I think he thought I had hold of his tail feathers when he had them bent under himself. It was just pure instinct on his part. He let go and hit the floor. I calmly put my hand down and he stepped up like nothing had happened. We made up and all is well except for the half pint of blood I lost!
That scar will just go along with the ones from horse bites and mule kicks. Those didn't stop me from getting back in the saddle either.
Tougher'n nails you are!
My wife is an RN with lots of ER experience. She doctored me after she got home. It's well cleaned and has butterfly bandages on it to help close it. Thank goodness I heal fast.
Never been bitten by a horse. I have... been tossed over the head, not once, but twice, the worst was down a hill from the top of the hill... my horse went right over me as I laid at the bottom of that hill. I thought she was going to step on me as she ran over. I looked up from the ground and watched those chunky grey buns churning soil as she ran off. I've jumped off a horse that wouldn't stop and was heading for a metal corral... kicked off to one side of the saddle and looked for a clear spot to jump off ( living in Spain and it was very rocky ground).... needless to say I did get kicked in the back as I went down, but not an easy feat on a runaway horse. The worst.... my own horse took the bit and made a dead run back to the stable, she was new to me by a couple months and I was riding with an english saddle. All I could do was hang on and hope for the best. Instead, she passed the stable, came to a four way intersection where a guy sat in his car broadside to us and when she laid her hind hooves down to stop ... they came right out from under her when we hit pavement... completely down on her side with me on her and slammed into the car. We both had road rash but neither of us broke any bones... slight concussion and one night in the hospital. I got back on her ten days later and ended up buying a western saddle. Enough of the english crap. I trained and rode her in rodeos, barrel racing and pick up race. The good ol' days!!!!
I'm with you! Give me a saddle horn for my hands, a high cantle for my rear and wide stirrups for my feet and I'll try to stay on any thing I get that saddle on. This is my biggest horse scar on my left thigh from the bite of a horse that wasn't even mine. I rode up next to a horse on a trail ride that was balking on a creek crossing and tried to take the reins and lead it across. As soon as I got the reins that wacko chopped down on my thigh and laid it open. That was almost 25 years ago.
Daaaang!! So unusual for a horse to do that. Must have been a real meanie... was it a gelding?
I rode with this saddle for a while on my second horse in Spain. I sold the first horse and it was the biggest mistake ever. I felt like I wasn't participating with friends enough after a year and a half. I was destroyed when I couldn't get her back. A couple months later I ended up buying a horse from a bull fighter. He had fancy foot work but would kick you if he could so cleaning hooves was a ride in itself. I kept this saddle for years after moving back stateside. I paid 200.00 for it and took it to an Ebay store to list for me back in 1997 ( I bought that saddle in 1976 from a company in Spain that made them) and it sold on Ebay for 700.00... I got 500.00. My standard poodle was the model for the saddle: No horn to speak of but a nice high back. The sheepskin seat cover was removable.
My nickname back then was "Sally Slick". I guess I had a little mean streak too...
ouch!