Most stupid horsey thing you've ever said, asked, done etc.!!!

[Chinchilla]

In response to recent posts: what's the most stupid horse-related question you've ever asked, thing you've said, or done? Because let's be honest we HAVE all done it at some point (!!) But it doesn't mean we're necessarily evil bad horse abusing monsters or have anything to be ashamed of.

Gonna be honest and say I'm not sure I can choose 😭 there's an awful lot....😬😬

 

[PapaverFollis]

I've already shared mine but it's so good I'll say it twice.

Called the vet as horse had "muscle tremors" and I thought she was having some kind of fit.... turned out she was just cold. 😂😂😂😂 Had full bloods done and everything.

 

[Shilasdair]

I once dismounted by swinging my leg over the horse's neck in front of me. Unfortunately I was wearing a long wax, which caught on the back of the saddle and left me swinging there, inelegantly hanging from a (very stoic) eventer whilst my working pupils wheezed with laughter.

 

[Shilasdair]

Oh, I have another.... I fed my Tb mare in the field, changing her rugs as she ate.
After she'd finished her feed she normally walked to the hay, but she seemed oddly paralysed, starting at me with a rather scowly face. I wondered if she were lame in all four legs, suddenly?

On further inspection, however, it turned out that I had rugged her firmly TO the electric fence.

 

[Shilasdair]

Wait - why is it just me confessing?

 

[Dave's Mam]

Wondered why my pony was reluctant to walk out of his stable for a lunging session. Even set the lunge whip down, in case it had suddenly turned into Medusa.

His headcollar was still fastened round his neck.

 

[BMWKIPP]

On more than one occasion, chuckedy saddle up onto my peg and missed, I'm 5ft and have a high saddle rack, which results in me smacking myself in the head.

 

[Dave's Mam]

Called my vet in tears because my pony couldn't walk. Swift phone diagnosis of a mild locking stifle, not the world ending scenario I had imagined.

 

[PapaverFollis]

I saddle souped a synthetic girth once. That was a new low.

 

[Meredith]

Said to my instructor “ xxx is not feeling right today” as I warmed up in school.
Instructor replied “ Putting the bit in her mouth might help a little”
There is always a new mistake to make.

 

[Starzaan]

Managed to canter a set of polo ponies for 15 minutes before realising that the one in my right hand was just following politely, as I had forgotten to actually clip the rope to his head collar and was dragging it along the floor 🤦‍♀️

 

[Mule]

While cleaning my saddle, I managed to whack myself in the head with the stirrups (twice)

 

[Lintel]

We have all hit ourselves with a lunge whip at some point right?

 

[Dave's Mam]

My frequent one was punching myself in the face doing up my girth with frozen fingers.

 

[Mule]

Another one was when one of the horses had seedy toe. I was using a syringe to squirt iodine in it, as a disinfectant. One day it squirted off the hoof and went straight in my eye. Naturally I had just bought the 'extra strong' version. It was rather unpleasant... On the bright side, I didn't go blind

 

[NLPM]

Oh Shilasdair, yours made me laugh!
I've done lots of daft things.

As a child, I got very scissor-happy with my poor pony's mane... and feathers. I can't describe his hooves to you, but they were hilarious. He has really thick feathers, and I trimmed them in a straight line all around his hooves... So all of his hooves had neat little bowl cuts. To match his forelock. I'm crying laughing remembering this.

I also tried to convince my horse to go through a stream. He was having none of it. I got off to lead him through. A few steps in, he reached the limits of his tolerance and pushed me with his nose until I fell over, then retreated to dry land and started snacking on the nearest tree like I didn't exist.

I don't know what possessed me last year, but I waited until new year and then decided to give them all full clips instead of doing blanket clips early on. Terrible mistake. I'd had my blades serviced and to be honest, I think they were damaged - probably dropped in the shop or something. For some reason I went with the approach of "well, I've started now". Horse looked like a jigsaw puzzle for MONTHS, I tell you. I had to cancel lessons out of shame.

 

[NLPM]

Oh, and we've all had the overenthusiastic leg-up which results in us bellyflopping over the horse and landing headfirst on the other side, right?

 

[Cragrat]

We have all hit ourselves with a lunge whip at some point right?

Yup :/

And smacked ourselves in the face doing up freshly soaped girth billets?

