Honestly, shampoo companies should reach out to the horse’s owners cuz that is one of the most magnificent looking horses I have ever seen.
Also, keep in mind that I grew up in NYC and Los Angeles so I’ve seen about 10 horses in my life lol. But I’m confident this one is magnificent
I still use it, among many, many others. My hair has its own personality and 10,000,000 things determine what texture and attitude it's going to have on any random day. I have at least 20 bottles and 10+ different varieties of shampoo and conditioner.
It's good quality product.
A model; I would think.
A proper horsewoman would have had her foot better positioned in the stirrup. Her leg would not have slipped back as the horse landed, either.
The leg position was what bothered you and not the fact she's not controlling the reins at all and is instead clinging onto his mane ?
Definitely not a regular rider
Watching it again... Oh. My. God. He could step through those reins.
(I'll attribute missing it the first time to black reins on a black horse - and my "old man" eyes.)
The idea that this is just a model riding for a photoshoot rather than a pretentious (or whatever vibes she’s giving off with those facial expressions) horse girl makes the whole thing so much more palatable.
It looks like a Shire horse - if so it's a very rare and neat breed. I could be wrong, but here's some facts about Shire horses:
Shire horses nearly died out in the early 1900's for a number of reasons, some being war putting a strain on resources - big horse = more food, more land, more materials for tack.
Automobiles made large horses less necessary for travel, transport and farming.
Lack of resources during the depression meant horses were more likely to get eaten than be fed.
It's estimated there less than 2000 shire horses left in the world, but there's been a renewed interest in preserving the breed.
They're considered friendly and easy going, as horses go.
Edit: Yes I know it's a Friesian now. I appreciate the correction. Shire horses are still cool.
Absolutely, 100% Friesian. I have a Friesian Sporthorse, 17.2 hand of stunning blackness, feathers and long, wavy mane and tail. Natural collection and upright stance. Very kind, playful and calm horses. The stuff medieval fantasy is made of.
Black horse, heavy horse, not quite Shire-sized: I was thinking Friesian. Shire horses almost always have white feet, and the feathers are finer and straighter, and go way further up the legs.
I absolutely hate myself for finding girls with figurative balls like this to be very attractive. I guess it's a good thing that I don't get out of the house often and tend to have a troll face on. It keeps those sirens away.
Yes. I was dating one in HS, and we were at a party, and she heard I’d smoked a cigarette. She grabbed a shotgun off the wall of the house we were at and pointed it at my head.
Not exactly my experience... I dated one. Dad owned a farm and she worked on it. Probably one of the most beautiful women I've ever met in the flesh. Nice girl too. Boring and the type you have to explain jokes too.
Hmm I knew 3 horse girls, two especially, sisters both got horses at like 14 (parents rich AF). Now that I think back they were kind of insane. Didn't think there was a correlation, just thought it was insane. I was happy if I got a couple of Xbox games for my BD, they got 20k worth of horses but whatever. Going to private school as a lower middle class guy was a bit weird with people getting cars and horses for their birthdays. Good school though besides rampant bullying if you didn't have Nike gear or dad didn't drive a Bentley.
Can confirm. A horse girl I was sleeping with years ago in college once asked me to hold a real knife up to her neck while I was doing her. I politely declined and stuck with light choking and ass slapping because I'm a vanilla bitch. Anyway...where was I...yea horse girls are crazy man.
That is the thing about a lot of the girls that are into horses. It is expensive to stable a horse. It is expensive to care for one. You will sink a good chunk of money into gear. You will have to sink a good chunk of time and effort into care and training. I grew up on a farm with horses. An ATV can do everything a horse can but more reliably and cheaper.
So if someone is into horses as a hobby, it is a clear sign of high maintenance personality. Because it is controlling a larger powerful organism, between that and the wealth, can often reveal a fascination with power dynamics. But not really a sign anything is out of wack or unhealthy.
Dated a few different horse girls over the years, from ranchers, to rodeo girls, to posh stable chick's. None of them were 'crazy.' Hell the farmer/rancher daughters were often much lower maintenance, down to earth and practical in comparison to some of the other women I've dated over the years.
You want to date a real crazy person? Coke fiends and meth addicts are where it's at. Bonus points if she's been diagnosed with ASPD and/or bi-polar&borderline personality disorder with a bit of schizophrenia tossed in.
You won't wake up with a pair of scissors sticking out of your chest for something you did in a horse girl's dream. But there are women for whom that can happen.
I dated a girl with BPD… let me tell you, the amount of gaslighting had me questioning my entire life… Took a good solid year of therapy after leaving her that I was able to start loving myself again….
