Bad Luck!!

[jessica]

Today i went ridding with my friend and our horses andit was really wet and we went up in the trials and were galloping up a hill, and i fill so bad the horse fliped over and fell on her and she was unconious, the horse was a big 16.3 hands and huge, and then got up and drag, i tryed to sercure her, then i went as fast as i could to get help and she was fine, but i fill so terrible!Well thats my story fo the day, did this ever happen to anyone with a horse falling on them?
Jessica

[Caz&Irena]

I saw it happen once, only it was in a riding school and luckily enough it was only a pony and not a big horse. It reared up and the rider, who was quite experienced, was taken by surprise and pulled the pony on top of her. She got away with just bruises but it was not a nice thing to see. Also, a few weeks ago a young girl on our yard took her pony to a local show. The pony caught a jump, tripped on the poles and flipped over on top of her. Again she got away light, although she told me her dad panicked and rushed into the ring to hold her head still. Her mum and nan were in tears. Her aunt had an asthma attack and her aunt's boyfriend was trying to calm her down! The girl was taken to hospital in an ambulance with a police escort. About 5 hours later she was back at the yard relating the story so I hope your friend will be the same. Keeps us informed.
Best wishes
Gillian

[Nancy]

I've been western trail riding for years and only had one accident. It was a bad one, but the good news was the horse was fine. We were "walking" in the trails and there was a big patch of ice. I tried to skirt around it and didn't realize that the slight hill was covered with wet leaves. (January) I felt him start to slide, it seemed like slow motion and tried to lift his head to keep him from going down. But we both went down with my leg in the stirrup and him on top of me. Talk about "Horse Whispering"---I asked him to stay still until I could pull my broken leg from the stirrup. He knelt on his front legs , I got my foot out and then he stood there. I was very lucky he didn't bolt. It was actually quite a feat considering that the people I was riding with were cantering up behind me with dog, a puppy, a ferret riding on the top of one of the horses head like a hood ornament. There was also a park ranger kid in a golf cart and he was afraid of horses! He forgot to turn the cart off. When the ambulance arrived, the men could't carry the back board into the park, because of the woods and they were a "little" out of shape, so my friends had to rig it up behind one of the big horses. To be continued....

[Nancy]

Then.....one of the men with me at the time was a doctor...but he is a "Hearing and Speech" doctor. I was face down on the ground and he kept yelling at me, "Can you hear me?" , with that the police arrived and the officer said he didn't have any pain killer medication, but he did have a bullet to bite on. Then the ranger in the golf cart started getting official and wanted to give us tickets because our permits were up Jan. 1 and this was Jan. 17. Then the EMS arrived and an over zealous worker started to hack off all of my brand new Christmas gear. Boots, chaps, pants, silk underwear, silk socks, the only thing he didn't cut up was my hair! Then the horse stepped on his rein and broke that.
Like I said, he was fine, no damage. I was laid up almost one year. I love to ride, but I'm really afraid, not of the horse, but of the commotion that goes with it!

[Wally]

It's just happened to me about an hour ago. There I was cantering along one minute, the next my horse just fell flat on his nose. I went slithering up his neck and ended up a crumpled heap on the ground with my horses' front end on top of me! Thankfully I ride Icelandics which means he is small enough to fall on me and do minimal damage. I got up, he got up, I got back on and away we went again. There are a lot of advantages in riding small horses.!!
I have to fair to him, I was asking him to go fast over very rough ground.
Anyway I'm off to a hot bath and I'll get my man to rub in some Ralgex. Then I can go and do it all again tomorrow. Ain't horses fun!!

[ali cat]

Don't feel bad jessica there is nothing you could've done to prevent your friend falling. at least she hasn't hurt herself too badly and her horse is okay. it's shock that has you feeling like this and you will feel better fairly soon. talking on this board will help!!!!
keep us informed on how your friend is doing/ and you of course/ regards ali cat

[Allie]

I don't want to sound negative or criticize you Jessica, but I think you could learn something from this. If it was really that muddy, you probably should not have been galloping, especially up hills. You have to take weather into consideration when you ride in order to be safe.

Allie

[jessica]

When I was ridding up the hill, it wasn't really muddy, but anyways. I didn't want to go ridding but she really wanted to go so i went. We were having a lot of fun not really paying attention,well she wasn't, and her horse slipped. I've gone ridding in the rain lots of times, but it doesn't matter rain or shine, You can still fall off a horse no matter how experienced you are. A Horse could trip, or you could loose your balance, so u always have to be prepared. Everyone falls off at least once.I mean i've fallen off before.
Jessica