[QUOTE=eclipse;3856123]
Sigh…let me see what I can do! Athough if any of you are in Alberta I do believe it made Denis’ video blooper tape for the year end![/QUOTE]
I can’t get the Huntington Farms website to come up, but there’s a pretty funny video of Cradillo (I think!) jumping out of the ring too…at least you’re in good company!! 
This was at sussex this past summer…
My friend Sydney was showing in the pony jumpers and me and another girl from the barn, Blair, tagged along to cheer and hang out. Sydney’s little brother has a dirt bike, and they brought it so he could have something to do, and in case we wanted to use it to travel around the showgrounds.
Well…
For some reason Sydney’s dad was showing Blair how to use the dirtbike (she had obviously never been on one before.) Upon showing her where the gas was located, he said, “Just press it a little bit!”
So naturally Blair goes f**king FLYING, while Sydney’s dad is yelling “JUST A LITTLE BIT!!!”
A few people were walking on the path up ahead, and upon seeing the rapidly approaching dirtbike behind them with a wild 12 year old on board :lol:, just about pee their pants and jump out of the way.
So Blair obviously saw the people and swerved to avoid flattening them and wipes out on the side of the path. (Nobody was hurt, except the people that were walking may have needed a change of pants!!) :lol::lol:
This is a story from a girl that I ride with.
It was when she first started riding and she was doing the Favorite Gait class. Usually, when the judge says pick up your favorite gait the kid will pick the most advance gait they can do (i.e. canter). It is usually the rider with most advance gait that rides very well that wins. (For example, If Suzie is flopping around at the canter, but Betty is doing a fantastic trot then Betty will win.) Well, my friend WALKED the entire time. Hey it was her “favorite” gait! Needless to say she didn’t win anything, but her trainer and her mom nearly pee’d their pants. :lol:
[QUOTE=brightwhitestockings;3856403]
This was at sussex this past summer…
My friend Sydney was showing in the pony jumpers and me and another girl from the barn, Blair, tagged along to cheer and hang out. Sydney’s little brother has a dirt bike, and they brought it so he could have something to do, and in case we wanted to use it to travel around the showgrounds.
Well…
For some reason Sydney’s dad was showing Blair how to use the dirtbike (she had obviously never been on one before.) Upon showing her where the gas was located, he said, “Just press it a little bit!”
So naturally Blair goes f**king FLYING, while Sydney’s dad is yelling “JUST A LITTLE BIT!!!”
A few people were walking on the path up ahead, and upon seeing the rapidly approaching dirtbike behind them with a wild 12 year old on board :lol:, just about pee their pants and jump out of the way.
So Blair obviously saw the people and swerved to avoid flattening them and wipes out on the side of the path. (Nobody was hurt, except the people that were walking may have needed a change of pants!!) :lol::lol:[/QUOTE]
That would pretty much sum up “brain dead” or Moronic moves at any horse show. The fact that you actually think its funny says even more. even the local shows I frequent would not put up with this behavior.
[QUOTE=Silk;3856439]
That would pretty much sum up “brain dead” or Moronic moves at any horse show. The fact that you actually think its funny says even more. even the local shows I frequent would not put up with this behavior.[/QUOTE]
wow, not rude or anything! this thread is supposed to be about stupid things isn’t it> 
I was only watching. and YES, i thought it was FUNNY.
[QUOTE=Silk;3856439]
That would pretty much sum up “brain dead” or Moronic moves at any horse show. The fact that you actually think its funny says even more. even the local shows I frequent would not put up with this behavior.[/QUOTE]
wow, ok little miss pissy pants…:mad:
:lol::lol:
Put up with what behavior? It was obviously an accident. No, maybe the twelve year old shouldn’t be on a dirt bike, but alas, the image of the father running after yelling “JUST A LITTLE BIT!” and then falling down is rather hilarious. And no one got hurt. So one can look back and laugh. She was telling a story not condoning behavior anyways.
[QUOTE=eclipse;3856123]
Sigh…let me see what I can do! Athough if any of you are in Alberta I do believe it made Denis’ video blooper tape for the year end![/QUOTE]
Hooray! Hope you are really going to look and not just humoring us all!
I’ve read all of the posts and there are some that are quite funny, especially all of the porta potty ones!
My story isn’t nearly as funny, but it is a good dork moment. I’m more of a dressage rider than a hunter, but when I was a crazy kid I LOVED jumping so I still like to play around in at the larger schooling shows in my area. I was up a show doing the 2’6" class and for some reason show management had changed the order of the classes and a medal class had ridden in the ring before my class. They had a combination that was set up as two stride and when they took the jumps down the ring crew left the standards. It was afternoon and the sunlight was making some weird shadows. My guy is generally level headed but he saw something weird in the shadow and took a really long spot and tried valiantly to make it all the way over, but he hit the back rail of the oxer. Well, as I said I don’t jump much, but we never knock down rails so I immediately shout “SORRY!!” And was rewarded by a nice chuckle from the spectators.
We were waiting for a our second course when a ring crew guy came up grinning and said with awe, “He broke the pin in the jump cup, that’s COOL!”
I was tagging along with a family at pony club camp while I was out of commission with a broken foot one year. We were at the Kentucky Horse Park in the middle of August, and bathrooms were sparse. The younger sibling of the pony club member needed to go the bathroom, and I limped to the end of the shedrow where there was a portapot. She came out, incredulous and exclaimed “Wow. There’s a Poop Castle in there!”