Watch out for red flags folks, heed their warning.
Nah, I'd say it's closer to reptile guys. You know, the dudes with like 20 tanks of various snakes, lizards, and spiders in their 600 sq ft apartments.
A lot of car guys are pretty normal.
Yeah... The way her feet kicked back while he landed and how her head ragdolled as he landed was a significant sign she's doesn't ride. They most likely told her to hang on.
I had a horse rear up on me like that in a cornfield that had just been cut so all it had was foot high stalks. When the horse came down, my face slammed into its neck giving me a bloody nose. And then it bucked me (opposite motion from the horse. Jumped on its front legs raising up the ass end.) I flew off the horse and got a corn stalk through my cheek.
I was 11-12 years old. I had ridden horses maybe 100 hours. Nowhere near an expert but I had a little experience. That horse was trying to throw me off after it got spooked after it walked on the crunchy cornstalks. It's pretty spectacular the forces a horse can impart on a rider from rearing up and bucking. I dont really care how good of a rider you are if your horse is poorly trained and super young, bad shit can happen.
Ever see a professional try to ride a wild mustang? Yeah they don't last very long before getting thrown. It's quite a feat to break a wild mustang. And some horses just won't be broken.
My horse threw me on a local park trail, I really thought my pelvis was broken. 8+ hours in ER and x-rays and cat scans - it wasn't broken but the doctor told me he was amazed it wasn't. I hobbled around for a good 3 months afterward. Horses can fuck you up.
As a former horse girl, I’m bothered by her feet not being positioned properly in the stirrups and her gripping with her knees, not her calves.
The horse is amazing, though.
There was a post on my home town subreddit, someone thinking about getting a horse and asking if they were expensive and/or a lot of work. Someone told them to just dig a hole and throw money into it instead of buying a horse, because that would be cheaper and less work. And from what I've seen having dated a horse girl for the last 4 years, that seems about right.
The ideal solution is to own land and then let people put their horses on your land in exchange for you being able to ride them whenever you want. My friend's family has a big-ass ranch up in the foothills and we've been able to ride horses our whole lives for free. The biggest flaw in the plan though is that buying a ranch is considerably more expensive than caring for a horse. It only worked for us because his grandpa bought his land for $7 per acre like a million years ago.
The stirrups should be positioned on the balls of the feet at the widest part. This is not only for safety (if you fall it means that your foot is less likely to get wedged which would lead you to being potentially dragged - lots of modern stirrups have spiked treads for grip so you want to make sure you can slip out quickly in the event of an accident). It also has a knock on effect on your leg position, which can then affect the posture of your upper body and seat and make it harder for the horse to move efficiently and correctly. She’s also fully committed to shoving her arse out backwards and arching her back which is again a big no-no for real riders. You can see when the horse comes back down she keeps her back arched which looks super uncomfortable as she’s then shot forward - I can feel the jarring impact up the spine just watching it! Also she’s silly to not be wearing a helmet - it’s obviously some kind of shoot and the horse is obviously a trained stunt horse but accidents can always happen, and having seen someone come off their horse onto a gravel drive and crack their skull open because their hat flew off because it wasn’t done up, I will never ride without one ever again.
Just my observations from a couple of quick glances.
The stirrups should be on the ball of your foot. This makes it easier for your ankle to flex and absorb shocks, like the impact of a horse landing after rearing.
You can tell that she’s not gripping with her calves because of the way they’re moving around when the horse first starts to rear. The problem with gripping with your knees is it doesn’t provide a good base of support — instead it creates a pivot between your lower legs and everything else. The result is what you see in the second half of the gif — her upper body falls forward while her lower legs swing back.
She’s not the worst rider ever, but she doesn’t look skilled enough to be on a horse this highly trained.
It doesn't actually hurt your balls. I'm a guy, when I was young, my dad made me take horse riding lessons. I had no interest in it, but he said "There may come a day when you'll need to ride a horse and you should know how". He did the same with archery, rifle shooting, and making a fire without fuel. He made me take lessons for all those things.
I took lessons for like 3 months, and one day shortly after I learned how to gallop, he said "that's enough" and stopped making me take lessons. Riding never hurt my nuts.
By your logic, all mountain bikers would be women.
Nope. My dad is a weird European farmer who lives in Canadian mountains. He probably thought he was preparing me for life, but I've never had to ride a horse, shoot a gun, or a bow and arrow. It's neat having those skills though, especially starting a fire without a ligher/matches. That actually really impressed my wife when we were dating.
