3 To Go - 2016-10-19 12:15 PM

Horses that run more straight up and down tend to stand up better, especially on bad ground. The balance of the horse and rider is the main factor. These days it frustrates me to no end to hear people complain about the "bad ground" when it was mainly their "bad riding" that caused the slip or fall. If your horse is running full out sometimes they need a little help with collection and getting back underneath themselves before turning and I see so many people just throw their horse away and ask for the turn. They are off balance, horse is off balance and it's a wreck waiting to happen. In really good ground they can get away with it because it will hold them anyway (most of the time). But if the ground is a little wet or shifty, down they go. A lot of falls I see these days would be preventable with a little horsemanship skills.