A potentially very dangerous situation solved by hackney horse William

Some young ladies take daily care of an 18 year old horse named "Flappy", named so because of his by birth misformed ears.
They take him out of the nearby meadow without a halter (as any halter would simply slip off his head) and feed and groom him. So he was free to walk towards the riding/ grazing ring to contact William, and he did so. The area William is in, is a riding ring and not a meadow. The "fencing" is put up as a guideline for the riding area and is not more then just that.
One lady trying to catch "Flappy", and therefore if any kicking and screaming would arise, she would be in really great danger.
William saved the day with his gentlemanlike and friendly behaviour (and stole my heart again in the process).

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• hackney
• hackneyhorse
• harnesshorse
• carriagehorse
• horsedriving
• showdriving
• horsetrailer
• trailering
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[ralzeet]

Clearly the person who took & uploaded this video is a beginner / non-horse person .. To video an every day communication between horses as if it were so interesting & than calling it potentially very dangerous sounds very inexperienced to me. Cute lol that they found this entertaining. But yeah so my point is here guys that this is not potentially very dangerous. Its normal every day horse handling, small chance of being kicked, not brave, just requires experience thats all

[hackneysaregreat]

@ralzeet

being kicked in the face is everyday horse stuff, for those who are not aware of or are completely underestimating the dangers around horses.

This was a very close call. And I have seen and heard it happen, and the horrible leftovers of a ladies face after receiving the full blast.

Williams friendliness saved the day. Me stepping in would have destroyed this delicate balance.

[di50lem]

@ralzeet My horse career is over due to being injured by a young horse who was "so sweet,wouldn't hurt a fly"unfortunately I was dumb enough to believe it.Now I walk with a cane and a permanent limp,I will never be able to ride again.So please don't be sofoolish and brag about something so dangerous,next time it could be you.I don't say this to be mean,I say it because it hurts to see a young person put themself in danger,all for the sake of a video and a boast.

[hackneysaregreat]

@di50lem

You are very right, it is underestimating a situation that kills.

I am sorry to read that you were seriously hurt.

[GirlWithAGuitarx]

So.. this 'dangerous situation' is getting a horse in from a field...

[Moonfire257]

People are so mean...

[cloggergirlfez]

How is that dangerous the back ears means they are listening and they were doing they head nozzle thing meaning in horse terms they were cuddling

[horses4ev3r]

Aww Flappy's ears are so cute :D

[horserider2587]

a horse could so jump that fence..just saying...some could STEP over it...:/

[1017fr]

QUE BONITOS CABALLOS ESTAN BIEN CUIDADOS

[anduarto]

What beautiful horses. Don't know anything about horse handling. Just a pleasure to watch these two beautiful creatures.

[TheOniOokami]

@hackneysaregreat If being kicked in the face is everyday horse stuff for you... you really need to get some lessons or more experience with a trainer.. cause that shouldn't be happening. and that was not a close call, there was no aggression from the other horse (or yours). you really need to look into the body language of horses, it would help you a lot. A LOT. remember.. 95% of the time, it's the handler/rider's fault when something happens between any horses and human interaction.

[ThereIsNoTimeForUs]

It's not the two horses meeting that is dangerous, it's the human being to close without any protection what so ever. Even if horses get along, they can still play rough and you should never get in the middle of that.

[MarieTherese821]

@di50lem I'm sorry you were hurt, but all that proves is that any situation that involves a horse is potentially dangerous. Nothing about this particular situation was more dangerous than usual. They're just greeting one another.