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Here is a clip of KFH working with a horse to make it safe. So many people are working with horses which are not safe, that they have made horse riding the most dangerous pastime ever.

http://youtu.be/zvX2dRZHgm4

After an average of 7.000 hours on a motorbike one person dies or is severely injured. With horseriding it is one in 350 hrs. These figures are taken from KFH's recent essay 'The Taming of the Danger.'

Too many put their faith in all the wrong things to keep themselves safe, when in fact they are setting themselves up for accident and injury.

When you are riding your horse are you really in harmony and control, or are you an accident waiting to happen.:)
 
He's got quite a lot of interesting stuff on You Tube, good for a browse.

I'll pick up some popcorn when I get back in later and come back to see how this has progressed...
 
I agree, a friend has a mare who is downright dangerous. Bites, kicks, rears, throws herself over backwards, has no sense of self preservation. Yet they won't send it away to be professionally re broken or schooled. she's in no pain, but was hand reared and spoilt. such a shame as she's a pretty mare!
 
Well, I agree 100% of course. :p

It's good to see how KFH has progressed in his methods with some more recent footage. He seems a different trainer. :D
 
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So many people seem to be having accidents at out yard atm. Lots of the horses are ex race horses and I think many are in pain as given away. They then get loaned out or shared to people with no experience. While these horses are given a second chance which is great the owner of the yard in putting peoples lives at risk. In my book if a horse is unsafe do not pass it on or sell. Do the decent thing and PTS. Much kinder than passing on to another sale.
 
Pale Rider said:
With horseriding it is one in 350 hrs.
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This can't be right, most beginners log in those hours on the first two years of riding. If people were killed by their horses on the first two years of learning how to ride, I bet horse riding wouldn've been banned by now.
 
The best advice I was ever given was about how important it is for the horse to understand and accept that the rider is in charge and that the most dangerous horse to ride was one who feels that it can make the decisions because the rider was not confident or not in control of what the horse is doing.
 
hihosilver said:
So many people seem to be having accidents at out yard atm. Lots of the horses are ex race horses and I think many are in pain as given away. They then get loaned out or shared to people with no experience. While these horses are given a second chance which is great the owner of the yard in putting peoples lives at risk. In my book if a horse is unsafe do not pass it on or sell. Do the decent thing and PTS. Much kinder than passing on to another sale.
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*Touches wood* Most of the racehorses in the racing yard where I work are pretty safe and are well-behaved, but most of the riders are very good too so you never see a problem.

You can never make riding a 'safe' sport because there is so much you can't predict. When I was hacking out once I got hit by a car, and that horse was safe in traffic, but the idiot driving the car wasn't :rolleyes:
However it helps to be able to 'read' the horse and think like a horse. You so often see people fighting on with horses because they put themselves in situations, for instance walking up a field while all the other horse's go for a gallop.
Basically what I am trying and failing to say is that you are a lot safer on a horse if you have learnt to read the signals the give out (i.e relaxed, stressed, nervous etc) and think ahead like a horse, i.e this dustbin might spook my horse so I will be prepared and reassure him etc etc.
 
The statistics aren't really important. It is correct, you want the horse to be as safe as possible at all times.

I don't know any thing about that guy but the things I have learnt since going to a Richard Maxwell clinic have changed my entire philosophy with horses and my horses are quiet and easy to handle with no loading issues or any problems. They have to climb up steps and go through a narrow gate to get into my shed and they don't bat an eye lid, the horses I had years ago, well I wouldn't have bothered even trying to get them in and loading them in a trailer was a battle and highly unpleasant.

I'd like to know how he works them with a rope round their neck like that, ie how does he start this (and why particularly does he do this, it looks like it would tighten if they panicked?).
 
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