![]() ![]() It has made for captivating viewing and provided me with no small amount of unbridled joy. Anything, no matter if he’s seen it and been around it a hundred times before, if it’s in a different spot, it’s clearly moving closer so it can eat him.Late on in 2014 I stumbled upon a gem on YouTube. It had never been there before, but he could see it from a mile away, and he’s seen and been around wheelbarrows plenty of times before, but holy crap it was in a different spot! Scary stuff man, scary stuff. Shaking and using every ounce of his mental strength to not fly sideways.”ĮquineMelody: “One time, there was this wheelbarrow sitting to the side of the barn that he flipped out about. Ground poles are fine, flower boxes are fine, but God forbid there’s a LOG on the ground, it’s all over. Karis: “My sweet little OTTB gelding is pretty anti-spook… EXCEPT for logs. He was cool with it until it made a noise, then he shied away about 10 feet.” And the year after I finished, they repainted the barn to plain red!” Five years we showed down there, and it was always the same reaction. Well, that sheep was the most terrifying thing ever, and my horse thought he would rather just stay in the ring, thank you very much. Our showmanship class was in a covered arena that doubled as a birthing barn/petting zoo during the regular state fair, so it was decorated, including a large sheep painted on the exit door. Gaited Girl: “When I was in 4-H, I showed my gelding at the state show. ![]() SmartPaker Lucy: “The weirdest thing my horse has ever spooked at is…a nun.” “My current horse spooks at ground poles, he has to leap over them…can’t step over them.” Of course this did lead to me being used as a human lawn dart on several occasions.”īarrelracer612: “A horse I used to ride was spooked at mini paint ponies, not solid….just paint.” In her mind a baby rabbit was the end of the world. Jon: “My old OTTB mare spooked over baby rabbits. But the sound of Velcro sends him over the moon.” My Joe is the most calm settled horse ever. Imagine a big orange cat crouching down…” ![]() She almost sat on the ground 3 strides before a 3′ oxer at a recent show. Especially when they dare to fly into our route to a jump. Shoot, we could win the Kentucky Derby if you just had a ball chasing her.”Īnnamgus: “What scares my chestnut mare (and now me) the most are butterflies. ![]() Little dare-devil, but she totally flips when a jolly ball, or any ordinary ball comes her way. Stockshowkid’97: “My donkey normally isn’t scared of anything. In fairness, it was pretty loud, and a bit startling…and totally awkward.” SmartPaker Sarah: “A showmanship judge…well… ‘passed gas’ while inspecting my horse and my horse jumped out of his skin. Scary! Ever since I have to sing to him as we pass the box to keep him mind occupied.” Pj_sedgwick: “My pony is usually pretty rock steady but once we were riding past a port-a-potty at a trail head and the door swung open. Kind of the opposite of a spook, he bolts uncontrollably TOWARD any donkey he sees.” He’s never lived with or been around donkeys in his life. “Also, my friend has a horse that has the strangest affinity to donkeys. But we were in the warm-up arena at a show one time and a rider fell off her horse - he spooked SO BAD!” Enjoy (and please don’t judge our drawing skills)!ĭapperEquine: “My OTTB isn’t phased by many of the things that I would expect him to spook at (weed whackers, atvs, flapping caution tape, dogs running out and barking at him, deer jumping out of the brush on trails, etc). The jack-o-lanterns are carved, the fake corpse is propped up in the lawn chair, and we’ve eaten more candy corn than we’d care to admit – it’s official, the spooky season is upon us! After chatting with the riders in the SmartPak Forum about the weirdest things that spook their horses, we SmartPakers decided to illustrate a few of our favorites.
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