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Location: Georgia | I hate seeing people whip who shouldnt. The ones that should worry about riding their horse smoother and making a better run before whipping the crap put of the horse on the way home. Also people that whip and kick way too aggressively. |
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| mandita8907 - 2016-09-28 12:49 PM
I hate seeing people whip who shouldnt. The ones that should worry about riding their horse smoother and making a better run before whipping the crap put of the horse on the way home. Also people that whip and kick way too aggressively.
My biggest pet peeve at a race, well I have two:
People shouting at and being unduly rough and abrupt with their horses--grrr.
People catching an attitude if they park too close to me and I ask them to move. I'm always polite, and offer to help them, but they can't help but be a jerk. I hate that! Just be nice and don't park too close to someone in the first place, roll your window down and ask them if you're not certain, and just don't be a jerk if someone is uncomfortable with your Fluffy being in kicking range of their Fluffy or their kids or themselves! Seems simple but there it is.
Edited by classicpotatochip 2016-09-28 1:11 PM
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| Parking too close, then using their generator all night! |
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Location: Texas | Not starting ON TIME |
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Location: SW New Mexico | Spectators oblivious to being in the alley , twice I've had to pull up, because of people in the alley..
And for that matter riders ponying their horses, in the alley during a race. |
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| People who park too close
People who tie up or sit on their horses who kick or act badly in a high traffic area
People who always bring dogs, but lock them in the trailer the whole day so they bark the whole time. (I have no problem with non-barking dogs)
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | my biggest pet peeve is people with pet peeves.
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Location: Florida.. | 1DSoon - 2016-09-29 7:58 PM my biggest pet peeve is people with pet peeves.
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| classicpotatochip - 2016-09-28 1:09 PM
mandita8907 - 2016-09-28 12:49 PM
I hate seeing people whip who shouldnt. The ones that should worry about riding their horse smoother and making a better run before whipping the crap put of the horse on the way home. Also people that whip and kick way too aggressively.
My biggest pet peeve at a race, well I have two:
People shouting at and being unduly rough and abrupt with their horses--grrr.
People catching an attitude if they park too close to me and I ask them to move. I'm always polite, and offer to help them, but they can't help but be a jerk. I hate that! Just be nice and don't park too close to someone in the first place, roll your window down and ask them if you're not certain, and just don't be a jerk if someone is uncomfortable with your Fluffy being in kicking range of their Fluffy or their kids or themselves! Seems simple but there it is.
how funny! I am the same. Do not park too close to me. I get there early to find a good place by the fence so don't hoard on my spot. We had a girl last night block the gate with her rig to get out then get mad when people wanted to leave. She even said they should park elsewhere if they were leaving after the peewees! good grief! |
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Location: Alberta | I didn't read all the comments...but one thing I noticed when I started racing, coming from a horse show/4-H background is warm up etiquette! Not putting room between horses, cutting people off whenever...still drives me crazy 10 years later!!! |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | I only go to a couple of different facilities, I have a crappy work schedule and try to stay within 2 hours of home. Honestly the only complaint I ever have about any of them, if I have to make one, is the parking. People are terrible parkers. And the more room there is to park, the worse people park The best facility I go to has parking attendants. I love it.
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| Well here is a new one. This is exactly why I hate to go to "cowboy" church barrel races. One person was RUNNING and turning the pattern in a crowded warm-up pen. THERE WERE NO BARRELS IN THE PEN. Everyone there was using pretty good warm-up etiquette. Everyone loping the same direction, slow people in the middle. Here comes the idiot rider and turns right in front of my loping horse. Fortunately he has a great stop. This happened to me twice. This was not a child. If she had hit a little kid they would have been hurt.
