How to Uncast a Horse

Beginner 20 min 18 steps 15761 views Rating: 3.8/5 Published: 2026-06-02

Find someone to help you.. Talk to your horse before you approach it.. Position yourself and your helper behind the horse's back.

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1

Find someone to help you.

Step 1

Find someone to help you.

2

Talk to your horse before you approach it.

Step 2

Talk to your horse before you approach it.

3

Position yourself and your helper behind the horse's back.

Step 3

Position yourself and your helper behind the horse's back.

4

Have your helper hold onto the horse's neck and head.

Step 4

Have your helper hold onto the horse's neck and head.

5

Grasp the horse's mane near the center of its neck and pull.

Step 5

Grasp the horse's mane near the center of its neck and pull.

6

See if the horse can roll over and right itself.

Step 6

See if the horse can roll over and right itself.

7

Pull its tail to move its backside to the center of the stall.

Step 7

Pull its tail to move its backside to the center of the stall.

8

Call your veterinarian if the horse seems ill or injured.

Step 8

Call your veterinarian if the horse seems ill or injured.

9

Get someone to help you.

Step 9

Get someone to help you.

10

Talk to your horse before you approach it.

Step 10

Talk to your horse before you approach it.

11

Position yourself behind the horse's back.

Step 11

Position yourself behind the horse's back.

12

Wrap longe-lines around the horse's fetlocks.

Step 12

Wrap longe-lines around the horse's fetlocks.

13

Move as close to the stall opening as possible while holding the lines.

Step 13

Move as close to the stall opening as possible while holding the lines.

14

Get out of the stall immediately once the horse starts to get up.

Step 14

Get out of the stall immediately once the horse starts to get up.

15

Leave the horse unstabled if possible.

Step 15

Leave the horse unstabled if possible.

16

Keep the horse in a stall that is too small for it to cast itself.

Step 16

Keep the horse in a stall that is too small for it to cast itself.

17

Create banks in the horse's stall using bedding.

Step 17

Create banks in the horse's stall using bedding.

18

Build a custom stall with removable partitions.

Step 18

Build a custom stall with removable partitions.

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