On a more serious note, apply 'big bag of potatoes' stratagem which also
works for spooks, jigging etc etc - to ride out bucks, sit really deep, weight
in heels, shoulders back & get the horse moving forwards with the
head UP (not pc but in him or me situations I kick him on & yank up
his head, seriously! If kicking doesn't work, use your whip behind your leg)
I wouldn't worry too much about why the horse bucked - maybe he was just
really happy!!
From: Ridecamp Guest
<guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [RC] How Did I Get
Bucked Off?
Please Reply to: Howard Bramhall howard9732@xxxxxxx
or= ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ==========================================
Questions--
1.
What is your favorite way for riding out bucks (body= position)?
If
you mean what is my favorite way for riding out being bucked= off a horse, it
is airborne. I love to start out upward,= towards the Heavens, which
not only brings me closer to the= Lord, but, also, lets me spin in the air,
pretending to be in= the circus once again, backward flips, forward
somersaults, the= choices are endless as long as we are going up, up,
up. This= gives one plenty of time to plan for a successful
landing.
2) How do you tell if a horse will keep on bucking or
settle= down?
One must ask the horse, personally. "Do you plan
on continuing= this behavior or is this just some sort of temporary setback?"
= You should try and find out the answer to this question
before= proceeding on with your next session.
3) What is your
favorite way to stop bucking?
9MM. Easy to carry, rarely misfires,
and gets one's point across= very quickly.
4) Should I have gotten
back on Miles immediately?
This depends on how much fun you had while
being dismounted. I,= for one, enjoy it immensely, so, personally, I
would have hopped= right back on. But, hey, that's just me, you really
have to= find out if you enjoy things like a) pain, b) missed work due
to= "a" and c)how effective your medical plan really is.
5) Why Me,
God/dess? Does the fact that Miles never bucked before= mean that I did
something specifically wrong during the ask for="">lower gear? I am pretty
balanced w/ minimal rein contact, but I= definitely don't ride as well as his
owner. Do you think he was= resentful about that? I also know from my
training in equine= assisted psychotherapy that horses act out
riders'/handlers'= pent up =93stuff=94 (hmmmm...probably N/A here) or
in/authenticity= (hmmmm....could be), or...[your favorite theory
HERE].
Why me? Very good question. Maybe, because you were
there. = Miles may not really hate you (equine psych 101), he just
may= find you occasionally annoying or a minor irritant and he
was= overreacting a bit. Some horses are like that. My theory
is,= ask Miles. Just come right out and ask him what the problem
may= be. His answer might surprise you.