Flybucking

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SaharaS

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Hello...just a very weird odd post to clarify something & settle an arguement please. I have been very fortunate to have only ever had rearers or well behaved TB's that don't rear or buck..and only ever had two rides that bucked..vertically.Hence ex rides! How would you describe fly bucking and would someone be wrong to describe it simply as 'jumping a cross pole laid flat on the ground'.(ie to me that would be hardly worth thinking about worryingover) Something not sitting right with me over the description & I cannot afford to be taking the wrong type on due to having complications with a spinal injury...laughably..you guessed it..caused by a vertical rearer who 'just does baby lifts with its fronts....pffft!

Brandy snaps & blueberries for your help x
 
As Lulu said, but I think it can also mean leaping and bucking upon landing with head between the legs. They usually occur more than once as well, like a horse will fly-buck a few times in succession rather than just once, maybe twisting around as well.
 
I had a horse who fly bucked - he would be cantering along then it was like he jumped an invisible jump that was a metre or so high but with no warning. All four feet came off the ground then he would land in a handstand! This could then be followed by another buck! Bit like a rodeo horse.
 
yep would go with the others, a seriously large bucker that has all 4 legs off the ground as a starter and likely head between knees as a bonus.

Although given the choice between a vertical rearer & a flybucker I'd choose the bucker ... but personally I'd rather have neither, although I am a whimp and don't like hitting the deck :D
 
Thank you..thats what I thought..I can't afford to take risks riding my own youngster, so to me its known quantities only(my other3)..its twists & sudden things that could mean I can't ride again..be it for a few days off everything spark out in pain, or something far more serious that i'd rather not considder risking. I do have a high pain threshold, but nothing any of you have described would be something I'd entertain..its simply trusting what peoples interpretations of things are..which can be as different as chalk to cheese.. I don't jump anymore so thinking this horse would be seriously not a good idea..thank you :D
 
OK ...further to my last post..I feel the need to wrap self in copious quantites of bubble wrap, simply to read any further...might also need a stiff drink..hmmm...tis easy to play down a horses 'talents' to someone if you want to move it!Think it won't be coming to me!:eek::eek::eek:
 
My definition of fly bucking - is kicking out, whilst going forward, not head between knees - they do it because they are excited, or worried (i.e. flapping coat)
Broncing is head between knees, determined ot get you off.........
 
SaharaS said:
OK ...further to my last post..I feel the need to wrap self in copious quantites of bubble wrap, simply to read any further...might also need a stiff drink..hmmm...tis easy to play down a horses 'talents' to someone if you want to move it!Think it won't be coming to me!:eek::eek::eek:
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good choice, whatever the definition something that *may* have some unseating qualities doesn't sound a good option for your back :)
 
I always think it's like fly kicking- the leap in the air both legs fly out type thing. Like a double fly kick :D
 
as tho listening to "...remember my name ...FAME" the I wanna live forever bit never more appropriate!...but should be followed by "DON"T wanna learn how to fly....high!(or at all thank you pony!)..hmm..not really worth the risk over a misunderstood interpretation..thank you wise ladies:)
 
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Thought I'd bring some dramatic visuals in :p

Always thought of it as leaping into the air, and then head down bucking out :)


My head remember ones nicely from college!!!!
 
OMG what are you thinking of...what happens if my horses see these???????*covers up mental images with fluffy soft air bag style scenery..where anything landable on is made of the fleeciest softest cloud cushion possible*

Just done a little more investigating..it left a school as was not so much a school master as much as a breakdancing grand master jumpin jack flash style base jumping diva. Funny they forgot to mention that too..I tell you I do NOT need enemies with friends like that!...When I said I was done with unpredictable horses..I had a different kind of predictable in mind.The thought of having something ready made to enjoy...was more because it would be good...rather than SAS style good at killing!:eek:
 
Agree with dressedkez. Fly bucking is just a flick out of the hind legs with no interruption to forward movement.
What you are all describing I call broncing.
Bucking is something in between the two.
 
