[Fiddlstix]

I was born and raised on a ranch down here in Texas. I've been around more than a few horses.
The best way I know to avoid kicking is to keep very close when walking behind them and keep you hand on his butt so he'll know it's you when you're out of his field of vision.
Even then with being cautious you might get kicked but by being very close to his butt you probably won't get it in the head.

[ETL]

Well, thanks for not mentioning the ridiculous typo I made above. :)

The horse had caught me off guard. As I mentioned, he was a high strung 2-year-old racehorse. You could usually count on him to go berserk at such things as a truck coming down the road, flock of birds taking off, etc. But this time he was just standing there calmly as a single leaf fell softly from a tree. He suddenly spun around and lick, i mean KICKED, me in the butt!