OMG..Lost my mind moments...!!!

_OC_

_OC_

Well-Known Member
Joined
20 September 2006
Messages
4,514
Location
That would be telling!
Visit site
Yes the ones where you take off a rug and forget it had leg straps still attached to the horse's back legs,result,one freaking TB mare and you trying to stay calm......or turn out friends old cob take head collar and lead rope put on,but,find the cob is not attached and wandering off in a completely different direction(due to the fact lead rope was not clipped on in the first place!)....but, the best one was a friend who had tied her horse up in the stable that evening to change it's rug,gone home and I found the poor bugger there still tied up in the morning when I fed all the horses on the yard.....she felt so bad,and beat herself up for months about it.........so what is yours.........please do tell!!!!!!
grin.gif
wink.gif
smirk.gif
 
I went to get on my horse once, put foot in stirrup and started to get on only to find myself underneath the horse because I forgot to fasten (Fasten! not just tighten) the girth.

Also once rode without a hat on, rode for about 40 mins then thought God its windy today, then realised my hat was still in my car.
 
think my worst 1 was riding a horse for a friend. i went up to the yard (which i'd been to once before to ride the same horse) and tacked up and got on what i was sure was her horse. thankfully the lady was very nice when she found me on her horse (def not my mates horse) oops!
in my defence they were very similar and my mate forgot to mention her horse had moved box.
it worked out well cause i wasn't banned from the yard and actually got invited back to ride that wrong horse lol
 
Done the legs straps thingy, then you are on floor between back legs trying to undo straps and hope to God you dont get kicked.
Turned my friends horse out in its stable rug which looked very much like a turnout rug.
and ... was bursting for a wee. Get quite cross when people leave loo seat up ... so ... slammed seat lid down in temper and proceeded to sit and wee all over said lid. Urrrrk.
 
i've done the stable rug thing too lol and turned out horses that were supposed to be staying in for use in lessons. the lil beggars refused to catch as well. lucky we had resrves that would catch and still did the job all the same. i could probably fill this post with c*ck ups, i'm so scatty sumtimes
crazy.gif
 
I don't do leg straps up any more as I keep forgetting to undo them before removing rug! A friend of mine forgot to take her boots to a show and had to wear mine...
I'm forever leaving my stuff outside (even though I'm sure I've put them away) and Fabian and Luis are always clearing up behind me!
blush.gif
 
I'm always leaving side rein out for the local fox population to chew up.

Once was about to go on hack with friends husband, he got on then asked what was wrong with his bit? Turned round to see him sat on his horse who was tacked up with flash noseband done up and everything, but the bit not in the horses mouth (just hanging under her chin)!!!
shocked.gif
I nearly fell off laughing.
smile.gif
 
Was rugging horsey after lesson (was totally stuffed) and not really paying attention. Threw rug on,then spent 10 mins trying to find leg straps before realising it was on back to front and what's more it wasn't even his rug
tongue.gif
 
I forgot my hat once, had been out hacking for about 40 mins then caught sight of my reflection in a house window. Panicked then for the rest of the ride, didn't know whether to get off or what. The irony was I was wearing my reflective waistcoat!
 
I have closed the stable door, but forgotten to do up either of the bolts, gone to empty my wheelbarrow and got chatting to others on the yard. Went back to the stable to find that Bungie had pushed the door open with his nose and had wandered out to chat to the horses in the nextdoor stables!! He caught sight of me coming back and just turned his head to look at me.
 
I went to the yard to clip on New Years day........ and forgot the clippers, had them all charged up as well, but had left them on the table at home. I think my hangover may have played a part
smirk.gif
 
I've got to a meet before and discovered that I'd not attached my reins to the bridle when I cleaned it, caused some merriment riding all day with two (mis-matched) lead ropes attached
frown.gif
blush.gif
 
The wrong horse story reminded me of christmas eve. My friends horse was put down (really sad) but the vet was recalling stories after, as hes known him for years before my friend had Jacob, he was on the vets yard. Apparently they had a freelance guy coming to ride their chestnut 16,2 gelding. However, when they got down to meet said instructor, he had tacked up horse already, saddle done up and everything. Think he was just pondering getting on. Unfortunatley he had mistaken him for Jacob. This doesnt sound funny, but Jacob, bless him was rather unique at 18,3 hh (and bay!). Think both the guy and 4yr old Jacob were quite relieved when they untacked him!!

grin.gif
 
I took my homebred 4 year old out on a hack with two children - they really wanted to canter up a grassy hill - so i said fine as 4 yr old was really good - in fact she turned out to be an angel, because had not done the girth up enough and with her flat little 4 yr old back the entire saddle slipped to one side mid canter
blush.gif


children in hysterics - angel 4 yr old stands still and wait for me to get off.... oops...
 
