#equestrian issues

[pikefied]

A saddle on a spaceship, Chris, really?

[draftmare]

In case anybody wanted to know where Back On Track, the distributor/manufacturer of Trauma Void helmets stands on Black equestrians and their struggles with finding helmets:

“In an interview, James Ruder, the chief executive, said the company’s helmets can accommodate most riders. He added that he had “never once heard” about a Black rider struggling with helmet fit.”

“If you have an ‘oddity’ — and I don’t mean to be disrespectful to the people who have weird hairstyles — but if you have a hairstyle that impacts the functionality of the helmet, you might just have to change it,” Mr. Ruder said.”

“In a follow-up interview, Mr. Ruder stood by his view that riders need to be aware that their hairstyle choices can affect helmet safety, and added that he intended no offense with his comments. “I’m bald, and some people find that weird,” he said. “It’s all relative.” AN ODDITY?! A WIERD hairstyle?! Did the CEO of a prominent helmet manufacturer really just call Black hairstyles an oddity and weird?! I am not a Black woman, so I do not have a dog in this fight, but I am POC, and this type of response makes me sick. Trauma Void is, unfortunately, one of the highest rated and safest helmets on the market, but I am going to think twice about buying one from here on out. If football helmets can figure out how to fit men with dreads and afros, then equestrian helmets need to do better.  (All of these quotes came from the NYTs recent article Black Equestrians Want to Be Safe. But They Can’t Find Helmets. Unfortunately the NYT does require a subscription)

[anotherhorseblog]

Equestrian Issue #36

When someone says “I got up early!” As in “I got up at like...6:45!!!!!!!!”

Equestrians be like:

[thesorrowfulknight-blog]

Equestrian Issues

Getting thrushbuster under your nails = paaiiiiinnnnnnnn

[anotherhorseblog]

This weather needs to sort itself out. The closest thing to riding I’ve been able to do is count strides before a specific part of the sidewalk. Seriously. 

[hawks-pride]

... Maybe horses just aren't the thing for me...

[englishequestrian-blog]

It's pretty sad that I just got back from the barn today and already I can't wait for the next time I get to ride which is like ELEVEN DAYS AWAY!!!!

[englishequestrian-blog]

PEOPLE ARE DUMB

I was so annoyed at lessons today there is this little girl riding my favorite horse at the barn and my instructor asked the girl if she was having fun. You wanna know what she said no and she said it in the most disrespectful tone too. She claimed it was cause she didn't get to ride bareback. It's like omg you take hunter pleasure lessons get over it. Plus if she didn't want to ride that horse she could have ridden anybody else. The whole situation was dumb and the part that had me more angry above anything else was the tone that she spoke to my instructor with. When I was her age if I as much as looked at my instructor wrong it was the end of the world. Given my instructor is a lot nicer than she used to be but still that girl needs to learn how to be respectful to others. End of Rant.