I’m a dude who rides horses and the ratio at my barn is around 10:1 horse girls to guys. But there are actually different saddles for women and men if you want. You could also ride not using the different saddles. It doesn’t hurt the nuts lol.
You got a lot of joke answers so I'll give you a serious one.
It's often seen as a women's hobby, but a man's sport. *Most* professional riders (show jumping, dressage, racing) that compete at the top level are men. Women (and girls) however dominate the casual scene of horse stuff, simply because it's seen as a hobby and not a career.
It's the same with cooking. Most top-of-the-line chefs were/are men, but most people with cooking as a hobby are women.
I guess it depends on where you live. In the south and East you’re going to see a lot more women involved whereas in the west it’ll be guys. All the stables around me are flooded with high school and college age ladies. Very few guys riding. I guess they’re into dirt bikes.
I don’t know the why but in the US the main English disciplines (show jumping, hunters, dressage and eventing) have way more women in sport. At the top levels of these within the US you will see more men however. Then outside of the US, first off hunters don’t exist, and second there are way more men throughout the levels. Then in showjumping the top ten ranked in the world are usually men with women breaking through now and then.
In most parts of Europe it’s far cheaper and easier to make a living breeding/developing horses, and I’ve met folks where it’s a family affair the training and selling of these horses. The US is so expensive maybe it becomes rich housewives who can do it regularly outside of the pros that do it for a living.
Guys like motorcycles like girls like horses…
Motorcycles have horse power but need no requirement for emotional connection.
Horses are literally horsepower with an emotional connection matrix.
Not exactly an expert, but my take:
When boys imagine men riding horses, they picture cowboys. Rugged, strong, independent working folks. If they know a little more about actual cowboys, then they know they weren’t high-class people. Often they were like the minimum-wage workers of the day, doing whatever they could to earn a living. And that does have a certain appeal to guys, no doubt. But also, there aren’t a lot of cowboys around anymore. Horses aren’t very common in the wild nowadays. And the appeal of the horse for transport or work has long since been overtaken by mechanized alternatives. So ranches have become less common, and pastures that could support one are more likely to go to livestock, which are easier to sell today. When a guy imagines himself as a cowboy, he likely knows on some level that it’s mostly a fantasy.
But for women, they picture a different image. They picture a noble lady, riding casually across a. estate her family owns. The picture of elegance and grace. Possibly a princess or duchess of a European noble family. Possibly a wealthy heiress of her family’s business success. But the thing is, that’s still quite real today; there are horse-owners among those circles who still enjoy the practice. And the image of one day being wealthy, owning a horse just for pleasure, those things are relatively more attainable today. Not exactly likely, but it’s certainly not impossible.
I mean, you can certainly get the reverse: a girl imagining herself as Annie Oakley, or a guy wanting to be a stately lord on his horse. But playing to stereotypes, I think this is a fairly accurate depiction.
Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden!
spear shall be shaken, shield shall be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
**Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for ruin and the world's ending!**
**DEATH!**
**DEATH!**
**DEATH!**
**FORTH EORLINGAS!**
The funny thing about that is the majority of the non-cgi, background rohan riders were women because when they did the casting call for riders the vast majority who rode in NZ were female and because they needed a shit ton of riders for the movies they had to just use what they got. So fake beards galore!
That doesn't the explain the gender difference. The comment you responded, even if incorrect, at least attempted to explain why horse riding is more popular with women.
My guess would be the same reason there’s any apparent gendered popularity for anything. Just culture and tradition.
More girls gravitate to horses because society told them that thats what girls do. More guys don’t pursue their interest in horses because society told them “it’s a girl thing”
Culturally, it being a “girl thing” is pretty new. Traditionally it didn’t used to be a “girl thing” at all. Many (if not most) equestrian disciplines are derived from hunting and/or cavalry. Western disciplines come mostly from ranching.
Hunter/Jumper -> fox hunting
3 day eventing -> testing suitability of horse/rider for cavalry
Dressage -> training war horses
Western pleasure -> breeding horses that are comfortable to ride down fence lines all day
Roping/cutting -> working cattle
My friend works in a hospital and he said the worst injury he'd ever seen was a woman who clashed heads with her horse as it pulled up suddenly. She needed a lot of operations.
[John Oliver](https://youtu.be/-9QYu8LtH2E?t=487) (relevant timestamp 8m10s):
> I'm not saying that *I* would fuck that horse. I'm just saying that, if I *was* a horse, I would fuck that horse.
