"Danger Ahead" 🫣🫣

[BSL2]

Nope, it's a kids anorak that some random person has zipped up on a fence post...hood an all... few minutes later and a bit of carrot and my Arab believed me..

 

[Sugarplum Furry]

LOL! That would have spooked me a bit, never mind the horse. My own arab used to have his 'danger ahead' radar permanently on. The worst incident was when he spotted a small teddy bear a child had dropped on the lane, it was obviously laying there waiting to jump up and savage us. After much snorting and doing the fandango he leapt sideways onto the verge and stood on an empty crinkly plastic drinks bottle, which in turn sent a pheasant clattering out of the hedge behind us. He launched himself over the teddy bear like he was going for Olympic gold, I never knew he could jump so high. It took us both days to recover. Strong sense of self preservation, these arabs.

 

[Barton Bounty]

Yup, it has spooked BB, the owners of the estate got hot one day out walking and decided to hang their jacket on a hedge and collect on the way back, I was coming back from my hack and BB spotted it and put in some impressive ballet moves that day

 

[Ratface]

My old Arabian gelding is on permanent alert for "Things That Going To Attack Me". Most recently, it was cow parsley. The same cow parsley that he calmly walked past on the way out.
Ah, well . . .

 

[Highmileagecob]

Just wait until the inflatable snowmen are anchored to lawns, bobbing around in the winter gales. Not to mention the illuminated reindeer.

 

[Marnie]

The worst I had was meeting a fun run... the person dressed as a rhino finished my mare off....!

 

[pastit]

I had a Motorcyclist stop by the fence wanting to photograph the horses. The look of horror on their faces when he took his own head off (aka helmet) was classic. All he saw was their tails disappearing over the horizon.

 

[Annagain]

Reminds me of the day we met a double decker bus, jcb, ambulance and fire engine complete with lights and sirens and several artics on the main road, none of which were a problem. We then turned into the lane and he dumped me in hedge (I was turned round talking to my friend behind me so off balance) because there was a beer bottle in the road.

 

[Sealine]

The weekend of the village scarecrow festival is always a highlight of the year if you have a spooky horse.

I once came across ten teenagers doing their DOE award all wearing large backpacks with covers. My horse thought he was being attached by a herd of giant tortoises.

 

[criso]

I had a Motorcyclist stop by the fence wanting to photograph the horses. The look of horror on their faces when he took his own head off (aka helmet) was classic. All he saw was their tails disappearing over the horizon.

That reminds me of time a livery's partner and friend walked in the barn in full leathers. My horse who couldn't care less about motorbikes plus riders out hacking was terrified and even offering carrots and speaking nicely couldn't convince him to leave the furthest corner of the stable.

 

[WBGG]

I had to ride past this giant portrait of Charles and Camilla when it was the Coronation weekend! Pony not impressed