The rider in the family was, at the time, 9 and had a sweet pony that would do just about anything. The rest of the members of the club were all older, and had been to more camps. At the end of the camp, they had an awards ceremony and every camper got an award. When it came time for my camper to get her award, I overheard one of the clinicians say in a stage whisper to his wife “How about the ‘She shouldn’t be here award’?” I was infuriated. This little girl was a tough little rider- she held her own with the older girls, took admirable care of her pony and was quickly learning. She’s now 15 and has a leg of steel. I’d love for that jerk to see her now.
[QUOTE=Summit Springs Farm;3854898]
My non horsey hubby like to call the ring the “rink”. Silly boy!![/QUOTE]
My grandfather does that! We don’t even have any skaters/hockey players in the family, so I’m not really sure where that one came from?
[QUOTE=SimplyRed;3854361]
Both of my parents are very non-horsey. Usually they are smart enough to keep their mouths shut, and I’ve even managed to teach my mom some helpful things (for example wiping off boots and such at shows). One day I flip open my mom’s phone and as the screensaver is a picture of a horse and rider. One of my good friends. I say “Uh mom, why is Rachel on you phone” She goes “What? That’s you!”
Um, no. That’s Rachel who is 12 riding a 14.2 hh chestnut paint with two blue eyes. I’m 17 and ride a 16.2 hh chestnut warmblood cross. Um, no mom that really isn’t me. :lol:
Needless to say she changed it really fast :yes:[/QUOTE]
That’s hilarious!!!:lol:
We are waiting with bated breath… :winkgrin:
[QUOTE=Paint Hunter/Jumper;3849239]
Wow. I am 14 and would probably just stop the horse, start cracking up, and then fall off the horse from laughing. Haha trust me you hear even worse from dumb teenage boys now-a-days![/QUOTE]
I’m 14 too, but if I had a trainer tell me that, I would probably fall off the horse in shock. :eek:
[QUOTE=JumpQH;3851045]
OK, here’s one about myself (not at a show, but still funny) - When I was very young, I was reading The Album of Horses by Marguerite Henry. One of the chapter titles was “No Sugar Please, Thank You.” I thought that was a BREED! There was a pretty picture in the chapter, and when people would ask what my favorite breed horse was, I would knowingly reply, “The No Sugar Please Thank Yous.”[/QUOTE]
That is awesome! I can just see this little girl “I looove No Sugar Please Thank Yous!” I used to read that book everyday, it had such pretty pictures.
[QUOTE=2DogsFarm;3849906]
Asshat “trainer” used to stand on the rail - wearing biballs (I kid you not) - when the Short Stirrup kids were in the ring.
He’d stage whsiper “Wrong Lead” as they went past - even if kid was on the correct lead.
So funny…NOT![/QUOTE]
Hahahahaha!!! I think I know who you’re talking about. If you would like to compare notes, send me a PM. :lol:
[QUOTE=Giddy-up;3555110]
To a pre-teen beg rider going in for the u/s - “stick out your boobies & booty”
If my trainer would ever say (or yell across the ring :eek:) anything remotely like that to me (or if I had a child), I think I would be finding a new trainer on the spot (or after said class). That’s the best training advice you can muster??? :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
Awe, come on, you’ve gotta have a little sense of humour. Now I don’t know how loud and “public” that was said, but I’ll admit to saying stuff like that to my students before. If we’re in a lesson and I’m trying to explain how to stretch up tall and keep shoulders back, I think it’s a cute way to help them get the pictures. For the younger ones, I’ll point out a applique they may have on their shirt and that they want to show it off to make sure I can see it, something to that effect. But I have definitely said to the little bit older ones, “show off the goods” or told them when 2-pointing that I want to “see more booty”. I certainly don’t think that makes me a bad trainer! lol The kids get a giggle out of it and it really helps them get an idea of what they should be doing. I don’t think I’d ever tell my 8 year old student to stick out her boobies at a horse show out loud, but to tell a 14 year old to show em off in a lesson is a whole other deal! lol
[QUOTE=GreystoneKC;3877055]
Awe, come on, you’ve gotta have a little sense of humour. Now I don’t know how loud and “public” that was said, but I’ll admit to saying stuff like that to my students before. If we’re in a lesson and I’m trying to explain how to stretch up tall and keep shoulders back, I think it’s a cute way to help them get the pictures. For the younger ones, I’ll point out a applique they may have on their shirt and that they want to show it off to make sure I can see it, something to that effect. But I have definitely said to the little bit older ones, “show off the goods” or told them when 2-pointing that I want to “see more booty”. I certainly don’t think that makes me a bad trainer! lol The kids get a giggle out of it and it really helps them get an idea of what they should be doing. I don’t think I’d ever tell my 8 year old student to stick out her boobies at a horse show out loud, but to tell a 14 year old to show em off in a lesson is a whole other deal! lol[/QUOTE]
That’s completely understandable and funny-not vulgar. I don’t think it makes you a bad trainer at all! It’s just when it gets to the more crude “tips” that I have a problem with.
Hillariously enough, at a tiny tiny schooling show I overheard a rather prim and proper trainer say to a student in the warm-up ring “Don’t be so demure up there”. When the student said “What’s that mean?” her little sister trots by and rather crassly pipes up with “He means stick that big ole ass of yours out.” I don’t know who was more mortified, the trainer or the older sister.
A few years ago we were at the 4-H Regional Show, when I was schooling my boy for our O/F classes. As I’m proceeding to begin warming up, another girl came up to my trainer and asked why we were loping over the jump in the schooling arena. For one, my OTTB does not “lope” in any sense of the term. The girl later on rode her mule, literally, in the 3’6" Open Jumper class. Thank god for his generous soul, because she ran him at every jump, at which he would stop and then jump straight up and down. They actually made the jumpoff and placed directly behind a very expensive warmblood, who had done the A circuit high jumpers.
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