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lol

Wait a second....she and stallion don't mix.....how did i not notice this until now

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Lol

I’ve owned horses my entire life and have been riding since I was two and I wear a helmet because it’s the smart thing to do. I forgot to one time and it was literally the one time my horses acted up and threw me off and I ended up having to go to the hospital for X-rays and got a concussion so it just shows that no matter how well trained your horse is they’re still animals and things happen so you should always wear a helmet and not make a mistake like I did luckily I was at least wearing a winter hat.

As someone who grew up without helmet habit...always wear one. All but one of my head hits have been with groundwork but I’ve fallen off once w/o helmet...no more risks.

I was washing my horse and I thought doing it barefoot would be a good idea... until he stepped on my toe. Atleast we were on grass not concrete

@@paigek9923 I remember a comment saying "Moral of the story, get a concussion so you can get a horse." I will refrain from asking if it worked.

Ehh, we did driving and work horses so were around the Amish a lot. They rarely wear shoes. And I still laugh remembering watching the farrier shoeing my 2000 lb draft horse with a foot bigger than his face comepletely barefoot. But I guess rhe driving world is different from riding. If there's an accident we know we dying lol.

She has the week off.

She haha

@@mikaylajewkes8663 😅😂😂

Best thing I have seen in a while 🤧😂

*s h e*

😂😂😂 exactly

*shots* *fired*

@@romanalillian 🤣🤣🤣

How did she fall off? Did her horse get in kerscuffle with another horse?

@@stitches318 probably had no idea how to balance

Even myself someone with almost totally not expérience about riding a horse but still go so much fun at a beach ride great expriment i hate went people lie about being pros or not just to look cool pff

Aside from the lady this sounds absolutely amazing, what a dream!

The only time I've done a beach ride was with my at the time pony, a ploddy gypsy cob. He was honestly the best pony I've ever had in my 22 years of riding. My current horse so far as been quite good, he's only backed end of last year though, he just turned 5 in March. So we will retire at the same time. 🤣 he'll be in his 30s and I'll be coming up for the 60s.

@Gi Gi I know! Glad I'm not the only one experiencing that type of a horse. The first time I started trail riding kids was when we moved. I caught one of the neighbor's kids in my pasture with my horse, barefoot. I mentally freaked out, but didn't physically freak out because I didn't want to spook my horse and trample the kid. But that kid apparently had been outside with my horse a good while, standing only up to her chest and barefoot and didn't even hurt her. I opted to let her ride my horse so she would stop coming into the pasture as things can happen with horses. It was walking her down our road when other kids came over to me wanting to ride her to. Because apparently adult+horse+kid = I can ride too. So I ended up having these weekly "appointments" for different kids and I would take my horse to their house and walk around in their front yard. One of them was partially disabled with leg braces.

I know a mare somewhat like that. She’s a wonderful therapy horse, super calm and patient, but the second someone who thought they were a good rider but really weren’t as good as they thought was on her back, she would throw her weight to the inside of the arena and drag them in, sometimes she’d just stop and start backing up, sometimes she’d even do a little rear. For more experienced riders though, she might give them a little test at the beginning where she’d experimentally come off the track but if the rider quickly corrected her she’d be an angel for the rest of the lesson. When I rode her as a younger child she used to constantly drag me to the inside and just fight me the whole time, but I rode different horses for a while and came back to her and now she doesn’t even test me and is one of my favorites to ride bareback because she’s so calm and sweet.

Yeah I volunteer at a therapeutic horsemanship center, and there is a mare there that is actually the lead mare and she is soooooo great with kids, but...I really don't like leading her because she thinks that she's the boss and can boss me around because she's the most dominant horse there. She can be a brat sometimes but she is a great therapy horse.

@@christins.1481 Waw I'm always amazed when I read stories about horse owners letting other people ride their horses. I think if I had the chance to own one, I would share it with no one, even less with a kid. I guess it's because I'm an only child and I'm EXTREMELY possessive. 😅

Lmao I used to ride a horse like that, his name was Circlo, he was amazing with kids, but would buck with adults lmao

I’m so glad my friends who don’t know much about horses listen to everything I tell them to do when I take them out on trail rides with me. I also give them a mini lesson on horses and how mine are trained if it’s their first time going out on a ride with me so both them and my horses stay safe.

