Whoa, loose horse!
Human down!
Yep, that just happened. I was visiting a friend in another
barn and saw it. One of her fellow boarders tried to lead her sweet, quiet
horse down the aisle, simply by looping her hand through his halter.
And the horse bolted. Hoofbeats clattered down the barn
aisle, while the dumbfounded girl picked
herself up off the ground and rubbed her wrenched shoulder.
Thank God no horses were cross-tied in the barn aisle. And a
barn staffer was able to grab the horse before he headed out into the great
beyond.
This didn’t have to
happen.
Please, grab
a lead line before you lead that haltered horse. Choose
one with a chain, if you need it.
While we’re at it, here’s another
bit of horse sense, pertaining to halters. Just sayin’.
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