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Originally Posted by Curious George

I still like them just don’t care to ride them , not to say I never will .
Ya when they don’t want you on they can be pretty smart . always rode bare back they didn’t want any of us kids being dragged by the strip . as a kid they would throw me off an then step on me for good measure . try to brush you off on the side of a building . we would go riding from one farm to the other an they would what till we got to the other farm in the middle of the field an throw me off then I’d half to walk a ½ mile back
I think I spent more time on the ground then on them, but ha memories right.

CGeorge, those sound like horror stories to me - but I sort of understand. I think I've already told all of my horse-horror stories on another thread somewhere - but really, they're only about care & upkeep problems. The only time I remember having a problem was when I went up a mountain near the Tetons to spot Elk for the guides - the hunt started the next day - and the horses hadn't been ridden for months. They were trailbound. It wasn't so bad going up the mountain - just had to refresh this appy's memory ... a lot! It was on the way down when the problems began. I figure a horse, when it wants to, can smell a hay-meal from a great distance as I could not slow old "Freckles" down. My two partners were having the same problems with their mounts. It was a good day to be riding western! Finally, the three of us rigged the reins and jumped off the horses and took off, fast as three flashes, racing the horses down the mountain. We humans won! I rarely rode after that although I stabled and cared for a mess o' horsies a couple times after that and raised mules.
I don't do horsies no mo'.