The horse was testing him,some horses will do that.If you fail the test then they take YOU for a ride.
Yep. I’m scared of horses. Always have been. And when I get on one they know it. Lol
There was nothing in that video that makes me think that Ryan can’t ride. He sits the saddle easily and moves fluidly. His father-in-law has a large ranch in a pretty rugged area of South Central Oklahoma. I imagine he has spent some time on horseback.
The Twitter posts were as you might expect from couch potato “haters” who don’t know cow dung from horse dung.
Horse took off with him and got above the bit. He got the bit off the bars, swinging him round in the process, never fell forward or lost his balance.
It looks to me like he may have been a touch heavy handed on the bridle - but he may be used to riding on a lighter bit. I lit my horse up last week because I forgot he wasn't wearing the French snaffle I usually ride him in - had a different bridle with an elevator bit in it. Neither my instructor nor I figured it out for awhile - she said, "I was wondering when you got so heavy handed . . . " so was poor Harley.