For me mainly them thinking they r like experienced, they tell the people they came with “oh no its fine u can do that” and im walking past like “mmm no actually u cant... ur blocking the breezeway pls move”

I have had similar experiences. Riding is not just getting on a horse and going.

I would so show up with tennis shoes on and my own helmet and ask if there's a box before beginner. Like I have fallen off every horse I have ever tried to ride. Then "when do we get to pet the horses?" Asking before doing anything because I don't want to get hurt

its also annoying when you ARE really experienced and they treat you like its ur first time

*sandals?

@Gi Gi LOL IKR? I've literally taken people off ponies and put them on bigger horses because I just had this inkling the pony is going to be a shithead. Funny when they realise how badly behaved some of them can be and they go pale. This is why I like my drafts.... even though I've had the pleasure of riding a very spirited Shire in the past (kinda scary when they decide to be a bit fresh), generally the bigger horses are more docile. It probably doesn't help that I'm from the UK and Welsh ponies/cobs are common and some tend to be rather high strung

@@misschieflolz1301 Haha, I remember I was the oldest most experienced kid in my riding class so they put me on the little shithead pony named Fudge! It made me feel inferior because all the other kids were riding big graceful horses who did whatever they wanted while I looked like a fool trying to get little Fudge to follow my commands

@Gi Gi Yeah. I know way back arabian blood was introduced to the breed and it kinda stuck. I've not had good experiences with haflingers, but that's just a particular case and I don't see it as a breed representation. Percherons are amazing, they had a percheron x ID x Hanovarian that was just the best. Chill, but could do just as good as anyone else

I prefer the "Big Draft ones"

That actually kind of rude, not everyone has the money for every colour horse

Entitled people are so weird, like what’s wrong with you?

@stinesfloy - Decades ago, while riding with a friend on green horses along a road, we had a car come to a screeching halt in front of us. The passenger jumped out and demanded that he be able to ride one of the Arabian horses we were mounted on. When I said no and explained they were in training, the guy said he was a trainer! Needless to say we continued on our way, going faster than the man on foot could keep up with and descending into a trail that was further from the road. It was so obvious that the man had absolutely NO inkling on training a horse and probably had never been on one. What horseman in his right mind would come screeching up in front of 2 riders, jump out of the car and DEMAND to be allowed to ride? None.

@@alycewich4472 really none. Lol. Reminds me about that one time I had a run in with miss entitled. I was left in charge of the stable where I had my horses for two days.One of the horseowners told me a woman would come to ride her horse and asked me to just point out her horse for her. So she came and I told her that it was the brown huge one out on pasture. Imossible to mistake as he was a draft mix breed and massive. I was doing a health check up on the yearlings in the hall so I was really buisy.(fun times. 5 barely handled yearlings. That took time as you can imagine) when I got out there stands Castor saddled up with no rider in sight in the parkinglot. Quick about Castor. One of the most beautiful horses I have ever seen. Arabian stallion, grey with mane like silver. Also really difficult to ride. Turns out miss entitled would rather ride the beautiful Castor instead of Sampson the draft horse. She ended up with a broken leg and banned from the stable. Who even does that...its not even basic horsemanship but basic common sense. (She also tried to pin it on me saying I pointed her to the wrong horse. Like really missy. Huge and brown isnt remotly like grey and arabian.)

Ok but that’s sometimes bullshit to do because I have ridden my whole life and when people that do trail rides talk to me like I’m an idiot and I don’t know shit it’s kinda insulting tbh.

@@foxxgirl0715 Personally, it's pretty easy for me to tell if someone's actually experienced or just thinks that they are. In my experience usually the people like you who know what they're doing don't feel the need to constantly cut off the guides to tell them they know what they're doing!

Yep or when they ask for a fast horse and you immediately KNOW they are gona make the ride dangerous for everyone else and themselves so you pick out the horse that is dead to the legs unless you know how to squeeze him up the way a genuinely experienced rider would.

@@sheaburnett4872 Maybe it's just me, but whenever I go to a different place (not always but really often lol) I feel like I can't ride all of a sudden xD And I'm riding without any breaks for like 8-9 years :'D and it's pretty embarrassing xD Well, they can probably see that I know some stuff, but it does feel embarrassing when they put me on one of the easiest horse they have (as they usually do with new people they don't really know) and I have hard time with controling it when they misbehave :'D But then again - every horse is different and I think it takes a while before you get to know them, what they're doing and how to prevent them from doing stuff you don't want to...

