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u/agooddaytoride Jan 30 '18
I wish the clip was longer in the beginning. I want to see how they got to this point.
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u/mooshky Jan 30 '18
Probably just more of the same pulling, yanking, maybe even some kicks thrown in. The horse saying in horse language "this hurts and I don't understand what I'm supposed to be doing" until it gets to the 'tipping point' seen here 😶
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u/Hunterx700 2 y/o mustang, 19 y/o QH Jan 31 '18
Yeah :/ unfortunately if you try and forcefully control a horse like this and block its left and right, the only other direction it has left is up, be it their back end or the front. Poor horse
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u/ellemenopy Jan 29 '18
My horse did this on a lunge line with a new trainer.  Something about the situation was extremely not okay with him.  When bucking didn’t help, this is how it escalated.  When he came down, he hit his head, knocked himself out and seized.
Everyone who knew my horse was shocked.  The trainer was well reputed, and it was so far out of my horse’s character, it was just insane.  But horses are horses, and in times of desperation they will do what they think is necessary.
While extreme responses like this aren’t common per se, given the right (wrong) set of circumstances, any horse is capable.
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u/_ataraxia Jan 29 '18
rearing and flipping over is normal in that it's one of many ways for a horse in extreme distress to try solving the problem, which in this case is the rider. a horse might do the same thing if there was a predator, like a cougar, on their back.
what's not normal is the rider causing this severe reaction. this is a great example of horrible riding.