Oh dear... psycho horse ride tonight!

[Natch]

Should have known it was going to be interesting, I have been riding him most days to keep the weight off him, but had other commitments the last 3 nights, so tonght F was fresh as.... well, as a daisy is SO not the right term... so I'll settle for fresh as a welsh dragon instead!

Jogged up the road into the forest. Jogged along the tracks in the forest. When I really seriously insisted he walk, he canters sideways into the bracken. Sideways. I never knew he had the talent!

We turn onto a track and I think, just think maybe I'll let him canter up here to let off some steam. I swear I didn't gve any physical aid, but he zooms off before I've had time to finish thinking the thought!

Almost have an accident because 2 cyclists come the other way from out of nowhere, cue F leaping up onto (and back off) a bank and almost taking me into a tree in the process. So I think hmm maybe a good long trot wil take the edge off him without the high probability of instant death, so we trot for over 25 minutes - I can't stop the b*gger! when we do stop he's better, more relaxed so we go about a normal-ish hack after that. We come across a spot where you can go off the beaten track and jump a course of logs, did that, but didn't manage to stop at the end and came flying out the other side of that area across a track and up onto another bank

thank GOD there were no cyclists or walkers, because I couldn't stop him!

That was the end of our interesting antics though, he did calm down into the nice neddy I always knew he was after that, give or take a couple of spooks at huskies - well, not the actual huskies, but the very scary stationary exercise vehicle.

*sigh* does anyone else have a horse who gets this excited and fresh? He is normally forward going but safe with breaks, I promise you!

 

[lauraanddolly]

Mine was out of work up until a fortnight ago, the 1st few quiet hacks I planned really didn't happen in the way I intended, i.e I wanted to walk round the woods for half an hour, madam wanted to gallop madly through them leaping high into the air everytime a leaf moved!
She has calmed down again now but the first few day were a nightmare!

 

[donablue]

hmm im so lucky if i dont ride mine a few weeks they are sane.. but if they wasnt then i would lunge them before i took them out .. in your cases would that help?instead of been 100 mile an hour on a nice 2 hour hack?

 

[thedunthing]

yup mine is like that nearly every time i ride her not as bad the she doesnt realy runaway she just jumps about and jogs sideways and canters sideways then if i do let her have a canter the breaks fail. and on the beach there is no chance of stopping her she just goes until the rocks get in her way.

 

[ElvisandTilly]

I haven't ridden for over a week as I did my back in so your post above is the exact description of what I am expecting!! Haha!! think I will lunge him the first day!

 

[Natch]

Might have helped a bit donablue but I think it was more the excitement of getting out and about, so would probably still have pratted around. Not normal for him, but if it were a regular thing then yes I might be tempted to lunge first.

*Too much information alert*
Wouldn't have been so bad but I had an attack of cystitis come on just as we left, so I was jumping off for a trip to the bushes every few minutes and really feeling pretty uncomfortable with the jogging and spent most of the trot stood up not rising!

 

[DaisyMae]

Ha Ha, its not just my horse then. I had a remarkably similar ride to you today ie: cantering sideways ect ect.

Haven't rode her for 2 days and she was an absolute fruit loop, spooking like she was a giant chicken and cantering sideways every time i asked for trot. She absolutely hates cows and they all had their heads over the fence at her as we we're going along a track which is only just wide enough to walk up. Well, she was prancing and snorting at these cows and one decided to run at her and then the whole herd turned and cantered off. Next thing i knew, we were going back down the track at speed, don't know how she managed to turn around on a track that narrow or how i stayed on whilst she did because i had my eyes shut he he

Anyhow, we ended up going the long way home while walking at some ridiculous pace.

And the moral of that story is never buy an ex racehorse lol

 

[ChristineCorp]

Crikey. I'm beginning to think my awkward cuss is an angel. There I am considering selling him becausee of his quirky ways and you lot seem to put up with more on a daily basis than I have in 10 years.