Things rarely overheard at the barn...

[Chisamba]

" I had a gelding once, but he was so fresh, I'll never get another. It's mares for me from now on "

( and yet you hear it the other way so often)

" white breeches are so flattering, I love them "

" I don't need anything at the tack store"


please add to the list

[Rosie B]

"My horse has plenty of movement for me. I don't need anything fancier!" LOL

[piedmontfields]

"My horse has plenty of movement for me. I don't need anything fancier!" LOL

Rosie, I think I have actually said this!! or at least "Thank god Emi doesn't have huge movement or I'd never be able to sit it."

[DJR]

I'm going to build a barn. I think that ______ <insert any #> stalls should be plenty!

[greenholmeshandy]

"I envy you having chosen a pony that you compete and ride everywhere, I regret my much bigger impressive horse that I'm scared to ride"

[musical comedy]

Staff has been giving my horse too much hay.

[orono]

I'm so glad my horse is a complete mudball, by the time I finish grooming I won't have time to ride!

[greenholmeshandy]

Your hair looks nice when you take your helmet of after a training session

[orono]

This similar meme just popped up in my newsfeed...I have done every single one of them.

http://horsenetwork.com/2016/05/never-e ... never-ever

[Mareless]

"Your method of training/riding/horse management is sooooo much better than mine."

[demi]

Your hair looks nice when you take your helmet of after a training session

[demi]

My husband says I need another horse.

[Chisamba]

They are all so funny.

[Ponichiwa]

After thanksgiving:
"My boots are too loose."

[heronponie]

(Within earshot of horse)

"I'm all prepaid and ready to go to this weekend's show/event/clinic!"

(Horse immediately lame/injured/sick)

[piedmontfields]

You all are very funny.

How about:

"I love how I look in these breeches!"

[HafDressage]

"Gosh this horse's trot is too easy to sit"

"I love how affordable my vet bills are"

[vkitty]

Staff has been giving my horse too much hay.

I have said this! But I pay for the hay....

[Mareless]

"I have never met a more punctual vet."

[Moutaineer]

"Oh, how cute! He was standing in the driveway waiting for me this evening!" (Got home last night to find all 16hh of Walker had apparently shimmied under the electric fence on his quest for spring grass...)

[Kathy Johnson]

Do you need help trailer loading?

[AmityBee]

Do you need help trailer loading?

umm, that one is pretty common where I come from...

[kande50]

Do you need help trailer loading?

umm, that one is pretty common where I come from...

Sometimes you have to beat them off with a stick.

[Kathy Johnson]

Yeah, our barn is a little more sophisticated. Everyone is trained to run like the wind if someone is having trouble loading.

So, probably a better answer for those for this question is, "Sure, I'd love to have the advice of a stranger with a carrot stick and a flickitating twirly rope while I'm trying to load my 1700 pound jumper."

[AmityBee]

"Sure, I'd love to have the advice of a stranger with a carrot stick and a flickitating twirly rope while I'm trying to load my 1700 pound jumper."

Now, that's an entirely different sentiment...

[orono]

Here's one...

"Gosh, my time at the barn goes SO SLOWLY, I thought I'd be here til 1 but it's 11:30 and I'm ready to leave!"

[Moutaineer]

I'm so glad there's still that patch of mud that hasn't dried out yet in the corner of his pasture...

[kande50]

I'm so glad there's still that patch of mud that hasn't dried out yet in the corner of his pasture...

Or in the corner of the arena.

Or how about, "I'm so glad the pigeons have started nesting in the indoor again."

Or, "My horse loves the other end of the indoor where we store stuff."

[piedmontfields]

"Isn't it great when the bunnies (eastern cottontails) frolic in the arena! I love how it energizes everything."

[mari]

"I just cleaned my tack last week, and look how sparkly it still is!"

[LeoApp]

You guys are so funny.

How about this one - I can't believe how little I pay for board.

[KennaLea]

"Isn't it great when the bunnies (eastern cottontails) frolic in the arena! I love how it energizes everything."

I say a version of this when my 4 year old insists on coming out to the barn with me when I plan on having a nice, solid training session.

[capstone]

"Isn't it great when the bunnies (eastern cottontails) frolic in the arena! I love how it energizes everything."

Or skunks!

[Imperini]

I love it when it's time to bale and put up hay!

I was actually overheard once in the loft while putting up hay repeating to myself "it's cool up here and the bales are light" but it was more that I was trying to convince myself

[piedmontfields]

OMG skunks!!! :-0 "I *love* when the bunnies play in the arena!"

The bale slinging song is a classic