[QUOTE=Bronte;3706660]
Am I the only person here getting a little bored with all the “large, expensive, imported warmblood” rants.
Signed
Enough of the WB bashing[/QUOTE]
Hey dalpal & JSwan, you’ve got it! Yours are exactly the type of snide comments I was referring to…
PS Edited add
And/or warmblood owner bashing!
And you are currently furthering the stereotype that warmblood owners have no sense of humor … :lol:
You’re awesome JSwan 
I will say I take great pleasure when someone ohhs and ahhhs over my boy anf says “what is he…a Holsteiner, Hanno blah blah blah?” and I get to tell them he is an OTTB :). I also love how their facial expression changes to that of someone who just stepped in fresh dog pooh.
To answer the question about if $ were no object would you own one…probably not. I have sat on a few that made me go wow but I generally just like the reactive nature of the thbd. I’m happier containing an explosion and testing the limits of how sticky I am. I also am the opposite of a hot bottom which is great with thbds but death with WBs. I know someone will say those are stereotypes and they are but in my experience they happen to be pretty true. So if I could get one super fancy WB or 10 interesting track rejects I’d take the track rejects. I will probably learn more from the rejects and have more fun. Just my preferance. I also don’t show dressage or hunters.
[QUOTE=JSwan;3717453]
I’m getting all misty eyed just thinking of the horrors you’ve had to endure.
It’s a Greek tragedy.
Your next thread should be about how everyone hates you because you’re beautiful. Or short. Or blond. Or rich. Or whatever.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=sisu27;3717738]
You’re awesome JSwan
I I have sat on a few that made me go wow but I generally just like the reactive nature of the thbd. I’m happier containing an explosion and testing the limits of how sticky I am. I also am the opposite of a hot bottom which is great with thbds but death with WBs. I know someone will say those are stereotypes and they are but in my experience they happen to be pretty true. So if I could get one super fancy WB or 10 interesting track rejects I’d take the track rejects. I will probably learn more from the rejects and have more fun. Just my preferance. I also don’t show dressage or hunters.[/QUOTE]
LOL, I should introduce you to Travis, he’ll completely shatter all preconceptions of how ‘forward’ a TB should be.
[QUOTE=Bronte;3717712]
Hey dalpal & JSwan, you’ve got it! Yours are exactly the type of snide comments I was referring to…
PS Edited add
And/or warmblood owner bashing![/QUOTE]
What is exceptionally hilarious is that I’ve owned a WB. A real one, with a name full of consonants and everything.
And get this. I’m taller and better looking than you are too. And I also have more money.
I also didn’t have to wait until I was 50 years old to buy her.
My boobs are real, too.
And they’re spectacular.
:winkgrin:
In case you haven’t figured it out - no one cares about how much money you have or don’t have or what sort of horse you have or don’t have. I certainly don’t.
[QUOTE=Bronte;3717712]
Hey dalpal & JSwan, you’ve got it! Yours are exactly the type of snide comments I was referring to…
PS Edited add
And/or warmblood owner bashing![/QUOTE]
Oh give me a break…for your info…I DO own one horse who is large, lovely and was imported and another one who is a very nice Hanoverian, bred here in the States.
Sweetie, I just don’t feel the need to come on here and brag about them to everyone to make myself feel more beautiful and important than everyone else on this board.
Apparently you are lacking any sense of humor and take this a wee bit too seriously…because I wasn’t attacking you or your big lovely warmblood. 
I was merely making a statement that is true…Your big lovely warmblood can tear a suspensory or cripple themselves out in the pasture, just like Suzie Q’s 1K Quarter Horse…and at that point…they are all the same thing…PASTURE ORNAMENTS…one just cost less.
Here’s some advice from one owner of a large, lovely imported horse to another…quit worrying about what anyone else thinks…post something so ridiculously self indulgent on a message board and be prepared for people to disagree with you. Humbleness…it’s a great trait, people tend to appreciate it.
[QUOTE=JSwan;3717841]
What is exceptionally hilarious is that I’ve owned a WB. A real one, with a name full of consonants and everything.
And get this. I’m taller and better looking than you are too. And I also have more money.
I also didn’t have to wait until I was 50 years old to buy her.
And, get this. My boobs are real, too.
And they’re spectacular.
:winkgrin:[/QUOTE]
ROTFLMAO…I just saw that Sienfield epsiode last week. :lol::lol::lol::lol:
[QUOTE=sisu27;3717738]
I will say I take great pleasure when someone ohhs and ahhhs over my boy anf says “what is he…a Holsteiner, Hanno blah blah blah?” and I get to tell them he is an OTTB :). I also love how their facial expression changes to that of someone who just stepped in fresh dog pooh.[/QUOTE]
I just have to ask you folks who get all the attitude about your non-WBs: Do you seek out a-holes and snobs or are they somehow attracted to you? Because I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine anyone coming up to me and acting like that. And if they did, I’d laugh them out of the place.
