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Ride I had this evening would have been tough on any of the vertical designs. I think they would have been flapping a bit.

The gelding I was riding usually does a couple of crow hops somewhere during a ride then is good. He got serious today. 3 or 4 crow hops, then stopped for a second and I relaxed....then he bunched up and got after it. One of the guys I was riding with said I made it about 12 seconds and the other said 15, felt like 2 minutes. He got me when he started sunfishing one way then the other. ...this was about 3 hours into the ride...and he's a 14 year old horse. Never used one before, but I'm gonna rig a nightlatch tomorrow.

Looking for eight when they pull that gate!

Lord, you got a lot more grit than me
Horse did that with me, he'd be somebody else's horse soon.
Had one do that about 25 years ago, had to walk back to the house. It was just another random nag my Dad had traded up.
Told Dad his horse and saddle was somewhere in the bottom,
and I didn't think he wanted me to go get it. Why he asked,
I told him I was going with the 30/06 if I went after it

lol...gritty is actually the word I use to describe that gelding. He'll pin his ears back and go on a cow, dog, goat, another horse, whatever. It's one of the reasons I like him, but he'd not thrown down like that before.

I usually run a rope through my belt (not tied so it can slide free) that I can catch if I leave the saddle in an unplanned manner. As soon as I hit the ground I grabbed it to stop him from running off. He didn't run, stopped in his tracks, turned and stared at me. At least he was breathing hard..... He was great the last 2 hours of the ride and hasn't bucked since.

I rigged a nightlatch the next day but haven't needed it yet.