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Blame the horse, he has horsey ADD.
For the first half he was shaking his head around like crazy and being insolent and bratty, and when I came to the middle so my riding instructor could tell me something he flipped! He wouldn't stop bucking when I tried to stop him and freaked out completely, to the point he eventually reared (I held on) and let out all sorts of gutteral sounds.
When I went through the cavaletties before the rearing ordeal in the middle he jumped all of them and let out a buck towards the end. I nearly fell off a countless number of times. So, I hopped off of him and we lunged him until he was a bit more tired out. Towards the end of the lesson he was a tad bit better and actually went over the cavaletties, jumped, and gave me a very nice canter. Dang horse.
But on the bright side of things, there's a really cute mare at my stables who is eight months pregnant and will be foaling in a couple of months.
Whoooaaa!
Scary. When I was bucked my first/only time, it was just once and off we went. (I know, not safe to be double riding.
) I... DON'T think I woulda been able to handle it as well as you did!
D'awwwh!
I let out a huge gasp when he reared, because I've never been involved in one before, but that was pretty much it. I was a bit shaken, but I lived.
And I've been through bucks and freak-outs a bunch.
I can't wait.
Tiny foals are so cute! And Wilma (the mare) will be such a good mommy. She looks like a big potato on legs right now, though.
