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Re: [RC] Cosmos Bucking - heidi

With close to 50 years riding experience, including
 the training of about 30 horses, I will say 'they all
buck' at least once in their lifetime.

Gee, I'm not quite to 45 years of riding experience, and am likely not
quite up to 30 trained (although I've trained my share), and I honestly
have to say that I've only had a few that ever bucked.  Spook, shy, jump
around, yes--but buck, no.  And I've ridden a few of those through their
lifetimes...  Hubby did get a buck (of sorts) out of one of the geldings
I'm riding now, but only when he rode him into a snow drift and he broke
through to his belly and likely couldn't figure out any other way to get
out of it.

I can excuse a buck if a horse got stung by a bee or something, but other
than that, if he bucks, either I'm doing something wrong (usually trying
to do something he doesn't understand), or something hurts, or he isn't a
horse I care to ride in the first place.  The first situation would be my
fault, the second may or may not be my fault (can't control stuff like bee
stings), and the third is also my fault--there are plenty of horses out
there from which to choose that AREN'T apt to buck if handled correctly...

I kind of suspect that Cosmos might be in the middle category (something
hurt--bee sting, whatever), but Carol is the one who was there, so I won't
try to second-guess.

Heidi


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