Fugly blog of the day - Kids barrel racing & bull riding

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Good grief, why would any parent do this to their kid?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnC5dyIuut4&feature=channel_page

And good lord, what a great horse - again is this how some kids learn to ride?!:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRMJBevmmIk&feature=channel

And again, good lord at this 5yo who they keep saying is "cowboying up" well... omg. That kid cant even get off the huge horse without landing in a pile!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw-mTgrY2LU&feature=channel

In fact Im shocked by most videos posted by "ponytailaqha".
 
I went to a barrel race while on holiday, they do have the equivalent of Pony Club mums and dads.
I (in my late 20s) was beaten by a nine year old (on a push button pony) whose dad was hanging over the side of the arena screaming at her 'don't you dare hold onto that saddlehorn!',. It was only a small, local competition, a lot of people take it very seriously....
 
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They probably think the same of our pony club games!

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Good point, although I'd rather my kids played PC games anyday than stick them on a bucking calf, sheep or an oversized horse.

As per my comment on one of the vids - I wish they shared the part of our culture that says put a hat on their heads!
 
I only watched the barrel clip, pc playing up.

Small ponies are not as readily available as in the UK, kids learn to ride on full size horses all the time. It is a completely different world here horsewise.

It always amazes me to see the littlest people on big horses, just shows that many horses are very well trained, how many UK horses of that size would you trust with a small child?
 
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Should have had a hat on at least, even the adult bull riders do now.. and how did they think it was safe for a tiny kid to jump of that roping horse , at least when adults do tie down roping they dive of on to a small steer, which breakes your fall a bit not just straight on the deck !!! I would say rodeo is rough for competiors and the animals alike
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, if it was my kids they would be doing 4horse they do barrels etc and have proper instruction,,
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Oh man, those guys who bull ride are totally crazy dudes! Those bulls are mean!

Bless that little kid trying to ride - the horse was a star, but yep I think the little kid did have a bad day, Lol!

As Enfys says, little children over here do generally learn to ride on full size horses. It's totally the norm for this part of the world and although I am more used to seeing it now, it still looks bizarre to me. Horses for courses though.

I have to say though, around my area there are a lot more children wearing crash hats then there were even just a handful of years ago; that's enlightening to see. I can't see the culture changing overnight but I imagine it will happen slowly and gradually like it did in the UK.
 
I'm actually gonna say that I genuinely think that kids learning to ride on good QHs are a damn sight safer than if they were on sh*tlands or mad welshies, or those cunning RS pones who know exactly how to get you off.

I've been on a couple of western holidays and the horses are so, so non-spooky and good compared to UK ones, and I kind of like the 'suck it up' attitude but definately agree about hats.
 
I've only seen youth bull riders wearing helmets. The trouble with saying wear a helmet is that, from what I have gathered, it really isn't as simple as that. There are no safety helmets which are to the standard of being safe with a 2,000lb bull landing on top of it, and I think (may be wrong here so stand to be corrected, although I will ask when I go to the rodeos this summer) that the helmet could actually BE a hazard as it would be smashed to smithereens. The protective vests have been the biggest single safety item developed for this sport and pretty much every bull rider I see these days wears one.

4H is boring though - not quite in the same league as this sort of exhilaration I'd imagine. A lot of these kids come from cattle farm backgrounds so this is what they do for a living - I guess they all have to learn, sometimes the hard way.
 
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I'm actually gonna say that I genuinely think that kids learning to ride on good QHs are a damn sight safer than if they were on sh*tlands or mad welshies, or those cunning RS pones who know exactly how to get you off.

I've been on a couple of western holidays and the horses are so, so non-spooky and good compared to UK ones, and I kind of like the 'suck it up' attitude but definately agree about hats.

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Yes I agree and dont you think the standard of basic horsemanship/ training is better and more practical in the states, but then it is western and closer to pure classical horsemanship, rather than the bog standard BHS stuff ie kick to go pull to stop..that we and our horses are inflicted with.. not that they dont do english well too.. and the horses are bred more for temprement and what they can do rather than looks like seems to be the case here in the UK...
 
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I'm actually gonna say that I genuinely think that kids learning to ride on good QHs are a damn sight safer than if they were on sh*tlands or mad welshies, or those cunning RS pones who know exactly how to get you off.

I've been on a couple of western holidays and the horses are so, so non-spooky and good compared to UK ones, and I kind of like the 'suck it up' attitude but definately agree about hats.

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Yes I agree and dont you think the standard of basic horsemanship/ training is better and more practical in the states, but then it is western and closer to pure classical horsemanship, rather than the bog standard BHS stuff ie kick to go pull to stop..that we and our horses are inflicted with.. not that they dont do english well too.. and the horses are bred more for temprement and what they can do rather than looks like seems to be the case here in the UK...

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I just think the horses are incredible, tbh. Hardy, very sound, agile and clever.

However, I am not sure I agree about horsemanship as some of the horses they deemed 'tricky' would be well behaved over here, so I saw girls come off at spooks etc. that I would expect a real rider to be able to sit on, especially in a bucket saddle...I know the best riders I saw when we were having barrel lesson wouldn't have a hope in hell of staying on my horse if she was having a tricky day...

So if what I'm saying makes sense, the horses are fantastically safe even compared to cobs yet I feel that some standard 'leisure' riders don't have anything like the stickability of a leisure rider over here.
 
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