Another thing that surprised me was the trailer that turned out on the highway in front of me and immediately had to stop at a red light. They were not going very fast and I was also going very slow when I realized they had no brake lights and had stopped. I almost hit them. They pulled in a convenience store and no brake lights. THEY PARKED BEHIND ME AT THE BARREL RACE. I asked the girl if she knew they did not have brake lights. She got smart with me. I told her, when I saw the cord hanging from the trailer, that she might try plugging them in. Maybe they got a ticket on the way home. I check mine every time I hook up. I guess some people do not care about their horses' welfare. |
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| This has happened in two of the races I've been to this year. They have a senior incentive, get lots of entries, then pay money to only those in the 1D. I will check from now on before entering a senior incentive race. |
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| RachelBeth* - 2016-09-30 1:23 PM
classicpotatochip - 2016-09-28 1:09 PM
mandita8907 - 2016-09-28 12:49 PM
I hate seeing people whip who shouldnt. The ones that should worry about riding their horse smoother and making a better run before whipping the crap put of the horse on the way home. Also people that whip and kick way too aggressively.
My biggest pet peeve at a race, well I have two:
People shouting at and being unduly rough and abrupt with their horses--grrr.
People catching an attitude if they park too close to me and I ask them to move. I'm always polite, and offer to help them, but they can't help but be a jerk. I hate that! Just be nice and don't park too close to someone in the first place, roll your window down and ask them if you're not certain, and just don't be a jerk if someone is uncomfortable with your Fluffy being in kicking range of their Fluffy or their kids or themselves! Seems simple but there it is.
how funny! I am the same. Do not park too close to me. I get there early to find a good place by the fence so don't hoard on my spot. We had a girl last night block the gate with her rig to get out then get mad when people wanted to leave. She even said they should park elsewhere if they were leaving after the peewees! good grief!
One facility that I go to has about 25 acres to parking. Trees scattered all over the place, pretty and roomy. I park away from the building where trailers are spread out and these people pull up and park so close I can't even tie my horse on that side. There was about 500 feet between me and the next trailer over. Then they tie their kicking horse between the trailers. Next, boy friend stands there and slaps his leg with her riding whip. Somebody beat the crap out of my horse before I bought him so he doesn't take kindly to whips. I asked him to quit and not very nicely. Couldn't tie on the other side because of the gravel drive that kind of wound through the trees. I finally had to move. The only reason I could figure that they parked so close was to unload my trailer. |
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Location: Eatonville, wa | I can deal with people parking like dingleberries, plus most folks know my horse and know you don't park close to me or they watch my horse as they pull up and realize its a bad life decision .
The warm up pen is annoying and dangerous... but I get there so early there's never anyone there, I just walk/long trot in the lot before running.
My biggest pet peeve is people wanting to "help" you get your horse in the arena. My gelding developed a pretty bad gate issuedue to some pain. We got the physical problems fixed, had to work on the mental. Work on all we can at home, no haul ins allowed at this arena ever. He doesn't pull the refusing the gate during the open arena so I can only work on the issue during time only.
I will buy 5 or 6 time only , walk up to the gate and people crowding the gate, walking across the alley etc... And work on getting my gelding in cool calm and collected......until someone gets impatient and starts to try to lead us in on foot or horseback without being asked, or clapping behind him or start smacking him on the ass. I can't count how many times I have had to tell people to back off, shut up or get away from my horse. I buy 6 time only I own the arena for 6 min. Let me do my thing, I get him in the arena and I get off and walk him out, I don't even run during a time only most of the time. People get ****ed because I didn't even make a run.
Maybe I am being a selfish ass but if someone doesn't ask for help, has paid for their time (within reason) don't get in their business |
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| When someone thinks they are helping by waving arms, clapping, yelling, even WHIPPING my horse while I'm trying to get him in the pen. He's a little gate shy but you screaming and yelling isn't going to help. Always ask before you try to help someone get in the pen. |
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Location: Running barrels or watching nascar | mandita8907 - 2016-09-28 10:49 AM
I hate seeing people whip who shouldnt. The ones that should worry about riding their horse smoother and making a better run before whipping the crap put of the horse on the way home. Also people that whip and kick way too aggressively.
I've tried being the one that whips all the time, it doesn't work. Now I only do so much as a hand slap. Give me a rider who doesn't whip at all over one who does. |
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