Horses that make your heart sing - that you connect to...

Inda said:
She saved me back. I was walking her in hand on a deserted road and a car blocked us in and the guy got out and started coming to towards us. She charged him, you know how you see wild horses attack predators? That. She damaged his car (she was fine) I reported it to the police, he didn’t. The police took a description of the event, car and him. It’s recorded as an attempted rape, their decision on events not mine.
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My herd did this, for my children. I was riding in the field; kids (2yo and six month old) were in/next to the buggy within my sight, with a teenage helper babysitting. The two biggest mares suddenly moved to flank the buggy/children, and my feisty little New Forest went flying, ears back, teeth bared, at the rather large fox who had just appeared, heading for the children. The fox was huge, but the pony was scarier - fox turned tail and fled, and pony chased it all the way to the fence. After that, the ponies took turns to hover near the children whenever I wasn't right next to them, regardless of who else was there. My little mare used to follow my daughter when I was poo picking and she was toddling after me, and guide her back to me if she wandered!
 
maya2008 said:
My herd did this, for my children. I was riding in the field; kids (2yo and six month old) were in/next to the buggy within my sight, with a teenage helper babysitting. The two biggest mares suddenly moved to flank the buggy/children, and my feisty little New Forest went flying, ears back, teeth bared, at the rather large fox who had just appeared, heading for the children. The fox was huge, but the pony was scarier - fox turned tail and fled, and pony chased it all the way to the fence. After that, the ponies took turns to hover near the children whenever I wasn't right next to them, regardless of who else was there. My little mare used to follow my daughter when I was poo picking and she was toddling after me, and guide her back to me if she wandered!
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They’re actually terrifying when they do it. We don’t think of them as capable of it. We shove them over and push them back with out a second thought.

the ears down, snake neck with teeth bared and hooves flying is not a sight I think of with a domestic horse.

I feel safe that she is going to bring me back home and she’s going to defend me.

maybe it’s a mare thing? If it was your mares and my filly?
 
Smarts the pony I had as a teenager I never really wanted to buy (fell in love with a very sweet dun Connemara who was too small but was talked into using common sense & buying the bigger pony). It took me a few years to realise he was "the one". Getting on him was like coming home & at some point it dawned on me that I got my confidence from him & trusted him in ways that I didn't trust other horses. I knew when he went I was unlikely to connect like that with another horse again.

After a few false starts I did have a decent working relationship with the Welsh Idiot (although we argued like a married couple) & he trusted me more than most other people but I think both of us held something back in the end. Don't get me wrong he taught me a hell of a lot & we had an awful lot of fun together & even knowing all the awful bits I'd still have bought him again.

Fergs the hairy beast seems to have spent as much time apart from me as with me (haven't seen him for about 3 wks now) & I haven't sat on him yet but I get a lot of the same vibes from him that I got from Smarts & I've found him easier to bond with than any other horse I've had. He's stupidly brave if a bit lacking in the common sense department (bulldoze first, think later) & Houdini tendancies. We'll see whether I'm still saying these things when he's finally under saddle! (not predicting that happening until next year now realistically)
 
Inda said:
They’re actually terrifying when they do it. We don’t think of them as capable of it. We shove them over and push them back with out a second thought.

the ears down, snake neck with teeth bared and hooves flying is not a sight I think of with a domestic horse.

I feel safe that she is going to bring me back home and she’s going to defend me.

maybe it’s a mare thing? If it was your mares and my filly?
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HI Inda, I loved hearing about your mare, but I dont think the protection thing is a just a mare thing, I think it comes from the horses that we have a special relationship with, irrespective of gender. The second horse I talked about was a gelding, and he saved just that to save me. At the time a girl from a nearby yard had been raped by a man who told her that her horses back leg was bleeding and she should get off and check, and he would hold the horse. She got off to check and the man raped her. The police came to all the yards in the area warning all the girls about this man, and about two weeks later I was riding alone on the common and this man appeared from the trees telling me my horse was bleeding and I should get off and check. I said I would check when I got home and kept riding, the man put his hand up to touch my horses rein, and he was furious, ears flat back, teeth bared, and he went up and brought his front leg down on the mans arm, the man screamed and fell down, and my horse galloped for home. The police found him in hospital with a badly broken arm, he went to prison.
My horse was the kindest, sweetest horse you could ever meet, it was totally out of character for him to act like that, the man wasnt doing anything threatening if you didnt know the back story, but my gelding just knew and tried to kill him, its not just a mare thing.
 
I love the gelding that I loaned for years (before giving him back to his owner after they lost their other horse) and I am lucky enough to still see him because he is on the same yard.

However, I adore my mare, we just understand each other really well. Everyone said I was mad to buy her (and I know I paid more than I should have for her as a very green five year old) but she was so unloved, that I just wanted to make her realise that life could be much better. She is very happy now and is really starting to work very nicely. We trust each other completely and I feel totally safe with her. I don't think I will ever love another horse the way I love her and she has a home for life. She makes me well up thinking about how much I love her!
 
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