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Quite often these storms are more than just a nuisance, and
the lighting and thunder, hail, driving rains, and even
flash floods are in effect dangerous to both horse and
rider.
While you most certainly will not go on a ride if you
know that a severe thunder storm warning has been issued,
the often negligible warning of possible afternoon storms
falls on deaf ears, simply because most often nothing comes
of this possibility. Thus it is imperative that you, the
experienced rider and horse owner, keep an eye on the |
If in spite of your precautions you are caught in the open
during a lighting storm, the very first thing you need to
remember is to get off the horse. While you cannot outrun
lightning, you are able to stay low and decrease your
likelihood of getting hit. Stay out of river beds and off
hills, and instead seek out the lower part of slopes of
hills. Tie your horse to a bush – never a tree – and squat
down on your haunches. Wait out the storm and ride home
after it has passed. 
