Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Green Horses

The normal curtsey is to put a yellow ribbon in a stallion and and red ribbon
in a kicker. I'd use a red ribbon for a green horse that I was unsure of
how he would act. However, the ribbon is no guarantee that all the riders
around will pay much attention. I've been riding with someone riding a stallion
with a long yellow ribbon and a couple people kept tail gating us ( I was
on a mare at the time who didn't particularly like tail gaters ). We asked
them if they wanted to pass, noooooooo they were just fine. We asked them
to back off then and they did for awhile but caught up again and started
to ride on our heels. I mentioned the ribbon in the stallion's tail and it
was "like I didn't see that?" 

Some people just don't get it and probably never will. These are probably
the same people that tail gate at 80 mph on the interstate also. I always
ride with one eye on my horse and one on the beggers around me if I'm not
out there alone.

As Bob points out bad things can happen when people don't respect the rear
end of a horse. This is ture of color of horse and/or rider, green, pink,
orange, :-). 

Truman



Lisa Redmond wrote:

 

 

I was joking when I suggested the lime-green bumpers to Howard, ala NASCAR...but perhaps it's not such a bad idea to have a designated tail ribbon color or rider armband that says "green horse".  Something that says "Ack!!!!!  I'm a new horse --give me a little space, I have no clue what I'm going to do next and neither does my rider--potential explosion imminent!!!"  Sort of like the shirt I want to have made to wear to hay auctions that says "I'm NOT buying horse hay!"  when I go looking for sheep hay....but that's another story  (moving to a new agricultural culture is SO fun....*rolls eyes*).