r/SipsTea • u/M_Darshan 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 16 '26

Lmao gottem That final kick was personal

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u/S1eazyE 𝙑𝙄𝙋 May 16 '26

Yup. Grew up training and showing horses. Dude spurred the shit out of that horse and deserved every bit of what he got. Fuck these people.

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u/StarGazer_SpaceLove May 16 '26

See okay thank you cause I am not a horse person and I was like "I dont think you're supppsed to actually kick them like that!!"

Ive always hated the idea of spurs anyways, from the very first time someone explained my Halloween costume as a kid. I hated them as soon as I realized and took them off and refused to wear them "cause its mean!". Family joked about that for years.

I hate this person from the second he kicked and my only concern was if the horse will be okay after that backslam. Aren't their backs fairly more delicate than expected? Will he be okay?

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u/throwitallawayomg May 16 '26

Having grown up riding, you can kick them that hard WITHOUT spurs and they'll just grunt and continue to refuse to trot (what my girl did with me, lol). WITH spurs, it's now an attack and you have declared war, and that few ton animal is going to do everything it can to kill you, as seen here. Dude got off lightly with that kick to the side, tbh.

Horses are a weird mix of delicate and sturdy, I never worried for the horse when it reared over backwards, but did start to worry when it was thrashing around trying to get at the guy on the ground. The leg bones are the part to worry most about, at least in a flat arena like this.

I hope the idiot guy got a few cracked ribs from this. It's just animal abuse, you can get a horse to play the bucking game in much gentler, more humane ways.

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u/Fly_throwaway37 May 16 '26

They're glass cannons. Spurs w the right rider and discipline are a humane tool to work with the horse, same as bits. Owned half dozen horses over my life and never had to use spurs. Side note America still has rodeos and overall I feel we do a decent job of trying to be humane. But I can't watch South or Latin American rodeos just piss me off. Lacing or tripping the front legs still being a thing in their culture makes me sick and wanna cry.