Rider Insider: Telltale Signs of a Rider

How can other people tell that you're a horse person?

2-Nov-12

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You’ve just had a great interview for a dream job. You wore your best suit, presented yourself professionally, and you feel optimistic about your chances. That is, until the receptionist whispers to you on your way out, “Ma’am, you have what looks like a piece of hay caught in your hair.”

You’re driving up the highway and pull up to a toll booth. You reach into your pocket to grab some change and instead find two peppermints and some pine shavings.

Your guests from out of town show up several hours early, before you’ve had time to clean out the spare bedroom. When they go in to drop their luggage, they have trouble finding a spot for it among the broken tack and out-of-season blankets you store there.

Face it; no matter how hard you may try to appear to be a normal person at times, you are, in fact, a horse person. Whether it’s the contents of your car (or “mobile tack room” as you lovingly call it) or your altered language (have you ever told your dog to “whoa”?), bits of your equestrian life undoubtedly seep into your real-world life.

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Madeleine    Mahtomedi, MN 5/17/2013 7:49:29 PM I think my most tell tale sign that I am horsey is that at whenever I buy a school lunch, I always buy an apple to give to my horse. Whenever the principal asks me why I am bringing my apple upstairs I tell her it's for my horse. She gives my a funny look but lets me be. Carol    Sylvania, OH 5/10/2013 6:08:25 AM Having to stop at the store on the way home from the barn wearing shorts & muck boots and not thinking anything about it until I get a couple of weird looks. Or when my daughter is walking slowly in front of me and I cluck at her. Or the time a friend borrowed a coat and reached in the pocket and pulled out a hoof pick and a peppermint wrapper. Caitlin    Wisconsin Dells, WI 4/15/2013 7:31:04 PM I poked my mom in the ribs and smooched at her when she was in my way... Whoops. I always find extra feed and broken down treats in my pockets. There is a saddle in my room because I ran out of space... my boots cannot be worn in public, or on nice carpets/floors. Bam    Round Rock, TX 3/7/2013 8:40:31 AM You can always tell when my wife had been spending time or even just thinking about the horses; because she will sit on the couch and "kiss" or "click" 4 or 5 times to call our toddler's attention.