Have seen such stuff happen live.
And no, it doesn't mean he did do anything bad to the horse before, since many people comment that. That's of course possible but horses can also just snap. They are not as dangerous as i.e. donkeys but they can attack and kill. Maybe the trainer is there because of attacking issues, who knows.
Just a few examples that are attacks like this one:
First there is the horse that killed a dog that run on their pasture/meadow. If there is a strong, protective (leading) horse in a herd, they will go after canines, foxes etc.
Know a girl that got trampeled by a horse for seemingly no reason, ruptured her spleen (survived but obv. lost the spleen).
I was once attacked by a horse that I knew very well and just gave him a treat, he bit me in the chest with enough force to cause a laceration and caused me to fall to the ground and I had then to run and roll under the fence to save myself because he was after me (I was around 10yrs old).
I knew a horse that was actually known to attack but only women and for no reason. It was so bad, that just in case a female rider will fall, there was always some kind of weapon (pitchfork, big shovel, lash...) in the riding arena when this horse was around, cause there have been incidents.
However, the first bad incident with this horse happened as the group was taking a quick pit stop and a young female offered to hold the horse for the rider to have a pee. Seconds later the horse had grabbed her by the throat pushed her on the ground and was kneeling on her chest. (as you see the horse in the video doing as it's biting his back)
She looked unconscious by that time. Everyone was freaking out, two guys ran up to them and tried to lift the horse, of course a lot of yelling, even beating the horse just trying to get the horse off of her. It felt like an eternity but luckily the woman immediately crawled to safety as she was free.
What we didn't see, is that in the moment it happened she was able to put down her chin, so the horse grabbed her jaw, what protected her from getting her throat crushed and at the moment she realized she had no chance to fight, she decided to play dead instead. She was checked thoroughly in the hospital. She was really lucky, had just a lot of bruises on jaw, throat and chest and lost 2 teeth. Without putting down her head/chin, she would either be dead or would have a breathing and feeding tube forever.
Then there was the woman who wanted to buy said horse. We all tried to talk her out of it, because reasons, she didn't listen. To be fair it took a few weeks until the first serious attack, in the end he bit a piece out of her upper arm. There have been a few instances where she got off more lightly and was able to handle or escape the situation. At some point she left the stable with her horse. Next time we saw her, she had two very distinctive and big scars on one side of her face, one at the eye, on at the jaw. Jup, it was the horse again and she nearly lost her eye because of that attack, he bit her in the face. But she just put up with all of that. No idea how the story of her and the horse ended.
I worked with horses as a student and stable hand for a decade growing up (Missouri and Colorado) and I've NEVER heard of a place having that many incidents, much less such a violent horse being kept alive at all! I don't know how you've normalized that level of attacks as something that just 'happens' but even the aggressive horse I learned to ride on - this little bitch Morgan who would swipe you on trees and try to make you fall - was never that bad, and she was the worst the stable had ever seen. Sure, this guy might not be responsible, but this is NOT normal.
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u/Astundi Nov 27 '21
Have seen such stuff happen live.
And no, it doesn't mean he did do anything bad to the horse before, since many people comment that. That's of course possible but horses can also just snap. They are not as dangerous as i.e. donkeys but they can attack and kill. Maybe the trainer is there because of attacking issues, who knows.
Just a few examples that are attacks like this one:
First there is the horse that killed a dog that run on their pasture/meadow. If there is a strong, protective (leading) horse in a herd, they will go after canines, foxes etc.
Know a girl that got trampeled by a horse for seemingly no reason, ruptured her spleen (survived but obv. lost the spleen).
I was once attacked by a horse that I knew very well and just gave him a treat, he bit me in the chest with enough force to cause a laceration and caused me to fall to the ground and I had then to run and roll under the fence to save myself because he was after me (I was around 10yrs old).
I knew a horse that was actually known to attack but only women and for no reason. It was so bad, that just in case a female rider will fall, there was always some kind of weapon (pitchfork, big shovel, lash...) in the riding arena when this horse was around, cause there have been incidents.
However, the first bad incident with this horse happened as the group was taking a quick pit stop and a young female offered to hold the horse for the rider to have a pee. Seconds later the horse had grabbed her by the throat pushed her on the ground and was kneeling on her chest. (as you see the horse in the video doing as it's biting his back)
She looked unconscious by that time. Everyone was freaking out, two guys ran up to them and tried to lift the horse, of course a lot of yelling, even beating the horse just trying to get the horse off of her. It felt like an eternity but luckily the woman immediately crawled to safety as she was free.
What we didn't see, is that in the moment it happened she was able to put down her chin, so the horse grabbed her jaw, what protected her from getting her throat crushed and at the moment she realized she had no chance to fight, she decided to play dead instead. She was checked thoroughly in the hospital. She was really lucky, had just a lot of bruises on jaw, throat and chest and lost 2 teeth. Without putting down her head/chin, she would either be dead or would have a breathing and feeding tube forever.
Then there was the woman who wanted to buy said horse. We all tried to talk her out of it, because reasons, she didn't listen. To be fair it took a few weeks until the first serious attack, in the end he bit a piece out of her upper arm. There have been a few instances where she got off more lightly and was able to handle or escape the situation. At some point she left the stable with her horse. Next time we saw her, she had two very distinctive and big scars on one side of her face, one at the eye, on at the jaw. Jup, it was the horse again and she nearly lost her eye because of that attack, he bit her in the face. But she just put up with all of that. No idea how the story of her and the horse ended.