Re: [RC] Crupper - DESERTRYDR1
Ah, the crupper. My friend got a new horse a few years ago, and the first
time she put a saddle on the mare to lunge her before the first ride, the
mare galloped around the round pen on her front feet, with her back feet
hitting the ground about every third stride. Otherwise they were straight up
in the air. The saddle turned, she got one hind foot caught in the stirrup,
and after about 5 minutes we got her stopped. My friend was a bit leary of
riding her, but it turns out that once you get on, she's a real sweetie.
Maybe it was the lunge line. So, she rode the mare a few months, and decided
that the saddle was sliding forward on downhills. She figured she'd put a
crupper on the mare and let her work it out in the round pen. (no lunge
line) The mare was a little skittish when the thing went under her tail, and
right away she started galloping. Then she started galloping faster and
faster, and pretty soon she was galloping on her front feet, with her rears
hitting the ground about every third stride! I have never seen anything like
it, with the exception of a couple of bareback broncs that the guys could
score real high on. This mare went on like that for about 20 minutes. We
couldn't get her stopped, and when finally we did, we weren't sure how to get
the crupper off, because every time we touched it, she started freaking out
again. I guess finally she was just so tired that we unhooked it and backed
up, and it finally fell out from under her tail. Scary ordeal! I've never
seen another horse react that strongly to a crupper. And thank the horse
gods, she has never done the front feet gallop again. Of course, she will
never wear a crupper....
jeri
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