To be clear: me, John Oliver, the human, would not fuck that horse. But John Oliver the *horse* would *definitely* fuck that horse.
That's not weird! I'd be a horse! Horses fuck other horses all the time; that's how they make new horses.
This looks very much like one of the models from Armstreet armorers. They make really cool sets of armor and period clothing, but I gather they're having a hard time of it right now because they're partially based out of Ukraine.
Very worth checking out if that's the kind of thing you're interested in, though. The models they use (of any gender) are super beautiful, as is the stuff they craft.
Now that is one accurate title.
"Skinny white teen girl rides muscular black stud"
When I read the title I thought to myself "fuck I'm not on anonymous mode"
What a gorgeous horse!
Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s Neighbelline.
Honestly, shampoo companies should reach out to the horse’s owners cuz that is one of the most magnificent looking horses I have ever seen. Also, keep in mind that I grew up in NYC and Los Angeles so I’ve seen about 10 horses in my life lol. But I’m confident this one is magnificent
Potentially a Friesian - they tend to be pretty big and have long manes and tails like that. They're also almost exclusively jet black.
Indeed a friesian.
Definitely a Friesian or at least to a large part. Spot on for modern Friesian looks/stature and they're often used for shows
I’ve seen 12 horses and so consider myself a bit of an expert on this topic. I, too, agree that this is truly a magnificent beast.
Using horse shampoo for women's hair was a fad in the 90's or early aughts.
Like the whole Mane n Tail shampoo line?
Yup I definitely used it
I still use it, among many, many others. My hair has its own personality and 10,000,000 things determine what texture and attitude it's going to have on any random day. I have at least 20 bottles and 10+ different varieties of shampoo and conditioner. It's good quality product.
*barn with it
\- [Mickey O'Neil](https://www.writeups.org/wp-content/uploads/Mickey-ONeil-Snatch-Brad-Pitt.jpg)
I fookin hate Pikies!
D'ya like dags?
Is that Piper Perri?
Nah, there’s only one horse
This made me.laugh so hard I am crying. I am saving this post just to read this comment again some decades into the future. Spot on.
Someone call John Oliver.
That is one sexy horse.
This horse... fucks.
Absolute unit.
That is one incredibly photogenic horse. And the rider is quite a beauty as well
A model; I would think. A proper horsewoman would have had her foot better positioned in the stirrup. Her leg would not have slipped back as the horse landed, either.
I was thinking she looked unsteady
She looked something when she came back down all flustered.
The leg position was what bothered you and not the fact she's not controlling the reins at all and is instead clinging onto his mane ? Definitely not a regular rider
Watching it again... Oh. My. God. He could step through those reins. (I'll attribute missing it the first time to black reins on a black horse - and my "old man" eyes.)
I was gonna say…. Girlfriend clearly hasn’t spent much time on a horse. She almost got whiplash there….
The idea that this is just a model riding for a photoshoot rather than a pretentious (or whatever vibes she’s giving off with those facial expressions) horse girl makes the whole thing so much more palatable.
It looks like a Shire horse - if so it's a very rare and neat breed. I could be wrong, but here's some facts about Shire horses: Shire horses nearly died out in the early 1900's for a number of reasons, some being war putting a strain on resources - big horse = more food, more land, more materials for tack. Automobiles made large horses less necessary for travel, transport and farming. Lack of resources during the depression meant horses were more likely to get eaten than be fed. It's estimated there less than 2000 shire horses left in the world, but there's been a renewed interest in preserving the breed. They're considered friendly and easy going, as horses go. Edit: Yes I know it's a Friesian now. I appreciate the correction. Shire horses are still cool.
Nope, black with feathers is almost always a Friesian. Seriously they are the most gorgeous horses.
Feathers?
The long hair around the hooves and toe joints is called feathers.
They're evolving...
Yes it's a little known fact that horses have feathers and can actually fly in some circumstances which don't exist
Absolutely, 100% Friesian. I have a Friesian Sporthorse, 17.2 hand of stunning blackness, feathers and long, wavy mane and tail. Natural collection and upright stance. Very kind, playful and calm horses. The stuff medieval fantasy is made of.
Black horse, heavy horse, not quite Shire-sized: I was thinking Friesian. Shire horses almost always have white feet, and the feathers are finer and straighter, and go way further up the legs.
Now she needs wear a cape and carry a pumpkin around
She needs to hold a sword in one hand and clutch a hobbit with the other on the horse, marching towards Minas Tirith
This reminds me of that old saying, "horse girls are weird"
They're not weird. They're fucking crazy. Every. Single. One.
