POLL-Rearer or Bucker?

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Bucker because i am used to them - 3 ponies out of 4 i have ridden have bucked
However i find rears easier to sit however i would also be afraid of them coming back on me
 
give me a rearer!!! i always come sailing off from a buck (i mean a real buck not the half hearted ones!!) however can stay on a rearer!!! however these days prefer to get on a horse that does neither!!!!!!
see piccie below of me on a rearer in the Dominican!!!
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Neither - can't be bothered with all that nonsense.

Had a serial rearer for 16 years, she even managed to kill herself rearing.....vowed never to have another.

Buckers; no time for them whatsoever.

I am well and truly passed all that rubbish - I like well mannered horses who are pleasant and hassle-free to ride these days. Interestingly there appears to be hardly any buckers or rearers over here compared to the UK - no idea why this should be the case though. But then there are hardly any spooky horses over here either.
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Neither particularly bother me as so far *touch a humongous amount of wood* neither have managed to dislodge me since I've had my own horse - that's 6yrs. But I think a buck is better because like you say rearers can come back on you.

Hee hee, got both when I first started riding my friends 13.2hh, luckily he's decided now he likes me and doesn't do either any more
 
neither but bucker if have 2 choose, although I have/had a reare4r. he appears to ahve put it behind him now after some TLC though I appreciate this dont work with most. I think buckers are far less dangerous.
 
ive only been on a horse once that properly reared, it was about 5 years ago and i was bearback on a 17hh 3yr old hunter X leaving a showground as he was only kept 2 mins down the road, just as we were leaving a horse lorry was behind us and its airbreaks went off and he reared vertically and i slid off the back and landed on me FEET!!!! everyone was very impressed considering i was only 15!!!!

very scary though!!!
 
my 4 yr old bucks now and again but only if we are behind out on a hack cantering and the horse in front dissapears around a corner!!!!

he hasn't bucked for weeks though, the only time i hate bucking is when they are doing to get you off in a nasty way, excitement 1s are ok!!!
 
most defently a bucker i have had 1 come down on me pot me in haspital and nearly broke my leg lost my confidence but my cool pony that does neither is helping me get it back
 
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i have had a fly bucker....whats a flying rearer? lol

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My point was I don't find my self cantering around a course and a horse throwing flying rears...

To be honest I think its down to riding, IMO horses shouldn't buck or rear and none of my horses do either or bolt when I've broken them from start.

Though no horse has ever got me off (YET!) and I've ridden some sh1ts, shoulder droppers, bolters (Normaly followed with abrupt haults where the either front or back end disapears!) vertical rears and broncos...
 
I don't know for sure, but my suspicions are that, in my specific area with the people I know personally; horses all live outdoors for the whole of their lives, they are never shod and all run barefoot, they aren't used for excessive schooling (most schooling is done out on the trails) and are barely ever lunged.

I think that although it's somewhat ironic that we back ours at 2 years old (which would seriously be frowned upon in England), the horses are not worked hard. It's a far more gradual experience for them - they aren't pushed and everything is done gently in its own good time.

As for the spookiness, I wonder whether a lot of it is down to the fact that many people keep their horses on working farms, hence the horses are very used to lots of things going on and loads of noise and large machinery around them. We also have a lot of wild turkeys, deer and coyotes/wolves around so I guess the horses get used to it all.
 
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To be honest I think its down to riding

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Dont forget the ones that do it through a physical/hormonal problem!

I prefer buckers as rearers are more likely to fall.. no good staying on when the horse is gonna end up on top of you!!
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Either if it's not too serious, neither if it's extreme! If the bucks are big, twisting mental bucks to get you off - no thanks! Rears - if they are vertical - again, no thankyou...but small rears in protest or bucks of excitement or slight disgruntlement I can cope with
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''brackenhappy'' you must be NUTS!!!! bugger that for a laugh!!!!
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yep nuts!! have got fear now!!!
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even though piccie only taken 2 years ago!
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thought you had to be nuts to have a horses?!?!!?
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2 bottles of rum got me through that
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Either if it's not too serious, neither if it's extreme! If the bucks are big, twisting mental bucks to get you off - no thanks! Rears - if they are vertical - again, no thankyou...but small rears in protest or bucks of excitement or slight disgruntlement I can cope with
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I agree totally. A buck to get you off and a buck out of excitement is very different.
Same with rearing, a pony I used to ride would plant out hacking, kick him on and he would bunny hop rear - not scary, but there is noway I would intentionally get on a horse that rears and falls over backwards.
 
A Bucker any day, ever since a 16.3 came down backwards after rearing straight up with me on board! but neither if I could possibly help it!
 
I would never, ever knowingly get on a proper rearer. Just too damn dangerous, thankfully I've never had to suffer the consequences but I've seen them and it's put me off for life.
 
Dont like either tbh. Had a bucker who was a real bugger, but his was hormonal problem.
Snoopy can be a bit of a rearer, and a few times hes been close to going over. That said, hes got better and wont just throw his toys out like he once did.
 
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