That's how they used to train apprentices in the old days.

Michael Patrick Dillon was born on June 15 1926 at Epsom, Surrey, the son of a head lad in a racing stable. His grandfather, Patsy Dillon, was a racehorse trainer at Tralee, Co Kerry, whose methods were far from conventional. He used to put his apprentices on yearlings and tie their legs together underneath the horse; if the boys fell off, they would be thrashed.