Galloping towards people/dogs

[Jenko109]

So I just saw this video and am gobsmacked at the comments of support for the rider.

I've NEVER had this happen before 🙈 this dog was very lucky that Burney loves to jump and actually jumped it at a flat out gallop. The owner made absolutely no attempt to even shout the dog back. #horse #dog #luckydog #fast #beach #gallop | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I've NEVER had this happen before 🙈 this dog was very lucky that Burney loves to jump and actually jumped it at a flat out gallop. The owner made absolutely no attempt to even shout the dog back....

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[cauda equina]

Pretty rude of the rider imo, also putting themself and their horse at risk as well as the dog

 

[MurphysMinder]

That’s the sort of thing that gets horses banned from beaches

 

[Ceifer]

That’s the sort of thing that gets horses banned from beaches

100% this.

Dangerous riding and could have ended very badly.

 

[Crazy_cat_lady]

Yep she's at fault, should have slowed on reaching the groups of people - as people are saying it could have been a child. Possibly shouldn't even have been going that quick in the first place

Acting like she owned the place and she took priority

She's lucky that horse is a saint, my Welsh D would have either gone left or right, sharply, or slammed to a halt and I'd have got splatted

 

[meleeka]

The rider is an entitled brat and has no regard for their own or their horses safety, clearly.

 

[Crazy_cat_lady]

The fact she doesn't even look like she's immediately pulling up after is annoying me too! Really annoying me!

 

[GrassChop]

Unreal. Riders struggle to gain respect from others as it is and that sort of cr4p doesn't help.

 

[AmyMay]

Absolute madness. Thankfully many comments do not support her.

 

[TheHairyOne]

My horse once jumped a cat who shot out of some long grass in a field (and honestly I am amazed he did rather than spook and probably deck me), but this looks just rude and dangerous to me. If she had lost control then it was just dangerous.

Its rubbish to have your fast work spots interupted by people (i dont have a beach but forestry) but i would never dream of riding like that.

 

[Ratface]

A very dangerous thing for the rider to do. Such behaviour could lead to horses being permanently banned from the beach.
I've ridden on beaches, but only at a slow hand canter and I bitted up in case my horse decided to streak off and become unstoppable.

 

[Spiritedly]

I've ridden on the beach a lot and I always make a point of slowing down if I am going to be passing close to people whether they have dogs or children or are just walking alone. The post gives me the impression that the rider was showing off to the other beach goers and it very nearly went wrong.

 

[millitiger]

What a tw4t of a rider!

I'd be livid if I was walking on the beach and someone rode past, that close, at that speed.

 

[Jenko109]

What gets me is the audacity to indicate that the dog is at fault.

The most well behaved, horse proof of dogs could be forgiven for reacting to that.

 

[meleeka]

Even if there’d been no dog, the horse could have spooked at something random (as they often do!) and it would have flattened those people. Galloping that close to people is just dangerous.

 

[irishdraft]

What an absolute idiot, if there had been an accident it would have entirely down to her entitled behaviour.

 

[JFTDWS]

My horse once jumped a cat who shot out of some long grass in a field (and honestly I am amazed he did rather than spook and probably deck me), but this looks just rude and dangerous to me. If she had lost control then it was just dangerous.

Its rubbish to have your fast work spots interupted by people (i dont have a beach but forestry) but i would never dream of riding like that.

Likewise, Fergus once jumped a hare that rose up from the stubble in front of him as we were galloping, but there’s no way in hell I’d gallop toward, and worse through, people and dogs in a situation like this.

I’m not sure you could see a thin extendable lead coming in at that speed either, and that could be really disastrous.

 

[Crazy_cat_lady]

Just shown non horsey OH and asked who was to blame - he said person on horse

Agree with others definitely a sense of her showing off

 

[Fieldlife]

A very dangerous thing for the rider to do. Such behaviour could lead to horses being permanently banned from the beach.
I've ridden on beaches, but only at a slow hand canter and I bitted up in case my horse decided to streak off and become unstoppable.

Galloping on beaches / public places can be safe. But you need to risk assess first, and have control and look out for anyone else in the same space and be prepared to pull up.

I avoid beaches when they are likely to be busy and horses barefoot kids and inflatables not a great mix.

Common sense really.

 

[Dave's Mam]

Jesus, that's wild.

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

The fact she doesn't even look like she's immediately pulling up after is annoying me too! Really annoying me!

From what I have seen on a lot of social media, although I don't know if it applies in this scenario because as you say she doesn't appear to try, it seems kind of normal to not be able to pull up your horse.

I'm reassured by the Insta comments that are mainly people respectfully pointing out that the rider was in the wrong on this one.

 

[Midlifecrisis]

Rider is totally out of order…appalling behaviour.

 

[Steerpike]

The rider is definitely in the wrong and it is riders like that that give the considerate riders a bad name.

 

[Wishfilly]

From what I have seen on a lot of social media, although I don't know if it applies in this scenario because as you say she doesn't appear to try, it seems kind of normal to not be able to pull up your horse.

I'm reassured by the Insta comments that are mainly people respectfully pointing out that the rider was in the wrong on this one.

IMO, if you can't pull your horse up, you shouldn't be galloping them in public places- fair game on your own land, hired gallops etc where the only person at risk is you, but not in a space where you could endanger others. I get a one off loss of control, but then I think you need to re-establish that in a private place rather than risking it again in future.

 

[meesha]

Rider should be banned from the beach. She's lucky horse didn't kill dog or spook and throw her which could have been fatal!!

We always walk past people and dogs even if they are a distance away ... we pick our places to canter carefully, only when no-one too close, no loose dogs and we only canter a path already walked in case of soft/sinking sand.

 

[Peglo]

Madness. And so rude! I will admit to feeling a bit vexed when I see people on the beach when I want a gallop but it has never crossed my mind that galloping would be an option. Might have a small canter at the other end going away from people but that would be it.

I’m not a fan of loose dogs but that one didn’t do anything wrong IMO. Looked like he/she wanted to get out of the way but didn’t know how to.

 

[holeymoley]

Nope. She can clearly can see she's coming up to some people, never gallop that close to anyone else. Only if the area ahead is completely clear then canter/gallop. She should have pulled up way before that was even capable of happening.

 

[I'm Dun]

I'd have been waiting at the horsebox when she got back to have a chat about behaving like a knob and the possible consequences for everyone of doing that.

I see a lot of similar entitled stuff on the road safety facebook group, or did, I left pretty quickly as I was horrified. As someone who has ridden and driven horses on the road I go out of my way to be as considerate as possible.

 

[Crazy_cat_lady]

I'd have been waiting at the horsebox when she got back to have a chat about behaving like a knob and the possible consequences for everyone of doing that.

I see a lot of similar entitled stuff on the road safety facebook group, or did, I left pretty quickly as I was horrified. As someone who has ridden and driven horses on the road I go out of my way to be as considerate as possible.

I'd always trot to a lay-by, and always say thank you, if a car arrived, I felt awful the one time I forgot because he was being a k**b

Ive more than once come up behind people who barely acknowledge there's a car, don't then make an effort to get to a safe passing spot, don't have hi Viz on and don't say thank you - I was cross so it must be even more irritating for non horsey people

 

[GrassChop]

I have friends and family who would have been absolutely petrified of a horse passing them at that speed as well.