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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 3326"><p>I'm sorry to hear of your wife's accident. Dang!</p><p></p><p>I think the best preventative is good training for the horse and the same for the rider. Any horse can spook, as you know. The same plastic bag the horse learns to ignore in the round pen can become a lethal predator when viewed on the trail or out in the pasture.</p><p></p><p>Stopping a runaway horse isn't all about muscle, although having some muscle can really help.</p><p></p><p>We have a big, strong horse that spent the first several years of her life being ridden, but most often being used as a pack horse. We were up on the mountain herding cattle a few weeks ago and when another rider took off with her horse to chase cattle through the forest, this horse tried to take off and keep up with the other horse. She just wanted to keep up with the "pack string." The only way I could stop her was to circle her, using hard tugs (not a steady pull) on the rein, as well as leg cues. In this case the cue was a good strong spur thunking her just behind her front leg as I brought her around in a circle. No way could I have just pulled her around using muscle. The combination of cues and muscle did the trick, as well as a good verbal scolding during the rest of the process. If I had just pulled strongly on the rein, she probably would have pushed on through the bit and continued to run. It's the tugging that gets their attention. Normally the tug should be very, very gentle, but in an emergency do what works.</p><p></p><p>I knew this horse could be a problem when it came to following other horses, and I was prepared for it. I also had been working with her intensely on cues in the round pen and in the arena.</p><p></p><p>So, again, training is the key. As well as matching the horse and the rider's skills.</p><p></p><p>By the way, the pelvis always breaks in an odd number of places - usually 3, sometimes 5. This happens because the pelvis is a circular bone.</p><p></p><p>I hope your wife has a speedy recovery and is able to continue to ride.</p><p></p><p>> Recently purchased a couple of</p><p>> horses, perhaps too much of a</p><p>> horse as my wife, inexperience</p><p>> rider and not very strong</p><p>> physically, is now in the hospital</p><p>> with a concussion, nerve damage to</p><p>> her eye and a fractured pelvis - 3</p><p>> places. Horse got spooke by some</p><p>> jerk flying low in his private</p><p>> airplane. Anyway, need to know of</p><p>> different techniques of how to</p><p>> stop a horse who panics and takes</p><p>> flight, expecially for someone who</p><p>> is not strong enough to grab a</p><p>> rein and turn the head. Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 3326"] I'm sorry to hear of your wife's accident. Dang! I think the best preventative is good training for the horse and the same for the rider. Any horse can spook, as you know. The same plastic bag the horse learns to ignore in the round pen can become a lethal predator when viewed on the trail or out in the pasture. Stopping a runaway horse isn't all about muscle, although having some muscle can really help. We have a big, strong horse that spent the first several years of her life being ridden, but most often being used as a pack horse. We were up on the mountain herding cattle a few weeks ago and when another rider took off with her horse to chase cattle through the forest, this horse tried to take off and keep up with the other horse. She just wanted to keep up with the "pack string." The only way I could stop her was to circle her, using hard tugs (not a steady pull) on the rein, as well as leg cues. In this case the cue was a good strong spur thunking her just behind her front leg as I brought her around in a circle. No way could I have just pulled her around using muscle. The combination of cues and muscle did the trick, as well as a good verbal scolding during the rest of the process. If I had just pulled strongly on the rein, she probably would have pushed on through the bit and continued to run. It's the tugging that gets their attention. Normally the tug should be very, very gentle, but in an emergency do what works. I knew this horse could be a problem when it came to following other horses, and I was prepared for it. I also had been working with her intensely on cues in the round pen and in the arena. So, again, training is the key. As well as matching the horse and the rider's skills. By the way, the pelvis always breaks in an odd number of places - usually 3, sometimes 5. This happens because the pelvis is a circular bone. I hope your wife has a speedy recovery and is able to continue to ride. > Recently purchased a couple of > horses, perhaps too much of a > horse as my wife, inexperience > rider and not very strong > physically, is now in the hospital > with a concussion, nerve damage to > her eye and a fractured pelvis - 3 > places. Horse got spooke by some > jerk flying low in his private > airplane. Anyway, need to know of > different techniques of how to > stop a horse who panics and takes > flight, expecially for someone who > is not strong enough to grab a > rein and turn the head. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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