Apparently this is how these people start a driving horse.
It might have been less of a disaster if the harness had fit. Or been complete. But clearly this horse needed more preparation. And because the harness wasn't complete, the horse was able to repeatedly get itself into trouble.
I hope it took them a long time to repair the cart...
I've actually seen worse. Bucking is not unusual behavior for an animal being mounted and ridden for the first time - and although I have little direct experience with burros, I'm told they tend to buck, if anything, more than horses. The squealing and laughter, though? It's not funny.
Now, at least they didn't put a horse saddle on him!
Yes. This is people encouraging and rewarding a horse for escaping from its stall... Okay. The mare can't go anywhere...right now. But what if they have to sell her?
I know this one's already been circulating (and is two years old), but...it's like a train wreck that you have to keep watching.
Here we have a miniature donkey. And a kid. This might be a cute combination...except in this case it's not.
The kid decides to tack up the donkey and ride him. Needless to say, he probably weighs as much as the poor little donk. On top of that, he doesn't actually have the right tack.
What does he have? A western saddle pad and cinch. A large pony-sized English saddle and bridle.
So, we have the wrong pad and cinch for the saddle. (I wouldn't worry about the pad, but...) And then we have English tack, too big for the donkey and, on top of that, it's all horse tack. Maybe he doesn't know, but you don't put horse tack on donkeys. They aren't put together the same way. Mule saddles are also different from horse saddles.
Okay, none of that is as bad as making the poor donkey carry his butt in the first place - I can only assume it didn't buck him off because it couldn't, and didn't kick him because...eh...saintly longear?
So, girl trots through field bareback. Horse canters. She falls off, lands on her feet and hangs on to the reins for dear life until the horse stops.
This is...a very classic example of what not to do. First of all, she's not wearing a helmet.
When coming off a horse, especially at speed, you do not attempt to land on your feet. (Yes, I know some mounted games people do it, but their dismounts are entirely voluntary, they practice it for hours AND one of my worst riding injuries ever came from doing that maneuver wrong).
Second, you don't try to keep hold of the horse. Doing so puts you at risk of being trampled. I don't care if your instructor has taught you to do so - mine did. It's still wrong.
In this case, the girl got it all right and nobody was hurt, but that doesn't mean she was doing the right thing.
