I have a mare that is very much the same,
although most of the time she not really trying to dump me, just “liven
things up”. This mare always likes to play games and goof off, that
is what I love about her most of the time. At an event she is all
business and has only spooked/goofed off a couple of times. I have tried
to explain to others that I can ride without holding on, just not when I ride
her. It is good to know other people get to have as much fun as I do.
Adam
Jannelle Wilde & Adam Falk
584 Romie Howard Rd.
Yoncalla OR 97499
541-849-2460
866-241-1531 (toll-free)
home.centurytel.net/mfarm
From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of larry Miller Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005
6:36 AM To: ridecamp Subject: [RC] spooking
After 13 seasons on trail, I figure my Maggie is fairly well
trained. Spooking is still an issue. Sometimes it is legitimate,
like the log eating machine that was bouncing up and down when we came around
the turn in an extended trot. I never had a chance. Maggie dropped
to the ground, spun 180 degrees while leaping 10 ft sideways, and I flew off
the saddle in the sitting position. Kristie rushed over as I lay there
and asked 'are you dead?' Then she went and caught Maggie and I got back
on and we ran half mile hill. Good run too, plenty fast! The log
eating machine was still bouncing! I couldn't sit the canter for a month
my tail bone hurt so bad but I could post. I consider Maggie very
manageable, well trained, but she can throw some of the most obnoxious spooks I
have ever tried to sit. For the most part I am successful and mostly at a
ride, she is so business like, that I don't get very many. Home is a
different story. I believe that she likes to liven things up and make
sure that I am awake and paying attention. My only defense is the right
handed death grip on the horn. I never know when those spooks are coming,
I swear she lays in wait for me and then does it on purpose. Jeanie