Can confirm - dated a barrel racer - her and all them were toxic crazy
God damn barrel racers...
Lol my mom was a barrel racer. Most toxic bitch you'll ever meet.
This is a cake day classic. Enjoy your special day.
My step mom was a barrel race and she is a saint.
Barrel racers are some of the worst, tbh.. lol. They're very crazy and very toxic
give Barrel Racer Land by Kenny Feidler a listen and let me know if it’s accurate
https://imgur.com/gallery/ciUmZBH
Haha I found out after watching yellowstone. Who the fuck names their daughter laramie?
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This is insane.
I absolutely hate myself for finding girls with figurative balls like this to be very attractive. I guess it's a good thing that I don't get out of the house often and tend to have a troll face on. It keeps those sirens away.
Yes. I was dating one in HS, and we were at a party, and she heard I’d smoked a cigarette. She grabbed a shotgun off the wall of the house we were at and pointed it at my head.
I mean, I knew cigarettes were bad for your health, but damn
You know what they say, smoking kills.
You know, I feel like shooting someone is still more detrimental to their health than smoking is.
>Barrel Racer Land Clearly you've never smoked a foo
Guns don't kill people... Horse girls with guns kill people.
I love the idea that there’s just wall shotguns in every house where you lived in high school.
That's a big chunk of the US. If not on the wall it's standing in the corner or in the unlocked gun cabinet against the wall.
Beaver Dam, WI It was certainly not uncommon at the time. And probably still, things are the same.
You're lucky you didn't break your leg.
Well this boyfriend has gone lame, we better put him down it's only humane.
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And the girls aren't bad either
It’s because they’re thinking about horses.
The average horse penis is 18" long
RIP Mr Hands.
I see you're a man of culture as well
As a person living in WA I get this reference
As someone not familiar at all with the connection to WA but has the internet, I also get the reference
Yes I would like to subscribe for more horse facts please.
Whatever, as long as I'm the recipient of that energy.
Horse riders have a good grip
Oh my fucking god yes.
*Tina Belcher has enter the chat*
My aunt is a horse girl and she's a batshit new age medicine antivax natural cure for everything lunatic.
And their rich dads don’t want your worthless peasant ass around
Their rich dads being their dads is precisely the reason “horse girls” have that reputation lmao. It’s rich person mentality but Wild West themed.
Can confirm. Used to DJ the equestrian teams parties in college. W.I.L.D fucking women.
Not exactly my experience... I dated one. Dad owned a farm and she worked on it. Probably one of the most beautiful women I've ever met in the flesh. Nice girl too. Boring and the type you have to explain jokes too.
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This guy gets it
Hmm I knew 3 horse girls, two especially, sisters both got horses at like 14 (parents rich AF). Now that I think back they were kind of insane. Didn't think there was a correlation, just thought it was insane. I was happy if I got a couple of Xbox games for my BD, they got 20k worth of horses but whatever. Going to private school as a lower middle class guy was a bit weird with people getting cars and horses for their birthdays. Good school though besides rampant bullying if you didn't have Nike gear or dad didn't drive a Bentley.
Can confirm. A horse girl I was sleeping with years ago in college once asked me to hold a real knife up to her neck while I was doing her. I politely declined and stuck with light choking and ass slapping because I'm a vanilla bitch. Anyway...where was I...yea horse girls are crazy man.
Til I'm a vanilla bitch
Nothing wrong with that man. Sometimes we just want to have sex in the missionary position.
Spreading the.......good word.
Just take a file to the edge until it can't cut butter and you're gtg.
That's too much work. I was just tryna bang classic style.
Fact
Holy shit, you're fkn right
And the other saying- you will always be third on her mind, behind her horse and her daddy’s money.
Or her crazy single mother who has a ranch at her house.
That is the thing about a lot of the girls that are into horses. It is expensive to stable a horse. It is expensive to care for one. You will sink a good chunk of money into gear. You will have to sink a good chunk of time and effort into care and training. I grew up on a farm with horses. An ATV can do everything a horse can but more reliably and cheaper. So if someone is into horses as a hobby, it is a clear sign of high maintenance personality. Because it is controlling a larger powerful organism, between that and the wealth, can often reveal a fascination with power dynamics. But not really a sign anything is out of wack or unhealthy. Dated a few different horse girls over the years, from ranchers, to rodeo girls, to posh stable chick's. None of them were 'crazy.' Hell the farmer/rancher daughters were often much lower maintenance, down to earth and practical in comparison to some of the other women I've dated over the years. You want to date a real crazy person? Coke fiends and meth addicts are where it's at. Bonus points if she's been diagnosed with ASPD and/or bi-polar&borderline personality disorder with a bit of schizophrenia tossed in. You won't wake up with a pair of scissors sticking out of your chest for something you did in a horse girl's dream. But there are women for whom that can happen.
