So proud I stopped a horse bolting...!

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I'm so excited sorry but I have to share...

I haven't been able to ride my boy for ages because he's had a few problems so I rode out yesterday on yard owners horse...have ridden him before he's a lovely hack but have been told he didn't like large vehicles - so avoid them as much as possible!

Yesterday he had a major spook at a motorbike and bolted down hill (on a road). I'm still receiving physio from my last fall so was petrified of coming off again...remembered what I'd read on here to do if horse bolts and somehow managed to remain calm enough to implement it...and it worked!!!!!

OH MY GOD - I am so proud of myself and feel like I have just turned a mahoosive corner in my confidence - yay
 
Bolters are awful - tried one out at a dealers yard once and said horse bolted down a busy main road - horse was really really strong - one of those types the more you ask to stop the faster they go!! only thing that worked for me was turning its head right around before coming to the end of the junction heading straight out onto an even busier road. It worked thankfully.
Needless to say i never bought the horse!
 
Pedantic said:
So what did you do to pull him up?
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Luckily he is ID so there was alot of horse to sit on...I see-sawed on the reigns to get him to listen to me and then pulled and pulled on the inside reign until he had no-where to go...I was so SOOOO grateful when he stopped still can't believe that he did. Jumped off him and almost fell into a heap my legs were shaking so much.

It was a huge milestone for me and has done heaps for my confidence
 
cobface said:
Bolters are awful - tried one out at a dealers yard once and said horse bolted down a busy main road - horse was really really strong - one of those types the more you ask to stop the faster they go!! only thing that worked for me was turning its head right around before coming to the end of the junction heading straight out onto an even busier road. It worked thankfully.
Needless to say i never bought the horse!
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Scary know what you mean thats what I did once I got his attention...it was a narrow country lane so to hurtle down hill in a blind panic wasn't the best...could imagine a car coming round the bend - luckily he stopped and neither of us were hurt.
 
Well done, scary stuff and going downhill too!

My horse who is normally a plod did a similar thing about 3 years ago when I'd just got him. I was hacking on a quiet country lane with a girl from the yard and we'd pulled into a gateway to let a vintage motorbike pass. Said bike was making a kind of popping noise and my horse took off at an all out gallop up the lane, thankfully slightly uphill. Oddly, I didn't feel scared at the time although the lane was very narrow and curving so no great forward visibility. I new the lane well and eventually managed to turn my horse into a track and all was well. I think he'd finally run out of steam a bit. When my riding partner finally caught up with me after what seemed like an age she said: "Ooh, I wish that was me riding him!" I replied that I wished it was her as well! (She liked a challenging horse).

I think the shock finally kicked in when we got back to the yard as my legs felt decidedly weak after dismounting in a very ungainly manner. (Crumpling in a heap on the floor!).

I wouldn't call what happened to me bolting in the true sense of the word but it was definately a major bu**er off. Hasn't happened since and surprisingly didn't put me off.
 
Carow said:
Well done, scary stuff and going downhill too!

My horse who is normally a plod did a similar thing about 3 years ago when I'd just got him. I was hacking on a quiet country lane with a girl from the yard and we'd pulled into a gateway to let a vintage motorbike pass. Said bike was making a kind of popping noise and my horse took off at an all out gallop up the lane, thankfully slightly uphill. Oddly, I didn't feel scared at the time although the lane was very narrow and curving so no great forward visibility. I new the lane well and eventually managed to turn my horse into a track and all was well. I think he'd finally run out of steam a bit. When my riding partner finally caught up with me after what seemed like an age she said: "Ooh, I wish that was me riding him!" I replied that I wished it was her as well! (She liked a challenging horse).

I think the shock finally kicked in when we got back to the yard as my legs felt decidedly weak after dismounting in a very ungainly manner. (Crumpling in a heap on the floor!).

I wouldn't call what happened to me bolting in the true sense of the word but it was definately a major bu**er off. Hasn't happened since and surprisingly didn't put me off.
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SNAP- it was a vintage motorbike with me it was very loud and popped too - can't blame him for taking off in a panic. Sounds like our experience was similar especially when getting off...and then lying in bed later trying to sleep you run through all the what ifs...had to give myself a good talking to in the end just to get to sleep, the adrenaline was still pumping.

phew
 
LouLou3 said:
SNAP- it was a vintage motorbike with me it was very loud and popped too - can't blame him for taking off in a panic. Sounds like our experience was similar especially when getting off...and then lying in bed later trying to sleep you run through all the what ifs...had to give myself a good talking to in the end just to get to sleep, the adrenaline was still pumping.

phew
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Yes, definitely the 'what if's' were running through my mind for a while too. Thankfully haven't encountered a vintage bike since and my horse is pretty good with the more up to date models!
 
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