well you need to know all you can before you ever get on a horse ex. behavour nd get to know the horse personally and gain a trust bond from there. and i really could not care about superman.....cross country jumping needs more lessions then jumping it self and yes jumping is dangerous but its all the the trust of the horse and you!
Originally posted by PhantomQueen
well you need to know all you can before you ever get on a horse ex. behavour nd get to know the horse personally and gain a trust bond from there. and i really could not care about superman.....cross country jumping needs more lessions then jumping it self and yes jumping is dangerous but its all the the trust of the horse and you!
well... this is just my opinion... but people who do cross country are a little touched in the head... Not only because of the sport, also because all the ones I've met seem like total idiots...
not necessarily, Phantom, but I watch these big cross country events and it scares the shit out of me... I was watching the Rolex a couple years ago... they freaking lope up to these huge jumps... and the riders have NO equitation... they sit on their horses backs as they go over the jumps, don't release at all, get left so bad they nearly fall off... I'm not saying you're an idiot, but almost every eventer I've seen has been a bad rider.
Actually if there is one equestrian sport that scares me, it is driving. I don't know why, but something about being way back behind the horse on this little cart scares the crap outta me.
Though whenever you're jumping anything, there's an element of risk. Me and the ol' horse took a little spill in the arena footing the other day... We were both alright thankfully... But it wasn't fun
Ok, I dont know the name. But the one I'm talking about is a race, where they go around. But have obstacles 😖
But yeh, they are all awful. I saw once in a sketch that had accidents, they show a cross country where the horse broke both legs in a jump. When he landed...I cringed when I saw that! I never cringe!
Yeah I think it's a steeplechase you're talking about... I've never seen one myself but they look pretty dangerous...
Cross country can be pretty bad... My trainer said she was a jump judge at a cross country show once, and there was a horse that hadn't been ridden all winter and was really out of shape. His rider was overweight, and apparently you could hear the horse "panting" (don't know what else to call it) on course. Well, when they got to the end of the course, the horse was obviously not in very good shape, but the rider didn't do anything about it. People told her to walk him around, but she just ignored them. Well, 20 minutes later the horse died of a heart attack...