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Post by bow1607 on Feb 1, 2011 16:33:39 GMT
Many years ago I used to ride a 14.2hh show pony for a friend of mine. She was a very difficult mare but we just clicked, dont know why but I could have asked anything of this mare and she just did it, the girl that owned her only hacked her out because they just didnt get on. We was at a local show in the equitation class, last show of the season and were unbeaten. We was pulled in last? The judge came over and said "you really shouldnt ride a push button pony in an equitation class"  ? to which I smiled and replied "do you want to get on?" It still makes me giggle thinking about it..... I was very young at the time and would now just smile and say nothing but how can someone tell if a horse is push button or not just because it goes well for you. |
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Post by Lulu on Feb 5, 2011 14:17:26 GMT
One year at PUK, we were delighted to come 5th in the Rosettes Direct LR Final (my hubby was leading the pony with my son on board) and were duly awarded a lovely pink rosette! After being handed the rosette, my little boy leant over to the little girl in 6th place and said "Do you want to swap cos your's is a boy's rosette and mine is a girl's" As you can imagine, the little girl was delighted and my hubby didn't want to be seen to argue! After the initial 'telling off' from myself and my daughter, we all had a good laugh about it! Also my friend was brought in last with their lovely LR pony at a local show, in a Best LR Rider class! The judge came up to them and said "I bet you're not used to standing down here but I'd prefer it if you didn't have a knot in yout reins!" To which her daughter replied "Well Mummy says you're not a proper judge and we're just having a practice day today"  |
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Post by bumblebee on Feb 5, 2011 17:19:12 GMT
One year at PUK, we were delighted to come 5th in the Rosettes Direct LR Final (my hubby was leading the pony with my son on board) and were duly awarded a lovely pink rosette! After being handed the rosette, my little boy leant over to the little girl in 6th place and said "Do you want to swap cos your's is a boy's rosette and mine is a girl's" As you can imagine, the little girl was delighted and my hubby didn't want to be seen to argue! After the initial 'telling off' from myself and my daughter, we all had a good laugh about it! Also my friend was brought in last with their lovely LR pony at a local show, in a Best LR Rider class! The judge came up to them and said "I bet you're not used to standing down here but I'd prefer it if you didn't have a knot in yout reins!" To which her daughter replied "Well Mummy says you're not a proper judge and we're just having a practice day today" Brilliant!! |
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Post by onthebridle87 on Mar 9, 2011 15:58:23 GMT
I was in a mixed championship at a riding club show leading a freinds child on their lead rein show pony a few years ago. To be fair pony should have won but was unplaced, as we were leaving the ring judge came over and said that she couldnt place us against the bigger ones because they had cantered and we had only trotted!! Can just imagine lead reins cantering :-)
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Post by sundance20 on Mar 9, 2011 21:42:54 GMT
I once heard at a dressage ''I would have one if it wasnt for those stupid flowers''
the poor innocent flowers where just sat around the edge not harming anybody!
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Post by michelle28 on Mar 10, 2011 7:53:50 GMT
On the way to a local show with my 2 yr old daughter, my uncle andy ( wagon driver) said to her joking, u can walk home if u don't get a red one! ( she is quite happy with any colour!) in ring she got placed 2nd but said to judge 'don't want a blue one, andy says I've got to walk home!!' talk about watch what u say in future!
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Post by sarahp on Mar 10, 2011 10:07:15 GMT
One what sundance?
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Post by homecounties on Mar 10, 2011 10:39:37 GMT
Local agricultural show, Reg M & M class, 15 forward, Black white stallion in harness, with an elderly traveller leading it, first of all he went the wrong way round then across the ring the cob was old and well behaved, a little on the light side, very heavy in the mane and tail, his cut off hunting whip was constantly swishing and upsetting the rest of the entries.
I pulled him in top and spaced him away from the others announcing to my audience they had come in no particular order, he wasgetting his moment
I asked him to do his show, he announced before he went, just so yoer know luv, this is a supreme champion Welsh cob, he has won 5 times at the Royal Welsh and all overthe country!! and off he went zig zagging up the ring the opther exhibitors were giggling...
He came back, still telling me ad the rest of the show what he had won.
We finished te class and he was last, so up he came to ask why he was last, the line up stopped to listen,
The pony that won this class, was at the Royal welsh show, you were not,
I am yet to see a purebred Coloured Welsh cob and this is not. Plus I am sure by now you would know how to exhibit in the show ring, an open shirt to your waist with a medalian around your neck to your navel is not the dress code for the Royal Welsh show. His answer, well, it's ot mate, and not enough room in er to run him up!
Now please leave." " Call yourself a f....g judge you aint got a clue! the watchers loved the entertainment and aplause from those who appreciated the show...
A, Classic he was asked to Judge at a show in London we attended later in the year, and he was dressed the same and was a little tiddly.. again a show to remember...
