So would you have dismounted?

Eek! I certainly wouldn't have dismounted on purpose but can think of a few that would have dumped me and run. Maybe best to have turned right and kicked on towards C and tried to get the other side of it...but probably much easier to say than do.
 
I saw this the other day and I was impressed with how quickly she got off!

I'd probably have stuck with it (or attempted to at least). But then I can't get off that fast anyway - well not intentionally.
 
Like how the horse staying in the arena! I think the art of dismounting would depend on who I was riding. My old mare I would have (tried!!) to stay on, as holding her (in theory) in that situation would have been more dangerous! Most of my old TB's would have left me in the dirt...
 
I probably wouldn't have reacted quickly enough and previous attempts to dismount quickly in an emergency haven't gone well but I suspect I would have ended up on the floor unintentionally.
 
I have never jumped off, even on a bolter, mainly because clinging on has always taken over, subconsciously. So I think I would have grabbed the pommel, gripped and prayed!
Agreed what a good horse to stay in the boards.
 
Clodagh said:
I have never jumped off, even on a bolter.
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My two disasters were the stirrup getting caught on a gate latch and dismounting quickly to unhook it before the horse panicked and landing badly and a horse getting its hindleg caught in some hidden wire and again getting off to untangle and getting stepped on as I landed. Both cases resulted in my worst horse related injuries.
 
Blimey, I bet that got her adrenaline flowing!! Hard to say what I would have done but my last neddy was 18hh so there was no such thing as a quick dismount so I guess I would have tried to cling on :)
 
I wouldn't have got off, the horse sensibly shied away, but wasn't bolting in a panic. Good boy. I hope she got good marks the second time of trying.
 
I suspect I would have made an involuntary dismount if that came towards my share horse! The horse himself would have been halfway to France before I even hit the deck.
 
I would imagine that this happened so quickly that she didn't have a chance to make any sort of decision on the best course of action.

Truly terrifying and could have caused a horrendous accident.
 
Both of mine... 100% Would have jumped off. One would be brave with someone on the ground, the other would have gone into orbit and I'd have no wish to go with her :eek3:
 
JulesRules said:
The only marks I would have seen is skid marks in my pants if that happened to me ������
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Same here! I met a very stationary but still billowy gazebo on my first day out with Dave. Thank flip we were still on lead rein at that stage!
 
I would probably freeze and then fall off. :D Love how the horse stays inside the dressage ring and seems to respect the small "fence". ;)
 
Moomin1 said:
Why not? I will never understand the stigma of getting off when you are in danger.
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Is there a stigma? I've only bailed out once (horse I couldn't stop, heading towards road), but that's for no reason other than I personally am much safer on top in most circumstances.

It never ceases to amaze me how people can create a disagreement over absolutely nothing
 
criso said:
My two disasters were the stirrup getting caught on a gate latch and dismounting quickly to unhook it before the horse panicked and landing badly and a horse getting its hindleg caught in some hidden wire and again getting off to untangle and getting stepped on as I landed. Both cases resulted in my worst horse related injuries.
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I’ve done the gate latch stirrup one. Sadly I couldn’t unhook as the horse completely freaked out. I did manage to bail out myself and eventually got the girth buckles undone. One broken saddle tree :(
 
I don't think I'd have got off, it happened too fast, and I don't like dismounting a fast moving target. I think I might have turned horse away and allowed it to move away.
 
Moomin1 said:
Why not? I will never understand the stigma of getting off when you are in danger.
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In certain situations it does increase the risk. A frightened horse, looking to hightail it home is harder to control from the ground, and the actual point of jumping off is riskier until have reins over head.

If I am solo hacking and something frightens my horse, getting off really increases the risk I lose the horse, before I can get reins over his head. And then there are potentially roads to cross between us and home.

I have a two really good grabs straps on my saddle, and I would generally chose to stay on and if necessary avoid / skirt / turn around / back horse into a driveway. Whatever is necessary. I have more control from on top. Generally my horses trust me, so if I wait it out, with them facing a scary object, they will go past it, after a few minutes snorting.

I also work really hard at exposing my horse to a wide variety of hazards, so they are pretty used to most things, and because have had so much exposure most strange things are accepted too.,

I do agree in some situations dismounting diffuses the situation, and gives the horse confidence.
 
flying_high said:
In certain situations it does increase the risk. A frightened horse, looking to hightail it home is harder to control from the ground, and the actual point of jumping off is riskier until have reins over head.

If I am solo hacking and something frightens my horse, getting off really increases the risk I lose the horse, before I can get reins over his head. And then there are potentially roads to cross between us and home.

I have a two really good grabs straps on my saddle, and I would generally chose to stay on and if necessary avoid / skirt / turn around / back horse into a driveway. Whatever is necessary. I have more control from on top. Generally my horses trust me, so if I wait it out, with them facing a scary object, they will go past it, after a few minutes snorting.

I also work really hard at exposing my horse to a wide variety of hazards, so they are pretty used to most things, and because have had so much exposure most strange things are accepted too.,

I do agree in some situations dismounting diffuses the situation, and gives the horse confidence.
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Well that all depends on the horse, I 'try' to have a relationship with my horses that is strong enough that with guidance they are happy to deal with pretty much anything with me on the ground, in the saddle there is trust but if a horse is panicked enough that it will do something stupid I would rather be on the floor and let go.
True bolters don't have any self preservation.
Years ago a cob that I used to ride bolted with his owner, he went across a car park and on arriving at a road the was a bus driving along, the cob saw through both Windows on the bus and tried to jump through what we can only imagine in his panic he saw as a clear gap, owner was in for weeks and cob was put to sleep.
I don't want to be on that sort thing.
Also horses like my last mare always stopped when the rider dismounted whether the dismount was intentional or not.
In this case I like to think I would have been quick enough to get off
 
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