[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Rusty's reaction was a jump sideways, a spin away from the fence, but he didn't even get one stride in before he stopped for me. I immediatly turned him to look at the fence, and that was it. I thought he did great under the circumstances. He never even snorted. Just stood and looked for a few seconds, then when I asked he turned and walked on around, picked up the trot and lope just fine even past the fence.

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

I think he did great too, but she saw it through her fear. I think she's been scared by spooks more than actual bucking, and knows it but calls it 'bucked off'. If she really wanted to know if he'd buck, she'd have you run him full out slappin' him on the ass. She's afraid she'll come off in one of those spook and spins.

[Beaker]

Rusty's reaction was a jump sideways, a spin away from the fence, but he didn't even get one stride in before he stopped for me.
That a perfectly normal and very acceptable reaction given the circumstanes. The only horse that I've met who's completely bombproof is that welsh pony that you see on the Who's Who page. I spook before that horse does. Nothing phases him, and I mean nothing. Not hawks, not other horses, not boogers or loud noises, or motorcycles. It's amazing