I'm 48 years old. It's been twenty years between owning horses for me. Rearing scared the daylights out of me! My heart was racing and I thought, "How high up is he going to go? Is he going to fall over backwards?" It all seemed to happen very slowly.
Thank goodness I still have some sense about me and was able to pop him with my hand between the ears. This, he seemed to ignore and was on his way down anyway.
A moment later, he reared again. I wasn't caught off-guard this time so it wasn't as scary (AS scary) and I, again, popped him between the ears with my hand. This time, he seemed to notice.
Someone shouted for me (I think it was the trainer) to, "Turn him in circles!" which I did.
Having said all this, do tiy think it mattered that the trainer was ponying a seven month old stud colt in the vicinity at the time? Do horses act differently around youngsters/unaltered males? The colt is a few weeks new to the stable and is kept nowhere near Toby. (In fact, has Toby ever walked close to the baby?)
Toby hasn't reared on me before today. I've only had him for five months. He's very, very green. He's been under saddle only four months.
He didn't at any time act distressed. But, he did seem very alert. Hmmm....was he just very, very excited by the new baby? It could be.
Your thoughts?
Marilyn in Sacramento
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