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YES!  Done this a couple of times...had a horse try to get out, slip and 
slide under the trailer with his hind legs.
I prefer tying a horse in the trailer because I don't want any attempt of 
the horse trying to turn around.  That's been tried, too.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Walker" <bwalker2@xxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] why not to tie your horse in the trailer


> That's interesting - as I was taught to tie the head last when  loading, 
> and untie first when unloading.  The reason for that was that  if the 
> horse started to back out and hit the end of the rope, it would  be more 
> likely to panic and start pulling back & scrambling around due  to the 
> sudden restraint.  Based on the few times I've forgotten to  untie before 
> unloading - I can state that is pretty accurate.


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