Getting cast in an open space; why? *video*

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Watching the new boy rolling in the sand paddock today & he did this. I stopped filming as soon as i realised he was properly stuck. I was on my own & didn't know what to do! So grabbed a rope, hooked it around his outside back leg, pulled him towards me, then legged it out of the way whilst he found his feet. He had scared himself & was all jelly-legged! :(
Any ideas why he got stuck? Im worried he'll do it when nobody is around. Is it weird that he just lay there & never bothered to struggle at all to get up?
Or is he just a meff?! :D
 
I can't see the video, may be because I'm using an iPad. Iv known some get stuck, but they have usually been very rotund individuals.
 
I would have put a foot on his quarters and pushed them over a bit more.
He wasn't really stuck, just slightly wedged!

Very unusual for it to happen in the open, can only assume the sand was slightly hollowed out.

A wallop on the backside would have made him make more effort!

I have a youngster here that was always getting cast in a big loose shed with other horses, he could have got himself out of it had he tried but if we were around he would just call and wait for someone to get ropes on his legs and haul him back!
 
I agree with foxhunter - think the school looks a little lumpy so maybe he got himself on a bit of a lump or dip? I imagine he could have probably got himself up though with a bit more energy put in to it! I would let him roll on a field instead, maybe that school's just too soft and easy for them to get in a hollow.
 
My old boy used to get cast in the open. it was because he had an arthritic hind leg and could not push himself back up. he would struggle for a while, then give up and just wait for me to pull him over onto his other side, then he could get up
 
My friends mare used to get cast all the time in the field but she was in her 30's. It was always when she went down on the wrong side and she'd just lie there till someone rescued her. The second to last time she did it was dreadful, her eyes were rolling and she kept doing these pitiful whinnies. Her owner and I were in pieces thinking it was the end.

Anyway vet came, checked her over and said let's try rolling her onto the other side. As soon as her feet hit the grass on the other side she was up like a shot, did a massive whinny and dragged me around the field :-) she was about 35 at the time. We just all burst into tears and fits of laughter.

The last time my friend had a call saying Z was down in field, the decision had already been made that if she went down once more then it was time as non of us could bear the thought of her being stuck all night on her own. Amazingly this last time she got herself up but it was her time, she was 37 and we miss her so much.

None of this is relevant to you but sounds like it may be worth getting him checked over xx
 
Thanks everyone :) Yes, the sand is quite deep there. None of our others have ever struggled, but i guess he's much higher withered & skinnier/weaker than them. I just hope it was a one-off & he doesn't do it again & lazily wait for help like some of the ones you have mentioned! :)
 
The look on his face is priceless!

Some when they get slightly stuck will fight and fight til they're out. Others will lie there thinking, 'I am DEAD!! Helloooooo, I have DIEEED! Dig a hole, I have PASSED AWAY!'

A particluarly memorable boss of mine used to throw a yard brush at ones who were cast. If they got up, they weren't cast. If they didn't, ropes were needed. Not reccomended btw!
 
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