Mrs. Jingle
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Not sure why I am even putting this on here - I truly don't need sympathy but some reassurance that what happened to the colt was totally not my fault, although have to say right now I feel it probably is I am most defintiely nto the crying sort but I am struggling here tonight.
Over 60 years riding and never happened before and just to put my dread and fear of this happening into some perspective, I did know someone way back in the day who was killed in this situation- Feckin terrifying - riding a mare out on the lanes and a colt came over the hedge and ditch and starts trying to mount her!
managed to whip him across the head to get him down while she double barreled him - jumped off and managed to shove her in a very convenient empty field as she continued to double barrel him , shut the gate on him...
then he tried to come through the hedge into the field we were in - whacked him again over the head with my whip - he squealed turned and tried to jump a gate back into his field and got all mangled up in it - horrific.
All the time the colt's owner sitting in his tractor opposite of the UNFENCED field watching it all unfold.
Eventually he came over in the tractor and the and the colt got free and ran after the other horses dragging one back leg behind him.
I can honestly say I have been nervous many times riding horses but this afternoon I was terrified - and feel terrible has the colt a broken leg due to me beating shite out of it to scare it off us- feckin useless gobshite of an owner won't give a toss. Legs like jelly now 😧😥
Sent Mr Jingle down that lane later to see if he could find the colt and was it dead or just left with dangling leg (very possible knowing these owners) - he couldn't see it in the field but said the gate is so mangled he cant believe it is not mortally injured or by now dead. I feel so bad about it all, logic tells me not my fault, heart tells me I have never, ever beaten an animal like that in my life and look what happened to the poor beast.
Over 60 years riding and never happened before and just to put my dread and fear of this happening into some perspective, I did know someone way back in the day who was killed in this situation- Feckin terrifying - riding a mare out on the lanes and a colt came over the hedge and ditch and starts trying to mount her!
then he tried to come through the hedge into the field we were in - whacked him again over the head with my whip - he squealed turned and tried to jump a gate back into his field and got all mangled up in it - horrific.
All the time the colt's owner sitting in his tractor opposite of the UNFENCED field watching it all unfold.
I can honestly say I have been nervous many times riding horses but this afternoon I was terrified - and feel terrible has the colt a broken leg due to me beating shite out of it to scare it off us- feckin useless gobshite of an owner won't give a toss. Legs like jelly now 😧😥
Sent Mr Jingle down that lane later to see if he could find the colt and was it dead or just left with dangling leg (very possible knowing these owners) - he couldn't see it in the field but said the gate is so mangled he cant believe it is not mortally injured or by now dead. I feel so bad about it all, logic tells me not my fault, heart tells me I have never, ever beaten an animal like that in my life and look what happened to the poor beast.