Carriage driving scary moment (YouTube vid)

[FigJam]

YouTube vid here

Really scary stuff and shows how quickly panicking horses can cause carnage. Poor things were running in a blind panic, must have been so scary for all involved.

I've no idea where/when the vid was taken or how the horses/people were when it finally got under control.

 

[rara007]

Seen before- def scarey

 

[FigJam]

Have you ever experienced anything like that? I guess I had never thought before about how scary it would be having not only a loose horse, but a loose horse dragging an unmanned carriage around behind it getting caught/bumped on things and potentially tipped over. Scary stuff!

 

[rara007]

Nothing as scary as that- Various run aways but usually in a large field so other horses don't get involved. A few legs over the shafts in tight indoor spaces but again luckily we managed to keep it away from the other horses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb6tF9MiHqY&feature=related

 

[FigJam]

I hope you never have anything worse than already experienced! That vid is also very scary, very brave of the person who managed to grab them- just before that big crowd.

 

[OldGit]

I thought it was fairly badly managed, should have had a stratergy to get other horses out more quickly, also idiots in the audience screaming. OK calm now back to packing and Pinot!

 

[rara007]

Photo I took from earlier in the year:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=12453357&l=bf81864a2f&id=529720647
Horses just stood still
Nasty accidents do happen though- seen a few where horses havn't walked away.

 

[FigJam]

OG- yes, I thought there didn't appear to be much in the way of damage limitation or folk knowing what to do in case of emergency either.

Rara- ooops, wet feet?!

 

[OneInAMillion]

agree OG

and sh**

 

[kerilli]

cripes, what a bunch of bloody cowboys. poor horses.
was there nobody in there with a brain in working order? unbelievable. poor poor horse at the end.
this is why i carriage driving does not appeal, any more than trying to drive my car from the back seat. Eugh.

 

[lindsayH]

cripes, what a bunch of bloody cowboys. poor horses.
was there nobody in there with a brain in working order?

Exactly. It beggars belief that so many people involved with horses could get it SO wrong.

 

[Festive_Felicitations]

Never under estimate human stupidity!

My mum used to be a carriage driver for tourists in the summer and has a couple of very scary stories, which fortunately all have happy endings. But I'd better not repeat them on a public forum just incase....