This one goes out to all the crazy horse people. Oh wait, that’s us.

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Clearly the class description was “go big or go home.”

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9 seconds of pure awesome.

Usually in the equestrian world when we say that someone had a nice save, we mean that they fought the powers of gravity and physics to remain in the saddle despite every force in the world working against them. In this case, however, the rider and horse did indeed part ways — but she never touched the ground. It’s trainer David Bustillos of Durango Farms in California that gets all the credit here:

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Hey man, nice save. And kudos to that rider for sticking on as long as she did, because that looked like no fun at all.

Go riding!

This pony takes that phrase to a whole new, slightly horrifying level.

How many times has someone stopped by your farm to inform you in an anxious voice that your horse is dead — when he’s really just sleeping on his side, enjoying the warm sun or a cool breeze? This pony owner doesn’t even want to hear about it, because when her little guy conks out, he sleeps like the dead. Like, for real.

Any time a Facebook post includes the following conversation, you know it’s going to be good:

Electrical contractors called me — ma’am, you’ve got a dead horse here in your pasture.

No I don’t, he plays dead all the time. Is his leg sticking straight up in the air?

Yes ma’am. I’m telling you he’s dead. The leg sticking up is because rigor mortis has set in, ma’am, I know horses, I own a few.

Sir, my horse ain’t dead. He plays opossum. But, I’m coming. Give me a minute please.