Wobblywibble
Well-Known Member
The thread about the kids on bolting ponies got me thinking about bailing out.
Is this something you were taught? I've been around horses for a very long time and have always been taught/taught others to hang on for grim death. I was bolted with, bareback at age 10 and screamed my head off but did manage to stop. Lesson learned it was not a good tactic and that being a mere passenger was not a good idea.
From then the army taught me to ride, on ponies that grown men struggled to control but bailing was never an option. (nor screaming for that matter) You stayed on and learnt to stop the little buggers and to recognise the signs that you were gonna be carted and did something about it before it happened.
I know that sometimes thing happen quickly and have potentially dangerous consequences but surely you are safer on top?
Is this something you were taught? I've been around horses for a very long time and have always been taught/taught others to hang on for grim death. I was bolted with, bareback at age 10 and screamed my head off but did manage to stop. Lesson learned it was not a good tactic and that being a mere passenger was not a good idea.
From then the army taught me to ride, on ponies that grown men struggled to control but bailing was never an option. (nor screaming for that matter) You stayed on and learnt to stop the little buggers and to recognise the signs that you were gonna be carted and did something about it before it happened.
I know that sometimes thing happen quickly and have potentially dangerous consequences but surely you are safer on top?