Exit stage left out galloping.....By choice. HOW?

See I'm on the ground with a horse ontop of me before I know It... M best trick was to point to a hedge... fence... But unless its safe to jump then thats buggered these days... Or steer to hard ground but the bolters dont give a damn like they did....I'm just one those riders who sit every thing.... Nice a quietly and wait for the horse to come to sence.... But will circle if open field which works a treat.... As horses bomb because 'mother nature' is tell them it MOVE THERE FEET! BUT WHY IS IT ANYTHING HELPFUL LIKE 'Whao' NEVER COME TO MY HEAD?
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Because whoaaa sounds like GOOOOOO!!!!

My first horse bolted and I was there going "nooooooooo" In a shrill voice as I didn't know what to do. I didn't even drop the whip which was flapping about in panic. All telling Socks to go faster!!!! Thankfully he ran out of steam after a few minutes.
 
I've had to learn how to say whoaa in a Cumbrian accent, my horse didn't understand it in a Scottish accent.
 
lol that & praying.

i had that once,1 rein snapped & i lost the other so i scooted forward to get the cheek pieces, work as she was only 13hh, if on my big lad i would hope he stopped himself
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I'd love to be able to do this. I always sit on and hope for the best. A horse at a riding school I used to ride used to bolt if there was a jump in the menage. Other than being frustrated that I couldn't slow it down it didn't overly worry me til the one week I came and saw the two fences smashed through between the menages - apparently she had tried to get out whilst bolting! Now I still sit on and just worry so having a skill like yours would be great.
 
Slither down the side like a bowl of jelly and lie on the floor - pretending to be dead and hoping to god the damn thing doesn't come back for you!
 
I was taking my horse out a few weeks ago, he is in a cheltenham gag, anyway was going out of the yard and one of the leather runners snapped!
So of course with it being a cheltenham gag the bit fell out of his mouth, no brakes at all!

Thank god we were only walking, he is the type who runs a mile bucking anf farting if you fall off, or bailed off, loves it! Evil horsey LOL.

Just bought him a new bit but with rope this time as opposed to leather.
 
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God! i bale out all the time!!
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both of mine used to bolt regularly, reins never snapped though, i just wimp out when at an uncontrollable gallop! Have been nicknamed "the fastest dismounter in the west" by my friends!!
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I lean forward, grab a handfull of neck and mane, swing my leg over the back, drop to the floor and let go! by this time horses have normally sussed i'm off and i just grab the reins and pull them round.
Soooo unconventional, and normally get boll****d off my instructor for doing it but when i have no control what so ever, i'm off and standing next to my horse before i can think!!
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If the horse is bolting, and you jump off, how do you stop it?
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I tend to hand on for dear life - when hunting once I lost the reins and stirrups - my stupid fault whilst jumping a ditch and Breeze was off flat out. We and did two fields - me hanging on with arms round her neck praying that they would stop - eventually they did and I was somehow still on. She was not bolting - just enjoying herself.

On the rare occasion I have got off, kicked out stirrups and swung leg over the back and dropped. Riding normally big horses and being a short arse this is my last resort as it is a long way to fall.
 
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Is crying an option

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LOL I think it's compulsory. Along with swearing very loudly!

Patches; Assume horse was hired with faulty tack in which case I'm soooooo shocked!! Do they not check their tack??? Although, having said that, was it in Sydney or Athens that a SJer had to retire because his bridle broke?
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I don't know what happened afterwards to be honest. One would assume she created a fuss, I know I would have.

I'd also be wanting them to pay the dry cleaning fee for my breeches too....after all they'd be very heavily stained on the bottom!!!!!
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The only time I have thought of bailing out it went like this.
Was walking down gallops (fenced either side) when horse bolted. I was riding with stirrups about 6 inches long - its a lot easier to fire yourself away from the horse like that.
The bottom of the gallops split into 2 with a fence down the middle, so you walked one side of the fence for about 20 yds, turned round the end and cantered away up the other side. The end of the fence was a post with tyres around it.
Thought about bailing on way down, I had nothing, but figured id land on fence and b#gger myself. Decided to go right side of the fence, yank teeth off it to the left(left is my stronger side), and bail out over the fence. I knew no way was the horse going to make it round the corner (180 degrees), but figured at least id be out of the way.
In the end couldnt even steer horse round the end of the fence. Went full pelt into it, I went 10 ft up in the air, horse somersaulted and rolled on me.
So what id definetly do is jump up into the air and away from the horse, but its not as easy riding long.
 
I would probably swing leg over the back and run like hell on landing or push myself away at the last moment! Certainly wouldnt want to stay for the ride on a strange horse! Actually, I might try leaning forward and grabbing hold of the bit rings but this is obviously not always possible by any means!!
 
Ok on a small, short necked pony I guess, but on a massive 17hh hunter with it's neck stretched and nose in the air...I'm assuming you'd not be able to reach?
 
I had bruised ribs. Horse was gashed from withers to opposite top of front leg, to the bone. Took 2 vets 4 hours to stitch up and then they shot him 2 weeks later (muppets found bone chips on X ray in the first place). My breastgirth, saddle, stick, martingale all b#ggered and my boss didnt even ask if I was ok (can you tell im bitter?!).
Was a funny thing, had done 3 times up already and was walking in. Horse was a strong, bolshy, horrible thing but I had hunted him, schooled(jumped fences) everything - then he went and did that!
 
Now if I tried that, I swear I'd end up with my arms out of their socket being dragged along in cow pats face first.

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You're amazing Barkinghorse.....braver than me! I'm too cowardly to jump, I'd sit on with gritted teeth and pray I don't fall off.
 
On the odd occasions that I have been bolted with, jumping off has never even crossed my mind. I normally shut my eyes tight and hope for the best. Have been known to hold my breath as well which probably isn't a good idea.
 
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Slither down the side like a bowl of jelly and lie on the floor - pretending to be dead and hoping to god the damn thing doesn't come back for you!

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lol!!
 
Horses eh? He paid for his stupidity though....never got the chance to do it again.

How scary. Sounds awful. I'd be bitter too!
 
One of the first things I was taught when I started riding in open spaces was how to stop a bolter in an emergency (main road, cliff etc) it's not nice, it's very unpleasant in fact, and thank god I have never had to use it (essentiall you break the horses jaw it allegedly will stop dead - the motto, better the jaw than a leg) Anyway, morbid story over, I have never flung myself off a galloping horse intentionally, if it is just cantering / galloping I would rather stay on, it'll stop eventually. If it is bronking away, I generally don't have the option of staying on
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When I first started taking hacks out, I had a lad whose rein broke while having a gallop in the woods and there was very little we could do about it - the tracks were far too narrow to pull into a circle, they would have gone over. It was a 17.2hh and he couldn't reach the cheek pieces or brow band, so we had to keep going - his brother and I had little option but to follow him (he was up front by now) as neither of them knew the huge wood we were in, and would have got horribly lost, and I was afraid he was coming off, so might need first aid, so in the end the 3 of us had a blooming fantastic gallop (albeit not over ground that I would normally do more than walk - especially the downhills!!!!) until the horse got tired and pulled up. Never knew why the rein broke- they were in good condition, the only thing I could think of is that it had caught on a tree or something and broken.
 
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