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Isoverity · 05-05-2008, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Spork.

Have you ever ridden, Rain? because I don't think you get quite how difficult it is to force a horse to do something they don't want to.

I never rode much but I was chased by bees on a horse once. I wanted to stop - the horse didn't. A tree limb almost intervened lol.

More dramatically, Ruffian broke a leg in the 1975 Belmont race and the jockey couldn't get the horse to stop running.

Ruffian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruffian_(horse)

05-05-2008, 06:26 PM	#64
Isoverity Join Date: Mar 2004 I am currently:	Quote: Originally Posted by Spork. Have you ever ridden, Rain? because I don't think you get quite how difficult it is to force a horse to do something they don't want to. I never rode much but I was chased by bees on a horse once. I wanted to stop - the horse didn't. A tree limb almost intervened lol. More dramatically, Ruffian broke a leg in the 1975 Belmont race and the jockey couldn't get the horse to stop running. Ruffian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruffian_(horse)
Isoverity Join Date: Mar 2004 I am currently: