napoles wrote: » Yeah, my Mum saw exactly that at a hunter trial lately. A big heavy boy belting his poor pony on the way home and the poor pony had nothing left in the tank.
Another thing that really bugs me is people (and the main culprits seem to be those who are overweight) using their poor horses or ponies as chairs while out at a show. It drives me nuts to see someone sitting on a horse or pony's back all day long cos they're too lazy to stand. Poor animals stand there easing from one leg to the other to try to shift the weight.
togster wrote: » Whats a bugbear? Pet peeve or?
Mine is those people who leave there horses unrugged and unfed in cold horse boxes after hunts and go in to the pub to have a "hot one". One day at a hunt i saw a horse stand in a box for 3 hrs while his owner got pissed in the pub. I walked into the pub and asked the bar man for a hot whiskey for "pats" horse out there in the cold. Needless to say it didn't go down well.
Another one is people hunting horses that aren't fit enough. Basically blowing horses wind. Hate these people:mad:
fits wrote: » I've seen less of that recently. Its totally wrong.
fits wrote: » I'm very pernickity about how my mare winds down after a hunt. I actually prefer to turn her out in a rug so she can keep moving and not get stiff.
fits wrote: » What does 'blowing horses wind' mean? thats a very old fashioned term isnt it?
