I have no idea. I don't know if it makes them feel cool or quirky or pretty or unique or whatever, but in my experience, my fit friends have always had a normal level of interest (considering it was my activity and not theirs), but the fatasses who knew I had horses would just be begging incessantly to ride them. Never mind I buy my horses off the track and retrain them for my sport and exactly to my liking. A fatass who can't ride in the first place, and would probably hurt, ruin, and sour my horses within 10 minutes just has to ride because it's always been her dream!!!!! -eyeroll into another universe- I don't even let them at my house because I know they'd be in the back squealing and running around and terrifying the poor beasts.