whats the funniest/most embarrising thing thats happened

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involving horses??!!

cheer me up on a boring sat nite!!

i think mine was probably when my mums cob was playing up in the market square of her village, i was walking on foot with her, everyone was staring and whispering, so i did the old "get off and let me get on thing" (cocky teenager at the time!), proceeded to mount in front of everyone and as i did my jeans ripped right down the crotch and bum, mooning everyone in the process. not so cool!!!!!
 
About 10 years ago, stopping and squatting for a pee in a corner of a little field bordering the local bridleway....Got my bum on an electric fence, assumed it was the farmer come up behind me, shot forwards onto the bridlepath with jods round my ankles into the path of some dogwalkers....

My friend was wetting herself with laughter...
 
I hadn't been riding long and I was out on a hack. Poor pony I was riding - apparently I'd had a stranglehold on the reins the whole way round. I had to loosen the reins for him to pick his way down a steep hill, wade through the teeny stream and pick his way carefully up the other side, like all the other horses were doing. But the instant I loosened the reins, poor pony must have thought Thank God and he shot down the hill at warp factor 9, jumped the stream and shot up the other side. I fell off the other side of the stream and had a humungus telling off for screaming. I got back on and everyone else was looking at me strangely but didn't say anything. We rode back to the yard. When I got off, I had a little mound of cowpat balanced saucily on my riding hat. No-one dared mention it as they thought I was already very upset.
 
On a rare visit to a schooling arena last summer, some friends turned up on their horses to join in. I was working H at a canter and he was going really well, so my OH (and instructor) told me to keep him going, which I did, however at the third pass of my OH and friends he slammed the brakes on and turned 90 degrees left, I did not! The landing took place right in front of the group of friends
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My old girl spotting my oh walking into the seating just as i am "turn down centre line" to start my test - she starts to whinney at him and is looking longingly at him for the rest of the test ! followed by bowling on a little too much in canter on the long side - on a grass surface - and we clipped the white dressage boards - which proceeded to fall like dominos (sp) and dislodge the privet balls - which rolled like tumble weed accross the arena.
The writer had to get out to retreive them - and Mr S was snorting at her and the privet balls - I got a 2 !
 
Apart from being dumped on the centre line whilst doing my final salute in BE dressage and horse galloping back to my mum in the practice ring.... only other moment I can think of was on my fab little grey pony quite a few years ago in the jump off - he was SO quick to turn it, but unfortunately he was a bit TOO quick over one jump, he literally landed and turned immediately and I went out the side door... I didnt know it then but that happened in front of my now long-term boyfriend! Oh, and falling off at the VERY first fence in TWO classes at a BSJA show a few years ago, that horse was sold not long after
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when i was 16 i was a working pupil at a riding school and was doing my NVQ 2 through a local college.We had a college riding assessment so 2 ladies from the college came to see us.
Me and 3 other students did out flat work fine. went out to the jumping paddock and the pony i was riding slipped and fell (nearly on top of me) i was fine and got straight up, the only problem was i had let go of the reins and it took almost half an hour to catch her.
then half way round the course of 2" 6 jumps the pony tripped and i slithered over her shoulder- luckily i managed to hold on to the reins that time!
hadn't fallen off for 2 years, then twice in one assessment
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just call me lucky
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Taking my 14.2 and my friend with her 17hh going round together, doing not even a 1ft clear round. And getting a refusal or trashing each and every fence, :s. Must've looked awful, mine wouldn't go in front and hers wouldn't jump without a lead.

Would like to point out, we are fine doing rounds on our own, just won't be doing pairs again! Lol!
 
Years ago me and a friend took our horses to a local show. Both horses called to each other all the time and were in different in hand classes. When I went to take my TB mare back to the trailer after a class she just snatched the rein, took off across the showground, jumped the tape into the ring where my friend and horse were doing their in hand class and stood next to them. Judge saw the funny side particularly, when my girl just dug her heels in and would not move until he did
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first dressage test - went down before test to show her white boards - bird flew up out of river spooked, saw boards then spooked even more saddle slipped, she bucked, i went over shoulder, hanging on so didnt loose her- i ended up on floor with bridle in hand horse galloping across field saddle under belly, broken nose bleeding everywhere and trying not to get on my new white jods!!!!!
i got horse, still wanted to do test but they wouldnt let me as face started to swell quite badly - so taken to hospital instead.....didnt get any blood on jods though!!!
 
Had the vet out to one of the ponies some time ago who had a slipped stifle out in the field, while vet was bent over, our cob gelding came in for a look and a sniff, grabbed said purple thong which was on display above the waistband of her jeans and pulled, giving vet a stonking wedgie, it must have hurt because he pulled backwards with it still in his mouth.

I don't know who had the redder face, myself or the poor vet.
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