yep fly bucking, head down, @r$e up, legs all over the shop! normally with some sort of speed behing them too.thankfully my mare loves to do this out of excitement in the mornings sometimes but not with me on her back :D
 
I agree with Dressedkez and Ribbons here. Fly bucking is not 'head down' or normal bucking with a bit of travelling through the air. And 'broncing' is one buck followed by more, without a pause for normal gait in between.
Fly bucking is a bit like the pictures of Pegasus, a kind of flying rear, legs out behind.Usually in great excitement. And not much appreciated by the rider!
 
Nickijinglebelle said:
I had a horse who fly bucked - he would be cantering along then it was like he jumped an invisible jump that was a metre or so high but with no warning. All four feet came off the ground then he would land in a handstand! This could then be followed by another buck! Bit like a rodeo horse.
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My old tb did this if anyone came up from behind, he would go sooooo high and I can still see the ground from that height now. I couldn't stop him doing it as it was luke a coiled spring. He didn't put his head down on landing but there was always a huge jolt as he did and how he never broke his spindly legs I don't know. He could also do it from a standstill.
I am older now and have no intention of riding anything that does it now!!!
Shame, he was a complete gentleman on the ground just a nutter to ride.
 
I thought fly bucking was just a flick out with the back legs too - all 4 feet of the ground with the head between the knees is what I would call bucking/broncing!
 
I've never herd of it being refered to as fly bucking before, a buck to me is when a horse throws its back end up but front end stays on the ground this is obvisouly more agressive when horse is moving forward or jumping and does so or adds in a twist of the hind quarters.
As in any good rodeo horse aka a bronc to me when all 4 feet come off the floor head goes between the knees and theres some twisting and some serious get off my back going on it's broncing.
When my previous youngster was being a silly filly in the field she use to bronc i was very greatful once under saddle she only ever did baby rears and cow kicks and only once ever bronc'd and i'll give her, her dues it was whilst trying out new saddles and that one must of pinched! but i always refered to her as a little rodeo bronc
 
Anyone want to come down to Devon to see a Master Fly Bucker in action??? :)

My boy does it, particularly doing so at the moment coz he's been feeling very cold-backed when I first get on.

With him, its all four feet off the ground at the same time and his bum comes up combined with a huge leap into the air and its a bit like Tigger the Bouncing Tiger (for those old enough to remember this!:)). He has an additional variation of putting in a sort of corkscrew twist with it. EVIL!!
 
I always thought that Fly bucking was going forwards legs out but head up not between knees. If not what is it called as when I was a child I used to actively encourage my mare to do this( I know not a good idea). It was never done to be nasty she used to get really excited and just show it that way.
 
To me bucking is back end coming up and usually kicking out behind. Head may go down. Broncing is head between knees back arched back normally remains highest point but can be quite violent to sit to. Fly buck is when one leg kicks out to the side usually back end comes up but to one side due to the one leg kicking out.
 
MiJodsR2BlinkinTite said:
Anyone want to come down to Devon to see a Master Fly Bucker in action??? :)

My boy does it, particularly doing so at the moment coz he's been feeling very cold-backed when I first get on.

With him, its all four feet off the ground at the same time and his bum comes up combined with a huge leap into the air and its a bit like Tigger the Bouncing Tiger (for those old enough to remember this!:)). He has an additional variation of putting in a sort of corkscrew twist with it. EVIL!!
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To me, that's moving towards a bronc as soon as it involves the 'breaking' of the back (you know, when they round their back) and a twist...
 
I have a horse who bucks! There are two completely different types of buck he does:

Flybucking - usually going into canter, head up, bounces on the front feet and lets fly with the hind (they can reach the height of my shoulder when he really goes for it!!).

Broncing - when he manages to get his head between his front legs and rodeos, rounding the back. Usually drops the shoulder - and off you go!!!
 
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