Anyone else had a famous last words moment?

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Had to laugh, was saying the other day how well behaved and 'non stalliony' my 3 year old is, considering he has just been gelded in May....Well that night he made up for it!!!!! The whole way to the field he pranced, snorted cantered round me, ran at the mares and had his boy bits hanging out all over the place!!! Why do horses always force us to eat out words surely it can't just be me lol
 
I made the mistake of saying "I haven't fallen off this season yet - yay", then next hedge found myself eating mud!! It's almost as if my mare could hear me and though "Well we'll just see about that then..."!! Timing was perfect!
 
I have been known to say "oh yes, Lola is the easiest pony to catch, she practically puts the headcollar on herself!"

25 mins later I still hadn't caught her, the "bad to catch ponies" were all waiting patiently and caught first time!
 
Yes, though my best famous last words moment was as a spectator - Aachen 2007, I was in a hotel room watching the Kurs, I think Anky had just done hers and Isabell was about to enter. Literally seconds before she puts her hand up to signal for the music to start, I exclaim loudly to my OH, with an almost resentful tone: "Well if she keeps using the same old Kurs, what's the point in her even taking part, no hope of even coming remotely close to Anky".

Cue five minutes later, and I was SOBBING like a baby on the bed, with my OH who was laughing his head off at my perfect timing.

Turned out that she premiered her Montserrat Caballé Kur (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MolRiadohKk&feature=related) and she did beat Anky, first time ever or something like that :D
 
I have a couple:

1. Standing in a lesson waiting to jump and my friend goes 'why do you always wear a body protector?'. I go off to jump, Jeremy isn't paying attention and gets the TINY cross pole between his legs and does a somersault and I end up between his front and back legs. First thing I say 'that's why'!! :)

2. Hacking out my lunatic KWPN (Penny) with a friend who has the most docile fat pony thing (Danny) ever. Walking along and Penny for once is behaving herself and not attempting to kill me or land me in a canal. My friend goes 'it must be Danny, he's such a good influence as I don't think I've ever known him to spook', litterally two seconds later we got past this open drain thing, Danny *****s himself, veers sideways and takes off down the road. Penny follows as fast as she can with me barely staying on for laughing so much, I couldn't see through the tears!! :)
 
Mine was deffinatley when I had someone come over to see my horse and meet me (from here!). He had been on a week of boxrest for a splint, with walking out for 10 mins a day. He had been sound throughout so I wanted to take him for a 10 minute walk under saddle.... Get him tacked up, eventually get on (saddle had already slipped which NEVER happens and he was standing still which also never happens!) say "Oh he will be fine", ask him to walk on and he rears vertical (turns out he also has kissing spine which of course I did not know about - hence why his back was so sensitive) and continues to leap and bronk till I fell off and ate sand!!

Well I'm never saying "ohh its alright he will be fine". The only other time I have fallen off of him was when I said "oh, let me just do that jump one more time!" What an error haha
 
Was riding along with a chap on a bloodhound meet and he was saying how he fell off and his horse buggered off.. and I said, omg, I really can't imagine how you must have felt.

20 mins later, Mick's running round sherwood forest on his own - and for the whole of the 2nd half of the meet. My mate found him walking down a country lane. Nothing broken, not a scratch on him. She got on, listened for the noise of cars (we were near the M1) rode towards it - well, galloped through woods and over fields.. And back to the lorry. They looked really happy as they'd had a great time, we all looked frazzled.:D
 
When discussing a musical ride that we were planning and the different qualities of the horses involved I said, "well at least I know mine won't throw me off". Later that week, she did just that twice in quick succession, ending up with me landing on my head on the road! Did someone mention pride and falls?
 
Twice this week so far :) My older tb tends to not drink at competitions so we have to force feed him carrots and other wet things to get his hydration up - had just said this to my instructor when he proceeds to down a whole bucket of water :)
Baby horse has been a little dreamboat up to this point and someone was trying him out on weds and he was getting a little bit stuck in canter so I said give him a tap - he doesn't buck - famous last words - stuck in a buck and the girl ended up round his ears - oopps :)
 
When my instructor told everyone to watch how I rode this jumping exercise having just nailed it, went round the second time and the horse put in a spectacular stop leaving me dangling round his neck........
 
Oh yes. Emailed a friend the other night to say how pleased I was with my young Highland and how she is hacking out really confidently and nothing has phased her at all. OH riding her and both doing so well - all that kind of proud mummy thing.
Today she took violently against some young heifers that followed us in their field (we were on the road) and jogged and pranced about. Didn't want me in front on my pony as the heifers might get her from behind. Didn't want me behind as then she had to face the monsters first. Alongside and she swung her quarters into my patient wee mare. OH was coping really well until disaster happened and the saddle slipped. He fell off and my 'really calm and confident' Highland went cantering off down the road (very quiet country lane fortunately) with her saddle under her tum! EEEEEEEK! OH picked himself up and I trotted off after the missing one who luckily didn't go far and was trotting back towards us.
No harm done, thank goodness, but will have to find a solution to my slipping saddle. Poor pony!
 
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