You Know You're A Horse Person When... 

...your horse gets new shoes more often than you do. 

…your mouth waters at the sight of a truck full ofhay. 

...every time you drive past a road construction sightyou think what nice jumps the barricades would make. 

...you consider a golf course as a waste of good pastureland. 

...your friends no longer ask to get together afterschool/work or on a weekend because they know you'll say, "I can't, Ihave to ride." 

...you pull a $17,000 horse trailer with a $1,000pick-up truck. 

...you realize finding a horse shoe is truly luckybecause you've saved ten bucks. 

...your husband complains that you love your horse morethan you love him and you say: "And your point is..?" 

...someone does something nice for you and you pat themon the neck and say 'good boy'. 

...you try to get by someone in a restricted space andinstead of saying "excuse me" to him/her, you cluck at theminstead. 

...no one wants to ride in your car because they'll get hay in their socks and on their clothes...but that's ok because you'll have to rearrange all the tack to make room for them anyway! 

...you look at all the piles of laundry sitting next toyour washing machine and most of them are breeches, horse blankets, saddlepads, etc.... but you don't even care about the horsey hair residue that willbe left in your washer and dryer. 

...you say "whoa" to the dog. 

...your mother, who has no grandchildren, gets cardsaddressed to Grandma, signed by the horses and dogs. 

...you see the vet more than your child'spediatrician. 

...you groom your horse daily for hours and you haven't seen a beautician since...? 

...someone asks for a screwdriver and you hand them a hoof pick. 

...you clean tack after every ride but you never, ever,wash the truck. 

...on rainy days, you organize the tack room, not the house. 

...you are unreasonably pleased to get a horse item, ANY horse item, as a gift. 

...you stop channel surfing at Budweiser Clydesdale commercials. 

...books and movies are ruined for you if horsemanship references aren't correct. 

...you actually get to a point where flies don't botheryou that much anymore.

Horse For Sale Advert Terminology! 

Event Prospect   =   Big FastHorse 

Dressage Prospect   =   Big SlowHorse 

Hack Prospect   =   PrettyColor 

Sporting Prospect   =   Short FastHorse 

Camp Prospect  =   Fast Horse which can turn 

Endurance Prospect   =   Fast Horsewhich will turn sometimes 

Flashy   =   White Socks 

Attractive = Bay 

15.2hh = 14.3hhh 

16.2hh = 15.3hh 

To Loving Home = Expensive 

To Show Home Only = Very Expensive 

Needs Experienced Rider = Potentially Lethal 

Elegant = Thin 

In Good Condition = Foundered 

Free Moving = Bolts 

Quiet = Lame in Both Front Legs 

Dead Quiet = Dead 

Good in Traffic (Bombproof) = Lame all Round, Deaf andBlind 

Loves Children = Kicks and Bites 

Pony Type = Small and Hairy 

Arab Type = Looks startled 

TB Type = Looks Terrified 

Quarter Horse Type = Fat 

Warmblood Type = Big and Hairy 

Draught Type = Big and Exceedingly Hairy 

Easy to Catch = Very Old 

Must Sell = Wife has left home and taking kids 

All Offers Considered = I am in Traction for 6months 

Reluctant = Sale Comes with Title Deeds to Sydney HarborBridge

Genuine reason for sale= I am too scared to getback on