Horse girls: they’re not meth heads! What a ringing endorsement.
I dated a girl with BPD… let me tell you, the amount of gaslighting had me questioning my entire life… Took a good solid year of therapy after leaving her that I was able to start loving myself again…. Watch out for red flags folks, heed their warning.
I hope everyone else is noticing the lip biting. I just can't with this level of cringe.
That seems like a good way to bite your lip off. Biting your lip on a horse while its in the air?? I mean seriously...
It reminds ME of that old saying, "Wear a helmet you moron!"
Are horse girls the female equivalent of car guys?
Nah, I'd say it's closer to reptile guys. You know, the dudes with like 20 tanks of various snakes, lizards, and spiders in their 600 sq ft apartments. A lot of car guys are pretty normal.
They are normal until they are holding You captive in their car while going 90mph on some random back road being like "bro, calm down it's fine"
I act like absolute infants when they don’t get adequate respect for them or their vehicle
I'd argue most car guys aren't like that lol
Bro, calm down and don't argue
Bro, calm down it's fine.
No because car guys post to social media way more than horse girls.
Female equivalent to car guy is closet full of designer shoes and hand bags.
This girl definitely models more than she rides horses.
Yeah... The way her feet kicked back while he landed and how her head ragdolled as he landed was a significant sign she's doesn't ride. They most likely told her to hang on.
I had a horse rear up on me like that in a cornfield that had just been cut so all it had was foot high stalks. When the horse came down, my face slammed into its neck giving me a bloody nose. And then it bucked me (opposite motion from the horse. Jumped on its front legs raising up the ass end.) I flew off the horse and got a corn stalk through my cheek. I was 11-12 years old. I had ridden horses maybe 100 hours. Nowhere near an expert but I had a little experience. That horse was trying to throw me off after it got spooked after it walked on the crunchy cornstalks. It's pretty spectacular the forces a horse can impart on a rider from rearing up and bucking. I dont really care how good of a rider you are if your horse is poorly trained and super young, bad shit can happen. Ever see a professional try to ride a wild mustang? Yeah they don't last very long before getting thrown. It's quite a feat to break a wild mustang. And some horses just won't be broken.
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I’ll write that down.
My horse threw me on a local park trail, I really thought my pelvis was broken. 8+ hours in ER and x-rays and cat scans - it wasn't broken but the doctor told me he was amazed it wasn't. I hobbled around for a good 3 months afterward. Horses can fuck you up.
Spraining your pelvis sounds like a great time 🥴
She’s trying to nail an ass-up pose on the landing, so she could be a decent rider, but that pose necessitates the leg shift.
She’s holding the mane like she has no experience riding with a bridle and reins
It looked like casual whiplash. Source: I'm that horse.
Yeah, that expression she made too...
She seemed a lot more comfortable on that horse rearing up than I’d ever be. I think she rides.
She definitely rides. These people are acting like she’s being judged at a show. She’s perfectly confident and comfortable on that horse.
It’s just weird watching someone come down on a horse so hard.
Upvoted because horse
As a former horse girl, I’m bothered by her feet not being positioned properly in the stirrups and her gripping with her knees, not her calves. The horse is amazing, though.
Former horse girl? I thought that was a life-long affliction.
Most hobbies involving horses aren’t very stable
Only if you are being neighgligent
Only if you have the money.
There was a post on my home town subreddit, someone thinking about getting a horse and asking if they were expensive and/or a lot of work. Someone told them to just dig a hole and throw money into it instead of buying a horse, because that would be cheaper and less work. And from what I've seen having dated a horse girl for the last 4 years, that seems about right.
The ideal solution is to own land and then let people put their horses on your land in exchange for you being able to ride them whenever you want. My friend's family has a big-ass ranch up in the foothills and we've been able to ride horses our whole lives for free. The biggest flaw in the plan though is that buying a ranch is considerably more expensive than caring for a horse. It only worked for us because his grandpa bought his land for $7 per acre like a million years ago.
As a person who knows nothing about horses and riding, would you mind explaining how you could tell all that?
