Fight Song - Horse Bloopers 2015 

Omg! Yes

Sydney F thank you

Yeah but when horses spook they don’t listen as well.

@@mckennai.921 my horse does! I thought him to stand still when he spooks. (sorry for my bad english)

Samee

StarEquestrian are you calling 2:03 funny none of these are funny it is hurting the horses.

Shelby Starr I do, and I understand that catching a runaway horse is hard; however you can really damage your horse's mouth! To each their own

Shelby Starr I understand and an very aware of that--like I said, to each their own

Shelby Starr if you hang onto the reins when you fall the bit slams into the horses gums and causes uneven pressure. the fall alone can cause wounds or even broken teeth depending on where said person has the bit placed. the pain from the pressure freaks them out and they find a release. it is a lot better to let the reins go and let the horse run than to hang on and damage the horses mouth.

Yea but holding on to your rains when you fall may keep your horse from running away which could lead to them getting hurt.

When things start going wrong, instinct takes over - and instinct tells us to hold on tight to whatever we can grab! When a rider is panicking, it doesn't matter what the instructor has told them or how many books they've read or even knowing what they *should* do in a fall situation (that holding onto the reins as you fall will damage the horse's mouth, etc); all of that head knowledge will fly out the window as your body tries to preserve itself. The only thing to do is practice falling off in a safe location. I remember telling my non-horsey friend to "just drop the reins" whenever she came over to ride and she was on a horse that was notorious for tripping and falling to his knees. Every time she came over I'd give her those instructions and every time he tripped, even if it was a small trip, she'd practice dropping the reins because otherwise her instinct would have taken over and she would have yanked up (which is the natural thing to do when you feel yourself fall forward). One day, when she was riding, the horse tripped and completely fell to his knees, but because she had practiced dropping them in safe(er) situations, her "training" took over and she dropped the reins and held on to the horn until the horse recovered. This was a long story, but my point is this - when you are galloping at 25-30 miles per hour over a cross-country course with jumps scattered throughout and you have all of that adrenaline coursing through your body (because it's a thrill!) and you suddenly start to fall from a spooking horse, your body goes into self-preservation mode and you grab anything you can - you simply cannot help that. There is, of course, exceptions to this when a rider has practiced this situation in a controlled environment, but most riders do not.

How's it abuse?

yeah same no h8

Kiri Equestrian how?? She was trying to line her horse up? I saw no abuse?

Me to.😢😢😢

They’re animals with a mind of there own nit machines so sometimes it is there fault

fran :v what

Yea... Why r they doin with the reins???