Share your thrilling horse moments!!

BornToRide · 08-27-2008, 10:11 PM

I was at the arena practicing on Gus last Friday. I had trotted him and loped him and got him all warmed up and stretched out. I took him around the barrels at a walk and a trot a few times and decided the time was right to go ahead and give him a final run for the night. So we go through the gate, hauling butt (all on his own accord, he likes speed

). I slow him down a bit, after all, I only want to breeze him through. I pick him up for first barrel, we come in tight but it all worked ok and the barrel was still standing.

Now, the key to running Gus is to give him his head completely and not be hanging onto his face with the bit. So, I point him in his pocket around second. This is always the barrel I want to get in his mouth with, so I am extra careful to have my reins super loose...

MISTAKE!!! He turned, and the reins flipped over his ears and under his head!!! I was still holding them, and debating to do a one rein stop or not...I weighed my options...If I did the one rein stop, I would run the risk of flipping him, since we were at a run and I would have pulled his head into his chest..or I could let him finish the pattern, as I knew he would stop at the gate..

So I let him finish!! We turned the most beautiful third barrel in the world (cause there was no rider on top to be messing with him lol) and as he came out I managed to get my reins back over his head..

It was a great run, over all, lol.

Sooo, with all that being said, what are some of your scariest (but most thrilling) horse moments???

Vadnais_Comet · 08-29-2008, 07:42 PM

Wow that's Awesome. I bet your heart was beating a bit.

I have to say my most scariest horse moment was when i was cantering my mare in a large field with no fences and lots and lots of space. one of the rein's to her bridal some how just broke off. Which left me with basically nothing to stop her with. I camly told her to WHOA, her ears flicked a bit and I think she also felt me tense up, cause she slowed down then just stopped. She's an OTTB that likes to GO Go Go so i was proud of her.

That was scary but yet thrilling at the same time, i could not help but laugh cause it was dangerous if she had decided not to stop she could have taken me miles and miles. but she did stop. God bless her, she's to kind to her momma.

Jennifer V.

ahlihaff · 08-31-2008, 02:59 PM

Sounds like you made the right choice. Cool.

My most dangerous horse moments were actually not scary at the time, because they happened so fast; however, in retrospect, they were scary and messed up my confidence for a long time. Still trying to get it back after the most recent one.

As I was mounting (one foot in the stirrup, the other in the air going over the horse) my first horse, a five-year-old Paint gelding, he went into a crazed bucking/bolting frenzy and I flew to the gravel driveway.

The last one was in May when I took five-year-old Ahliver for a ride without another horse. Because he is a thinking introvert, holding his feelings inside, and I not experienced enough to realize, I pushed him past his threshold of tolerance. He spun (unseating me) and bolted at warp speed back to the barn. After hanging off his side for a hundred feet, I dropped to the ground.

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08-27-2008, 10:11 PM
BornToRide Long Yearling Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 1,459	Share your thrilling horse moments!! I was at the arena practicing on Gus last Friday. I had trotted him and loped him and got him all warmed up and stretched out. I took him around the barrels at a walk and a trot a few times and decided the time was right to go ahead and give him a final run for the night. So we go through the gate, hauling butt (all on his own accord, he likes speed ). I slow him down a bit, after all, I only want to breeze him through. I pick him up for first barrel, we come in tight but it all worked ok and the barrel was still standing. Now, the key to running Gus is to give him his head completely and not be hanging onto his face with the bit. So, I point him in his pocket around second. This is always the barrel I want to get in his mouth with, so I am extra careful to have my reins super loose... MISTAKE!!! He turned, and the reins flipped over his ears and under his head!!! I was still holding them, and debating to do a one rein stop or not...I weighed my options...If I did the one rein stop, I would run the risk of flipping him, since we were at a run and I would have pulled his head into his chest..or I could let him finish the pattern, as I knew he would stop at the gate.. So I let him finish!! We turned the most beautiful third barrel in the world (cause there was no rider on top to be messing with him lol) and as he came out I managed to get my reins back over his head.. It was a great run, over all, lol. Sooo, with all that being said, what are some of your scariest (but most thrilling) horse moments??? __________________ There's something about the outside of a horse that's good for the inside of a man.-Winston Churchill

08-29-2008, 07:42 PM
Vadnais_Comet Halter broke Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 121	Wow that's Awesome. I bet your heart was beating a bit. I have to say my most scariest horse moment was when i was cantering my mare in a large field with no fences and lots and lots of space. one of the rein's to her bridal some how just broke off. Which left me with basically nothing to stop her with. I camly told her to WHOA, her ears flicked a bit and I think she also felt me tense up, cause she slowed down then just stopped. She's an OTTB that likes to GO Go Go so i was proud of her. That was scary but yet thrilling at the same time, i could not help but laugh cause it was dangerous if she had decided not to stop she could have taken me miles and miles. but she did stop. God bless her, she's to kind to her momma. Jennifer V. __________________ R.I.P- Asinaway, 11-23-08. "You will forever be in my heart. I love you my Princess, My angel."

08-31-2008, 02:59 PM
ahlihaff Greenbroke Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Western MA Posts: 3,635	Sounds like you made the right choice. Cool. My most dangerous horse moments were actually not scary at the time, because they happened so fast; however, in retrospect, they were scary and messed up my confidence for a long time. Still trying to get it back after the most recent one. As I was mounting (one foot in the stirrup, the other in the air going over the horse) my first horse, a five-year-old Paint gelding, he went into a crazed bucking/bolting frenzy and I flew to the gravel driveway. The last one was in May when I took five-year-old Ahliver for a ride without another horse. Because he is a thinking introvert, holding his feelings inside, and I not experienced enough to realize, I pushed him past his threshold of tolerance. He spun (unseating me) and bolted at warp speed back to the barn. After hanging off his side for a hundred feet, I dropped to the ground.