Yes, they do have evil tendencies. Don't feel bad, I've been bitten, kicked, stepped on, and slammed into fences. I have been bucked off numerous times,and even had some psychotic ones go over backwards on me. My most recent incident was riding down the middle of the road for a mile, bareback, at a dead run. My horse bolted, and there was nothing I could do, I managed to stay on until I got in the yard, I thought my horse was going to run into the truck, so I bailed. Knocked the wind out of me, and scraped me up a bit, but I am just glad I didn't meet a vehicle on the road, or I would have been toast. It was a windy mountain road, so the vehicle wouldn't have seen me until it was too late, and it was downhill, altogether, it was a bad ride.
And I have had many "problem" horses do all sorts of nasty and dangerous things to me.I have spent lots of time flying through air, or, my personal favorite, underneath a running, bucking horse.I have learned lots from these experiences, and am now a very good rider.
Anyways, the moral of this is; If anybody has some less than dignified horse stories to tell, don't be emberassed or afraid to tell them. All horse people have been there. :nod: