Someone ought to drown his dumb son of a b***h. He rode this poor horse into deep water with a tie down. The tiedown didn't allow the horse to raise its head out of the water. There are some acceptable reasons for a tie down, professional ropers use them, however, I don't know exactly why.

I heard it gives the horse leverage, wh**ever that means. It could just be to keep the horse's head out of the way when throwing the rope.

Often, however, when one sees a tiedown on a trail horse, it usually means poor training with improper bridling causing the horse to get into the habit of tossing its head. The tie down is used to inhibit the head tossing. Or, the nitwit thinks it looks cool. While it doesn't show the end results, I suspect the horse is too far gone to have survived.

The jackass also did what one should never do: ride into the water not knowing the depth. We have gone to the Missouri Ozarks many times and spent a week trail riding. There are numerous river crossings, the rule of thumb while crossing the rivers there, is never ride into deep green colored water.

Anyone stupid enough to have pulled that stunt is a waste of oxygen. The poor horse!

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I don't care to watch this again, once was enough. However, I didn't get the impression anyone was laughing once the horse was struggling. Prior to the tragedy, when the guy first entered the water, probably there is laughter.

It did appear that once the guy swam out and placed the rope around it, he didn't attempt to release the tie down. However, once pulled to the river bank, it seemed he was holding the horses head out of the water.

I think one would have to know if these people knew the depth of the water prior to entering, before concluding it was the intention to drown the poor horse. However, the number of those standing around indicated, and that it was being filmed, something was up.

It could just be that they didn't think about the tiedown being a problem. Here's another possibility: while one doesn't see any other horses in the film, or at least I didn't, these people could have been on a ride when coming to this water crossing, and that a rope was available indicates something.

The show off being filmed is gonna test the possibility of getting to the other side. Still, If I recall correctly, the riverbank on the other side didn't seem like a place where one could smoothly exit the water. There are many questions about this horrible tragedy, we'll probably never know.

I had disturbing flashbacks throughout the day. I know how you feel. I can think of only one incident that I witnessed as a child that comes close to what that poor horse went through. I'll spare you the details, for I don't wanna ruin another day for you.


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Wh**ever the case may be, Richard, any horseman worthy of the name would know that a tie-down would endanger a horse's life in deep water. In all my days as a rider and cowboy, the only time I've ever seen a tiedown used is in rodeo events such as barrel racing.

We often used bitless hackamore bridles for free riding. And, since we were among Indians (Native Americans), we used their methods of bridling a horse. It's just a single cotton rope tied on the horse with a couple knots and with a single rein. All you had to do to turn your mount is pull the rope out away from his neck or press the rope against his neck. Basically it was a wild and free ride. Riding bareback with one of those rope bridles was exhilarating, for both horse and rider. Here is one way it's done

BTW: I told my sister (she's a cowgirl) about this incident. I cannot repeat her response.

Wh**ever the case may be, Richard, any horseman worthy of the name would know that a tie-down would endanger a horse's life in deep water. In all my days as a rider and cowboy, the only time I've ever seen a tiedown used is in rodeo events such as barrel racing.

We often used bitless hackamore bridles for free riding. And, since we were among Indians (Native Americans), we used their methods of bridling a horse. It's just a single cotton rope tied on the horse with a couple knots and with a single rein. All you had to do to turn your mount is pull the rope out away from his neck or press the rope against his neck. Basically it was a wild and free ride. Riding bareback with one of those rope bridles was exhilarating, for both horse and rider. Here is one way it's done

BTW: I told my sister (she's a cowgirl) about this incident. I cannot repeat her response.

All you have to do, rose, is think about it for a while. I'm not talking about pets, I'm referring to the animals who have ceased to exist because their habit has been destroyed or the millions of flora and fauna that's predicted to become extinct in the next few years.

I realize that nature is sometimes responsible for a species becoming extinct, but nothing like what the advancement of man has caused. Try not to read to much into my comment, it's just a realistic observation. I'm not plotting in my basement to destroy mankind.