Um, no. No horse is lying down during a hailstorm. They're under a tree or some kind of shelter. If they can't find shelter, they're standing up, butt to the wind, head down and ready to bolt at any second.
Horses get increasingly skittish the higher the wind gets, even in "normal" conditions - I guess it makes it so they can't smell things downwind of them, so it's an evolutionary thing.
When wind gets high, horses get really spooked.
No way in hell would I put myself between or anywhere near horse legs during a tornado. That's just asking to die. From the horse, not the tornado.
Yeah!
Just meant that inanimate objects, even ones they've seen before, are also sometimes suspect.
That old tractor? The one that's been rusting in the same spot for years? Well TODAY it's spooky, because... no reason.
"What's the best thing about a horse?"
"They taste like chicken."
But I guess you get suddenly kicked, bit, leaned on, etc., you develop strong feelings on the matter.
... oddly enough, he's rather fond of cows.
you don't know it's a hailstorm till you're in it, prior to that it's just a storm you see coming across the plain. And while a singular horse does get skittish, the idea here I think is that the horse finds the calm presence of its owner to be soothing.