Don't you just hate it? You're trotting along, happy as can be and

all4him · 11-02-2009, 05:22 PM

your horse falls on his face???????

Goodness gracious! I'm at the beginning of our ride in the ring today and my boy suddenly falls on his knees and nose and cannot get up! Fortunately I stayed on (have NO idea how I did) and after a couple of tries, he got up again but golly!! It's NOT fun to suddenly have the front of your ride disappear!! Fortunately he was fine, a little shaken and spooky in that part of the ring but no injury and we went on to finish riding tonight just fine.

I just HATE when that happens!!

FarFromOver · 11-02-2009, 05:23 PM

Yup....happened to me once. I'll never forget it.

noreins · 11-02-2009, 05:24 PM

Ha ha! My paint gelding is the clumsiest horse ever!

Christin_appy · 11-02-2009, 05:25 PM

Yeah, I get a stumble now and than.

horsegal4113 · 11-02-2009, 05:31 PM

Yeah...try doing that at the canter. I used to ride a friend's gelding and he would do fabulous when he was paying attention but once in a while he would zone out and start getting really heavy on the forehand and dragging his front feet. I will never forget the time we were cantering along (totally even ground...absolutely nothing to stumble over) and all of a sudden I felt him going down and felt myself flying up out of the saddle. Somehow I managed to not go over his head. He was fine but I was just a wee bit shaken up.

lilycoolhorse · 11-02-2009, 05:42 PM

haha yup! :P my first fall ever was when i was riding a really super old mare and she tripped in the TINIEST hole in the ground ever and landed on her forehead and i did a front roll off of her neck and it hurrrt!!! lol

PiaffePony0412 · 11-02-2009, 05:48 PM

Chase and I were schooling XC one time, and after jumping a ditch, I felt his hindend drop under and then he fell flat on his face and rolled on his side, I got off just in time and was TERRIFIED! I thought he had broken a leg, he laid there for 5 seconds that seemed like forever, with me in shock, then he got back up, and was peachy. I inspected him all over. After realizing he was fine, I got back on and kept on schooling like nothing happened! I think he scared himself as much as he scared me!

-Piaffepony0412

CrazyHorse · 11-02-2009, 05:59 PM

Was there a cute little mare nearby?

11-02-2009, 05:22 PM	#1
all4him Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: East Coast Posts: 337	Don't you just hate it? You're trotting along, happy as can be and your horse falls on his face??????? Goodness gracious! I'm at the beginning of our ride in the ring today and my boy suddenly falls on his knees and nose and cannot get up! Fortunately I stayed on (have NO idea how I did) and after a couple of tries, he got up again but golly!! It's NOT fun to suddenly have the front of your ride disappear!! Fortunately he was fine, a little shaken and spooky in that part of the ring but no injury and we went on to finish riding tonight just fine. I just HATE when that happens!!

11-02-2009, 05:23 PM	#2
FarFromOver Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Here :P Posts: 4,470	Yup....happened to me once. I'll never forget it. __________________ My horse's feet are as swift as rolling thunder He carries me away from all my fears And when the world threatens to fall asunder His mane is there to wipe away my tears. ~Bonnie Lewis

11-02-2009, 05:25 PM	#4
Christin_appy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ohio Posts: 942 Images: 65	Yeah, I get a stumble now and than. __________________ : redhorse: Why breed your own when you can pick out the perfact one and save its life?

11-02-2009, 05:48 PM	#7
PiaffePony0412 Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: All over! But I'm in Florida for now! Posts: 520 Images: 71	Chase and I were schooling XC one time, and after jumping a ditch, I felt his hindend drop under and then he fell flat on his face and rolled on his side, I got off just in time and was TERRIFIED! I thought he had broken a leg, he laid there for 5 seconds that seemed like forever, with me in shock, then he got back up, and was peachy. I inspected him all over. After realizing he was fine, I got back on and kept on schooling like nothing happened! I think he scared himself as much as he scared me! -Piaffepony0412 __________________ *Citius, Altius, Fortius* Official motto of the Olympic Games

11-02-2009, 05:59 PM	#8
CrazyHorse Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Florence, Mississippi Posts: 10,914 Images: 654	Was there a cute little mare nearby? __________________ Don't fight the hands that hold you... God is so big He can cover the whole world with his Love and so small He can curl up inside your heart. I've been blessed by the Snow Fairy too many times to count! I've been gobbled many times over by Thom Turkey!

11-02-2009, 05:31 PM	#5
horsegal4113 Full Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 68 Images: 34	Yeah...try doing that at the canter. I used to ride a friend's gelding and he would do fabulous when he was paying attention but once in a while he would zone out and start getting really heavy on the forehand and dragging his front feet. I will never forget the time we were cantering along (totally even ground...absolutely nothing to stumble over) and all of a sudden I felt him going down and felt myself flying up out of the saddle. Somehow I managed to not go over his head. He was fine but I was just a wee bit shaken up.

11-02-2009, 05:42 PM	#6
lilycoolhorse Full Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 34	haha yup! :P my first fall ever was when i was riding a really super old mare and she tripped in the TINIEST hole in the ground ever and landed on her forehead and i did a front roll off of her neck and it hurrrt!!! lol

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