--- title: Watch Chris Pratt Explain Why He's 'Bad' With Horses description: The 'Magnificent Seven' actor shared some of his less-than-smooth interactions with equines on Seth Meyers's show. canonical: https://time.com/4505726/chris-pratt-seth-meyers-horse/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-23T15:24:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:55.801Z og:title: Watch Chris Pratt Explain Why He's 'Bad' With Horses og:description: The 'Magnificent Seven' actor shared some funny equine stories with Seth Meyers. og:url: https://time.com/4505726/chris-pratt-seth-meyers-horse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Chris Pratt Explain Why He's 'Bad' With Horses twitter:description: The 'Magnificent Seven' actor shared some funny equine stories with Seth Meyers. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Chris Pratt Tell His Hilarious Death-Defying Horse Story > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 23, 2016 3:24 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 23, 2016 3:24 PM UTC Chris Pratt may be starring in the rough-and-tumble Western reboot of [_The Magnificent Seven_](http://time.com/4300573/the-magnificent-seven-trailer/?iid=sr-link2), but that whole rugged cowboy character he plays is, well, acting—particularly when it comes to his prowess at riding horses. In an interview on _Late Night with Seth Meyers_, the [ever-candid Pratt](http://time.com/4410515/magnificent-seven-trailer-denzel-washington-chris-pratt/?iid=sr-link4) admitted that he has a fraught history with horseback riding, and isn’t exactly the greatest at understanding how to make a horse behave while on its back. “Bad. Bad—that’s how I would describe my horse-riding skill,” he told Meyers, going on to tell a story of a romantic horseback ride with a paramour gone haywire. (Spoiler: the girl saved the day, luckily for Pratt.) 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