How to turn out...

RuthnMeg

RuthnMeg

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several horses
1. on your own
2. each person has 1 horse

Whats the way you do it
Whats the way it should be done
What do you class as 'stupid turning out'?!
Do you change tactics if they are liable to p*** off bucking and kicking?

The reason I ask is that I have witnessed stupidity today regarding this, but then thought how do others manage.??

Thanks
 
Whatever the situation - I always turn the horse around once through the gate, stroke the horses face, pause, remove headcollar and step away
 
Two at a time. Wouldn't take any more than that, horsewise. Have taken all the ponies 4/5 at once though, but they were all circa 12/13hh and calm as anything.
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If it is a horse prone to being spooky/bargy I would lead it alone.

In any situation, ditto the turning horse around, removing headcollar and stepping away.
 
I agree lead through gate, then once through turn horse to face gate before removing headcollar. If turning out many I let the calm ones go first before you release the fizzy one so you can make a swift exit!! However this doesn't really answer it if you letting many fizzy ones go!!
 
I used to bring in/turn out 1 horse 15hh and 3 ponies (11hh-12hh), and i had to take them along the road and everything. they were fine. i think it pretty much depends on the horses your taking. *prepares to be shouted at*
 
ok, 2 grown up ladies taking 2 horses out. 1 big horse doesn't come across as fizzy but he is BIG. The smaller horse was on his toes and being led by the smaller lady who was clearly 'nervous'. Anyway they walk through the electric tape fence/gateway leading into about 5 acres, the BIG horse was realised and after another few moments and difficulty in getting the small horse out of his head collar he was free too. Both horses were not turned around, and both galloped off kicking their heels up. How they missed the ladies I will never know. No gloves or hats in sight, and the smaller lady suffered rope burn (ouch). I couldn't help as I was leading the little pony down from our field. It looked like they were very lucky not to get kicked, glad they didn't hit them on the bottom, (at one point it looked like they were tempted!) but I thought it could have been better thought out.
 
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