mrdarcy
Well-Known Member
The hat or no hat post got me thinking and when I bumped into an acquaintance of mine today I wondered how many stories you all had about so-called experienced horse people and the bonkers things they get up to.
This person I bumped into today is an AI with years of horse owning and riding behind her. She teaches and has backed horses for other people as well as doing her own.
She's just got a new horse (arrived Tuesday) that though broken to drive has never been ridden, so she's backing it herself. Nothing strange about that... you'd think...
When I bumped into her she was leading her other horse, with her teenage daughter leading the new unbacked horse along the bottom road in our village. Again seems okay - the road is a cul-de-sac and not very busy.
Said new horse is tacked up, saddle and bridle. This person then told me her daughter was about to get on it for the first time. 'Here?' I asked, incredulously considering we were on the road in the middle of the village. She proceeded to tell me that she always backed horses in this particular place because it's at the bottom of a hill so if anything happened the horse couldn't get very far as it would get tired trying to gallop up the steep hill. As I rode off I glanced back to see her teenage daughter preparing to get on this unbacked horse from the ground, whilst Mum was holding both horses....
I should add that they have a fully fenced outdoor school at their yard so you would think if you were going to back a horse anywhere that would be the most sensible place.
Would any of you lot back a horse on a road?
What other mad things have you witnessed/heard about from so-called experienced horse people?
This person I bumped into today is an AI with years of horse owning and riding behind her. She teaches and has backed horses for other people as well as doing her own.
She's just got a new horse (arrived Tuesday) that though broken to drive has never been ridden, so she's backing it herself. Nothing strange about that... you'd think...
When I bumped into her she was leading her other horse, with her teenage daughter leading the new unbacked horse along the bottom road in our village. Again seems okay - the road is a cul-de-sac and not very busy.
Said new horse is tacked up, saddle and bridle. This person then told me her daughter was about to get on it for the first time. 'Here?' I asked, incredulously considering we were on the road in the middle of the village. She proceeded to tell me that she always backed horses in this particular place because it's at the bottom of a hill so if anything happened the horse couldn't get very far as it would get tired trying to gallop up the steep hill. As I rode off I glanced back to see her teenage daughter preparing to get on this unbacked horse from the ground, whilst Mum was holding both horses....
I should add that they have a fully fenced outdoor school at their yard so you would think if you were going to back a horse anywhere that would be the most sensible place.
Would any of you lot back a horse on a road?
What other mad things have you witnessed/heard about from so-called experienced horse people?
