BringoutheBest
Well-Known Member
Oh god, someone shoot me! 
Took my little welshie (12.3 4 year old usually very nice but has the odd baby moment) out on a hack earlier, we live near a really nice national trust park type place where there are tracks to hack around. At one point you are on the drive of the whole place and I was happily ambling along on a long rein, we had a few cars going by, as usual pony took no notice, then for some unknown reason he took fright at a car coming towards us, attempted to jump the electric fence (which I have always seen as a disaster waiting to happen; electric fence next to bridleway and road). We brought the fence down, I have never been more scared as was sure the wire would have ripped his legs, and as soon as I had got control (we had had a fair gallop with fence following us, me stirrupless!) I jumped off, stuck finger up at driver who was driving off(!) and checked his legs which were incredibly absolutely fine! I have no idea but the relief I felt was huge! Anyway, we were now stuck in the field having jumped in, and it wasnt really just a field is more like a few hundred acre deer park and the only gate I know was about a 30 minute walk away and came out onto a main road. THEN a school security van came along (park also has a school in it, in fact, my school to my embarassment!) and asked me if I was ok etc, I asked if he knew where nearest gate was which he didnt. He decided to step on the electric fence to bring it to the floor and see if the pony would lead over and for some stupid reason I agreed (it was RIGHT on the floor). Anyway as was typical, pony somehow managed to make contact with it/get stuck or whatever, and shot back wards, I tried to hold him got dragged over and he started galloping across the park. I started following him at which the security man told me to come back, so I told him I needed to get my pony and he told me I needed to come back (oops bad child me!) but I went back eventually and got in his van and he walky talkied 3 other security people who all came out of nowhere and we were searching all over the grounds for this bloody pony! eventually found him standing in the landscape gardens under some monument with a mouthful of grass. He must have jumped another fence to have got there. He had hardly sweated up and hadn't got a mark on him! Have to say its the most terrified I've ever been I think! just somehow all ended up one unlucky thing after another! Going to see those security men around school now, it will be awful!
Very impressed though that I got back and he behaved really well, despite all his excitements!
Also my mum had seen some people I REALLY dont get on with go riding that way about 10 minutes ahead of me, and I am SO GLAD we didnt manage to catch up with them, or my pony end up with theirs as I'd have had it ripped out of me!
Despite the unluckiness and some silly decisions it has to be said we came off VERY well all things considering!
Took my little welshie (12.3 4 year old usually very nice but has the odd baby moment) out on a hack earlier, we live near a really nice national trust park type place where there are tracks to hack around. At one point you are on the drive of the whole place and I was happily ambling along on a long rein, we had a few cars going by, as usual pony took no notice, then for some unknown reason he took fright at a car coming towards us, attempted to jump the electric fence (which I have always seen as a disaster waiting to happen; electric fence next to bridleway and road). We brought the fence down, I have never been more scared as was sure the wire would have ripped his legs, and as soon as I had got control (we had had a fair gallop with fence following us, me stirrupless!) I jumped off, stuck finger up at driver who was driving off(!) and checked his legs which were incredibly absolutely fine! I have no idea but the relief I felt was huge! Anyway, we were now stuck in the field having jumped in, and it wasnt really just a field is more like a few hundred acre deer park and the only gate I know was about a 30 minute walk away and came out onto a main road. THEN a school security van came along (park also has a school in it, in fact, my school to my embarassment!) and asked me if I was ok etc, I asked if he knew where nearest gate was which he didnt. He decided to step on the electric fence to bring it to the floor and see if the pony would lead over and for some stupid reason I agreed (it was RIGHT on the floor). Anyway as was typical, pony somehow managed to make contact with it/get stuck or whatever, and shot back wards, I tried to hold him got dragged over and he started galloping across the park. I started following him at which the security man told me to come back, so I told him I needed to get my pony and he told me I needed to come back (oops bad child me!) but I went back eventually and got in his van and he walky talkied 3 other security people who all came out of nowhere and we were searching all over the grounds for this bloody pony! eventually found him standing in the landscape gardens under some monument with a mouthful of grass. He must have jumped another fence to have got there. He had hardly sweated up and hadn't got a mark on him! Have to say its the most terrified I've ever been I think! just somehow all ended up one unlucky thing after another! Going to see those security men around school now, it will be awful!
Very impressed though that I got back and he behaved really well, despite all his excitements!
Also my mum had seen some people I REALLY dont get on with go riding that way about 10 minutes ahead of me, and I am SO GLAD we didnt manage to catch up with them, or my pony end up with theirs as I'd have had it ripped out of me!
Despite the unluckiness and some silly decisions it has to be said we came off VERY well all things considering!
Horses are like children at times. My daughter, as a baby, pulled my top down whilst queuing at a Tesco checkout. Luckily I was wearing a bra.
