Funniest falls you've ever had

I just have to give one of someone else's, sorry.

Out hunting, very small fence followed by a very large puddle that there was room to turn and avoid and follow the path around it. The guy in front of me decided not to bother and went straight on through the puddle. It was at least six feet deep. He and the horse emerged, separately, completely covered in black slime.


My own stupidest fall was when I decided to adjust my new hat without getting off. I fumbled the hat and it was going to fall on the floor, brand new. I grabbed at it, the horse shot forward two strides and I sat on my own arm in the road, neatly snapping both wrist bones. Not a good day!


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I used to take our 17 hh pointer cantering in the local forestry. The gate could not be opened without dismounting so I would close it behind me and lead him a little up the track and clamber up a small bank to get back on. This meant turning him back towards the gate but usually worked ok. On wet autumn day I clambered up the bank, lifted my foot to the stirrup, the standing foot slipped on wet leaves and I slid gracefully under the horse. He stepped carefully over me and cantered off down to the gate.
Not technically a fall as I hadn't even got on.
 
Not actually me, but a few years ago, me and a friend where having a canter down one of the on site canter tracks. I was in front on Diva. We ended up going quite fast and the wind in my face, I couldn’t really hear much going on behind, but I could tell my friends cob was still there. I looked up and saw a pheasant on the path so told my friend I was going to slow before we reached the pheasant. I got no response. I shouted louder. No response. So I turned around to see my friends cob cantering along behind us, his stirrups flailing about at his sides, but no-one in the saddle. I pulled up and friends cob stopped aswell, looked back at where we had come from, and there was my friend trundling down the path to meet us. The whole thing was like a comedy sketch and I was in fits of laughter for about an hour afterwards.

I’ve got a video of the same friend having a comedy fall over a cross country fence, but she’s forbidden me from sharing it, or posting it to You’ve Been Framed!
 
On my first horse after returning to riding I was talking to OH feet out of stirrups and horse put his head down to eat grass. I have no idea how it happened but I slid head first down his neck. OH peed himself laughing............ as did I!!!
 
Oh! Not a fall off a horse but one involving horses... friend and I were loose schooling and I ran a few steps across the paddock, didn’t notice a bit of a hole, got my foot in it, fell and face planted the floor like I was a cartoon character.

She came over to pick me up and we were both laughing so much we couldn’t move.
 
mine was when i was in a lesson and my pony was being cheeky and after like the a millionth time we aced the jumping course and got a clear round, i was so happy i let go of my reins and hugged my pony, she promptly leaned forwards and started eating grass, i then slipped over the front of my head. i was so embarrassed whoops!
 
Falls aren't that funny at my age now but about 10 -12 years ago a friend and I were out for a morning hack and going down hill towards the local river. I said "let's cross the river today", when we got to it we could see it was pretty high and running fast, I very nearly decided that discretion was the better part of valour but didn't want to seem a wimp (!). Pony went down into the river and the water was nearly up to her tummy, my friends collie dogs also entered the water and the current pushed one literally under my pony's tummy! Result both pony and I upside down in the water. We came up separately and both of us were completely soaked. I turned to look at my friend who was still standing on the bank and the look on her face was priceless, shock- horror, then both of us absolutely roared with laughter. I rode home in wet clothes on a wet saddle dripping all the way. The farrier was due later and I had to borrow clothes from the farmer's wife. There were jokes about swimming being bandied about for a long time afterwards!
 
As a young teen, riding an Arab mare in a riding lesson. Approach a small cross pole, mare takes off from about 3 strides away, over jumps it by a mile, unseats me, I come off on landing, manage to land on my feet and twirl around in circles with my arms out stretched until the momentum was dissipated, and finished with a slightly baffled 'Ta-DAH!'.
Got a good chuckle out of the instructor and spectators. Never landed as well or as gracefully since, I seem to just land on my head now :oops:
 
I managed to roll off the right shoulder once when my old git reached down for grass when we were out with a friend. Made her day! I over mounted from a bench once and went straight off the other side - same pony and thankfully alone!!
 
cremedemonthe said:
I was saddle fitting at a yard. The horse was a 17.3 warmblood, the rider who was going to get on him so I could assess the saddle further (female friend but not the owner, he wasn't there) was 5'2" to get her on board I held the horse with one hand and gave her a leg up with the other, unfortunately I did it too hard and launched her up and over the other side. She just disappeared and landed in a heap the other side with me and the horse looking at her. She was ok!
I'm more careful now.
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My husband did this to me on my old boy Will!! Launched me right over the other side, down on the stones, i was laughing and crying at the same time 😂
 
I used to train with (and will be returning to) someone who was a bit of a practical joker who one day tried the "heave you right over" leg up in the school. It failed miserably as I was rather nimble then and foiled it however it was a close thing and there was a bit of luck involved!!
 
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