Can't say I have ever stopped to such a thing....but then I grew up with horses so I could do it right at the barn. We had a Tennessee Walker that would often times lay down in his stall at night. I would got lay on top of him and chill. Usually he stayed put but sometimes he decided to get up so you either had to bail or ride him up, he was 17 hands. With all the hugs I got they also bucked me, kicked me, bit me, stepped on me, drug me under branches........ But I wouldn't trade it for anything. But then I volunteered to ride a bull so maybe I am not right.