# Horse people-how well does roy moore ride? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-people-how-well-does-roy-moore-ride/804404 "2017-12-13T16:19:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-people-how-well-does-roy-moore-ride/804404/101 "2017-12-18T19:07:06Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened, underline added) > > The horses at the horse show are not this particular horse. Different horses act differently, in different situations. > > “The crowds”? Are you referring to the “the crowds” at the horse show, or to “the crowds” of photographers, and reporters, outside the voting location waiting for the Moores? > > **The photographers were clicking their cameras, and reporters were shouting questions. That’s what they do. Some individuals/people/horses find that to be annoying, and distressful**. Which he knew would happen. The asshole could have driven a car instead of playing cowboy. Besides, the optics of him riding an underage female horse are terrible. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-people-how-well-does-roy-moore-ride/804404/102 "2017-12-18T19:27:01Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I was worried that this thread might be a gang-up, perhaps unjustly maligning his riding, because Moore is a horrible person. Is he really that bad, I wondered. Want to see a liberal praise a conservative horseman? Watch: Ronald Reagan really did know how to ride a horse properly. A skill no doubt acquired as part of his acting career at a time when Westerns were big. Clint Eastwood is not as skilled as Shatner, but is certainly better than Roy Moore and does what I’d consider an acceptable job, he at least has a good seat even if he is “noisy” on the reins. John Wayne, of course, could ride a horse. Yes, those guys are all actors but they are also all Republicans and conservative. I say Roy Moore sucks at horse riding because he sucks at horse-riding, his political views and/or other conduct is not part of my evaluation of his equestrian skills. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-people-how-well-does-roy-moore-ride/804404/103 "2017-12-18T20:08:37Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Which he knew would happen. The asshole could have driven a car instead of playing cowboy. > Besides, the optics of him riding an underage female horse are terrible. Unless he didn’t know that would happen. The guy has been riding horses to the polling place for years (decades?). It’s supposed to be a (family?) tradition. The asshole photographers and reporters would have known that, and planned to ambushed the riders at that location. Click, click, click, click, click, click, click, HEY, click, click, LOOK OVER HERE, click, click, click… You don’t like Moore. I don’t care about Moore, or his political career. OTOH, the horse looked to be in distress. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-people-how-well-does-roy-moore-ride/804404/104 "2017-12-18T20:26:43Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Unless he didn’t know that would happen. The guy has been riding horses to the polling place for years (decades?). It’s supposed to be a (family?) tradition. The asshole photographers and reporters would have known that, and planned to ambushed the riders at that location. Click, click, click, click, click, click, click, HEY, click, click, LOOK OVER HERE, click, click, click… > > You don’t like Moore. I don’t care about Moore, or his political career. OTOH, the horse looked to be in distress. So he only rides a horse every two or four years? How can it be an ambush when everyone on both sides knew that the press and Moore would be there? He should have had the sense to ride a proven horse. Or drive a car. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-people-how-well-does-roy-moore-ride/804404/105 "2017-12-18T20:55:59Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He should have had the sense to ride a proven horse. The problem wasn’t the horse, it was the ape occupying the saddle that was the problem. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-people-how-well-does-roy-moore-ride/804404/106 "2017-12-19T00:34:49Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > OTOH, the horse looked to be in distress. And with a proper rider on her back, she’d handle it far better. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-people-how-well-does-roy-moore-ride/804404/107 "2017-12-19T01:04:08Z")
I don’t know jackshit about horses, but he’s flopping all over the placelike a ragdoll – the guy looks more like he’s riding a mechanical bull. Also, maybe it’s just me, but he looks awfully heavy for that poor horse, or like it has a bit of a swayback? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-people-how-well-does-roy-moore-ride/804404/108 "2017-12-19T01:11:38Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I don’t know jackshit about horses, but he’s flopping all over the placelike a ragdoll – the guy looks more like he’s riding a mechanical bull. > > Also, maybe it’s just me, but he looks awfully heavy for that poor horse, or like it has a bit of a swayback? [Moore on his poor, abused filly](https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/alabama-republican-us-senate-candidate-roy-moore-on-sassy-and-wife-picture-id854168156). Notice how far below the horse’s body his heels are. Notice his general proportions compared to his poor, abused filly. Compare to [this picture.](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.high50.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F12%2FFirst-horse-riding-lesson-at-50-620-Photo-from-Stocksy.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.high50.com%2Fsports%2Fmy-first-horse-riding-lesson-at-the-age-of-50&docid=FgXEbRTFrVZq-M&tbnid=JEib3NsJOlBfzM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwim76mX8ZTYAhUV_mMKHRblAmYQMwjgASgWMBY..i&w=620&h=349&client=firefox-b-1&bih=758&biw=1509&q=rider%20and%20horse&ved=0ahUKEwim76mX8ZTYAhUV_mMKHRblAmYQMwjgASgWMBY&iact=mrc&uact=8#h=349&imgdii=OgAMdaJJdaDgnM:&vet=10ahUKEwim76mX8ZTYAhUV_mMKHRblAmYQMwjgASgWMBY..i&w=620) Or [this one.](http://d15f8mdl96zbsp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/riders-legs-on-horse.gif) [This.](http://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0004/448087/39-685w.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-people-how-well-does-roy-moore-ride/804404/109 "2017-12-19T02:06:50Z")
Compare it to Ronald Reagan and Queen Elizabeth, out riding together one morning. [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/President\_Reagan\_and\_Queen\_Elizabeth\_II\_1982.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/President_Reagan_and_Queen_Elizabeth_II_1982.jpg) They clearly both know what they’re about. Everyone including the horses are relaxed and comfortable. The queen is in her 90’s but still goes riding regularly. This is her, out last Spring, with her head groom - > **[New Photo Shows Queen Elizabeth Horseback Riding Like a Boss at 90](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/news/a9878/queen-elizabeth-riding-horses-90/)** > > Proving once again that age is just a number to the longest-reigning British monarch in history. She still has a good posture and steady hands. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-people-how-well-does-roy-moore-ride/804404/110 "2017-12-19T02:44:35Z")
That was an absolutely pathetic performance. Moore looks to be a pretty bad rider, too. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-people-how-well-does-roy-moore-ride/804404/111 "2017-12-19T03:47:16Z")
I was never a Reagan fan, but the man knew horses. The guy owned a ranch and trained his own rides. He’d be horrified at how that poor horse is being treated. ---
**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-people-how-well-does-roy-moore-ride/804404/112 "2017-12-26T11:05:58Z")
\*a manly stud like Moore \*I did read one theory. Moore, for reasons known only to him, wanted to present an image of being a manly man bravely controlling an unruly horse in front of a bunch of city slickers who would be impressed by his derring-do. Not really thinking it through and he lost the equestrian vote. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-people-how-well-does-roy-moore-ride/804404.md?page=5)