Horse fresh in the wind ??

[racebuddy]

Managed to lunge my 6 year old this am well glad I wasn’t on board ?? clearly feeling very well having a good old buck as wind and plastic blowing everwere ????

happy Friday ️??

anybody else’s bit fresh today

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

I know both of mine are complete idiots in the wind so might give them the day off unless it calms down a bit later and then they will be lunged.

 

[Ratface]

I'm definitely going to give mine the benefit of doubt. He'd be an excellent advertisement for ParachutesRUs!

 

[Red-1]

I was fully expecting mine to be a fool, being only 4 years old. But, on Wednesday we hacking in high winds and the wildest thing was his funky mane. Yesterday, we had our first jump and the wind was bad enough that we had to be quick so they were still all there when we came round. Again, a champ.

I am having today off for my own sanity though!

 

[Antw23uk]

I actually dont worry about riding in the wind anymore. A mixture of confidence from a dude of a horse and some 'mental self improvement' via other equestrians.

I went riding yesterday in the hope of the high winds giving him a bit of a spark .... it didnt really work, lol!

 

[NinjaPony]

I always had two completely opposite attitudes to wind.... My connie could not have cared less, he came from the coast so was totally 'windproof' so I would take him out in the wind with no worries. Sometimes it worked to our advantage when competing as he was unfazed and other horses would get tense.
My welsh on the other hand ALWAYS turns into a silly, spooky snorty live wire when its windy... It's been 15 years and it's the same every time, so I don't bother trying to make him do anything and just laugh at him instead, whilst holding on tight.

 

[Annagain]

The only reason I don't ride in the wind is our hacking is woodland and I saw a tree fall about 50m in front of us once. There's also an old, creaky tree in the corner of the school and I wouldn't want to be under than if/when it goes either. We're on the top a hill so it's always windy and the boys don't seem to care.

 

[Carrottom]

I won't hack if it's really windy as I can't hear the traffic.

 

[SEL]

I won't hack if it's really windy as I can't hear the traffic.

I found that out last week - came home. Microcob pretty sensible, drivers less so.

 

[racebuddy]

to be fair he is generally really laid back connie , especialyl given the amount that was blowing around and machinary going the odd buck here and there i can live with , happily out grazing with my other one xxx

 

[NinjaPony]

Could be the lunging too that riles him up. My Connie (the saintlike one I mentioned earlier) only ever let loose on the lunge. You had to stand back very quickly when you let the lungeline out, he would immediately take off bucking and have a good zoom around. It's like he knew that it was 'ok' for him to have his fun on the lunge, rather than under saddle. Case in point, you could get straight on after 8 weeks off, no drama, but if you lunged first then watch out! Sometimes I think it's good for them to get it out their system in a safe way.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Mine is pretty good to be fair. We are on top of a hill so very exposed and rough here, a few minutes down the road it’s usually a bit quieter.
Not a huge amount phases him really which is nice!
First week in work for ages he nannied a baby out in the wind yesterday, admittedly we needed a lead from the baby horse past a small child dragging half a tree down the road but other than that! ?

 

[Melody Grey]

Mine have all been absolute idiots this week, in part due to the wind I think. It’s still really warm here in the East mids, the grass is flushing like mad
and there’s increased farm machinery adjacent to our grazing- lethal combination for mine! I’ve hung up my riding boots for a few days (most unlike me!) until it feels like the odds are a little less stacked against me!!

 

[catkin]

The only reason I don't ride in the wind is our hacking is woodland and I saw a tree fall about 50m in front of us once. There's also an old, creaky tree in the corner of the school and I wouldn't want to be under than if/when it goes either. We're on the top a hill so it's always windy and the boys don't seem to care.

Another one at the top of a hill, none of ours seem too bothered about wind either. I do make allowances for them being more on alert as it's noisy but they seem to just get on with things.

The only time an old horse of mine refused pointblank to go up our lane was the day before a storm brought a tree down. I'm sure that he could sense it was ready to go. Didn't ever stop at that spot in the lane afterwards (not even to say told ya so?, he was a gentleman though!)

 

[PSD]

I’m not a fan of riding in the wind as I can’t hear much, I don’t mind schooling but hacking I’m not overly fond of. Plus we’re surrounded by trees and I have awful visions of a branch coming down on us ?

 

[scats]

Millie is really good in the wind now, but I hate it, so I don’t ride in it unless I have to.

 

[spotty_pony]

Managed to lunge my 6 year old this am well glad I wasn’t on board ?? clearly feeling very well having a good old buck as wind and plastic blowing everwere ????

happy Friday ️??

anybody else’s bit fresh today

He was a little bit yes but in a good way ?
I got off in one of the fields and dragged some logs together to make a few little jumps and he was flying over them and then proceeded to gallop over the next two fields! ? at 22, he still enjoys having a bit of fun!

 

[Lois Lame]

I hate wind. I don't mind anything else -- no, that's not true, I don't like too much sun and glare. I won't ride on a windy day, or in the heat and sun and glare.

I don't ride much now though. Maybe one day I'll find the perfect horse...

 

[Annagain]

Braved the wind yesterday just to do a quick loop on the roads. There was flappy stuff everywhere - three houses with extensive building work going on so builders bags, breeze blocks wrapped in plastic, things covered in tarpaulins and, on two of them, those plastic covered scaffolding to keep things dry when they do the roof. Even one house decorated in a very OTT manner for halloween with cobwebby material, wind sock ghosts and a huge inflatable skeleton in the front garden. Didn't bat an eyelid.... but the sign to the farm at the end of the lane that we walk past every time we go out making a squeaking noise as it was swinging back and forth was clearly a portent of the apocalypse .

 

[Mudfukkle]

Mine absolutely HATES the wind (even in his field) he thinks that the rustling hedges and bushes are a bear or lion about to pounce on him and eat him whole!
I try and avoid riding in wind, it always results in an interesting ride, but because he's a fat boy he needs exercise and I haven't got a school. Oh to win the lottery.

 

[tatty_v]

Could be the lunging too that riles him up. My Connie (the saintlike one I mentioned earlier) only ever let loose on the lunge. You had to stand back very quickly when you let the lungeline out, he would immediately take off bucking and have a good zoom around. It's like he knew that it was 'ok' for him to have his fun on the lunge, rather than under saddle. Case in point, you could get straight on after 8 weeks off, no drama, but if you lunged first then watch out! Sometimes I think it's good for them to get it out their system in a safe way.

My Connie is exactly the same ? I stopped riding at about 8 months pregnant and tried lunging him to keep him exercised instead. OH saw us in the arena and suggested getting on would have been safer!