Or given ourselves a wack with a stirrup iron whilst saddling up?

 

[Shooting Star]

went to adjust the gaiters in the hoof boot that had disappeared somewhere down into the boot at the same time that the horse lifted its leg - result one instant black eye from a knee in the eye socket🙈

 

[Shilasdair]

Not me for once but..
A fellow livery at a yard asked to borrow my thermometer. I duly handed it to her, but as I walked past the stable a few minutes later heard her saying 'Now try not to bite it, Brandon!'

 

[albeg]

Remounted in a TREC competition with my reins crossed. Had to be quickly stopped as I was about to ask for a halt-canter to head off around the gallops to finish the course...

Have, on more than one occasion, brought pony into the barn after riding, stood him beside his headcollar, untacked, and headed for the tackroom. Usually results in "oh shirt!" and a dash back.

While cleaning my saddle, I managed to whack myself in the head with the stirrups (twice)

Gave myself a fat lip on more than one occasion, while pulling my stirrups down to mount.

Another one was when one of the horses had seedy toe. I was using a syringe to squirt iodine in it, as a disinfectant. One day it squirted off the hoof and went straight in my eye. Naturally I had just bought the 'extra strong' version. It was rather unpleasant... On the bright side, I didn't go blind

Similar, but got it on my hand rather than in my eye. Seems fine, but I had the bright idea of wiping my hand on pony's leg. He's grey, and had an orange splodge which wouldn't wash off for days.

 

[PapaverFollis]

Not me but a very careful and generally thoughtful and knowledgable person I know once, in their early horse days helping at a riding school, tacked up an unbroken 2 year old in a case of mistaken identity! Apparently it just stood there and looked a bit confused about this new turn of events.

 

[Teajack]

Wondered why my pony was reluctant to walk out of his stable for a lunging session. Even set the lunge whip down, in case it had suddenly turned into Medusa.

His headcollar was still fastened round his neck.

Ha ha - l've tried to ride off with horse still tied to the wall. Also with the reins crossed under horses neck.

 

[PapaverFollis]

Hahahaha oh crap another one...

Rode over a mile out on a hack and it wasn't until I was in the middle of the village looking at our shadow on a wall that I realised I didn't have my hat on!!

 

[Mrs G]

Brought horse in to ride, put saddle on, then bridle. Tightened girth, got on. Walked round the yard. Saw the sun shine on silver metal as I came round a corner. Turns out horse had spat the bit out when I'd put his bridle on but I hadn't noticed and it was just dangling under his chin. I still don't know if I should be impressed at how well horse behaved in his first experience of bitless riding or wether I should be ashamed I couldn't tell from the feel of the rein....

 

[awelshandawarmblood]

And smacked ourselves in the face doing up freshly soaped girth billets?

Oh yes! Many a punch in the face from that haha!!

 

[fankino04]

Called my vet in tears because my pony couldn't walk. Swift phone diagnosis of a mild locking stifle, not the world ending scenario I had imagined.

I did that too 😉

 

[DabDab]

Many many things. The most recent one I can think of is the first time I tested out getting on my unbacked pony (some time last year). For some reason I had decided to stand on a stacked couple of plastic milk crates, which she was initially terrified of and wouldn't go near. Once we'd got over that and were stood up next to them I leant over her a couple of times, stepping down onto the floor and then back onto the crates in between each. On the third step up onto the crates they parted company and I ended up sprawled on the floor at the feet of my pony, bleeding knee and crates strewn. I looked up in panic thinking she'd be freaking out, but she was perfectly calm, and just looking down at me like I was the stupidest thing she'd ever seen.

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

I tried a saddle with a stupidly high cantle once; it was fine when ridden in and I thought, great! this is a lovely saddle.

Then I tried to dismount (normal fashion, leg behind); the only problem being that the momentum was well in place to take me to the ground, but the crook of my right knee was hooked around the blimmin stoopid high cantle of the thing, and there I was, stuck like meat on a flaming hook! Couldn't go up and couldn't go down. Hugely embarrassing.

 

[scats]

I recently couldn’t understand why one of mine wouldn’t walk out of her stable... only to glance down and realise I hadn’t undone the chain across her door.
Horse was looking at me with an ‘oh dear’ expression.