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Has anyone tried the egg on the head tactic when a horse rears to imitate blood etc this so made me laugh i would probably drop the egg before i got on .
 
No but the old owner of my pony smaked him between the ears with a wip
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i just leave him to it untill he calms down and then he acts like nothings happend!
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I've tried it - a friends pony kept rearing and napping at competitions - it was a last resort. The "restaurant" were cooking all day breakfasts so borrowed a couple of eggs, and handed them to my friend when he went up.

It didn't work - just made her reins very slippery (and sticky!) when she went into her jumping class!
 
My God - that was tried about umpty years ago on my first pony and it didn't work then. I thought it was long since considered 'passe'.
 
Cant say i have ever tried it...but if established rearer wont work anyhow!!!I was always told to go for under the belly with a schooling cane as that is there most vulnerable part!!
fortunately never dealt with one and would never deal with one either!!
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I tried it years ago as a last resort (bottle of water). Didn't work and the horse bucked me off. He still rears occasionally when he gets over exited but most of the time is a star. I'v had him eleven years and wouldn't swap him for any other horse in the world.
 
had a mare that used to rear filled a fairy liquid bottle with water and squirted her between the ears when she went up went backwards verrrrrrrry fast and spun but that was the end of her rearing antics she never did it again ha ha ha
 
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I've tried it - a friends pony kept rearing and napping at competitions - it was a last resort. The "restaurant" were cooking all day breakfasts so borrowed a couple of eggs, and handed them to my friend when he went up.

It didn't work - just made her reins very slippery (and sticky!) when she went into her jumping class!

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Good god I'm suprised you didn't get kicked off the show ground! I'm not sure a show is the best place pull such a stunt
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Yeah I did it, not bright and I wouldn't do it again.. At least I kept the horse and didn't sell it on as a 'project'
 
Ha! My friend thought she'd try this years ago with an old pony of mine that went through a rearing when going out phase. Didn't work as she ended up breaking the eggs just after she got on, was rather funny tho as she had the eggs in her pockets at the time!
 
Not 100% on topic but I watched a girl with a huge hunter type have a 10 minute battle outside the WH ring where it was rearing BIG, only to watch it go in and do a perfect round and show and be placed 1st! I always wondered if the judge just didn't notice its antics before it went in, or stuck to judging what happened IN the ring. Personally if I'd have been judging I'd have chucked it off the showground, it was bl00dy dangerous!
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my jumper can rear from time to time, but he gives me enough signals he's gona do it,and we've learnt 2gether how 2 surpress it before it gets 2 1 of his proper rears.
 
saw friend try it once about 15yrs ago diddnt work horse was a proper vertical rearer just ended up with loads of broken eggs around the sand paddock and sticky hands lol x
 
Not quite the same but I read in a book (horsebreakers if anyones interested) that in the middle ages a napping horse would be goaded by an 'angry cat of the most savage nature' said cat was to be strapped to a stout stick and applied to the horses bottom! I dont imagine anyones tried that! Have they??
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Richard Maxwell recommends (only if you are an extremely competent rider with a truly independent seat!) leaning forward and downwards the instant the horse comes up and giving it a sharp smack with a crop UNDER its belly. He advises that the element of surprise, as the horse gets to grips with a threat from below, always works, even though you may have to repeat it just to reassure the horse that it will ALWAYS happen. Rear = slap under the belly. Richard Maxwell is a brilliant, no-nonsense horseman and I've seen him work on several occasions. I've been tempted to kidnap him many times {{sigh}}
 
My horse is a rearer, well was a rearer. She still rears in times of stress as it is her first defence. However when she used to rear all the time people told me to do the egg thing and hit it in between the ears with a crop. Never bothered with it and she doesn't really rear anymore so i think they are more hearsay things rather than options that actually work.
 
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