Embarassing Moments?

[MerryMaker]

I need something to lighten my day! Has yourhorse ever done anything majoprly embarassing or funny?!

My embarassing moment was this;

I was out hacking on Gertie a could of years ago and we were, for once, very sedate. Plodded up the little lane on a long rein and turned the corner towards the church when suddenly.........

we caught sight of a funeral procession where lots of [people in black were getting out of their cars! Politely i put my head down and went to turn back round quietly and go the other way, when my horse decided to throw the BIGGEST napping fit in the whole world ever, we were rearing and shadow boxing, bucking, skidding all over the place, going anywhere but forwards! Eventually she lost the plot (after what seemed like an hour) and did a gigantic buck and i sailed off over her head infront of these poor, poor people who looked HORRIFIED!

My horse stood there looking pleased with herself ("what you doing down there mum you daft cow) i did not know WHAT to do!!!!!!!!! I just kind of got up, grinned and went whoops wasn't expecting that to happen, leapt back on and scarpered back down the road on Gertie, who'd decided she'd made herself known and could now be quiet, and it was only when i got back to the yard the pain kicked in! oh and the embarassment...

i didn't even apologise! So if anyone was there that day, i am SO SORRY!

 

[Ezme]

Magnus is the best for these. He did a wee in the middle of the Mall in london during the queen mothers 100th birthday parade, he tried to bite Tim Wonacott when we were filming for bargin hunt (he had food what you expect!), had a wee while taking the carnival queen round barnstaple. During our annual halloween walk/play (it was about an evil coachman) we cantered up to the main house with the waggonette and pair, slid to a stop an djust as the evil coachman was about to bellow "good evening and welcome to arlington court!" in his ghostly voice he did the biggest fart in the world, completly spoiling the mood.... otherwise it looked good, night, uplit horses, covered in chalk to make them look like ghosts...

I have to do "how to harness" demonstarations at work alot so i'm embrassed by horses all the time....

 

[rachier]

Mine was hacking up to the village where i live (to see the parents etc). Mine doesnt do standing at junctions unless behind another horse and one day i tried this..........in front of whole pub beer garden and people i know started spinning round and backing up at the main junction in the village with me getting obviously upset!!!!! Cars in all directions were stopped until i managed to get him sorted...... i was cursing him rather alot that day!!!!

 

[0ldmare]

Once when I was out riding I went under a railway bridge, just as an express train went overhead. My horse took off like a rocket and we overtook 2 cars on the inside. They were shouting at me for being irresponsible, which suddenly struck me as being very funny so I started laughing, which further annoyed the car drivers who started honking which just made my naughty neddy go faster (she wasnt really frightened, just loved to take any opportunity going). Totally irresponsible of me I know, but I would give a lot of money to see the car drivers faces again as I belted past them

 

[Jellicle]

One time my horse was napping and refusing to go past some rocks on the path. A mum with pony and child on a lead rein came along and offered to give me a lead past the rocks. Then Spike wouldn't leave the pony! He wanted to tuck in behind it. Eventually they had to turn around just to get away from us!

 

[kombikids]

not to me but to this horrible girl at school who was blond and had boobs before anyone else and used to flirt with our boyf's - her horse pood on her head when she was putting on its back boots at a inter school sj comp one year. right on the top, it was great!!!

 

[RedVendetta]

My old Pony Benji would pee anywhere. Once I was hacking him out past a load of builders working on a house and he stopped and had a pee.... ON the ROAD!! The builders were wolf whistling and shouting 'look at the size of that, bet you have fun with that love'... I was truly mortified.

 

[claireross]

My horse doesn't do standing still and whilst out hacking round the local housing estate we had to pull in behind a parked car to let some cars past. Cracker decided if he wasn't allowed to go forward he would go backwards straight across someone's lawn. Their neighbour was out gardening and the more I asked him to move on the closer he got to sitting in their flower bed

. Most embarassing

 

[AmynPeanut]

I got stuck in Tarr Steps river on a very naughty splashing pony.
I had no stick so was flapping and cursing no end hoping she wouldnt roll! After what seemed like forever she decided she'd had enough fun and trotted out of the river to catch up with her pals.

To my surprise i had gained a huge audience of summer tourists who cheered and clapped a very red faced and soaking wet me!

 

[DAHH]

I was at a big show jumping competition a few years with a horse I had only brought the week before so really didn't know her. We started the round well enough but at the 4th fence I got left behind. On landing the horse stopped dead and I flew straight out of the saddle. Somehow I managed to land in between her ears with a leg either side of her neck. So I simply flicked myself back into the saddle. At this point the commentator announced that we obviously have an acrobat in the ring and the 500+ spectators all burst into laughter!

Unfortunately that was not the end of it. At the end of the round the horse napped violently towards the exit, catching me completely off guard and sending me out the side door. When I got up off the floor everyone (again!) burst into laughter and gave me a standing ovation.

I was utterly humiliated but was evidently the entertainment for the day!

 

[wurzle]

My most embarassing moment was years ago now but the shame still lives with me... my mare and I were hacking through a farm yard, there was a new beautiful totally jet black TB type boy there who had been put into a make-shift paddock right by the track. My mare always had a thing for those sorts and stopped to chat to him.

He started pawing the ground and flirting, and to my horror she responded by turning her bum on him, arching her back, lifting her tail and squirting at him, disgusting. He was getting more and more wound up and trying to jump the fence, which was quite flimsy, and I was just flapping and shouting trying to get her to move away, dreading the moment he came over and mounted the two of us...

Eventually got her moving very slowly away and then realised the farmers family were all looking out of their lounge window killing themselves with laughter. I waved and went scarlet.

 

[0ldmare]

Oh and same horse. The first week I had her I took her to a show and obviously hadnt quite got the bitting sorted out. I was doing a showing class and we all went off into the group canter (or at least everyone else did, I went off into a solo gallop). We lapped a whole bunch of horses, causing chaos in our wake. After a couple of circuits without being able to pull up I aimed her for the exit yelling 'Out of the way' and hurtled out. So embarrassing, I am blushing just remembering it. Several other horses had been thoroughly unsettled by my horses antics and if looks could have killed I would certainly have been dead!! Just to say my horse and I did go onto to do County level Show Hack so we did get it together in the end

 

[mrgoop]

RedVendetta that is so funny, i am crying my eyes out here, much to the amusement of my collegues.
They had to come and read it for themselves, as i couldn't see to read, or manage to read it..... pmsl

Some other really funny ones amongst them. Really brightened my lunch break thanks