A very lucky horse

[Merrymoles]

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co...CVHTw0eY2IOIUgsi6sDNnqge-rvnwCU-O7buuyo5a0mK8

This came up on the West Yorkshire Horsewatch page this morning. I cannot imagine how stressful it must have been for the owner but very pleased the outcome seems good. We had a large branch from an oak come down in our horses' field last autumn. Fortunately they were nowhere near it but that was stressful enough!

 

[On the Hoof]

Jeez that was a very lucky horse, I can't imagine what poor owner must have been going through .

 

[Archangel]

Good grief, can you imagine being the owner in that situation. Amazing only minor injuries.

 

[SEL]

I actually felt queasy reading that - imagine walking down to the field, spotting a tree down and not being able to see the pony.

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[Pinkvboots]

That's terrible very scary I hate the wind, we had a tree down in the woods opposite our house on Sunday, it was right across the road so had to be cut up and moved, I worry as they are mainly spruce opposite our house and could easily fall and end up on the house or in my field, you can hear them creaking and see them moving about when it's windy like today it's been quite bad.

 

[Sussexbythesea]

Flipping heck! Poor horse and owner 😱

 

[stencilface]

Ouch, poor horse, very scary for everyone

 

[Red-1]

Wow, looking at those photos I would not have given much for the horse's survival. I think a celebratory drink, then a week off followed by the physio would be in order.

Poor Jay Man had a tree in the next door paddock fall down in high winds (he was always in the middle paddock when it was windy as we knew the neighbour's trees were not good, but they were not ours to cut).

It scared him so badly that afterwards, if it was windy, his poo would be in an area not much bigger than a stable by the evening, all in the very centre of the field. On non-windy days, the poo would be all over the field. He never forgot and he was not within 30 yards of it when it fell.