Tenah
New Member
I am the master of all awesomeness
Posts: 8
|
Post by Tenah on Oct 24, 2008 22:27:43 GMT
My horse and I were comming out from a small x-rail(hes just learning to jump) and he started to canter, buuutt, he is a total cluts, his legs are too long for him(no hes not a baby, he's 10, just never grew into his legs:P ) and he stepped into a deep spot, tripped, and went right down. My boy was falling same direction I flipped went flying, but he made sure to lean the other way untill I had safely flipped out of the saddle, and out of landing on distance. Thats one of my only 'falls', the other was similar, only without the jump, all the rest have been my horse falling, and me jumping off.
|
|
|
|
Post by Reef. on Oct 24, 2008 22:41:00 GMT
that must have looked so funny! glad you were thrown clear, was the horse ok?
|
|
Tenah
New Member
I am the master of all awesomeness
Posts: 8
|
Post by Tenah on Oct 24, 2008 22:51:34 GMT
;DYep, he had a scrape on his nose, but other than that, we were all ok. My mom and my coach were freaking out, but I was just thinking 'Oh man, not again!' lol
|
|
|
|
Post by Reef. on Oct 24, 2008 23:42:32 GMT
thats the worst part about falling, the people watching you! i remember when i first started jumping and i came off a fabulous skewbald cob, and my mum panicked and ran into the school to see if the horse was ok! the instructor picked me out of the mud, while my mum was busy looking after him lol
|
|
|
|
Post by `G.old on Oct 25, 2008 2:46:40 GMT
i have fallen off so many times..i used to ride a 2yr old horse that i broke and i would always fall of her....once the saddle slid under her belly and i kinda hung there. lol. i didnt know what to do..apparently the girth was too big, but i was new at riding and ya...it was a catastrophy.
|
|
|
|
Post by Reef. on Oct 25, 2008 9:23:29 GMT
bad luck, gold! she must have flipped out! i've only ever seen that happen once, luckily on a completely bombproof schoolmaster cob who just stood there wondering why his rider was on the floor lol
|
|
Lewis
Junior Member
mintaaay
Posts: 63
|
Post by Lewis on Oct 25, 2008 17:45:38 GMT
ajax would go completely skitz if that happened! haha but usually if you can keep your weight centred it shouldnt be a problem even if your girth is non-existant. but that's easier said than done, a lot of the time
|
|
|
|
Post by apollo on Oct 25, 2008 19:30:34 GMT
Hmmm...the one that sticks out at me the most happened about 3-4 years ago. It's not a fall...but it could've been. lol. I was riding the horse that I was leasing at the time, Baby. She gets really excited and likes to run around like a nutcase. Well we were out on the cross country course just jumping some small things when she slids to a stop at a log and jumps to the side and takes off at a gallop. Well I ended up on her neck...and she is galloping like crazy. Needless to say I was pretty freaked out, but eventually got her to stop and push myself back into the saddle.
That's about it, I've only fallen off jumping and nothing exciting has ever really happened with that. lol.
|
|
|
|
Post by norsu on Oct 26, 2008 0:26:48 GMT
About the girth thing, my trainer sometimes doesn't tighten the girth all the way to keep me centered! It is kinda scary... LOL but I've never slipped.
|
|
|
|
Post by Reef. on Oct 26, 2008 10:57:31 GMT
norsu, thats a scary thought! lol as long as its working i guess... but wouldnt you be better doing bareback so if you do fall off your horse doesnt think something's trying to tear his bellyparts out?
|
|
|
|
Post by norsu on Oct 26, 2008 14:23:43 GMT
LOL yeah, I love riding bareback with that thing that is like a harness... I can't think of it's name right now. If I had a horse I would probably never use a saddle!
|
|
|
|
Post by Reef. on Oct 26, 2008 17:37:08 GMT
a bareback pad? and saddles tend to be sueful if you're a jumper! lol
|
|
|
|
Post by norsu on Oct 26, 2008 18:09:24 GMT
Lol. No, it wasn't a pad, it was just like the thing that harness horses wear around their necks but it was around the withers.
|
|
|
|
Post by `G.old on Oct 27, 2008 19:24:08 GMT
i used to work at a trail riding place, and we never tightened the girths all the way..it was too unconfortable for the horses. it was just tight enough to keep the saddle from slipping.
and about my near death experience- the filly had flipped out from an IDIOT honking his horn as he drove by us (the round pen was kind of by the road) and she flipped and i couldnt keep centered. if the same thing happened to me now, i would have no problem handleing it, but back then i was a really small girl. lol
|
|
|
|
Post by `G.old on Oct 27, 2008 19:25:29 GMT
and norsu- you mean a colar??? that is what harness horses wear when they have a working harness on..if it is a pleasure harness it would be the breast plate part of the harness...(i drive ponies)
|
|
