Owl Holes - who would have thought?!

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LMAO and slightly tongue in cheek ...
but just seen a Xc photo of my big horse with tall rider jumping through an owl hole ...

On walking the course nothing particularly alarming about it - an appropriate dimension for the level,

Horse jumped it very economically - riders head is ? 10cm from the top of the owl hole 😂

What would have happened had the horse given the fence an extra foot, which is not beyond the realms of possibility 😱
 
bit tight up there o_O

Nice set of pics though, he makes the timber fence look tiny, what a horse :D
 
Yes it’s deffo brush (aren’t all owl holes?) so some give if there was connection.

But the horse really didn’t give it much air (perhaps knowingly, he is a smart cookie)
 
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Owl holes have always given me the heebie jeebies for this exact reason. I don't think I could ever dare jump through one. (Not that it's ever likely anyway!)
 
Wow that is a bit tight - brush or not, I'd say you would get a fair wake up call as a rider to feel that ontop of your head while jumping!
 
SLM wasn't brush, good job that's not on the list anymore or you'd have to be more careful!

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Gosh that is a bit close! I had a nosey at the rest of the photos, lovely horse - I haven't been to Pontispool for years, miss it! Used to live very local
 
He’s one big dude with a heart of gold. It’s getting closer to the time when an advert will need to go up, I’m dreading it tbh!
 
OMG! I actually jumped that very fence at Pontispool on camp and my horse who is only 15.3 but a massive overachiever gave it a humongous leap and I scratched my face on the brush. It hurt a lot but I just laughed it off so that I wouldn't cry.
 
Sasanaskyex said:
WFP at the same fence. Mind your head! :confused:

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Gosh! It is genuinely something I’ve not given much thought to and really didn’t have any real concerns with the fence - it was only the picture that gave me an initial giggle. But yes, thinking with serious head on - that brush was stiff enough not to brush through easily - I’m sure Pontispool are building within guidelines and there are fences of this dimension up & down the country.

But I’m now imagining someone’s head catching and being snapped back. You would hope instinct would have the horse & rider naturally duck but a) I wouldn’t put money on it and b) they shouldn’t have to
 
I jumped through a small “guillotine” on a fun ride. It had wooden toadstools in front. I landed with a small branch caught in my hat button. The branch had hung just below the top cross bar.

I also have a picture of us jumping through a sort of owl hole and you can see I am very close to hitting the top.
 
See that’s okay and probably how they should be - the brush there isn’t really going to cause much damage.
It’s the dense twiggy type of brush that wouldn’t yield so easily
 
Watched with horror as the riders jumped over a trailer with JCB arms forming the owl hole it looked very close from where I was standing but probably wasnt
 
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