FGS why do people not check their fields for dangers ?

I understand your frustration but that looks like a stable rug to me implying someone hadn't shut the stable door
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Even in a stable rug a horse escaping shouldn't have access to bogs, people should check for dangers and fence them off imo. I'm sure the fire brigade have better things to do than deal with preventable accidents. I feel bad for the horse I guess.
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Even in a stable rug a horse escaping shouldn't have access to bogs, people should check for dangers and fence them off imo.

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Horse's do break fences!
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ETS: Good job done by the fire crew and glad ponio is back to good health!
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If you read the story properly it says that she escaped through the fence which had now been repaired.

FGS Why do people not ready stories properly before ranting..........
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milo jumps out of his field quite a lot and there's nothing we can do to stop him, maybe this horse did as well? glad to see she's alright though
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The black mare, who is a favourite with beginners because of her placid, well-behaved temperament, is thought to have forced her way through a thicket at the edge of her field the night before to find a tree on which to scratch herself. [ QUOTE ]


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Is a thicket not a hedge ? Since when has a hedge kept a horse in.

And even if it mentions a hole in the fence why doesn't it get mended before the problems not after. Or is it unusual to keep an eye out and check your fencing for holes and breakages before accidents happen . I would have thought a riding school would have been more vigilant.
 
I think relying on the Mail to report accurately is being a bit too trusting. Also the hole in the fence may not have been there even an hour before. For example last week when I checked the horses at 8pm last week everything was fine. At 6am another livery discovered that a bit of electric fence has come down & was shorting on the floor leaving 1 horse "trapped" in a corner of the field too scared to pass it. Are you suggesting that we should have been checking the fences regularly during the night?
 
The rug looks to me as if it's just been draped over the horse in an attempt to keep it warm during the rescue, so I don't think we can judge anything by what type of rug it is. It was probably the first one someone grabbed in a panic!
 
Are not the majority of fields enclosed by hedges? Of course hedges keep horses in, although obviously not all.
There is no mention of any holes or weak spots in the hedge, so I really don't think anyone can pass judgement from this article.
 
I always thought that well laid well managed hedging was the best sort of field boundary for any stock?

Regardless of the type of fencing horses can do and will get out from time to time no matter how hard you try. Or people open gates (this has happened to me on more than one occasion, luckily no exciting results).
 
It was an accident & thankfully a happy ending. I for one can not even begin to explain how some of my horses in the past have got themselves in to some very weird situations. I had a friend of mine that used to turn his supreme champion mare out in the field with a head collar on as she was near on impossible to catch & he had be doing this for the 11years of her life. Only to find one tragic morning that the mare had caught her self on a strong gate post panicked, flipped over backwards & hung herself. It was a terrible terrible accident and no one could have forseen an awful accident like that. My friend was devestated about it and it took him a long time to get over it.

'Animals' you never know what they are going to do next as i am sure you all are very much aware.
 
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