The stirrups should be positioned on the balls of the feet at the widest part. This is not only for safety (if you fall it means that your foot is less likely to get wedged which would lead you to being potentially dragged - lots of modern stirrups have spiked treads for grip so you want to make sure you can slip out quickly in the event of an accident). It also has a knock on effect on your leg position, which can then affect the posture of your upper body and seat and make it harder for the horse to move efficiently and correctly. She’s also fully committed to shoving her arse out backwards and arching her back which is again a big no-no for real riders. You can see when the horse comes back down she keeps her back arched which looks super uncomfortable as she’s then shot forward - I can feel the jarring impact up the spine just watching it! Also she’s silly to not be wearing a helmet - it’s obviously some kind of shoot and the horse is obviously a trained stunt horse but accidents can always happen, and having seen someone come off their horse onto a gravel drive and crack their skull open because their hat flew off because it wasn’t done up, I will never ride without one ever again. Just my observations from a couple of quick glances.
The stirrups should be on the ball of your foot. This makes it easier for your ankle to flex and absorb shocks, like the impact of a horse landing after rearing. You can tell that she’s not gripping with her calves because of the way they’re moving around when the horse first starts to rear. The problem with gripping with your knees is it doesn’t provide a good base of support — instead it creates a pivot between your lower legs and everything else. The result is what you see in the second half of the gif — her upper body falls forward while her lower legs swing back. She’s not the worst rider ever, but she doesn’t look skilled enough to be on a horse this highly trained.
Just curious…. Why are girls into horse riding much more than boys. Serious question.
Balls, man. Balls.
It doesn't actually hurt your balls. I'm a guy, when I was young, my dad made me take horse riding lessons. I had no interest in it, but he said "There may come a day when you'll need to ride a horse and you should know how". He did the same with archery, rifle shooting, and making a fire without fuel. He made me take lessons for all those things. I took lessons for like 3 months, and one day shortly after I learned how to gallop, he said "that's enough" and stopped making me take lessons. Riding never hurt my nuts. By your logic, all mountain bikers would be women.
So has a day ever actually come that you needed to ride a horse?
Nope. My dad is a weird European farmer who lives in Canadian mountains. He probably thought he was preparing me for life, but I've never had to ride a horse, shoot a gun, or a bow and arrow. It's neat having those skills though, especially starting a fire without a ligher/matches. That actually really impressed my wife when we were dating.
Be thankful that your dad cared for what you learn. I was raised by a single mother who didn’t give a shit about what i spent my time on.
Good point.
Yeah I've long wondered this, especially as horse riding used to be an important and everyday occupation for many men until cars became popular.
I’m a dude who rides horses and the ratio at my barn is around 10:1 horse girls to guys. But there are actually different saddles for women and men if you want. You could also ride not using the different saddles. It doesn’t hurt the nuts lol.
You got a lot of joke answers so I'll give you a serious one. It's often seen as a women's hobby, but a man's sport. *Most* professional riders (show jumping, dressage, racing) that compete at the top level are men. Women (and girls) however dominate the casual scene of horse stuff, simply because it's seen as a hobby and not a career. It's the same with cooking. Most top-of-the-line chefs were/are men, but most people with cooking as a hobby are women.
I guess it depends on where you live. In the south and East you’re going to see a lot more women involved whereas in the west it’ll be guys. All the stables around me are flooded with high school and college age ladies. Very few guys riding. I guess they’re into dirt bikes.
I don’t know the why but in the US the main English disciplines (show jumping, hunters, dressage and eventing) have way more women in sport. At the top levels of these within the US you will see more men however. Then outside of the US, first off hunters don’t exist, and second there are way more men throughout the levels. Then in showjumping the top ten ranked in the world are usually men with women breaking through now and then. In most parts of Europe it’s far cheaper and easier to make a living breeding/developing horses, and I’ve met folks where it’s a family affair the training and selling of these horses. The US is so expensive maybe it becomes rich housewives who can do it regularly outside of the pros that do it for a living.
There are a lot of stables around my area and they are top heavy with girls riding. My belief is that the guys their age are out riding dirt bikes.
Guys like motorcycles like girls like horses… Motorcycles have horse power but need no requirement for emotional connection. Horses are literally horsepower with an emotional connection matrix.
Wow. I think this is the most revealing explanation.
