this exercise boy was trying out his new helmet camera. Both horses and riders are okay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HGktxwgfVI
this exercise boy was trying out his new helmet camera. Both horses and riders are okay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HGktxwgfVI
Ack! That's terrifying!
As a very defensive rider, I would've been easing or giving that horse a very wide berth the moment it popped up, but I'm paranoid about everything. Glad everyone is okay, that can end so, so badly.
And listening to some big out a' town jasper, hearing him tell about horse-race gamblin'.
Not a wholesome trottin' race, no, but a race where they sit down right on a horse!
Like to see some stuck-up jockey boy sittin' on Dan Patch?
Make your blood boil? Well, I should say!
yikes!! Seemed like there was plenty of room to go around unless there was somebody coming up behind him on the inside. Hard to make those split second decisions sometimes though, gosh horses try to kill themselves alot don't they lol. Glad everybody is ok!
Yikes! Yea, I would have too! I've been in many a warm up pen at horse shows....and steered clear of wrecks. I see horse's going sideways....I go the other way...LOL. Glad horses and jocks are OK!Originally Posted by Insane Crazy
Jennifer
My kingdom for a horse.
Talk about terrifying...
I had 2 horses start fighting next to me while in a warm up ring at one show. My filly was a great big 14.3 on her tip toes, the two fighters were both huge German warm bloods. Putting a ten year old kid on something 16.3 or 17 hands is idiotic. I got my filly out of the way, both the kids fell off practically underneath flailing hooves. Luckily, the kids rolled out of the way. It took about 5 people to grab those behemoths and haul them apart. Who knows what set them off.
Man that was ugly. Glad everybody's alright.
I've ridden many a 17 hander who didn't give a crap and was gentle as a lamb. No problem putting a kid up on one who is bombproof...but these guys don't sound it. 10 year olds don't need to even touch anything that can get hot or aggressive! Glad everything turned out okay.
And listening to some big out a' town jasper, hearing him tell about horse-race gamblin'.
Not a wholesome trottin' race, no, but a race where they sit down right on a horse!
Like to see some stuck-up jockey boy sittin' on Dan Patch?
Make your blood boil? Well, I should say!
^ totally agree! Match the horse to the rider capabilities is what I always say. But I've seen far too many kids/adults OUTHORSED and the result of it.
Jennifer
My kingdom for a horse.
Big horses can be great. These monsters were about to go in a novice hunter class. The kids weren't even strong enough to get them turned. The trainer should have been on them, not some novice kid. You really do have to match the rider to the horse.
I can handle almost anything on the ground, but I'm not that great as a rider. And I'm well aware of that. I've seen too many wrecks not to know what can happen. Even the horse that actually taught me to ride, (a 17 hand Walker that was just about bomb proof) was known to spot a low flying tree limb.
Sounds like he was just a pony at heart, eh?
And listening to some big out a' town jasper, hearing him tell about horse-race gamblin'.
Not a wholesome trottin' race, no, but a race where they sit down right on a horse!
Like to see some stuck-up jockey boy sittin' on Dan Patch?
Make your blood boil? Well, I should say!
LOLOL....it seems the taller horses FORGET how tall they are and think they are smaller. then you have my QH gelding who is barely 15 hands but think he's about 17 hands, with some attitude at times and cockiness. He has the "short horse" syndrome, as we call it.Sounds like he was just a pony at heart, eh?
Jennifer
My kingdom for a horse.
Well, he didn't run off with his tail in the air. I think he stood there looking at me while laughing his head off. That's what I got for wandering around daydreaming while on something as tall as a giraffe.
What doesn't make sense to me is that it appears as if the rider behind is following directly in the path of the two in front of him not to the inside or the outside.
He also appears to be traveling faster than they are. The horse on the outside starts giving his rider a fit.....who is riding with very long stirrups so the horse is either young or green, and wearing blinkers as another tip off that the horse has issues being spooky.
Defensive driver/rider alert
The guy with the helmet cam can see things start to unravel in front of him, yet he continues on and yells at the rider in trouble to get out of the way, then just plows right into him.
I understand about having the right of way, but damn...obviously the dude in front wasn't planning on his horse turning sideways in the middle of the track. I'm sure if he could have he'd have gotten out of the way.
I'd have just gone around myself.
^ yea, you've got a squirrly horse in front of you, going all kinds of up and sideways....you see it happening, yet don't go on the defense a little to prevent barreling into that horse. Granted the guy with the helmet cam was going pretty good, but being aware of what is ahead is also important, and being prepared to take some action if necessary.
Jennifer
My kingdom for a horse.
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