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Post by CarolineNelson on Mar 10, 2011 11:06:32 GMT
Well said sarahp - (without being a boring old f#rt, I'm delighted to see that I'm not the only one who cannot help but notice lazy/poor grammar/spelling.........!) |
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Post by bow1607 on Mar 10, 2011 13:26:55 GMT
Is there really not more important things going on in the world  |
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Post by lozloz1 on Mar 10, 2011 16:40:08 GMT
I think she might've meant 'won' And these things do matter because they help aid understanding bow1607, or it'd be hard to make sense of a lot of things sometimes  |
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Post by sarahp on Mar 10, 2011 19:20:15 GMT
I genuinely could not work out what was meant - after all "I would have one" is a perfectly legitimate phrase, and could have referred to say "a good test". Thinking about it, I reckon how you actually read makes a difference. Anyone who sounds out the words in their head as they read would have got won immediately, like much of text speak, but am I the only one who reads the words on the page without sounding them to myself? Maybe it's an age thing and how reading was taught when we were first learning it. But for whatever reason it's lack of communication, which is why it matters.
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Post by bow1607 on Mar 10, 2011 21:37:46 GMT
Well said sarahp - (without being a boring old f#rt, I'm delighted to see that I'm not the only one who cannot help but notice lazy/poor grammar/spelling.........!) sorry Sarahp...... this is what I should have quoted! |
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Post by homecounties on Mar 14, 2011 20:21:40 GMT
We have all heard the farmer yess "get off my land!!!
The equestrian version we heard at a local show last week.
In the best Oxford scool teacher voice bellowed across the outdoor yard
"Get off... that pony, and give it a rest" ignored by the child,
the women yelled "NOW!!!!" the child dismounted and ran off crying... a few minutes later up came mum, a row broke out.. needless to say the mum realised the lady was right... and all was solved
More please, ponies ridden for hours around at the shows, is not on without a break or the offer of a drink regardless of the weather.. just thoughtless people sadly with the answer we did'nt know....
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Post by lornahealey on Mar 23, 2011 12:17:55 GMT
my son has a learning disability so isnt terribly tactfull at the best times but occasionally he will pop on and agree to go to a show and ride every time i swear it will be the last
on one outing we were in the line waiting to do our trot up in the lead rein class i yurned to check he was holding onto the saddle to find out he had conned an icecream out of a lady by the ring edge and was eating it
on another occasion we had been placed first came ouf for our individual show the judge asked him if he would like to do an individual show his reply
no thanks ive done enough now but i would have an ice-cream
thankfully she saw the funny side but i could have died
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Post by bow1607 on Mar 23, 2011 17:37:30 GMT
my son has a learning disability so isnt terribly tactfull at the best times but occasionally he will pop on and agree to go to a show and ride every time i swear it will be the last on one outing we were in the line waiting to do our trot up in the lead rein class i yurned to check he was holding onto the saddle to find out he had conned an icecream out of a lady by the ring edge and was eating it on another occasion we had been placed first came ouf for our individual show the judge asked him if he would like to do an individual show his reply no thanks ive done enough now but i would have an ice-cream thankfully she saw the funny side but i could have died absolutely brilliant, at least he is enjoying himself and using his charm to get ice cream! |
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Post by killqueen on Mar 23, 2011 18:01:09 GMT
There are some fantastic comment's in this post, Reading this has put a smile on my face after a bad day lol x
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Post by showing4life on Mar 23, 2011 18:09:13 GMT
Some of theese are brilliant!!
someone once told me that my jacket looked to small. They were unaware that the style at the time was to have them over your bum and a BIT of the shirts cuff showing. They said I should have been docked points for poor turn out even though basically all the children at the show were the same as me:L
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Post by sundance20 on Mar 24, 2011 16:20:20 GMT
Sorry it was a geniune too fast not paying attention typo i did mean won! Well said sarahp - (without being a boring old f#rt, I'm delighted to see that I'm not the only one who cannot help but notice lazy/poor grammar/spelling.........!) sorry Sarahp...... this is what I should have quoted! |
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Post by showing4life on Mar 24, 2011 18:58:14 GMT
Sorry it was a geniune too fast not paying attention typo i did mean won! sorry Sarahp...... this is what I should have quoted! Bit of an overreaction if you ask me:L |
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Post by bernie1956 on Mar 28, 2011 2:27:03 GMT
My local show had a day for charity a few years ago, with lots of "novelty" classes, very suitable for me and my little fat pony!
We were in the "Pony most like it's owner" class, when the judge came to us and said "What makes you alike?" I said "You'll have to go round the back to see that" so she did....I raised my bum out of the saddle....
We won that class easily!
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Post by crazyshetlandlady on Mar 28, 2011 9:17:09 GMT
LOL bernie!!!
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Post by bow1607 on Mar 28, 2011 9:31:58 GMT
My local show had a day for charity a few years ago, with lots of "novelty" classes, very suitable for me and my little fat pony! We were in the "Pony most like it's owner" class, when the judge came to us and said "What makes you alike?" I said "You'll have to go round the back to see that" so she did....I raised my bum out of the saddle.... We won that class easily! ;D I thought the judge said yours was twice the size ;D |
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Post by mcw on Mar 29, 2011 15:35:06 GMT
;D ;D ;D
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Post by dawnie on Mar 30, 2011 0:08:41 GMT
i remember a little really cute butter wouldn't melt little girl in the pony most like its owner. there was nothing really alike about her and her pony and when the judge asked why she was like her pony she said proud as punch "cos he is really really cheeky and so am i, can i win a red one?"
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? to which I smiled and replied "do you want to get on?"
