The Dangers of Organising a Horse Clinic

I can imagine! There are some people whose hobby seems to be going to clinics, but they don't ever get round to doing much else.

I took my horse somewhere and the accommodation was out with an electric fence, which is how all their horses lived, they believe in 24/7 turnout. I did say that I thought it might be better if mine was in a stable, but it was obviously a fag as it would have meant bringing in one of theirs to keep him company. So out he went. All was quiet until 1.00 am when the owners were awoken by the sound of horse shoes on the concrete yard (theirs being unshod) and there was my horse, who had broken out of the electric fence, obviously visited all the other paddocks, and must have jumped a gate. Well, he was saying that he would prefer to be in a stable, please.

He was slightly damaged, although not nearly as bad as it could have been and we completed the clinic after the vet relieved me of £150. I think next time when the horse owner says ~"stable please" they might take more notice!
 
In a way I don't really mind if people come to my clinics as a hobby, as long as they enjoy themselves and feel they get something out of it that's fine. :-)
Some of my clinics don't have the luxury of stables to offer, but that would be clear on booking. If they're available then people can book them. There isn't always the possibility of having another horse brought in especially to keep one company though. Horses getting loose is just one of those things, although mains electric and high fences does seem to hep avoid that. Your horse obviously has strong opinions Orange horse!
Did have a horse demolish a stable wall once though, fortunately the clinic hosts were very understanding and said it needed rebuilding anyway!!
 
He has been fine corralled for a Trec competition before, no trouble. I think he really thought he would like to be in a stable on this occasion though, or had a fight with one of the neighbouring horses and ran away.
 
It's nice that people are enjoying this.
Orangehorse, there's a flip side to putting clinic horses in stables of course... that's the one that decides to bang his door at about 5 am until his owner gets up and feeds him. Waking the clinic host's mum and dad, the yard tenant and everyone who is camping nearby. That was fun LOL!
 
I went to a show jumping clinic with a British team member once. One of the people there told him that the last time she had jumped was on the show jumping clinic that he ran the year before.

I later heard him say to someone else 'she's a nice woman but she's so ****ing stupid!'.
 
cptrayes said:
I went to a show jumping clinic with a British team member once. One of the people there told him that the last time she had jumped was on the show jumping clinic that he ran the year before.

I later heard him say to someone else 'she's a nice woman but she's so ****ing stupid!'.
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Wow! Stupid to give him her money I guess.
 
If I tell you I might have to kill you amandap...!
I might have to check with people involved before publishing I reckon.
I reeled back in horror from the screen at Jeeve's anecdote. Luckily my clinics are for adults, and they tend not to bring their drunken mothers. Oh, hang on a mo, there was that one time...
 
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