treacle_beastie
Well-Known Member
Everything and anything goes wrong! I shouldn't have bothered getting on a horse today. I decided to go for a long hack on one of my favourite rides but I now think it is one of my worst! It all started normally - set off down the bridlewaybut just 2 minutes on board and and horse caught sight of something and decided to spin round and bolt home - I had no ontrol whatsover as was too busy ducking under all of the low branches I had just come past but eventuall pulled her up. Then major tantrum and wouldn;t go back the same way - well I wasn;t gonna give up as it had just taken me 6 months to break this spinning, napping behaviour. So I perservered for 10 mins trying to persuade her to go back but no, rearing turned nasty and then she started to buck so I got off and led her back to the point she span at and she was fine - aarrrgh stupid naive me for thinking she might actually be scared!! So I got back on and had no problems for the next couple of hours - she even let me go through a gate despite being surrounded by nosy calves. Then on the homeward stretch she spooked at a pigeon of all things and the most bizarre thing happened - I ended up being leant back as she lurched forwards but I couldn;t get myself forward again and rolled or her bum and landed flat on back back on the biggest rock in a pile of stinging nettles - ouch!! And she just had the cheek to put her head down and eat after laughing at me. Hmmm horses - at least i've only got a numb back and haven;t broken it. But it doesn;t end there - no not for me - I evntually managed to haul may aching ass back on and ride home in a hunched up position. led her out to the field and she goes and stomps on my foot AGAIN and has broken yet another toe - when will I ever learn to wear my steel toe capped boots - I give up - until tomorrow anyway!!
