Twenty Ways You Can Spot a Horse Person
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Horse people aren't shy about getting down and dirty to take the perfect photo of their horse (Photos courtesy of Eclipse Sportswire).
For the most part, horse people are just like normal people. But there are a few common characteristics that give them away as being just a little different. Below are 20 signs that some of the people you know spend a lot of time with our favorite furry animal:
1) They are the people outside the bar who have a friend checking their hair for hay.
2) Their cars have bumper stickers that read “My Thoroughbred can beat up your [insert breed here].”
3) They are the people in the store who are wearing breeches and/or half chaps.
4) They don’t seem to notice that they jingle when they walk due to still wearing their spurs from an earlier ride.
5) When you talk to them, they use terms such as “trotting” to explain what they did on the treadmill.
6) Their office is full of photos of their horse, but they only have a tiny photo of their human family or friends.
7) They have snot/dirt/unidentifiable objects on their shirt but don’t seem to notice until someone else makes a comment.
8) They never seem to notice the dirt they track through the store when they go grocery shopping after a muddy day at the barn.
9) When they walk by you, you smell a mix of manure and something you can’t quite identify.
10) If you are riding in their car, they make you pause before you get in so they can clear the bits, polo wraps, and miscellaneous horse-related items off the seat.
11) They come into the office with visible bruises and they explain that their horse kicked/bit/stepped on them.
12) When you ask how they are doing, their answer usually relates to their horse.
13) If their kids are running around, they yell “Whoa!” and the kids stop.
14) They ask if they can leave work early because someone called a “farrier” is meeting them at the barn.
15) They can perfectly explain the odds that allowed them to win $526.72 in Saturday’s race but they can’t add up expenses correctly when they submit an expense report.
16) When paying the bill at a restaurant, they pull out spurs, curb straps, and other items they explain away as tack before finally finding their debit card.
17) They can tell you all the dates of major horse shows and races but can’t tell the time of today’s company meeting.
18) Their shopping cart contains feminine pads, Epsom salt, and iodine and they tell the cashier the history of their horse’s hoof abscess.
19) They are more than willing to spend the night in the barn if their friend’s horse is sick.
20) They plan their weekends around horse activities, not social activities.