Actually my mum did grow up with horses! We have photos of her aged five standing on her pony's back dressed as a cowgirl. Unfortunately they got sold when my grandad died and she didn't get to ride again until my sister and I were old enough to get a pony. Technically she could say she was experienced if she wanted to be an idiot and not mention that she hadn't ridden for 15 years!

I used to ride this grumpy older gelding who’d only trot in the school if he could chase someone 😂

Or an older mare will be good to ride. Pffffff

@@mollymiller3720 I used to have a horse I would ride when I was younger she was 34 and she would always be in front of the horses and out of nowhere she would take of running and then stop and trot back to the other horses idk the older horses are crazy

My daughter was given an old roping horse by someone who just didn't want to feed him anymore, and hadn't for quite a while, he was in bad shape. But she got him turned around and what a magnificent beast he was, unbelievably well trained. Turn on a dime and have five cents left. I loooooved that horse. Let a beginner near him? Not a chance. He was bought by someone who loved him as much as we did.

Bro the older they get it seems they feel like they have to prove something so they are crazy as hell. I mean I know some tamer older horses but it’s rare

I have anxiety and I’m saving up to BUY a horse and my anxiety makes it so I don’t even know how to ride a horse and I will have known the horse I want for 4 months on the first Saturday of April soooooooo yeah

My husband and I went on a trail ride on vacation just for the heck of it. We had horses and both spent our youth working at a hack stable so we were experienced but they didn't even ask. We were the only ones appropriately dressed...jeans and boots. We were the last ones mounted and they put me on a horse that had arrived, running, at the stable sans rider five minutes before the rest of the group. I rode him but it was a bit terrifying. He didn't respond to the reins very well. I was just a passenger, lol. The group was really long and at one point the guy behind me crowded up on my horse who kicked which caused his horse to shy and him to fall off. Suddenly there was a loose horse in the mix and you better believe I bailed off of mine. I caught the guy's horse, checked he wasn't hurt, checked the girth and helped him back on and while I was mounting my horse again the trail guide finally turned around and told me not to get off my horse! It made me appreciate what good care we took of our riders at the farm we worked at.

I have no problem saying that I know very little about horses and riding. I find the guide to usually be very kind, but I find I always end up on that horse that’s hungry or tired and just wants to go to the barn, or is bored and wants to run. I’ve been fortunate that I’ve been able to do okay with the horse, to the amusement of everyone. Honestly I wish I had grown up around horses. I believe everyone who has have been blessed to do so.

This is SO true!! Lol I always downplay my experience, but as soon as they find out I own a horse, bring on the cranky, jiggy, naughty horses! "Oh Good, you'll ride Satan today..." 😂 It keeps me from being bored on the walk only trail rides though.

@Sarah Collins The guide was doing their job, for your and the horses sake. There are numerous ways to do everything, including dismount, some better than others. They've trained their horses in a certain way, and want to be sure people do things that way. Can you imagine how many self- proclaimed experts show up to ride, then do everything not just incorrectly but dangerously or painfully for the horse? You probably signed a waiver saying you'd follow all instructions... refusing to wait for them to explain was kinda rude. 😉 No shade meant, just a different perspective for you to consider.

@Sarah Collins Sure, that's exactly what I understood... the guide, who is in charge of the horses and riders welfare, asked you to wait for her to explain how she wanted you to do something. You refused and did it anyway. Whether you did it right or not isn't the issue, it's that you didn't follow the guides instructions, or even see what the big deal was or what could have gone wrong. She was probably quite relieved you didn't throw your leg over the horses neck or keep your foot in the stirrup on the way down or kick the horses rump while swinging your leg. Being the party in charge, we owe it to them to give them a minute to explain how they want things done on the horses and rides they're responsible for.

You can't fool a horse. They've got your number immediately.

@Sarah Collins We had a trail horse at the farm I used to work at that would be a jerk. He was gentle enough for everyone but he'd do things like walk off the trail into the bushes and just stop, lol. Nothing the inexperienced rider could do could get him back out onto the trail and going again. I'd have to keep getting off my horse to drag him out. Such a pain in the a**! I got so frustrated finally I rode him as my guide horse and was looking forward to straightening him out... nothing. He was perfect, lol. Ugh! His name was Bobby Sox. My husband and I still remember him all these years later.

@Sarah Collins - Back in the day when I was in-between horses of my own, I would go to the stable and ask for a beginner horse. Then I would make them listen the entire time. I enjoyed the challenge.

