Fred66
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Came across this yesterday (I know it’s quite old so might have been posted before) but it terrified me, and made me wonder about other horrible things out there.
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Birker2020
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OMG that's scary. Me and my friend had a load of cows come round us the once on a ride on a Bridleways holiday and that was in a public right of way field. My friends horse reacted really badly, fortunately my horse was okay, but that was scary.
Pearlsacarolsinger
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That looks horrible. The riders both did well to keep so calm. There was an accident near us several years ago which is thought to be as a result of a stallion grazing in a field at the side of a bridleway/green lane, which many riders canter on. The rider fell off as her horse jumped a wall at the side of the lane, in fright, and needed an ambulance.
Elno
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I'm sorry, but is it common practise in the UK to ride in a random field which has a stallion and/or other horses in it? ? This situation feels very strange to me.
meleeka
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i think from memory they were on a bridleway and the stallion was being fly grazed, so they don’t know it was there until it found them.
Elno
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Okey, thanks for clarifying! I would wee my pants in that situation.
scruffyponies
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It could have been much worse. That was a young stallion whose intentions were friendly, and the ridden horses were very calm about the situation.
Birker2020
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At 0.26 seconds you can see the young stallion rearing at the ridden horses, that doesn't scream of friendliness to me. That's dominance and aggression. The ridden horses seemed more alarmed at the screeching and swearing riders I must admit, but I'd have been the same in that situation
Annagain
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We go riding on Gower once or twice a year (or we did pre-covid) and there are quite a lot of wild ponies. There's one little stallion - a Section A type, no more than 11hh - who is particularly aggressive. We keep an eye and give him a wide berth when we spot him. One day though, he was hiding round the corner on quite a narrow path. We were all (5 of us) on 16hh+ horses and there he was charging at us baring his teeth and with ears flat back. All the other horses were frightened of him and we decided to turn round and go on another path but Archie wouldn't turn round at all, he was too busy whickering and licking and chewing at him. The stallion didn't know what to do, he was totally confused by this huge 'foal' being totally submissive but trying to befriend him at the same time! I eventually convinced Arch to turn round and it probably made things worse. We ended up having to gallop away as the stallion was chasing us, maybe Arch knows best after all!
Open moorland is a bit different from that though - there's always somewhere to go to escape, unlike an enclosed field. That is really scary.
Open moorland is a bit different from that though - there's always somewhere to go to escape, unlike an enclosed field. That is really scary.
scruffyponies
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At 0.26 seconds you can see the young stallion rearing at the ridden horses, that doesn't scream of friendliness to me. That's dominance and aggression. The ridden horses seemed more alarmed at the screeching and swearing riders I must admit, but I'd have been the same in that situation
Haha - stallions rearing doesn't mean anything of the sort. A stallion attacking goes straight in like a missile with teeth, and is truly terrifying. I would say that is not much more than a colt, and a fairly relaxed and well-socialised one at that.
Travellers often run out youngsters with mares who aren't much more than babies themselves so that they can have a few foals by them before they are gelded and sold.