Do you want to get taken for a ride? LOL!!!

[True Dough]

Showed this to my wife. She doubled over laughing:

Link to tweet

[in2herbs]

1. Pulling the reins back is not the secret. Gently pull one side of the rein so that the horse ends up going in

circles. All in all she did pretty good for a first time rider because she did not fall off. The area was too large for someone who does not know how to ride/control a horse.

[True Dough]

2. I'm far from a horse expert,

but a few people stated in the comments that it's common for novice riders to want to wrap their legs around the horse to feel more secure, but in that process they could be unknowingly signaling to the horse to run when their feet make contact with the horse's body.

[u4ic]

22. A newbie doesn't have the leg muscles to do that

It takes a lot of riding to build up those muscles. They're usually bouncing around in the saddle. Especially in English riding, that's a primary way you stay on - your legs (the full leg, including ankles), your seat and your posture.

[True Dough]

3. Anyway,

she was a really good sport about it.

[1WorldHope]

4. I'm belly laughing!!!

[Niagara]

5. I have the same issue with my Purosangue

Whoa, Nelly! 🐎

[True Dough]

12. I am familiar with Ferrari

but not their specific models. I had to look that up to figure out what it was.

Nice car. Not going to stand out like a Mazda, but not too shabby!

[Niagara]

13. I have the poor man's version of the Ferrari Purosangue

It's the same exact body style.


But there's also the Italian rare horse breed, which is also a racing breed: horsebreedspictures.com/purosangue-orientale.asp


I have issues controlling the speed of both Purosangues. lol


Whoa, Nelly is a name I have picked out if I ever get a horse.

[Niagara]

14. I didn't realize it but

there's an actual racehorse named Purosangue too.

[True Dough]

16. I feel like

that would be a lot of pressure.

[Niagara]

18. It's manely a matter of being stable

with a massive amount of giddyup and holding on to your horses!

[True Dough]

19. Stable?!?

That word wasn't chosen by accident, hay?

[Niagara]

20. Sometimes I'm terrible at puns

I just went with all the horse puns that I could think of, True.

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. "Damn you're fat bitch" WTF?!

I didn't find that funny AT ALL!

[True Dough]

9. I never talk that way.

I looked past it with this video because these two people clearly know each other and I'm not judging how they choose to "joke" around. There didn't seem to be any offense taken.

[Biophilic]

7. That could be one of the dumbest things I've ever seen.

Seriously what was that about and what was with the cameramen (plural)? That poor horse. Stupid people.

[milestogo]

8. I've got a ticket to ride...

and I don't care.

[Deuxcents]

10. Went out to Arizona in my 20's and went horseback riding for the first time..got thrown and landed on my back.

They came over and insisted I get back on just like when I fell off a bicycle as a kid..get back on! That was 50 some years ago and I’ve never ridden a horse since. Love em but..nope

[True Dough]

11. Ouch! Similar thing happened to my sister

We took her horseback riding along with her daughter. We all mounted and then it was her turn. There was a step stool to help throw her leg over but her jeans (she hadn't packed sweat pants or anything like them) were a bit tight and she clipped the top of the horse's back. He shifted forward and she lost her balance. She actually bounced her back off the step stool and then hit the ground.

I was mortified until I found out she was okay. We still laugh about it once in a while, but she is highly unlikely to ever get back on that "bicycle" ever again.

[snot]

15. Hilarious!

She was a very good sport and did hang on well.
Poor judgment on the part of the teacher.

[True Dough]

17. And I think that's fair

There were some precautions not taken and the communication and preparation surely could have been better.

[u4ic]

21. helmet, Helmet, HELMET

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Jeebus, put a helmet on a newbie. I've seen and read too much, and even had my own brushes - I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for a helmet - and I was a very experienced rider. I attempted to transition from a halt to a canter on an unfamiliar horse and got bucked off. I landed on my face - literally. I heard a crunch and realized it was my nose. Thank goodness the visor on my helmet kept me from any further damage, though a deviated septum was bad enough. By the time I got up and ran to the tack room mirror, my nose was as wide as my eyes. I've had a number of other falls, but thankfully not as bad as that one, though right now I'm suffering from severe hip osteoarthritis which dr's think traces back to my first fall, when I was thrown over a jump and landed on a ground rail, on my hip. I've known others who were seriously hurt from falls. "Matt" - whoever he is, a friend, family member, neighbour etc - is an idiot.

That is not a newbie horse. Some horses are whoa, some are go. You need a whoa type for a beginner. Also, depending on what training the horse has, what discipline - picking up the reins as she did means work time. A loose rein is relax, stretch out (some western pleasure is on a looser rein but I'm not as familiar with that style).

At the end, he said no barrel racing for you - so that explains it, he put her on a barrel racer. It also explains the standing martingale, though not all use it. They are high strung and ready to gallop. Like I said, Matt is an idiot - that horse requires an experienced rider. If he led her around, that's a different story.