Tag: warm up ring

Overheard in the Hunter Warm-up Ring…

…well, just the stuff I could repeat and keep it PG around here still.
This is actually a retread of sorts of an older comic I did back in 2011. I remember being totally amused, and sometimes totally dumbfounded, by the statements I’d overhear in the warm up when we went to HITS in Ocala (some of which were actually being directed at my sister and I). Given some of the statements, I’m not so sure some coaches were as helpful as they think they were, but they certainly were entertaining. 😉

Tags: grand national | horse show | hunters | showing | warm up ring

Posted: September 7, 2020 by Morgane Schmidt

How many horses can you fit into a 20X60 meter pen?

…it depends how high you stack them.
Though I recognize that the warm-up ring is a necessary evil at horse shows, I still don’t understand why so many people riding in it are either feckless or believe they OWN the ring. I mean seriously, I don’t care how $$$$$$ your horse is or that you’re riding a higher level than I am, it doesn’t give you the right to throw common courtesy out the window and try to run me over. Also, I get that there are green horses (I have one!), but let’s all just agree not to take the screaming harpy on a string into the warm-up ring with 47 other horses when you have other options (when you don’t have other options, I get it. Also I feel your pain. :().

Tags: showing | warm up ring

Posted: September 6, 2020 by Morgane Schmidt