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Originally Posted by Patty1065
Yes Jomar, horses can be quirky! What kind of horse do you have? Do you still ride? We have come to the conclusion that the reason the horse that I fell from spooked that night is because I was riding him a little later in the day than normal (7:00 pm), and since he is almost blind in the left eye (he's around 27 years old), the shadows looked different at that time of day when I leaned down to tighten the girth. So he flew backwards and fell down. Normally, this guy is the calmest, quiet lesson horse you could find. Who would have thought!  |
I have a Pinto breeding stock mare, Sire was a paint & dam a pinto but she is a solid coffee color w/slight roaning.
I haven't gotten back on her much at all since she bucked me off in 96.
Since then I had gone back to work and didn't have time between kids/family & 10 hr wk days.
Since off work (chronic RSI injury), I just didn't care to risk getting bucked off again.
She is flighty, unpredictable and smart, a bad combo.
She seems to be mellowing out now that she is getting older LOL.
My first horse was a perfect Palomino gelding
, he spoiled me by being so good and easy to teach things to.
Of course when we are young we are usually fearless too.
My palomino did spook/bolt early from a tractor pulling a plow, and ran into a electric fence and then started bucking, that was when I got dumped on my head and got a concussion. Luckily it was minor.