When I exercised someone's BEST horse for them for the first time, and as I got on....yup I'd forgeotten to do the girth up, cue me on the floor and horse outta the yard.....
 
I've done the no-hat one, and the forgetting the leg straps one.

But my best was when I threw the rug over Merlin and did up the straps - and then found out that I'd actually got the rug over the tie-up pole as well - and tied him up to it!
I wondered why he wasn't moving around much...
 
OK, if i had any forum cred before, after posting this i will have none.
Last year went away for a week, came back and rushed down to the farm to see Jess, as i had left a friend looking after her. Now, it was late and going dark.
walked up the field calling her and over she came. i looked at her and was amazed how poor she looked after just a week. walked her over to the stable block, i my mind i was ranting to myself that i should never have left her and how i was going to kill my friend for neglecting an old lady.
Put her summer sheet on, bent down to do the belly straps and OMG she's got a willy!!!!!
Looked at her again and realised that not only had i brought in the wrong horse, but this this was a 14.2 gelding and not my 15.3 mare!! no wonder she looked rough, this one was a rescue case brought on a few days before!!
Went back to the field and Jess was stood at the gate looking as if to say "what the hell are you doing?"
Jo
 
I think my mates is the best!
She got halfway round an hours ride on ehr usually lunatuic horse, other friend asked her if she had forgotten something..........she replied no - other friend casually mentioned the fact that she was riding with no girth!
best bit was that she then managed to get all the way home again!

Still take the mick out of her about it now!

JB xx
 
Can't think of any really bad ones just now, but probably because I've blocked them out! Done the leg straps one so often, in fact about once a week - I have to identical rugs, one with leg straps and one without lol. Luckily Chex just calmy stands and gives me a look of pity lol. I went to a show nd forgot my girth once, that wasn't good. Forgotten my hat numerous times
 
Rode out horse for someone - and when I got back put horse in holding pen - concrete floored pen, five bar wooden fence on three sides, stable on fourth. Put saddle over wooden gate and hung bridle from fence post on outside of pen. Went back down to close gate on yard. When i walked back up, owner had arrived just as horse pawed foreleg at fence post managed to catch reins of bridle and pull towards her. then with her head knocked practically new stuuben saddle into pen (lovely noise as it cracked on the contrete and then the horse, totally tangled in the bridle, continued to sniff and paw with shod hooves at the saddle.

It was a wonderful moment as the owner saw this happening! I just cringed and untangled the horse and mumbled sorry to the owner!
 
ok, in my defence I used to start work at the crack of dawn, and was invariably still recovering from the night out before...

I have ridden the wrong horse. Not 'ooops it's the wrong one' but spent an hour schooling it, couldn't understand why it was going so badly (I was supposed to be riding a new, but well schooled horse I had ridden twice before) Turns out my boss had bought an identical horse (height, colour, markings) and put it in the field with the other one, without telling me (and because it was dark when I brought him in, I didn't even notice an extra horse) - bless his socks, he was newly backed, and didn't bat an eyelid at what I was asking him to do (although it took me a while to get him to do some moves - thought he was just being lazy!!!) But even better than that.... I led the horse out of the school and proceeded to tell my boss how rubbish the horse went etc etc... and it took him a few minutes to click that this wasn't the well schooled horse, but the brand new baby!!!!

Other 'blonde' moments include walking half a mile to get some horses, and realising I didn't have headcollers or leadropes, taking the string off a bale of hay then deciding to pick it up and move it, mucking out the same (clean) stable twice, forgetting to tie up a horse in the lorry, jumping a SJ course backwards (wondered why the jumps looked funny...), and having a 17.2hh horse jump me (we were making him circle away until he came in calmly, me in front of the jump to make sure he didn't try to come - he took hold of the bit and flew over 5'7'' of me!!! Don't know why was more freaked out, me, the rider or the horse!!!)
 
I was having real bad day ........ at yard was working at .... had to put a rung on a little pony ..... put it on but stood there for 10 mins wondering why it would not do up properly - could not figure it out ......... eventually swallow pride and admitted my bad day to someone who then reviewed the rug and proceeded to laugh histerically....... I had it inside out !!!!! Never lived that one down
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top