Horse Riders

[bainbrig]

Horse riders (if we've got any on Answerbank...)

What are the terms for pulling up a horse? I mean when you're riding, and stop, is there a term like 'reining in' or similar?

Ta.

BB

[dannyk13]

Whoa!

[dannyk13]

www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/whoa
Whoa definition: Whoa is a command that you give to a horse to slow down or stop.

[bainbrig]

Neigh lad, wot I want is how you'd describe what you did to the police (or similar), so "I whoa-ed the horse" wouldn't really cut it.

[dannyk13]

Could you translate that.It does not make sense with your heading.

[kvalidir]

Pulling up is quite a usual term. In context if I was teaching a kid to ride I'd say something like
'Take him round the barrel on your left hand rein, come back to me and then pull him up.'

[douglas9401]

'Stopped'.

[AuntLydia]

Depends on what style of riding and what you are doing at the time

Racing = Pulling up
Dressage= coming down to halt
General riding =stopping, halting

Reining in usually means going from a faster pace to a slower pace but not coming to a halt

[AuntLydia]

kval Depends if you are riding Western or English, I would say trot to A canter a 20 metre circle come down to trot at E and down to halt at C

I like barrel racing though.....

[AuntLydia]

// Neigh lad, wot I want is how you'd describe what you did to the police (or similar), so "I whoa-ed the horse" wouldn't really cut it."

so I stopped. So I pulled up sharp So I halted the horse.

[bainbrig]

Alright, specifically West Country English usage.

"Reining nigh me" - does it mean coming to a halt near me, or slowing to a walking pace near me?

[gulliver1]

Came to a halt.

[bhg481]

To me "stopped" implies success. Is BB looking for an expression which implies he called the horse to stop but it ignored him?

[douglas9401]

Jesus, it's like drawing teeth!

[AuntLydia]

You were the swan-necked one who rode
Along the beetling Beeny Crest,
And, reining nigh me,
Would muse and eye me,
While Life unrolled us its very best.

Means 'slowing down beside me. '

Why did you not just say it was from a Thomas Hardy poem?

[kvalidir]

You could say

'So I pulled him up'
'So I came to a halt'
'So I stopped him'

Any would be okay and probably a few more things besides if it's someone talking colloquially. x

[kvalidir]

Ooohhhhhhhh... x

[bainbrig]

Lydia invents a new rule, i.e. that you have to spell things out (for her, probably)..."Why did you not just say it was from a Thomas Hardy poem?"

Because I wanted to discuss 'reining nigh me' as a phrase, not T.Hardy's works...

BB

[AuntLydia]

Bainbridge
// Neigh lad, wot I want is how you'd describe what you did to the police (or similar), so "I whoa-ed the horse" wouldn't really cut it.//

Question AuthorLydia invents a new rule, i.e. that you have to spell things out (for her, probably)..."Why did you not just say it was from a Thomas Hardy poem?"

//Because I wanted to discuss 'reining nigh me' as a phrase,//

Then you should have said that and not implied it was for a witness statement!

And stop being so blinking rude and personal when someone is trying to help you.

[bainbrig]

You are not trying to help me, Lydia, in fact if you are, then don't bother.

[AuntLydia]

bainbrig you are showing yourself up. I've tried to help you and have been polite and informative which is more than you have done.

I will reply any time I like, to whoever I like, this is an open Q&A site.