“Tried to Kill Me”: Shaquille O’Neal Recalls a Near-Death Equestrian Encounter With a Vengeful Horse

Shaquille O’Neal has made a name for himself as one of the most unguardable and impenetrable NBA players. The NBA legend is known for going through with anything and everything that he wants to. However, things didn’t fare well for Shaq when he decided to take on an equestrian adventure.

A video clip of a recent podcast Shaq featured in is going viral on the internet. A social media post showcased Shaq talking about his almost dangerous equestrian ride. He revealed that everything got botched because of a minute detail Shaq didn’t know of.

Shaq learns an equestrian lesson after a bad trip

Shaq O’Neal made a huge impact with the size of his body and the size of his basketball intelligence. His unmatched strength and court awareness earned him 14 All-NBA team selections in his 19-year-long career. While the NBA legend has won four NBA rings, he failed to win the trust of a horse. One of the best centers of all time narrated how he couldn’t center himself on horseback on his maiden equestrian adventure. In fact, things took a wrong turn and Shaq came face-to-face with a near-death encounter. Shaq revealed his unpleasant equestrian encounter at ‘The Really Good Podcast’ by Bobbi Althoff. A social media post uploaded a clipping of the podcast that caught Shaq mentioning the incident. Althoff asked Shaq if he had ever ridden a horse, to which Shaq replied, “Yeah. he tried to kill me.” 

The host questioned Shaq further and he narrated the entire incident. According to O’Neal, “It was a 22-hand Percheron. It’s a really big horse, but what I didn’t know is that he was a carriage horse. And then when I tried to get on him he tried to Bronco Billy me.” However, Shaq said that he didn’t know that the vengeful horse was a carriage horse. The horse’s original owner who sold him to Shaq never revealed this minute detail that made all the difference. This made O’Neal learn a lesson that taught him the difference between an equestrian racehorse and a carriage horse. The large build of the 51-year-old also came into play which made the carriage horse very vengeful. Althoff asked Shaq about things other than the equestrian adventure that he can’t do because of his height.

Things that can never be on the list for Shaq

Shaquille O’Neal stormed through the enemy defenses with Herculean strength packed in a 7’1” body. His size made him feared as well as popular. In fact, his height, weight, and shoe size rank at the top of the list of facts Googled about him. Sparing his equestrian adventure, Shaq said that he can’t go skydiving or scuba diving.

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Bobbi Althoff didn’t quite believe Shaq’s words when he said he couldn’t scuba dive. Shaq said that while he faced no problems diving, he faced a lot of problems resurfacing. The NBA legend said that his weight overpowered the propulsion equipment used by scuba divers to resurface. The NBA Hall of Famer gave a witty response when Althoff asked him how he got out of the water. He said he just Shaqmued out of the water like Shamu the orca. Fans love the way Shaq just turns even dangerous situations into humorous ones. They now look forward to seeing Shaq creatively use his equestrian fail in one of his jokes as well.

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