They'd make a liar out of me!!

[sidesaddlelady1]

Always said it was virtually impossible to fall out of a side saddle - famous last words. The Wonder Horse and his rider out hunting last week. Coming out of a jump she lost her balance and started to tip out to the off-side. The WH tried to hich her back into place but her leg had come off the pommel and she shot right over to the nearside, landing on her hands and knees at the feet of a photograpther from a well-known magazine. He picked her up, dusted her off and threw he back up and she galloped off with a vey red face hoping he had not had the presence of mind to capture the preceedings on the camera for posterity! :rolleyes:

[Denbenj]

lol excellent! I hope she wasnt caught in action.. how embarrassing
I tried Side saddle once and have alot of respect for somebody who could jump in it! I was useless and scared haha!! :o

Lenny :)

[galadriel]

Whoopsy! Sounds like that was something to see.

[Bay Mare]

Oh dear, poor girl :eek: :D :(

I did a day course on Side Saddle and the first thing that we were told was that it's very difficult to come off. One of the first things that my friend, a good rider astride, did was to come off at trot! To this day we don't know how she did it ....

[OlavS]

Here in the country it is also common belief that it is 'impossible' to fall off a traditional portuguese saddle. Well, it isn't true. I've seen a horse bolting and trowing his rider to the ground- very nasty fall, as the rider didn't come of promptly...

[horsey1]

I take it you and the girl with the "wonder horse" dont get on then

[sidesaddlelady1]

On the contrary, Horsey1, the Wonder Horse's hunting rider and I get on very well. The Wonder Horse is mine but I don't jump and he loves his hunting so she rides him. The WH is his joke name on the yard because he's such a sweetie and I am obsessed with his wonderful qualities.

[horsey1]

thats great then I've got a horse like that too my sharer jumps him and is hoping to take him to his first show on 1st may so really looking forward to it :D :D :D