Horses and English Riding??

[muthstryker]

Any of you guys have daughters/wives that ride horses at shows. If so am I the only one that finds them to be absolutley boring? It was a week long show but just the 8 hours today was driving me nuts.

[68sixspeed]

Basically about as much fun as spending 4hrs in the staging lanes to do a run, right?

Tips-

1. alchohol makes it better
2. make a contest out of finding who's butt is the best in english riding pants (exclude family of course)
3. add more alchohol

(have you ever noticed most boring things like this, theater, etc at least have booze?)

[muthstryker]

Basically about as much fun as spending 4hrs in the staging lanes to do a run, right?

Tips-

1. alchohol makes it better
2. make a contest out of finding who's butt is the best in english riding pants (exclude family of course)
3. add more alchohol

(have you ever noticed most boring things like this, theater, etc at least have booze?)

great tips!

[DaveO]

Any of you guys have daughters/wives that ride horses at shows. If so am I the only one that finds them to be absolutley boring? It was a week long show but just the 8 hours today was driving me nuts.

Oh ya, my wife rides dressage - the history behind it is interesting but to me it's like watching paint dry. I will say her horse helps me justify buying more parts for my car. I like to remind her that the ROI on my investments in horsepower is much greater than hers.

[toofun]

Well at least if you spend 40-50k on your project you get 450-600 horses!! The wife could spend that easily on 1 horse. Sounds like easy justification to me!!

Mark
TOOFUN

[muthstryker]

It really amazes me how much money people spend on this boring thing they call a "sport". couple places had a semi for pulling there horses, it also housed living quarters for the riders. That was the best part of the show seeing all the trucks and trailers.

and of course the hot older women.

[Damn True]

Mary Pozzi competed for years in some form equestrian event. Don't know the discipline though.

[bigvegan]

It really amazes me how much money people spend on this boring thing they call a "sport".

I wonder how many equestrians would say the same thing about guys who spend tens of thousands of dollars building shiny high-performance cars that never see a racetrack / dragstrip / autocross?

At least the horse folk are competing with their high-dollar rides and not talking about how cool their new billet aluminum stirrups are.

It's all about what floats your boat and how much you can afford to spend on it.

[muthstryker]

very good point :P

[JEFFTATE]

Dressage is one of those sports that is only interesting if :
1) You are a participant
OR
2) You know exactly how much of a personal accomplishment it is to be able to precisely communicate with an animal that doesn't speak.
It takes a lot of practice and time.
It's quite a self improvement hobby.

( But , You're right ,It can be extremely boring )

I like trail riding in the mountains better.
Lotsa' scenery.

[MrQuick]

I have painfully found that riding horse back wearing boxer shorts make it interestng. LOL

Matt, try to find other males at these events that might like cars. Reminds me of that beer commercial with the hollowed out cheeze block.

[rob07002]

Tips-

1. alchohol makes it better
3. add more alchohol

I find these tips help improve just about everything.

[DaveO]

I wonder how many equestrians would say the same thing about guys who spend tens of thousands of dollars building shiny high-performance cars that never see a racetrack / dragstrip / autocross?

At least the horse folk are competing with their high-dollar rides and not talking about how cool their new billet aluminum stirrups are.

It's all about what floats your boat and how much you can afford to spend on it.

Not to mention that it helps keep the peace at home - when momma's happy, everyone's happy! btw, my wife likes to talk about how cool her custom saddle is.

[muthstryker]

Not to mention that it helps keep the peace at home - when momma's happy, everyone's happy! btw, my wife likes to talk about how cool her custom saddle is.

LoL! Thats sounds like the barn, funny all the girls showing each other their saddles and what not..

[lo97sonoma]

My girlfriend rides cross country and I really like it. However, the costs of a horse at the upper end is ridiculous. But, when i want to buy truck parts shes supportive to me so its deff give and take.

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

ahahah..

[mpozzi]

Oh ya, my wife rides dressage - the history behind it is interesting but to me it's like watching paint dry. I will say her horse helps me justify buying more parts for my car. I like to remind her that the ROI on my investments in horsepower is much greater than hers.

I trained, rode, and showed dressage for several years and yes, the prices of a good Warmblood is out there. Especially if you buy one that "swam the pond."

Dave would come to shows occasionally and yes, he was bored. I also got bored with it and returned back to my true roots ... cars.

My advice is to just suck it up and enjoy watching your kid do something they enjoy. The good thing about horses is this sport usually keeps 'em out of trouble.

Cheers,
Mary Pozzi

[mpozzi]

LoL! Thats sounds like the barn, funny all the girls showing each other their saddles and what not..

My dressage saddle cost more than a set of custom Kinesis wheels ...

Cheers,
Mary Pozzi

[muthstryker]

My dressage saddle cost more than a set of custom Kinesis wheels ...

Cheers,
Mary Pozzi

Thats crazy, and I thought a 1000$ saddle was alot!

[DaveO]

My dressage saddle cost more than a set of custom Kinesis wheels ...

Cheers,
Mary Pozzi

Unfortunately..... I know.