Woah Shamrock...WOAH..!!

[Elsbells]

Yes except that just as often some numpty with no Knowledge of race horses winds up killing a horse or maybe themselves. I watched two friends go out for a hack One had a new ex racehorse . They swopped horses. I was amazed and thought ,wow I must have misjudged the other riders ability.Sadly I had not ,they never made it home .The horse mistook the rider taking a hold as a signal to go. Tried to jump a moving car lengthways . Rider seriously hurt.Horse ultimately PTS.

Oh horrible! Riding is a dangerous sport and we shouldn't forget that. We have to have some respect for the animal that we trust our lives to, novices shouldn't be riding ex racers full stop!

 

[Enfys]

I was wondering why he didn't just stick the horses nose in a hedge to stop it (it's what I do on the rare occasion my little madam takes charge, the only time I can't do it is when there are ditches in front of the hedges, then I resort to swearing)

Those looked like flailed hedges to me, only an idiot would run themselves and a horse into those things.

I think the guy was a good sport to put this up.

Falling off? We all know that if you are not used to going fast for a while, your body turns to jelly.

No-one is perfect, we all learn, sometimes the hard way.
I am pretty sure that the majority of us have had moments like this, although this hardly classed as a bolt, more a tb jolly , and not all of us knew what to do to slow down either.

 

[MotherOfChickens]

glad I read all the comments, thought I was the only one laughing.

 

[Pigeon]

I laughed hysterically. Is that really bad? I think it was the gleeful little tb ears - reminded me so much of my guy. Bet the horse had a grand old time.

I agree that novices and ex racehorses are a bad idea, and thank god it was all off road! But horse and rider are fine, and I hope rider will have learnt from the experience (and no doubt all the teasing from his friends and colleagues!!).