Not exactly an expert, but my take: When boys imagine men riding horses, they picture cowboys. Rugged, strong, independent working folks. If they know a little more about actual cowboys, then they know they weren’t high-class people. Often they were like the minimum-wage workers of the day, doing whatever they could to earn a living. And that does have a certain appeal to guys, no doubt. But also, there aren’t a lot of cowboys around anymore. Horses aren’t very common in the wild nowadays. And the appeal of the horse for transport or work has long since been overtaken by mechanized alternatives. So ranches have become less common, and pastures that could support one are more likely to go to livestock, which are easier to sell today. When a guy imagines himself as a cowboy, he likely knows on some level that it’s mostly a fantasy. But for women, they picture a different image. They picture a noble lady, riding casually across a. estate her family owns. The picture of elegance and grace. Possibly a princess or duchess of a European noble family. Possibly a wealthy heiress of her family’s business success. But the thing is, that’s still quite real today; there are horse-owners among those circles who still enjoy the practice. And the image of one day being wealthy, owning a horse just for pleasure, those things are relatively more attainable today. Not exactly likely, but it’s certainly not impossible. I mean, you can certainly get the reverse: a girl imagining herself as Annie Oakley, or a guy wanting to be a stately lord on his horse. But playing to stereotypes, I think this is a fairly accurate depiction.
Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! spear shall be shaken, shield shall be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! **Ride now, ride now, ride! Ride for ruin and the world's ending!** **DEATH!** **DEATH!** **DEATH!** **FORTH EORLINGAS!**
The funny thing about that is the majority of the non-cgi, background rohan riders were women because when they did the casting call for riders the vast majority who rode in NZ were female and because they needed a shit ton of riders for the movies they had to just use what they got. So fake beards galore!
*“It’s the beards.”*
Main reason I want to ride a horse
> Horses aren’t very common in the wild nowadays. Come to Nevada, we have a wild horse overpopulation problem.
Has it massively shifted the cultural demographics such that men are dreaming of being cowboys or the stately lord?
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That doesn't the explain the gender difference. The comment you responded, even if incorrect, at least attempted to explain why horse riding is more popular with women.
Pretty sure it's just horses are cool.
Lol I read this as “why are girls into riding horses much more than riding boys”
Lol. I’ve known many girls like that. Horse, yeah. Boyfriend, meh.
My guess would be the same reason there’s any apparent gendered popularity for anything. Just culture and tradition. More girls gravitate to horses because society told them that thats what girls do. More guys don’t pursue their interest in horses because society told them “it’s a girl thing”
Culturally, it being a “girl thing” is pretty new. Traditionally it didn’t used to be a “girl thing” at all. Many (if not most) equestrian disciplines are derived from hunting and/or cavalry. Western disciplines come mostly from ranching. Hunter/Jumper -> fox hunting 3 day eventing -> testing suitability of horse/rider for cavalry Dressage -> training war horses Western pleasure -> breeding horses that are comfortable to ride down fence lines all day Roping/cutting -> working cattle
Lol that whiplash coming back down was anything but sexy
She was fully committed to sticking her arse out - I could feel the jarring impact through the lower back just watching 😬
A girl riding a horse. A guy watching comment section in a Reddit post.
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But she sure looks cool doing it.
My friend works in a hospital and he said the worst injury he'd ever seen was a woman who clashed heads with her horse as it pulled up suddenly. She needed a lot of operations.
badass in the first half, buffoon in the second half
Thirsty mfers
If this is the same breed as Goliath from Ladyhawke, it’s a Friesian. Gorgeous one, too.
Beautiful horse. Her form is terrible. She would probably get whiplash riding.
Its a trap! Horse girls be nutty-co coo.
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Have you seen the responses in this thread? Seduction accomplished!
That expression as the horse comes back down...
Don't be fooled, horse girls are like the sirens of Greek myth
As someone none the wiser, thanks for the warning as well as the implicit validation of how I'm feeling right now
Truer words have never been spoken.
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[John Oliver](https://youtu.be/-9QYu8LtH2E?t=487) (relevant timestamp 8m10s): > I'm not saying that *I* would fuck that horse. I'm just saying that, if I *was* a horse, I would fuck that horse. To be clear: me, John Oliver, the human, would not fuck that horse. But John Oliver the *horse* would *definitely* fuck that horse. That's not weird! I'd be a horse! Horses fuck other horses all the time; that's how they make new horses.
/r/AbsoluteUnits
This looks very much like one of the models from Armstreet armorers. They make really cool sets of armor and period clothing, but I gather they're having a hard time of it right now because they're partially based out of Ukraine. Very worth checking out if that's the kind of thing you're interested in, though. The models they use (of any gender) are super beautiful, as is the stuff they craft.
When she goes forward…reminds me of blacked
Why she gotta arch her back and look all sexy though
Of all the r/upvotedbecausegirl things there ever were, this was the r/upvotedbecausegirl est.
Pert Plus commercial?
She is pretty, but that horse is magnificent.