......... horse moved when she got
on. She started off back by the front of the gooseneck, and
out a bit from the truck--but horse went forward and sideways a few
steps. Yes, perhaps hard to visualize--but it happened,
nonetheless. I got a bird's-eye view.... (I've certainly
had things happen as I mount that have caused the horse to move a few
steps from where we started out.
A very
knowledgeable horseman said at one of his clinics, "You would be crazy to try
and jump into a moving car, so why in the world would anyone attempt
to mount a moving horse?" A horse should stay in "park" until you are ready
to put him in "drive".
I must say
though, he has never been to an endurance ride where everybody is
grinding gears :-}
