Do you ride horses?

[shetland9]

I've rode since i was 6-7 got my first pony 2 years ago, she was an arab welsh cross, called Kelly, very naughty tried to buck everyone off except me. Then A few months later i was trying to teach her to mount from things smaller then fences, she shied i stepped back and twisted, breaking my leg. Mum decided she was dangerous and sold her but i was too big for her anyway. Anyone got tips on a game called horse soccer? Not the one with the small ball the one with the giant ball that the horses kick and nudge around. Started playing a year ago on a riding school horse, good confidence booster for rider and horse.

[starfighter123]

Yeah...I thought I broke something when I went snowboarding for the first time

Haha! lol

[Verdana]

Haha, all those stories a few pages back remind me of the time Eventual tried to kill me.

We have a horse at our yard called Eventual. He was a very famous race-horse in his time (won millions for his owners or something) but then he broke his leg, so he was given to my instructor. Now, he's not a very nice horse. I usually have something nice to say about most horses, but Eventual's the grumpiest gelding I've ever met.

A month or so ago, it was storming and we had to get horses in from the track. Our yard is on a copper belt, so we get a lot of lightning. Most of the horses were in. Eventual was one of the last ones out. So, I, in all my confidence, step up to this horse, halter behind my back, all smiley and relaxed, not looking into his eyes... He cottoned on fast, and mock-charged me. Instead of being dissuaded, like I should have, I gave him a moment to settle down and then tried again. He mock-charged again, that time gettinga lot closer. I took the hint, and turned away to go work with another horse. Only to hear thundering hooves. I whipped around, and there he was, charging straight for me. I had never been charged in my life, so I was absolutely terrified. I knew I couldn't run, but I was too scared to stay still, so I took a step forward to show him I wasn't backing off. Not the wisest move, I know, but I didn't know what to do. Why is it that yards give lectures on bits and tack and things like that, but there's never a seminar on 'what to do if a horse attacks you and actually means it'?

So, anyway, he aimed a kick at my head, missed, and then wandered off as if nothing had happened.

[simply,]

We have a horse a my barn who is terrified of thunder. And I mean TERRIFIED of it. The poor baby goes ballistic. He bucks and rears. Last show my friend had him. She was holding him in covered arena to wait out the heavy rain like the rest of us. Then the thunder came. Payton, the horse, had a flip attack he was bucking and rearing all while my friend tried to hold him steady. I was yelling at the intern (she is older, taller, and stronger then my friend) to grab him, but she just stod there watching it all go down as my friend struggled to hod Payton where he would not break away and bolt. I finnialy dismounted my horse and was about to make a move to grab Payton when the intern finnialy grab Payton and took him away from my friend. I was left in the ground, trying to find some one to give a leg onto a 17 hh TB where I could go down to the arena.

Fun times....

Fun times....


I was once in the pasture petting my friends horse when one of my instructor's horses came over and got in to fight. Me and my friend were pinned agianest the fence as they fought it out. Now that was very scary.....

[ubiquitous]

What you were saying about horses being afraid of thunder, now have I experienced that. XD
I saw at the summer camp at my barn, and I was in the advanced group. One day, these storm clouds just randomly roll in. Everyone runs out to get the horses, I stay beck in to put them in their stalls as soon as they get in. All the younger kids are in the viewing room, because thet're scared too. Then they bring in Rascal, a tiny, tiny littlr gelding, and everytime he hears more than a person talking, he whinnies his little head off! I finally decided to stay near him and just pet him to calm him down. So again, they're bringing everyone in, and the rain is pelting them, and everyone's soaked. Then, just about every horse is in, except for the school boys, who are used to staying outside, and in a split second, the rain stops completely. It was pretty funny to see everyone's faces like "ReallY? REALLY?!?" We all laughed about it later though.

[klyheba]

My horse starts running in circles when he heres thunder. Also, he stays inside at night so he think he's trapped but really he's safe!

[Emma Saige]

I have never seen Pro in thunder...I don't think he would do much XD. But, a few weeks ago, they put hay in the feild, and he was not letting me catch him. I stood there for 5 mins playing tag with him...Untill I picked up a handfull of hay. He trotted to me. Like "SPECIAL HAY FROM THE HAND!"

[two.stride]

8DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
FAWN JUST GOT A HORSE
His name is Scotty, he's a little 14 hh or so American sport pony. He's a darkish chestnut with a blaze and a sock on his off hind foot. His mane is bushy and Fawn loves his forelock, it parts in the middle and is adorable. Scotty has these huge, sweet eyes and he's one of those horses that lets you run up to him and just hug his face. Fawn's doing a half ownership with our instructor, and they're leasing back to the barn we ride at, so it's a lot cheaper to keep him. But Scotty's still her boy, and Friday was the best day (so far) of our lives :3 I'll get a picture up of him as soon as I can.

[simply,]

We have a horse that runs away when you go to catch him at my barn, his name Monty. My friend went to go catch him and she ended up chasing after a galloping horse around the twenty acere pasture. It was pretty funny.....

[two.stride]

Dur yeah all the evilpony stories remind me of Cindee and Veronika. I call them the Malicious Mares.
Story time: so when Fawn first started riding Duckie, they were trying to find a good pasture group for her and stuck her in one with two other mares. Bad idea. We went to go get her and first off, we had no idea which halter was hers, so we grabbed a random one (which turned out to be Cindee's anyway) and went into the pasture. Duckie was fine, she came when we clucked for her, but so did Cindee and Veronika. We got the halter on and Fawn went to open the gate when the Malicious Mares decided that they wanted dinner before Duck. And so they charged. It kinda went like this- Cindee ran into Veronika, Veronika ran into Duckie, and poor confused Duckie was pushed into me, who was crushed between some angry mares and a metal gate. It was painful and I have a scar on my chest from it, plus two mares who still hate Fawn and I.