I have had Arabian horses since 1985.
Horses sometimes kick. Sometimes they miss—sometimes they get you. IF one of my horses kicks for ANY reason when I am their vicinity, they still get reprimanded with a very strong voice. There is no Margin for Error. They can break my leg, and then there is no one to feed them.......
My stallion kicked at me once when someone else distracted him & hit my thigh. He got a loud dressing down verbally & he sure hung his head. HE KNEW he had done wrong. He was trying for days to make it up to me. They are very smart.
All my horses have good ground manners but I still give the grandkids hell for walking behind one of them without proper prep. Don’t want them to think all horses are pets like mine.