It's worth putting in the time and aggravation to eventually string together a group who are sensible and can manage themselves and their mounts !!! We had a very kool group of young moms (abt 8-12) and live in the mountains with lots to rough trails and fields..... We had SO MUCH FUN on school days with our group! NONE were the preverbal 'jerk' === only one small problem ownership 'pride' ..... but the group rides were well worth ignoring that pride !!!

Yesss it is so annoying when ur around other people who think they know everything but they don’t and then they say random stuff about horses that is not even involved with riding like “ a horse neighs when he’s happy” or “a horse needs have his hair brushed everyday” which they don’t unless your gonna be brushing their coat, and I am not lying was the most experienced in the group and also we weren’t in a trail ride we were just learning how to go in a slow gallop at my horse riding camp. I’m sick of beginners saying they are sooo experienced because they are not. Seriously guys don’t do this or u can get hurt if u try to canter and ur a beginner, u can get seriously hurt if u fall of at a canter so yeah.

Not that I like to brag but I know every bone in the horses body since I was 9 😎 While I do know a lot about horses, there's many things I still don't know. 🤣 its always good to learn something new.

@@Kat-mu8wq it is.

Thats with every single hobby.

That poor kid! Hopefully they had a breather after that!

That must’ve been so annoying, at a hotel I stayed at they had daily trail rides, so I went every day, we chatted with the guide, and after the second day he let me trot (and I can’t remember if I was allowed to canter), but obviously I talked to him about what I could do and where. I was only 10 and was more self aware than this girl lol

I’m a tourist trail ride tour guide and this stuff happens all the time

It's allwats the way, give the slowest most food oriented hack the coolest name, sorts all disputes out before they begin

@Caitlin Halliday - A BIG black horse that just so happened to be a 15.2hh mare in a group of 10-14hh ponies and horses.

I have been riding since I was 5- just like this woman stated but I'll admit, I'm not advanced. The woman probably shouldn't have lied if I'm being honest!

DId trail rides in NZ. REally a beginner then- leader of the group wen one direction- my horse took off for home- looked back and 4 other horses in pursuit- one rider fell off. Luckily no one got hurt.

If the place you worked at was in Auckland, I have probably been there!!! :D

Haha I’m at the whitianga (not rangihow ranch)

HAHAHHAHA 😂😂

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One rein stops don't always work. I was trying a horse for someone who wanted to buy it, and the horse took off. I pulled the horses head to my knee and the horse STILL ran straight ahead! Always have a backup plan. In this case it was advising them NOT to buy the horse. 😉

This is why I always say I'm a beginner so they'll give me a chill horse. Cus when I want to go on a trail ride i like taking it easy you know. Well...except for this one time when the horse I was given would not move at all, and when she did she was so slow I could have out-walked her without trying. So...maybe this is a split issue🤔 well...at least for me😂

It's one of those things when you are doing something and think it's casual like EVERYBODY knows how to do it but really it's super good and not everybody can do it- I had something like that but with a sitting trot. I had a riding lesson for my birthday on a Canadian (The breed) who was called Rolo. He was very sweet so no, I don't fall off in this story. I started trotting because that's what my instructor said to do and when I stopped so my mom could bring me my water bottle for a short break, she told me I did a very good sitting trot. When I did the trot, it felt casual because that's what I did at my old barn but apparently not. Keep in mind, I rode western for 5 years and this was my second time riding English. Something that also happened was he kept spiraling to the middle of the arena to where my instructor was. It was very funny but I must watch more riding videos now.

To add onto my comment- the first sentence wasn't to be mean or anything, that's just the best I could explain it.

Thalia Rojas I have horses,but,I’m older and had a few crashes( not on MY horses) that has taken a lot of my confidence. When occasionally going to a trail barn I always say I’m a beginner + That way I usually get a calm,but,not asleep horse....

What a great story. Nothing like a solid well trained and safe horse. Miss my favorite lesson horses.

My all-time favorite horse was my Irish draught gelding who passed away at 36....he was 31 when we did our final fun show together

Yes. I ride at a barn but don’t have a horse but always assure that I will respect the policy no matter how advanced u are if u don’t respect policy’s they can kick u out or have u sit out.

