The lady didn't know her trailer. The chest bars are bolted from the outside. Just loosen the ring/bolt with a tire iron, and they drop down/off.
While any horse can get hurt during trailering, there are trailers designed for the horses' needs, and there are trailers designed for human convenience. Just because a trailer is priced cheap, doesn't mean it won't cost you big bucks later on. Anyone who trailers horses should educate themselves so as to know what to look for and what to avoid.
Terry "May the Horse be with You"
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:42:09 -0400 Subject: [RC] not just mangers... From: michelle.antoinette@xxxxxxxxx To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I purposely got a trailer withOUT mangers, because of what I heard about horses getting stuck up there. I got a slant-load, because I wanted the rear tack, AND I knew that if I were to get a ride with other people to rides, I would likely need to load her into a slant, so I wanted her to be used to it! Anyway, I got a ride to a training ride once in a straight load (with the standard bars up front, no mangers). After we returned, I was unloading my horse, and getting all my stuff out of her truck. The woman I got a ride from was holding my horse, and we suddenly heard a load of commotion in the trailer. HER horse (who was always trailered in this trailer, and thus used to it) had gotten his front feet over the bar and was trying to get free. Without any floor for the feet to reach, it seemed even harder for him to get free. While she was up front trying to figure out what to do, I saw her horse nearly flip over backwards in attempting to get free. It was REALLY scary for me (I'm one of those, lol, new to all this, wasn't quite sure what to do). He eventually got himself free luckily... Anyway, just wanted to point out that it's not just mangers, it's ANYthing solid in front of the horse's chest. I like my little slant. The only thing in front of her to get "stuck" in is her feed bag, and I'm hoping / am pretty sure that it would simply break if she ever managed to get her feet up into it.
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