Are people in the midwest just nicer and they’re thinking it but not saying it? Have I been lucky enough to hang around people who appreciate a nice horse no matter the breed? Or do I simply have the “does not suffer a-holes and snobs gladly” look so they don’t bother? Because this has never, ever happened to me and I do not, nor will I ever, own a warmblood, not that I have anything against them.
Some enlightenment. Please.
[QUOTE=dalpal;3717843]
O
Apparently you are lacking any sense of humor and take this a wee bit too seriously…because I wasn’t attacking you or your big lovely warmblood. I was merely making a statement that is true…Your big lovely warmblood can tear a suspensory or cripple themselves out in the pasture, just like Suzie Q’s 1K Quarter Horse…and at that point…they are all the same thing…PASTURE ORNAMENTS…one just cost less.
QUOTE]
And I resent your remark about 1 K quarter horses!!! My 2 cost waaaayyyyy more than 1 K AND further more both are mistaken for great big warmbloods since both are 17 hands and don’t LOOK like quarter horses I have been told. <like I care> If I had a dollar for everytime I have heard…“your mare, what is she ,an oldenberg/Tb cross WB?” I would be rich.
But when her name is announced it is all over and I am asked why don’t I change it…talk about insulting…
<this entire post is tounge in cheek as I have a very good sense of humor>
[QUOTE=mp;3717857]
I just have to ask you folks who get all the attitude about your non-WBs: Do you seek out a-holes and snobs or are they somehow attracted to you? Because I cannot in my wildest dreams imagine anyone coming up to me and acting like that. And if they did, I’d laugh them out of the place.
Are people in the midwest just nicer and they’re thinking it but not saying it? Have I been lucky enough to hang around people who appreciate a nice horse no matter the breed? Or do I simply have the “does not suffer a-holes and snobs gladly” look so they don’t bother? Because this has never, ever happened to me and I do not, nor will I ever, own a warmblood.
Some enlightenment. Please.[/QUOTE]
Amen sister…I appreciate a nice horse of any breed. I was just watching a program last night with a young reining horse and I was drooling over his gaits…he was forward and really using his hind end. I would take a nice arab, quarter horse, morgan, you name it…I like the warmbloods, but I don’t have to have one.
My “imported” horse is a very, very, very nice English Thoroughbred…and as I stated in an earlier post, he’s the horse that I would love to clone. Light and elegant. I’m only 5’4 and I certainly do not need or want a 17 hand horse…way to much stress on my back. My TB is 16.3, but he is light and not hard on my body.
[QUOTE=Parrotnutz;3717867]
[QUOTE=dalpal;3717843]O
Apparently you are lacking any sense of humor and take this a wee bit too seriously…because I wasn’t attacking you or your big lovely warmblood. I was merely making a statement that is true…Your big lovely warmblood can tear a suspensory or cripple themselves out in the pasture, just like Suzie Q’s 1K Quarter Horse…and at that point…they are all the same thing…PASTURE ORNAMENTS…one just cost less.
QUOTE]
And I resent your remark about 1 K quarter horses!!! My 2 cost waaaayyyyy more than 1 K AND further more both are mistaken for great big warmbloods since both are 17 hands and don’t LOOK like quarter horses I have been told. <like I care> If I had a dollar for everytime I have heard…“your mare, what is she ,an oldenberg/Tb cross WB?” I would be rich.
But when her name is announced it is all over and I am asked why don’t I change it…talk about insulting…
<this entire post is tounge in cheek as I have a very good sense of humor>[/QUOTE]
ROTHFLMAO…and you know what…I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to find a diamond in the rough and pay 1K for it. Those stories are the ones that make you warm and fuzzy. You know, the ones, where the horse was headed to slaughter, but someone rescues him and he makes an incrediable riding horse. People just have different objectives…I just think it is insulting to have someone come on the message board and brag about what they have under “false pretenses”
:lol:
(It’s amazing how big an insult people find it when others simply don’t care one way or the other how rich they are - either monetarily or materially.)
Let’s get one thing straight… just because a horse was “bred” for a sport does not mean it will perform well at that sport. There are so many “expensive, imported horses bred” for dressage that only go as far as Second or Third Level. ANY breed of horse will be “easy” if they have the conformation, disposition and sometimes just plain heart to excel at dressage.
Are warmbloods the new Midlife Crisis accessory for women because it sure reminds me of men and their Midlife Crisis sport cars?!
I’m really thinking that each of us loves our horse(s) and is proud to own them.
It’s not a war…
Relax…enjoy…other people will do what they do and say what they say. So what? As long as the horse is well cared for.
Control what you can and let the rest go.
I’m glad the OP has the horse of her dreams and that she’s doing well with him…Maybe I’m friggin’ Pollyanna. So what? It keeps me out of DRAMA. Maybe there are green eyed monsters at the barn giving her the cold shoulder…It can happen.
It’s my guess the OP needs to find a like minded friend around town and VENT offline. It’s pretty clear, you ain’t gonna’ get any sympathy here.
