ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] Riding out a buck

Re: [endurance] Riding out a buck

Leslie Murgatroyd (murgnme@pacific.net)
Fri, 5 Apr 1996 23:20:20 +8

> Hi- I'm trying to recall what my old teacher said to me about how to ride out
> a buck without getting rocketed off the horse's back. Yesterday I rode up
> a rocky water trail on a hill and my horse said "GO!" while I was saying slow
> down and be careful and he sorta cantered, lunged, bucked up the
> trail. I was
> above the saddle on my thighs and it was actually fun and not jolting at all.
> Was I doing the right thing as far as how to avoid the jolt of the
> buck?Thanks-Amy

Hi Amy,

You must have been doing something right-- if you didn't get rocketed
off the horses back!!! I wasn't so lucky the other day. My horse
"hopped" unexpectedly (up an embankment, rather than staying on the
road!!) which threw me off balance and then proceeded to buck and
buck and (it's too painful to go on!!). And, YES, I was ROCKeting
through space before I knew it!! The bad part was the pile of SHARP
(ouch!!) rocks that I landed on. : () At least my mare didn't run
off!!! That was the ONLY good part. Any helpful hints you get, for
riding out that buck, would be most appreciated by me!! And, we might
experience this again????
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Eat when you're hungry. Drink when you're thirsty.
Sleep when you're tired. ----Buddhist saying

Ride when you're stressed!!

Leslie Murgatroyd <murgnme@pacific.net> Kelseyville, CA