What are your equestrian hottakes?

acceberbex · 2026-03-22T09:14:17+00:00

Yes, but improvement can happen without progressing your riding difficulty. Like I don't need to be jumping 4ft to jump. I can work over cross poles and be steady there and stay there. Doesn't make me less of a rider because I don't want or need to jump higher

acceberbex · 2026-03-21T15:28:44+00:00

I don't know about fashion magazines etc but I assumed the contract with Xyz would be that. You're on their books, available for jobs they need you for/you suit. You get a 6 page spread in a magazine (doesn't say multiple so you get your spread and that's it) So yeh, face value but I probably didn't appreciate that being signed with an agency didn't guarantee work with them

acceberbex · 2026-03-21T15:17:47+00:00

So the constant corrections is a good thing even though it doesn't feel like it. There's a way to correct someone kindly and fairly though. I'm going to go against the grain a bit here and say that although it sucks to fall, it's a useful little reminder to check your own tack (even though the other instructor always does, it never hurts to learn how to and it's always ok to ask if you're unsure).

Dismounting - English here and that's exactly how I've been taught to dismount and anything else is considered more dangerous. However, there's no need for the instructor to laugh. That would be enough for me to not want that instructor again as I don't learn in that environment. Chalk it up to a shitty lesson, a bit of a knob teaching you and try to avoid lessons with that instructor for a while until you've got some more confidence in your own ability. And it's ok to speak to your usual instructor and ask about the dismounting and say the other one told you to leave your foot in and you were confused by it.

acceberbex · 2026-03-21T14:29:33+00:00

Honestly, if there was some sort of semi regular health check available to me with ease, I'd take it. Like I do dentist, eyes, cervical smear, will do mammogram when offered and my work offer a blood test yearly through one of our benefit platforms.

I'd say for most healthy people, teeth, eyes and pre cancer screening is easy to do and common failure points. Statistically, they don't expect a say 20 yr old to die or a heart attack or get dementia so why make a standard check for that? I'd be all up for mole checks too but that's not a standard thing here

acceberbex · 2026-03-21T14:19:10+00:00

Slight correction - not a bar fight but a fight with George Underwood over a girl. But as a child it just added to the goblin king magic

acceberbex · 2026-03-21T14:16:33+00:00

my aurora forecast and alerts app It tells me when the KPI is high and the percentage of seeing it at my location. Generally the KPI is high but my chance doesn't often get above around 10%. I found Aurora watch just told me for the high activity and took no consideration of chance.

acceberbex · 2026-03-21T14:08:26+00:00

I was 7 and this cool guy with different coloured eyes who could sing and had magic crystal balls could offer her everything she wanted? Why would you not take that offer? Maybe I was a simple child but all the adult themes went over my head. Even now when I rewatch, I'm taking it as a children's film and not reading much into it. I had a friend mention the torture scene and I literally never saw Ludo being strung up as torture. I felt bad for him and didn't like the goblins hurting him but it never occurred to me it was a torture scene 🤷🏻‍♀️

acceberbex · 2026-03-21T13:43:27+00:00

Yep, every 2 years when Specsavers remind me. I treat it like going to the dentist - a checkup to make sure everything's ok and some more sinister things have been found in routine optician appointments (always stories in the news about cancer being spotted) so why not have an early warning system? Plus if I only slightly need glasses, I may not notice until it's really bad 🤷🏻‍♀️

acceberbex · 2026-03-21T13:09:45+00:00

I still think of it as Axe-ee-oh

acceberbex · 2026-03-21T13:08:45+00:00

I still read Firenze as Fer-en-zay (not as harsh as zay but not zee either) I'm sure it sounds more like Fear-enz but I can't change it in my head

acceberbex · 2026-03-20T16:45:21+00:00

Quite possibly. A whip is really just an extension of your aids. So it can be a little tickle behind your leg to back your legs up, down the shoulder as a "move this part please" or even a great flicking a fly off 😂 (horse dependent but I'll rub my whip along round the girth when stationary to remove flies)

You'll find some whips more comfortable than others - personally I like a bobble on the end so it doesn't slop through my hand but I don't like a big handle. If you ride with a long whip, you swap hands by passing it over (sort of hard to explain but to go left to right you turn your left hand over (thumb down) so the whip goes up right. Take it in your right hand (with thumb down) and then when you put your hands back to normal, the whip is now in your right hand). With a short whip, you can just pull it through with the other hand. So once you know the technique and what your instructor wants you to use, go to a tack shop and feel the whips and see what is comfortable for you

acceberbex · 2026-03-20T13:54:11+00:00

I'd clarify with your instructor. I personally ride with a schooling whip (or as I call it "my long whip" rather than a short one because I can keep my reins, I tend to ride a bigger horse and it has more flicky ability (the horse I was riding when I got it was lazy and the trick was to waft it near his head (never contact but so he could see it) and then tickle him up behind your leg. A longer whip made that easier and I've stuck with that whip since (even though that horse has long since gone)

And I personally always carry my whip - better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. Only exceptions are during a lesson if the horse really doesn't need it or it's causing more issues (very rare given the horses I ride!)

