FestiveFuzz
Well-Known Member
So as not to derail the other thread I thought I'd start a fresh one as I think it's an interesting discussion point.
I've been fortunate not to have to deal with too many nappy horses as most of mine have been forward-thinking spooky blighters, but the one nappy horse I did own was an absolute bugger, stubborn as an ox and incredibly backwards thinking. He knew every trick in the book in terms of evasions but rearing wasn't part of his repertoire. He was more the spinning, planting, backwards at warp speed kinda napper. When viewing horses I've also encountered a fair few rearers, some it was clear were backwards thinking and this was part of them refusing to move forwards, but I've also had a few scarier waving out of nowhere experiences, some of which were later diagnosed with a physical issue, and others that I have no idea what became of them.
Obviously any horse could rear in the right set of circumstances, but I'm interested to know whether folks consider bucking and rearing under the banner of napping i.e. if advertised as nappy would you automatically assume it rears/bucks, is napping a precursor to rearing for example or would you consider it an escalation of evasive behaviour or something else entirely?
I've been fortunate not to have to deal with too many nappy horses as most of mine have been forward-thinking spooky blighters, but the one nappy horse I did own was an absolute bugger, stubborn as an ox and incredibly backwards thinking. He knew every trick in the book in terms of evasions but rearing wasn't part of his repertoire. He was more the spinning, planting, backwards at warp speed kinda napper. When viewing horses I've also encountered a fair few rearers, some it was clear were backwards thinking and this was part of them refusing to move forwards, but I've also had a few scarier waving out of nowhere experiences, some of which were later diagnosed with a physical issue, and others that I have no idea what became of them.
Obviously any horse could rear in the right set of circumstances, but I'm interested to know whether folks consider bucking and rearing under the banner of napping i.e. if advertised as nappy would you automatically assume it rears/bucks, is napping a precursor to rearing for example or would you consider it an escalation of evasive behaviour or something else entirely?