From the article: Embarrassing Moments with Horses
Has your horse humbled or embarrassed you? Tell your story. Don’t worry, although your story should be true, your nom-de-plume needn’t be. Share your most embarrassing or humbling moment with your horse. Share Your Story
Bad first impressions
- I went to this ladies barn to try out a horse I was thinking about leasing. Everything went well as I Was riding him until he began to canter in his own! As I tried to slow him he jumped over a poll on the ground and I lost balance and fell in my butt!!!
- —Guest Random
Slippery slide!!
- I was riding a horse out at a show, and we were doing bending we went around the first few pole fine then before I knew my feet were stuck in the stirrups and I was upside down hanging onto the breastplate screaming for help, whilst everbody stood there looking, pointing and laughing at me!! I was red in the face, I ran back to the float loaded my horse up and yelled at mum to stop talking and take me home!! SOOOO EMBARRASSING!
- —Guest Sarah
Weeellllll..
- I was riding a welsh Mare that I leased called Minnie bareback, and we went for a road ride and as we start going up the drive way she full on turns around and gallops back!! I manged to hang on and stop her but it was emabarrasiing cos my friends were watching! Another time my legs wouldnt stay back in our riding lesson, so My teacher (riding teacher) comes up and takes my stirrups away for the whole lesson! it as pretty funny! :)
- —Guest Ilovehorsesthemost!
Bath time!
- After I got my TWH Dancer from her pasture, she seemed thirsty. So I filled up a tub with water and held it for her to drink out of. She took a few sips then took a step back, and charged at it; making me absolutely soaked. Nice going Dancer.
- —Guest Grace
Weeellll...
- I was riding my part loan pony, Billy, in the arena. It was one of my first times on him, and his other part loaner had spent all morning plaiting his mane with him tied up. As is predictable, he was not very impressed by me riding him round and round at walk- so he walked out of the arena. He kept on repeating this charade- in walk it was funny, in trot a bit iffy, and in canter XD! Remind me to keep him interested next time!
- —Guest HorseyMandz
What....?
- I was leading my 3 yr old paint down the long aisle of the barn coming from stall 2 past stall 20 and he was kinda slow so I was walking ahead of him , lead rope swinging. Next thing I know , I'm on my belly arms outstretched , legs sprawled , looking up at my horse in front of me! My own horse had bowled me over at the end of the barn in plain view of all the other horse boarders! Boy was my face red!!!
- —Guest Ireland
Faster please!
- I was showing halter class with my appaloosa mare Peggy, and she just didn't want to walk at a normal pace, and i stepped in front of her a bit to slow her down and the big brat she is went and shoved me with her head and i fell on my face and she just stood there stareing at me as if to say "How in the world did you get down there?" while everyone laughed at me ...
- —Guest Jamie
Ugggg so embarresed
- I am just a beginner and i was riding around the ring at a walk and this girl was coming so I moved out of the way and i came back around but my instructor told me I cut the girl off and the worst part the person that owned the farm was teaching her!!!!
- —Guest emily
OMG THIS IS COMMON
- i was at a summer horse show and my horse got overly exited and started bucking and i got bucked off into horse poo and i was soo embarrassed
- —Guest tori
oh my
- I was taking lessons on a horse, and I galloped, my horse suddenly stopped and sent me flying through air, I landed in the bucket of poo and my BFF and crush were watching! My crush said he was telling everyone, and he did!
- —Guest hannah
oops sorry...
- i was once riding a friends horse out on a trail ride and oliver (the horse) spooked at something in a nearby bush, already on edge we continued the rest of the way home through a field with very tall grass. oliver pricked his ears and stopped still. i tried to push him forward but as i did i could see why he didnt want to go any further. there was a couple sharing a very intimate moment. the two realised we were there and jumped up causing oliver to spook and rear up, the couple freaked out, and started running across the field trying to cover themselves up with their discarded clothes. it was highly amusing thinking about it now but embarrasing at the time. haha XD
- —Guest bethyboo
Bucking not Bronco
- This was my first time riding my friends 18h horse, he is a freisan. He wasn't ridden in a year because of a leg problem, well I was the first. We did walk, trot for a while... When I started to canter... Whoa. He bucked like crazy, no time to react. I flew off and fell on my hip. I couldn't move my leg. How embarrassing! My leg was stunned and I was fine, I hopped right back on... He did it again! I stayed on but I don't know if my friend will let me ride Ukiah (her horse) again!
- —Guest BooBear
Well...
- Once my friend was over with her horse and we were riding in my pasture. I was really pleased that my horse was doing so well and I was bragging a bit that he would do anything I told him to do. Then all of a sudden he coughs, passes gas, and pees all at the same time. My friend (who isn't very experienced with horses yet) says, "Why did you tell him to do that?"
- —Guest horseygirl
Bareback Pleasure
- I was competing at a local 4H show once, and a few of my 4H friends convinced me last minute to sign up for the bareback pleasure class. I agreed, thinking it would be a fun way to end a reasonably-successfuly showday. In the class, we were asked to walk, trot, canter, then turn around and repeat, all of which both my mare Tasha and I did with perfect control and balance. The blue ribbon was in the bag, I was sure of it. Then, when the announcer (who was, that day, my dad) asked us to walk and line up at the end of the class, I lost my balance and slid off Tasha's back. I landed nice and soft on my feet in the middle of the show ring, Tasha staring at me as though wondering what I was doing on the ground before the class was finished. Fortunately, my mother graciously helped me up onto Tasha again so I could at least ride out of the ring with what little dignity I had left, and I was given the sixth-place green ribbon (there were six people in the class).
- —Guest Beth
Haha
- I don’t own a horse but I've been on trail rides and lessons The mare I was riding on one particular trail ride was being mare-ish that day and would not stop at all. We were going up this pretty steep hill and she was behaving pretty well up until then except for the stopping thing. She decides to canter up the hill and run me into the tree. Needless to say I didn’t come off but my knee was covered in bruises and cuts and lots of blood. Jazz is an awesome horse and is probably the best horse I have ever ridden. Oh and earlier in the ride we were approaching a 1 foot log. I go into the jumping position (I'm in a western saddle btw) and she decides to skirt right around it. 20 yds ahead there’s this little tiny log she could’ve easily stepped over, and she decided to jump about two feet over it. The horn goes right into my stomach and I almost fall off. BEST DAY EVER!!!
- —Guest Ktap
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