WEBVTT - DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: What Is Hobby Horsing?

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<v Speaker 1>Hi Heart podcasts, hear more Kiss podcast playlist, and listen

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<v Speaker 1>live on the free iHeart app. I want to talk

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<v Speaker 1>to you about a new sport that I have discovered online.

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<v Speaker 2>And we're calling this segment down the rabbit Hole. It's

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<v Speaker 2>where you like, find something super niche online and you

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<v Speaker 2>just end up down the rabbit hole. You need to

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<v Speaker 2>know everything about it. I have done that.

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<v Speaker 1>Then the algorithm spits it out and you just can't stop.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like you see one once you thought it was

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit interesting, and then all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 1>it's eleven o'clock at night.

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<v Speaker 3>You've been there for forty five minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I feel terrible because it makes me laugh a

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<v Speaker 2>ludicrous amount, Like I shouldn't be laughing this much.

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<v Speaker 3>It's actually quite impressive. Have you heard of hobby horsing? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>you don't.

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<v Speaker 1>Even have to ask you, because you know I've been

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<v Speaker 1>down that rabbit hole with you.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you guys are in the car listening now,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't know what hobby horsing is. It's a sport

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<v Speaker 1>that generally speaking, adults aren't doing like it seems to

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<v Speaker 1>be teenagers and younger. And it is horse jumping and

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<v Speaker 1>horse parading in horse.

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<v Speaker 3>Show without the horse, but there's no horse.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's in fact like think of when you're a

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<v Speaker 2>kid and you get those broomstick horses, like where there's

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<v Speaker 2>a broomstick there's got the horse head on it and

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<v Speaker 2>had a rein and you would walk it around. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>what they're doing is they're getting their horse and it's

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<v Speaker 2>a competition where there's proper horse jumping. You have to

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<v Speaker 2>parade it around, jump through all the what I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what they call, but you know where horse jumping

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<v Speaker 2>has the two poles and the different heights. It's got

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<v Speaker 2>to take the jim Knna.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never hors ridden, so I don't know, but I

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<v Speaker 1>think that the jumps are just called jumps, but I

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<v Speaker 1>might be wrong. I'm also not a harsey person, so

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. So you sort of need to see

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<v Speaker 1>this to believe it. But it's taken like a weird turn. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even know how to say it, and I

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<v Speaker 1>feel guilty. It's not just show jumping. They start to

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<v Speaker 1>treat their horse like it's a real horse. They have

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<v Speaker 1>like places for it to live, They have saddles that

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<v Speaker 1>they clean, and they like brush its hair, and they

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<v Speaker 1>take it to the beach and they film themselves, like

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<v Speaker 1>letting it run free on the beach.

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<v Speaker 3>They like film the moment they take it off. I

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<v Speaker 3>don't get it. I just don't get it. I want

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<v Speaker 3>to also, I want to.

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<v Speaker 1>I've also seen a lot of this, and what I've

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<v Speaker 1>taken from this is that the people who take hobby

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<v Speaker 1>horsing very seriously on social media and I'm almost scared

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about it for fear of falling into their wrath,

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<v Speaker 1>are people who also really want a horse. So they

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<v Speaker 1>really desperately want a horse. Horses are expensive, they're high maintenance,

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<v Speaker 1>like you've got to have all of the stuff right

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<v Speaker 1>to have a horse. A lot of people can't do it,

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<v Speaker 1>and so it's like the next best option. So these

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<v Speaker 1>people who are doing the competitions, like they're young girls

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<v Speaker 1>or young boys and they're running around jumping over the

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<v Speaker 1>jumps themselves with their stick horse.

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<v Speaker 2>And the same as it's like exactly the same as dressage.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want to watch dressage at the Olympics, you'd

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<v Speaker 2>think you're watching up but there's no horse. But there

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<v Speaker 2>is an aspect where I'm like, you guys are actually

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<v Speaker 2>really incredible athletes, Like they run as fast as they

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<v Speaker 2>can on their horse. They jump as high as they can.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like they're doing high jump. What is the highest jumps.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got their grace on record for hobby horsing.

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<v Speaker 3>The highest ordered hobby horse jump. Yeah, one point four

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<v Speaker 3>one meters.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a big jump on two feet to run with

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<v Speaker 1>a stick between your legs and jump one point four meters, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>if you google it, it is impressive, But it's just

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<v Speaker 1>hard to look past the fake horse for me. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm impressed by them, and I love their dedication. They

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<v Speaker 1>train in their backyards, they have proper like dressage training,

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<v Speaker 1>and I.

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<v Speaker 3>Think you're wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>You said it's only for teenagers and young girls.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's one for you. I'm Emma.

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<v Speaker 4>I begun hobby horsing when I was thirteen. I'm now

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<v Speaker 4>forty seven. But friendships are strong. Just always surrounded by women. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 4>this is my main horse, my really, as I say

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<v Speaker 4>in America, my ride I die. This is grandmother. My

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<v Speaker 4>name chapter my grandmother. It is a real competitive sport,

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<v Speaker 4>like any other sport. They are bawling rollerblating football. Some

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<v Speaker 4>people try to understand. I try to explain to the Americans.

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<v Speaker 4>I am Zemichael Jordan of Finland. As far as competitive

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<v Speaker 4>hobby horsing, Michael Jordan.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna put that video up on the pick up

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<v Speaker 1>because you do need to see it.

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<v Speaker 3>You need to see it to understand. I feel like

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<v Speaker 3>we're not making fun of me. I don't know when not.

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<v Speaker 3>It is a sport, it's people's lives. I love it.

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<v Speaker 3>I encourage it.

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<v Speaker 1>There are outdoors, they're athletic.

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<v Speaker 3>I love it for them. I don't understand it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's impressive, it's competitive, and I'm not going to take

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<v Speaker 1>anything away from that.

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<v Speaker 3>However, I do have a question.

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<v Speaker 1>At what point did it turn from just a group

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<v Speaker 1>of people who really wanted a horse, couldn't have one,

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<v Speaker 1>so then they got a bit fixated with their stick horse.

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<v Speaker 3>Why is that turned into a sport?

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<v Speaker 1>Why aren't there people walking their toy dogs on a

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<v Speaker 1>leash walking down the street.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the way anything turns into a sport. Like I

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<v Speaker 2>understand that. Literally, Like what's that sport where it's in

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<v Speaker 2>the Olympics and you have to run and scrub the

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<v Speaker 2>ice so that the puck curl and curling?

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<v Speaker 1>Like we're sorry, who thought that that was a good idea, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just the way we have a pastime do things

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<v Speaker 1>popularity it becomes a sport. Do you think people get

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<v Speaker 1>into these niche sports because they find a way to

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<v Speaker 1>be really good at it because there's only like three

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<v Speaker 1>people in the country that play it. What's the niche

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<v Speaker 1>of sport you ever tried? I'm got a niche sports

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<v Speaker 1>person water polo.

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't me.

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<v Speaker 2>I tried to do some random, most random stuff. I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to be a fencer, so I started fencing. Then

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to do clay shooting.

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<v Speaker 1>But we were allowed to have guns, Like that was

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<v Speaker 1>the whole thing I wanted to do, Like all the

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<v Speaker 1>random left field sports.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you know what I'm getting from this? Produce grass?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm getting from this that like because Brits made it

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<v Speaker 1>very clear she doesn't want to tease the hobby horses.

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<v Speaker 3>She spent a lot of time on this. What would

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<v Speaker 3>you do if I bought you one? I reckon watch

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<v Speaker 3>this space ten years.

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<v Speaker 1>Hobby horsing will be at the Olympics twenty years maybe Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>all right,