Hahah that would have been such good content! 😂 maybe for a “part 2”

Oh the stories I could tell. 😉😁

now thats the way to do it haha

I went on a trail ride a couple years back, it was my first experience in horse riding lmao. My horse was amazing, she put up with my horrible balance and the horse in front of her wasnt the nicest but she just kept trucking.

I tell them I'm experienced but not brave! Last time they gave me a beautifully responsive mare who I'd have taken home in a heartbeat because I felt so safe on her and she gave me a lovely ride.

@@cyflym11 yes, I tell them I’ve ridden but am rusty (which is true) and usually get something nice. Sometimes there’s a bit of a test at the beginning “oh, wait, you aren’t going to let me run up the butt of the horse in front of us? Okay then” but nothing annoying the whole time. I’ve a couple times wished I was in a position to own a horse, the one I got was so nice.

@Gi Gi Thank you!

I feel for you. I think I was about 14, and this was in 1964, when my Scout troop went camping in the Smokies. One day we took a trail ride to the top of some mountain. The owner/wrangler had a rule that we had to hold our reins no closer than the knot tied at the end, which left the reins very slack. Which was all well and good, but my horse insisted on crowding the horse in front of bim, and there was not a thing I could do to make him go more slowly or stay back. I was trained to ride western, where the horse is off the it most of the time, but a little pressure on the curb is the brake. I had been riding for four years by that time in a mounted drill team that did parades and close order drills on the fairgrounds afterwards. Kind of like the Walmart version of the Spanish Riding school. I was not going to yank on my poor horse's mouth if I had been allowed to use the reins, but I obeyed his rules. The ride was not as pleasant as I eould have liked because of the crowding of the horse in ftont of me snd my lack of control. And then when we got back down to the stable, the guy dtessed me down for rudely crowding the horse in front of me. I'm almost 72 npw, still own horses and ride from time to time, and that still rankles me. I get it. Your business, your horse, your rules. If the stable requires a helmet and heeled shoes, I will comply. I wondered about the mounting block. Are people today so unfit that they will hurt a horse while getting on? I got on my horses from the ground most of my life, until we adopted our most recent horse after about fifteen years of not having one that was fit to be ridden, and I realized my muscles weren't twenty years old anymore. Other than that, being back in the saddle felt like yesterday.

@@erynlasgalen1949 I loved hearing your story, thank you for sharing! :)

Oh really? Jag can get up and go but he’s getting older. I miss his antics! I moved away so I don’t get to see him anymore 😭

Where I ride there is an old mare named Jag and she is still an absolute speed demon even though she’s older...

Fun fact, Jag in Swedish means me

@@jennyandersson6238 Oooooo

Thank you!!! If I hit it before next Tuesday I have the FUNNIEST video to post next!!! I can’t wait 🥳

@@GypsyEquestrian That sounds awesome! I can't wait

Mounting blocks/steps are easier for you and the Horse. (easier to mount up especially when you are 4'9" or shorter. it also depends on how tall the horse is too)

Awesome! Thank you!

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Oh, hey! I’ve heard that’s a really nice way to see the battlefield, do they take good care of the horses? We want to do it sometime once the pandemic is over but I always like to research stables first because I know some trail places don’t treat the horses well. I was going to do that closer to the time but might as well ask you what you think? :) (I’ve ridden/had lessons but not for ages, my SO had some lessons but hasn’t ridden for longer than I have, and our kiddo has been on a horse a couple of times. So we’re quite chill but mostly not actually stupid about horses.)

@@TrappedinSLC it is beautiful and it’s totally worth it ! And the company I worked for was a small family owned farm and we took amazing care of our horses but unfortunately that’s not always the case, do your research and ask questions on the care of the horses also remember that horses come in all shapes (thin and fat ) so just because a horse “looks” thin or you can see their ribs doesn’t mean they aren’t cared for. Company’s that do horseback tours have horses for every level of riders even kids ! It’s not hard running or anything, more like a slow walk to take in the scenery:)

@Keira Buckley I know a girl like that. It’s not even her horse, but she talks to him and once I was bathing him and she just walked over and started to jump around him and obviously he got nervous. I told her to stop bc I was washing his legs and could get kicked 🙄. That’s not even half the story LOL

*inhale* boi

@(Hollow) - Then you would absolutely enjoy either Endurance riding or Competitive Trail Riding. A lot of the riders have been seriously hurt at one time or another, but you just climb back on and continue riding until you get back to camp.

@@alycewich4472 I’ll keep it in mind! :)