Originally Posted by Rob

Surefire, if someone if riding or mounting a horse and it spooks what is their first reaction (if they're not an educated rider)? To pull up on the reigns, right? If a horse is reared up and spooked and you pull up on the reigns what generally happens? The horse falls back on the person.

It's really simple physics in play. When the horse is spooked they do one of two things; rear up and pull their front legs off of the ground or pull a 180 and haul ass the other way. If they haul ass the other way then you're pretty much safe and after a second you can regain control. However, when a horse rears up and you pull back on the reigns you are just going to pull it further back and gravity comes into play. The horse will fall back onto you, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. If you ride horses and know what you're doing then the last thing you do is pull up on the reigns when a horse rears up.

There were a lot of bad decisions made and to come here and ask for donations because of them are simply out of line.