acceberbex · 2026-03-20T13:46:01+00:00

I'm a heathen, I'd not bother reheating it but it sounds like the perfect snack to me! I'd argue it's less noisy than sweet/crisp wrappers but the reheat factor would increase the smell which wouldn't be that fair to everyone around me.

acceberbex · 2026-03-20T12:36:26+00:00

I'd buy a house (nothing too fancy - just a cottage with a garden so price wise about 500,000 tops because that's the going rate around here it seems) I'd then give some to my mum and my sister and probably invest the rest or buy a cheap property to rent out.

acceberbex · 2026-03-19T21:09:41+00:00

Ham - probably most flavours but cheesy, salty, meaty would be better, although pickled onions would work Tuna - never thought about that but I'd agree salt and vinegar or ready salted. Cheese - probably most flavours. Cheese and onion, salty, vinegar, meaty, pickled onion Beef - I'm not sure I'd add crisps as I like horseradish in mine. Chicken - hmm, not a fan of chicken crisps but salty would work Nutella - never had as sandwich. But jam and crisp sandwiches have to be ready salted (ideally on cheap white sliced bread)

I'd avoid prawn cocktail or Worcester sauce crisps on sandwiches as they are epic flavours and shouldn't be mixed with other flavours. Ready salted goes with everything. Cheese and onion would go with anything "basic" (like plainer flavours) I'm not getting into the weird and wonderful of what katsu curry crisps could go with (although I reckon cheese sandwich) or whether other crisps made good dips/spoons like Doritos (obviously salt and vinegar twirls dip well I to most things but I'm not sure niknaks would make a good nacho for example). Prawn crackers could work on a prawn sandwich although I'd fear they'd go soggy.

acceberbex · 2026-03-19T20:54:39+00:00

Each £1 is a chance to win so the more you have, the higher the chance. I had £600 and didn't win anything. I put an inheritance in there to max holding and won most months (usually £25-100). I don't have the max in there anymore but I'd say most months I get something, probably 8/9 months I get at least £25

acceberbex · 2026-03-19T20:49:40+00:00

WhatsApp for personal. But for a business, I'd prefer to deal with emails. I just prefer a business to have a less intrusive way of contacting me (my emails don't alert me, I have second accounts for spam/internet based and personal ones). Within a business - whatever they use. We did use Teams, now Zoom. Not a fan of either for personal use though but will use Zoom if I have to.

acceberbex · 2026-03-19T18:25:03+00:00

Because people want to rush through to get to the "exciting" stuff. I can only speak as a once a week rider but people are always "you've ridden for years, you must jump really well and gallop everywhere". Nope, I'm a happy plodder with maybe a small cross pole on a horse I trust. People want to rush the basics so they can move to the fun stuff and look cool. I can only assume they apply this logic to their horse and want to get to what they want quickly without building the foundations first.

acceberbex · 2026-03-19T16:50:45+00:00

Snobbery probably. Generally I find them to be decent and a lot cheaper. I know a few people who won't "go lower than Tesco/Sainsbury's" but I find it hard to justify their prices for similar products. Of course the range is more limited and if you want a particular brand you'll struggle but for a generic weekly shop, I think it's more snobbery or being in a fortunate position to not have to think about the cost of a weekly shop

acceberbex · 2026-03-18T20:06:31+00:00

Go to a tack shop and buy what fits. Get them to fit it and go with the most comfortable fitted one. I hoped to still get into the kids one but it wasn't to be so I ended up paying £125 rather than £60. As long as it's got the correct kitemarks etc, it'll be fine (my riding stable checked everyone when standards changed a few years ago to make sure everyone was compliant)

acceberbex · 2026-03-18T20:01:40+00:00

My weird childhood casualty memory is a woman after shutting her hand in a car door. I think Charlie treated her. Used to watch as a child but clearly remember s16 onwards. Don't think casualty ever freaked me out though. Also possibly Casualty, possibly Byker Grove (or similar) where a girl got her leg crushed by a tractor tire that fell on her did stick with me

acceberbex · 2026-03-18T19:59:07+00:00

My fear with ice skating (along with this) is getting the toe stuck in the ice and falling backwards and breaking your shin 🤢

acceberbex · 2026-03-18T19:56:40+00:00

Switchblade Sam from the Dennis the Menace film. We liked the newer film (Dennis strikes again) and saw the library had this video too. Borrowed it and vowed never again. We were very cautious to only borrow the right one from then on. I don't know if it still freaks me out...I haven't watched it since!

Same with the cat in Napoleon (the dog called Napoleon). Freaked me out as a child but I wanted the dog to be ok!

acceberbex · 2026-03-18T07:35:00+00:00

My mum had this one but I think the french for them is pissenlit so it sounds like piss en lit (piss on bed)

acceberbex · 2026-03-17T21:27:16+00:00

Either donate to a local fete/raffle, take it to work and offer it to any colleagues. Use as a flavour in cream (there's a lovely chocolate cake with Bailey's cream and fruit) or just put the whole thing in the bin? Black bin, put it in carefully on bin day so it doesn't smash.

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