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Jockey is only used to describe 100 pound, 5' tall men, that wear tights and beat their horse in the ass with a stick. So what about the hobbyists?
People who run are runners. People who rock climb are climbers. Do they call each other riders or is there another term or slang for it?
Thanks and I don't doubt it. I bet what they do is exhausting.
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First of all, Smarty Pants, not all jockeys are male, not any more. There are females who have been very successful in recent years and decades, including Chantal Sutherland ( who's now retired), Julie Krone, Rosie Napravnik, and several more. Many trainers prefer to employ women as grooms and exercise riders too, because they believe that women can relate to horses better than men. As for what riders call each other, that varies. "Riders" is the most common term I've heard, with an additional name that designates which sport or discipline the person is involved in. There are dressage riders, event riders, show jumping riders or show jumpers, hunter riders, equitation riders, saddle seat riders, stock seat or Western riders, and so forth. People who play polo are called polo players. People who barrel race are called barrel racers. If someone does cutting or reining, he or she is called a cutter or a reiner, depending on the sport.
Horse sports are gender neutral. Men and women compete equally with and against one another, especially in international events like the Olympic Games and the WEG. These are also the only sports in which co-ed teams are common. It's not unsual at all to see married couples competing together, or teams made up of brothers, sisters, or father and son combinations. There's even one sport, endurance riding, where there was a famous mother/daughter combination that represented the US some years ago- Valerie and Danielle Kanavy. The rules are the same for both genders in all horse sports. After all, the horses don't care what a rider's gender is, nor do they care what their riders look like or what their riders' political affliliation may be. Horses also have no concept or notion of the terms "gay" and "straight" the way humans do. It's this gender blind, race blind, color blind, and species blind attitude that makes horse sports unique.
One other note: The crop that jockeys use is very soft, and is more a noisemaker than an instrument of punishment. It doesn't hurt the horse, and there are strict rules against overuse of the whip on every track. Jockeys who break or violate such rules can face fines and loss of their license to ride, which means they can't make a living. The racing stewards are always watching what jockeys do, and they are on the lookout for poor behavior all the time. And the jockeys don't wear tights, they wear breeches, as do riders in all other English style sports. A lot of jockeys are taller than five feet, too, especially those who ride steeplechase horses. Peope who participate in harness sports are called drivers. If the sport is competitive driving, the driver may have a navigator and a brakeman along too.
What are your marriage and love experiences?
Brianna
I want to get an insight on what people experience in real life love and marriages. Men or women, I don't care, but what was your proposal like, your wedding, your first child, and if you stayed together so long, the 'growing old together' thing? What's it like?
Answer My husband and I just got married this year in august. We had a daughter last december and she's the joy of our lives. Usually I take care of her, unless i ask for help,but as she gets older, it gets easier for him. He doesn't do well in the baby department. I'm sure the next child will be a lot easier for him. I do like taking care of her though myself. I don't want to miss any moments and want to remember her as a sweet innocent baby BEFORE she hits her teenage years.. Kids grow old fast and I know. I never got to have a childhood so I want to make sure she has the best one I can give her. My husband proposed to me june of 2011. I was completely shocked. The whole time I was thinking when or if he was going to propose, but he still shocked me. We went to a local restaurant for his grandfather's birthday and his whole side of the family came. That wasn't unusual because they always were close and the whole family always came to everything. When they brought out his grandfather's birthday cake, they brought out another cake..I had already read the birthday cake so I was curious who else had a birthday today. I was trying to read it, but had to read it like 3 times before I actually understood what it said..I thought it said william mary me? and that didnt make sense so i read it a couple more times and finally understood that it said will you marry me? i didnt even give him time to say a speech or even ASK me before i hugged him and said yes yes yes!!!! then he gave a shorter speech than he planned for and then put the ring on my finger. Everyone in the restaurant knew, including all the staff. It was a great time! our wedding was even better. We had the ceremony in the town gazebo . Of course, nothing went as planned though. The
music didn't work, the speaker was broken, my husband (fiancee at the time) forgot the runner, and the stroller for the flowergirl was missing. The bridesmaids and groomsmen followed each other too closely to get good shots, but overall the ceremony turned out well. We had a great time and got some other good shots afterwards. We both gave our mothers a special rose in respect to how they raised up to become the people we are today. My husband's grandmother read a poem as well as a close family member of mine. ( brother in law). The reception was 5 minutes down the road at a local country club. It was a smaller one so we could afford it. Two hearts, One love was our theme. So we had silver, white and purple as our colors.I had 1 maid of honor, and 3 bridesmaids. He had 1 best man and 3 groomsman. The music was great and food was delicious. My husband's aunt prepared the whole wedding. She shopped for all the wedding materials, prepared the hall and ceremony gazebo, and cooked and prepared all the food. She also took all the wedding pictures!! She was our wonderwoman, that's for sure.
Our daughter, Natalie Rose was born last year in December. She is turning a year old this year and she grows soo fast. She has 4 almost 5 teeth growing in and she's walking now too! Next will be potty training. They grow soo fast and it's not funny! I can't wait for the many years to watch her grow. We are planning on having 2 children at least. If the next one is a girl , we are going to try for a boy for a third child. If the 3rd one is still a girl, before we have another one that will depend on our income situation at that moment in time. We've been together since the summer before our senior year. We are 21 now so we have been together for 3 1/2 yrs now. We can't wait to grow old together. We would've went to college but we didn't want to give up on each other. We were so happy with each other, we knew college would ruin it. He didn't go to college but got numerous certificates. I went to an online college while I was pregnant and got a certificate for Child Daycare Management. Though, I decided that's not really what I want to do. I'm not sure what career I reallly want to do, but my husband likes to help people. He's pretty certain he is going to stay in the medical field.
But i have to say, not many people can do this. Yes we are young but we handle things in our relationship unlike most other couples. We do everything 50-50. You sometimes have to give in even if your right, but is it worth losing your spouse over? we don't treat each other with disrespect and we are considerate of how the other one feels. Our important decisions are made together and there is always time for everything and nothing is ever too late.
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