Actually, in person everyone is really nice about my horse. It’s only here that I’ve heard the snide comments, such as how he asphyxiates when he goes on the bit because of his neck or is very slow, stiff, and dull (clearly people who have never actually MET my horse and are making comments based entirely on stereotypes).
If it wasn’t for comments like that, and other similar comments that are more generally directed but just as derogatory, I’d also be wondering where all these a-holes are, because I am not meeting them at my barn (and most of the people I hang out with are dressage riders, and many ride “big expensive warmbloods,” so it’s certainly not the class of the crowd that determines the a-hole-ness!).
It’s amazing how much ‘I don’t care how much your horse cost and my ti***** are real’ sounds like jealousy.
‘Just because a horse was bred for sport doesn’t mean he’ll do well’.
He might have a heck of a better chance, though.
‘Anyone who talks about their horse’s breeding etc is a snob and trying to impress people’ - unless he has the same breed of horse the guy he’s talking to has, LOL!
[QUOTE=Ambrey;3718024]
Actually, in person everyone is really nice about my horse. It’s only here that I’ve heard the snide comments, such as how he asphyxiates when he goes on the bit because of his neck or is very slow, stiff, and dull (clearly people who have never actually MET my horse and are making comments based entirely on stereotypes).
If it wasn’t for comments like that, and other similar comments that are more generally directed but just as derogatory, I’d also be wondering where all these a-holes are, because I am not meeting them at my barn (and most of the people I hang out with are dressage riders, and many ride “big expensive warmbloods,” so it’s certainly not the class of the crowd that determines the a-hole-ness!).[/QUOTE]
Ambrey
Exactly! Thank you.
Bronte
At what? Winning at GP or making his owner smile?
My horse is a champion at #2. I didn’t buy a horse for #1 so every time he does something well in dressage it’s like a huge bonus.
If you call what Jswan said jealousy, what do you call it when you are proud of your horse and his accomplishments and people feel the need to point out that although he’s a cute little pony, he just doesn’t belong in the big leagues?
[QUOTE=Ambrey;3718171]
If you call what Jswan said jealousy, what do you call it when you are proud of your horse and his accomplishments and people feel the need to point out that although he’s a cute little pony, he just doesn’t belong in the big leagues?[/QUOTE]
That sounds like insecurity (and even jealousy!) to me. A horse is a horse is a horse, and it is a darn shame that some people think that their horse is better than anyone else’s. :no:
The very fact that slick brings up specious arguments like chance of winning Olympic gold medal illustrates my point exactly…
Some of those responses, Ambrey, are actually just being realistic or sensible, and are often a heck of a lot more sensible than the speaker realizes. When you insist ad nausea that something far fetched is true, and MUST be true, you can expect someone to speak up occasionally.
Your tune keeps sounding like different songbirds. At first, we heard that we had to get on board that the GP draft cross was not for the sake of YOUR GP draft cross or your oft stated wishes to advance with your horse, but for the GP draft cross for a young lady you cared deeply about, who had a draft cross that you didn’t want anyone saying anything discouraging to this sensitive young girl about, but only you seemed convinced the horse had to get to GP for the world to be happy, right and just - the poor kids heart would be broken unless we here on this bulletin board agreed with you that ‘the sky is the limit! follow your dreams!’ Now we’re hearing your horse makes you happy, and that’s all he has to do to be a star. I recall you saying your purpose here was to be a sort of intellectual gadfly and shake people out of their preconceived notions and challenge them to far more noble thought processes. Does that mean they should also ignore facts and common sense?
‘Look how Sparky piaffes’ when Sparky is actually trying to get a leg strap out from between his butt cheeks just tends to get a fairly skeptical response.
Your horse isn’t all that likely to asphyxiate himself unless he hangs around at certain parties, and I don’t think that’s what any one here has said; you like to twist things you hear that you don’t like, to make them seem absurd and then discount them.
It’s only commonsense that a horse with a thick throatlatch and less room behind the cheek has a harder time becoming supple in the throat, but people’s eye and their concepts about what conformation works, and their endless focus on the horse’s head and neck, is often part of a much larger blindness and lack of experience, and the lack of having an eye to see the differences between various horses especially overall balance and in motion.
The horse’s neck is one of the supplest parts of his body, even the worst of necks is more supple than the hind quarters, which are limited by conformation and how they connect to the back and what the back is; the neck and head are not irrelevant, but there are much bigger things holding most horses back from GP dressage. A horse, a dressage horse, does not coast around on his neck. He fails or succeeds on his back and his hind quarters, and how these parts of him connect together and work together.
A little loose skin or a cresty neck isn’t going to be anywhere near as much a problem as the steeply sloped croup, cow hocks, long back, immense mass around the shoulders, deep, heavy girth line, low set neck with an immense amount of mass, short front legs, cow hocks, tiny, narrow, weak hind quarters, completely incorrect overall proportions, crooked legs and feet, or the many, many other traits that hold horses back from developing advanced collection and prevent them from being able to withstand years of daily riding.
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