What Ridden Vices Would You/Wouldn't You Deal With?

Woundnt have a rearer as had a horse go over and broke my femur this summer, for no reason just before dismounting.
Mine horse does bucks from excitment and leaps around but nothing dangerous, hes worse on the ground.

Had a few horses bolt and this can be scary, dont mind riding a bolter as a one off but not as my own horse
 
As someone else posted, none really lol, the odd buck fair enough or little prance dance, napping I hate mine does it and gets a grump on ,so far he doesnt test too much fingers crossed. And agree with lazy ponies, reminds me of the old trekking horses that just wouldnt shift poor things, think that is more frustrating than having to hold one back
 
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If I find myself with a horse with issues/vices, I'm pretty committed to learning to fix it or deal with it, and it takes a lot for me to admit defeat. I won't get on anyone else's potentially dangerous horses though.
 
Would prefer to avoid all vices if possible!
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Bucking I can cope with- mine will bronc to get you off.
Bolting I wouldn't tolerate again, current horse will and it's not fun! (only done it a handful of times in the 5 years I've had him always through genuine fright but still, never again!)
Rearing I have no experience of (apart from baby 3 inches off the ground type ones).
Napping is fine, just frustrating!
 
I wouldn't have a rearer or a napper (I find the 2 go hand in hand!).

Also wouldn't have a bolter!! That is THE most terrifying thing IMO. I remember someone phoning me up answering my wanted advert for a project pony - she said the pony was "fantastic with loads of potential" yet it was an 8yo who she admitted "the only issue is that it has bolted 3 times so my 11yo daughter hasn't ridden it since". She couldn't understand why I laughed when she then asked for £1,800 for it!

I don't mind an excited bucker, but not a serious bronc-to-get-you-off type.
 
I won't get involved with rearers or bolters.

My last pony had a nifty little move, it was rear, come down drop shoulder to the left then twisty buck. Repeat as necessary. No fun
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I worked it out, in retrospect, I'm pretty sure it was her feet hurting as she regularly had laminitic flare ups due to Cushings.

My current horse is an established bucker, but with her it's excitement, and the bucks are big but dead straight.
 
I can't be dealing with most vices anymore. For me riding is meant to be fun and enjoyable, and that gets taken away if your horse/pony starts messing around.
I've had a nappy rearer, who would do these wierd camel hop's on her back legs. Pain in the ar5e.
I had a rearer who went over backwards, I fell off straight under him, he somehow skewed round mid-air and landed down on the side of my face/body. I got back on and he proceeded to turn himself inside for the rest of the ride - I never sat on him again, and don't know where he is now. He was dangerous. Went up in front of cars multiple times too.

No matter what the talent (the bad rearer was incredibly talented) I just can't/won't condone bad behaviour.
 
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I can't be dealing with most vices anymore. For me riding is meant to be fun and enjoyable, and that gets taken away if your horse/pony starts messing around.

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Ah, read through the whole post and you've put it perfectly in the final reply
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I don't mind a little buck of excitement, but that's not a bucker IMO - I knew a bucker and he got EVERYONE off at some point or another.
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Rearers and bolters are too dangerous for me to risk my neck on. Nappy horses - well they are a PITA. I've cured a few, but I don't think I'd buy one I knew behaved that way as like you say, it's no fun, and that's why I ride
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(or would if I wasn't broken
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Prefer not to deal with issues these days but if I had too...Don't mind napping, thats easy enough to deal with. Bucking is ok if its not nasty. The odd little rear wouldn't bother me. But too much bronching or rearing would drive me nuts and no doubt scare me
 
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