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[Closed] Needs to get his weight off the back more

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Gosh.

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You can imagine the conversation in the mess.

"I did a 12ft to flat this morning"

*everyone doesn't believe him*


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 1:09 pm
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Needs a dropper saddle, easy.


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 1:10 pm
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Horse doesn't look best pleased with the whole situation really.


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 1:10 pm
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Reckon he made it ?


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 1:11 pm
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I reckon he got flung over the bars/ reins and planted head first into the ground, like a **** ing dart.


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 1:13 pm
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he's going to bang his bits on the top tube when that lands fo sho.


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 1:13 pm
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What's the horse equivalent of OTB?


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 1:15 pm
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OTB

Over the bridle.


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 1:15 pm
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It's a scam.
They've just chopped it's legs and tilted the camera 🙂

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Posted : 04/12/2013 1:17 pm
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like a **** ing dart.
😆


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 1:18 pm
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It's his look of complete calm that has me lolling

If he does manage not to go in dart-like, his plums aren't going to be best please with him, let alone the horse


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 3:00 pm
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Is that a tail at the back there or....


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 3:02 pm
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Let's hope he broke his own neck ... 😈


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 3:04 pm
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The look on his face is pure 'stiff upper lip' to me...


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 3:09 pm
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I wonder if the poor horse knew what was over that little dyke?


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 3:15 pm
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Thats not actually a tail on the back of the horse...


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 3:17 pm
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Pffft quite clearly daguerreoshopped.


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 3:25 pm
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It's actually an Italian Cavalry training photo from 1906.

They were probably demonstrating retreating up a steep bank...


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 3:28 pm
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The rider will Gnarpoon in, like a ****ing dart.....

As Buzz Lightyear said,

"Falling with style"


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 3:43 pm
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Never mind getting his weight back he needs his feet forwards and his heels down. Give the horse a longer reign too.


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 3:43 pm
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twitchy as [s]a ferret[/s] an Italian cavalry trooper on crack


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 3:53 pm
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If the horse had looked up would it have had a slacker head angle?


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 4:03 pm
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I just hope the poor horse doesn't come across any loose shiny pebbles.


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 4:46 pm
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I reckon he got flung over the bars/ reins and planted head first into the ground, like a **** ing dart.

Sounds familiar...


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 4:54 pm
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Different perspective to the same (or very similar) picture. Looks like some kind of equestrian downhill course 🙂

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Posted : 04/12/2013 5:16 pm
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Look's not unlike the Red Bull Rampage.


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 5:18 pm
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Horses are quite good off road, but probably been better with some larger diameter shoes on......


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 5:18 pm
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Yeah, small wheels don't cut it.

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Posted : 04/12/2013 5:29 pm
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S'pose now there'll be a "What horseshoes for ..." thread


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 5:35 pm
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Needs 650b legs to make... You know the rest 😉


 
Posted : 04/12/2013 6:26 pm

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