eliminated. She got eliminated cuz she was leaning back over every jump and yanking her poor horse's mouth... and my instructor told her so.

[zara1269]

I have horses and used to show myself and this does not surprise me one bit.

I have a Western Pleasure quarter horse but have since retired him because of founder. This is so cool that there are a lot of horsey people on here1

[Sonoma]

The girl who owns the horse I lease said she basically considers him mine.

He was her show horse before she progressed far enough to need a younger horse.

In October, I'll have been leasing him for 3 years. He's a good old man. He's 23 now, and while he can't do everything, he can do just about everything I need him to.

Tinker's like that too. She's not as agile as she used to be, and the navicular and arthritis have slowed her down a bit, but she can still run if necessary. She'll also be the first one to cross a water crossing when we're trail riding. The others won't even think about going until 'Mom' shows them it's OK.

[DesignFox]

I hit it off with her 20-something Pinto-Saddlebred mare, that they just consider her mine now.

The girl who owns the horse I lease said she basically considers him mine.

He was her show horse before she progressed far enough to need a younger horse.

In October, I'll have been leasing him for 3 years. He's a good old man. He's 23 now, and while he can't do everything, he can do just about everything I need him to.



If we encounter drama so be it. We don't get much of it at our barn, and I don't really care what the other people think. I just want to do my best and learn everything I can.

[queenbb]

i use to help with small shows on a regular basis, and it does get hectic, lucky for me the walk wasnt that bad between rings.

one thing i learned

all horse shows have drama, and all stables have gossip, the battle between the "big barn" and the "little barn" was astronomical, needless to say i was in the little barn troop and had alot of nastiness from the big barn people who were as much as i can say total snobs

[Cyphr]

I consider myself very lucky to have all of our horses. ^^ We've imported most of them from Holland or Germany; all of them for dressage. I've been riding since I was seven, and now own my own Welsh Pony.

And horse freaks are the best. Who wouldn't love the animal?

maybe the people who like glue more?

[VampireSlave]

I consider myself very lucky to have all of our horses. ^^ We've imported most of them from Holland or Germany; all of them for dressage. I've been riding since I was seven, and now own my own Welsh Pony.

And horse freaks are the best. Who wouldn't love the animal?

[Sonoma]

you have 7 horses! Woo! now I'm really jealous! I'm lucky I can afford to have 1...and he's not even mine! I just lease him!

How awesome! If you ever want to chat about horses, PM me

So many horse-nuts around here. I love it. I too have just one, and she's not even legally mine. At least you have a lease. I have a very good friend with 4 horses. She invited me up to ride with her 4 years ago, after me being away from horses for 15 years. I hit it off with her 20-something Pinto-Saddlebred mare, that they just consider her mine now. Posts like the OP's remind me why I got out of showing years ago. Now I'm perfectly happy to head out to the trails, and cross the occasional stream when we go horse-camping.