# Small child harasses large horse; horse carefully does not kill her **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-child-harasses-large-horse-horse-carefully-does-not-kill-her/532425 "2010-03-14T05:17:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-child-harasses-large-horse-horse-carefully-does-not-kill-her/532425/81 "2010-03-17T16:05:49Z")
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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-child-harasses-large-horse-horse-carefully-does-not-kill-her/532425/82 "2010-03-17T16:18:12Z")
Oho! They must not like hearing what idiots they are, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-child-harasses-large-horse-horse-carefully-does-not-kill-her/532425/83 "2010-03-17T18:46:37Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I must say, though, the few times I’ve tried mounting from the off side felt utterly WRONG and I was quite awkward at it, even from a mounting block with a well-behaved horse. It does feel strange, doesn’t it? I’ve been glad several times that my big gelding was trained that way, though. I had to get off and fix a cinch once when I was on a steep slope, and there was just no stinking way I could get around to the left (downhill) side. Same thing one time in a wet marshy area. I actually made a point–back when I was younger and more limber–of getting the horse comfortable with me crawling up from behind, just in case I ever ended up having to mount on a very narrow trail. Believe me, _that_ is an awkward and uncomfortable way to do it for both horse and rider. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2010, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-child-harasses-large-horse-horse-carefully-does-not-kill-her/532425/84 "2010-03-17T21:13:51Z")
Ha! I can just see myself – NOT – trying to board my 16.1 hand Thoroughbred from the rear. I don’t think he’d kick me but I would be surprised if he stood still for it. Especially if there was scrambling involved. Which there would be. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-child-harasses-large-horse-horse-carefully-does-not-kill-her/532425/85 "2010-03-18T03:10:42Z")
Yeah, it took some scrambling. The gelding is 16.3 (he’s a big boy), and I’m 6’4" (I’m a big boy, too). He never settled in and stood still for it, but he didn’t run or kick and I’m ready to call it a win. ---
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-child-harasses-large-horse-horse-carefully-does-not-kill-her/532425/86 "2010-03-18T03:29:38Z")
> [@redtail23](#): > > It would make sense, but the fact remains that I still have trouble mounting even a bicycle from the right. 😛 Me too. I can’t even walk a bicycle from the offside. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-child-harasses-large-horse-horse-carefully-does-not-kill-her/532425/87 "2010-03-19T14:54:48Z")
> [@araminty](#): > > Me too. I can’t even walk a bicycle from the offside. Yeah, that either. And the worst part is that I haven’t ridden horses with any regularity in many years. I guess that early training really takes hold. [quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:83, topic:532425”] I had to get off and fix a cinch once when I was on a steep slope, and there was just no stinking way I could get around to the left (downhill) side. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but at least a horse doesn’t fall over the way a mountain bike does, when you’re too confused to get off on the uphill (right) side in time, and can’t reach the downhill (left) side. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-child-harasses-large-horse-horse-carefully-does-not-kill-her/532425.md?page=4)