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Jeff in TX
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When getting married avoid horses and unicorns :)
Jeff in TX
Senior MemberPosts: 2,354 Senior Member
When getting married, try to avoid horses and unicorns 
It's more danger than romantic! My guess the horse and the unicorn just didn't want to be in the wedding. Just another guess but I'm thinking the unicorn didn't like the bridleless it! Could also have been the English saddles. You tend to stay in a western saddle better
It's more danger than romantic! My guess the horse and the unicorn just didn't want to be in the wedding. Just another guess but I'm thinking the unicorn didn't like the bridleless it! Could also have been the English saddles. You tend to stay in a western saddle better Distance is not an issue, but the wind can make it interesting!
John 3: 1-21
John 3: 1-21
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So there she was in her bespoke wedding dress pulling up to the church...ready to cause gasps of astonish.ent at her regal bearing...when the wheel horse experienced some, ummm, were, gastric disturbance and sprayed the coach and the somewhat less regal passenger with....well...you get it...
She wanted a wedding that everyone would remember...she got it...
John 3: 1-21
I once had a friend of a friend come out to my place and asked if she could ride my horse. Went on and on about how experienced she was, although her "experience" was riding English saddles. My old roping gelding was as gentle as you'd ever find, so I saddled him up for her. I repeatedly and very clearly explained to her that he isn't an English riding horse and he was VERY light headed.. go easy on the reins. As soon as she started to step up in to the saddle, she yanked back on the reins, which made my horse start backing up really quickly, so she decided the best thing to do was pull back on the reins harder. All the while, I'm yelling at her to let go of the reins. He ended up backing up so hard he slipped and rolled over on his side. Luckily she jumped off in time. She decided she didn't want to ride any more. And of course, it was all my horse's fault..
Part of what I did for work as a teenager was take out trail rides for my employer. Usually a bunch of people with no business being on a horse. At the time the German Air Force was in the area doing joint training over here and word got out that they could go ride horses with us. Those people were NUTS!
During my horse training apprenticeship I took a LOT of trail rides out for the trainer we were working with and in many cases they were training rides, teaching folks how to stay safe while trail riding. It’s very difficult for folks to differentiate between RIDING a horse and sitting on a horse for a ride. One of the two activities requires knowledge.
Well trained horses, specially those that have bonded with a rider in particular, do not like a change in riders, specially really spirited horses. My old horse Eagle, who had zero patience with other folks, dumped his previous owner the trainer that sold him to me. He tried to ask the horse to do something the way he used to do it after the horse was with me for years and when the horse didn’t want to he lost his patience with him and my horse summarily SLAMMED him into the ground. When he dusted himself off I came over and he smiled and said, “that was my fault” and limped away.
I’ve had folks bore me to tears with their exploits on horseback to then (in one memorable occasion) fall off a horse that was standing totally still! I learned people lie about their experience and they totally lie about the horses they bring in for training all the time. After getting off a horse that the owner told me only needed a little “tuning” I walked back and told the owner I knew exactly the cure for his horses problems. When he asked what it was I said “A lead pill behind his right ear.”