The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Daisys Mum on July 14, 2013, 10:49:33 pm
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OH and I set off this morning to drive to the garden centre in Kelso, 4 miles along the road and a horse jumps a gate out of a field right in front of my car. I couldn't miss it, it then took off with its lead rope trailing galloping along the road. The owner came running out after it asking if we were okay, got her into my car and set off after the horse. It travelled 41/2 miles before it was stopped, when we got there it was standing shaking with blood running down its leg and nose. They got it into a lorry and took it home,apparently it had done this before although it hadn't been hit by a car, I spoke to the owner later who said that they were not sure if it was going to be okay but she thought that it was too dangerous to keep so would be PTS.
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My goodness, that's dreadful. What a heartstopping moment. You must feel awful about it. Nothing you could do of course. I rescued a dog a couple of weeks ago because it was running in front of traffic, and I couldn't bear to think of it being hit by a car.
Have a nip of whisky or something to settle your nerves!
Beth
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what a terrible shock for you. :hug:
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What a terrible thing to happen. As a horse owner, I am all to aware of what can happen quite unexpectedly when horses spook for some reason. Not nice for the horse or owner - but at least you were unhurt, but obviously shaken - I can imagine if a horse hit a car, there would be substantial damage?
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I can't imagine how awful that must be, you poor thing :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Good to know you are not hurt... that must have been awful,
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It sounds awful and a great shock for you all. Poor horse :horse:
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Terrible Anne, there are some areas I look out for deer but for something that big to come out - oh my heart thinking about it - hope you and Ken are ok, that could have had a worse ending, poor horse and its owner :hug:
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Poor you - hope you are feeling better this morning :fc:
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Oh Daisys mum :hug: what an awful thing to happen. I hope you are feeling OK this morning, must have really shaken you. I guess it really could have been much worse though and if the horse has done it before perhaps their decision really was the right one to take yesterday, lots of love to you xx
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What a horrible thing to experience! Hope you are ok.
Helen
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Oh that's awful!
That's something I've never understood to be honest. People spend years training their horses to jump gates, fences and hedges, then keep them in their fields using er, gates, fences and hedges!
Can any of the horsey people enlighten me as to why this actually works (most of the time at least) ???
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Its a horrible experience - sorry.
However good driving skills not to swerve and either hit another motorist or a hedge or turn the car over by riding up the hedge.
Baz
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:hug: big shock, and a very lucky escape for you. I don't think I could have got back in the car for quite a few hours, never mind drive the owner for that distance chasing after the horse. You are built of steel :bouquet:
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Thanks all, Mammyshaz definately not built of steel it was adrenalin that kept me going I think. When we actually caught up with the horse I burst into tears and couldn't stop shaking. Thankful that it wasn't worse, my car is a little Peugeot 207 and if horse had landed on the bonnet it doesn't bear thinking about.
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How scary. Glad you weren't hurt. How about the car? You did well to keep your cool until it was over. :hug:
It'll be a shame if they do have to have the horse put down but you can't keep an animal if it becomes a danger to others and it sounds as if this one is.
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Cars actually not too badly damaged as I was not going very fast, called last night to ask how the horse was and it had been put down on the Sunday night, when they got the vet it's heart rate was 110 and this had still not gone down by 5 pm so that combined with the fact that it could be dangerous decided its fate. I know both the owner and the vet really well so I know they wouldn't take the decision lightly.
I find that I am just being a bit over cautious at the moment, whilst out today I came upon a group of children on ponies and was terrified passing them in case I spooked a pony but I will get over it I'm sure.
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accidents happen.
when we were kids, the head girl at our yard got bucked off a big thoroughbred who galloped off alone around a bridleway, then crossed the major road on a blind bend. he ran straight into a car which was going 60 miles an hour. he was pts and the car was written off. frightened the life out of the 2 elderly people in the car, but there was nothing they could do.