Whatanejit
19th Apr 2006, 09:31 AM
I thought I would do this day as a seperate thread to week 6 as it was quite eventful:o
Bank Holiday Monday.
RI was riding Cooper at 1300hrs. We asked her to school him for just 35mins as we wanted to then hack him out afterwards.
She concentrated on straightness and then lateral movements – trying to get him to move away from the leg and not just go faster. He is better moving away from the Left leg than the right at the moment.
A bit of turn on the forehand too.
http://www.clipshack.com/Clip.aspx?key=E856161A936EA276
Canter is still an effort for horse and rider at the moment and he always stops. We are going to let RI keep working on this for the meantime and we will canter him out when hacking eventually. He was a good boy.
http://www.clipshack.com/Clip.aspx?key=285C41BECD6024CA
Then Gina and her mum came along and we headed out on a hack with them.
OH had left his bike at the stable and took ages to catch up.
By the time he caught up we had gone up the track, through the scarey big field down the next bit of track, crossed the road and into the park.
We had a few stops along the way. Gina saw something in the field and wouldn’t go forward – took a lot of effort from her Mum.
Cooper just waited to see what she was up to. He was alert but forward going. Ever since we walked him in hand and let him graze in that field he just keeps looking down at the grass. He is like one of the kids being taken through Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory!
He wasn’t too keen on entering the park. The evil bright yellow flag was bothering him.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f270/Whatanejit/Flag.png
He eventually walked on but was beginning to feel insecure that no one was behind him. Fortunately, his daddy showed up bright red in the face with the exertion of trying to catch up on the bike. OH said hello to him gave him a pat and he was happy to move on. No whinnying yet!
On into the park and we had lots of long trots. I can really feel his trot smoothing out as he is becoming more balanced and stronger – still bouncy, though. We passed a field full of horses and he called out to them – got a bit nappy there but I pushed him on and he was a good boy.
His head was down most of the way and he was very relaxed. On the way back we had a bit of a disaster, though.
Going passed the golf course on the sand track Gina did a massive spook. We couldn’t see anything but we think it must have been the crack of a golf ball being hit because a golfer appeared on the green near us only a few minutes later. It could have been that blooming yellow flag.
Gina jumped sideways, unseated rider onto her neck, then 'corkscrewed'.
Rider slid sideways over shoulder and sort of fell under mare. This was the first time rider had fallen off Gina since she bought her 2.5 years ago.
Gina then freaked at rider on the floor and cantered off - over the top of the rider. :eek:
I witnessed rider getting two heavy boots to the torso by Gina's back feet
It all happened so quickly yet in slow motion if you know what I mean.
Poor rider was on her side making funny breathing noises - at least she was breathing! Cooper remained startled but still, OH checked out rider who asked him to catch her horse.
Once I was sure Cooper wasn’t going to leg it after Gina I dismounted. Cooper was a little upset – more so that his daddy had run off it would seem.
Gina's mum lay for a while. She was very winded and shocked as you may imagine but was speaking in full sentences.
Her kidney area had taken a huge kick and also her bottom.
Having seen the whole thing - I can't imagine what would have happened if it had been her face that was kicked. Or how severe the injuries would have been if her kidney area was not protected by the body protector.
Apparently, Gina had ran out to the road and stopped at the traffic lights.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f270/Whatanejit/Trafficlights.png
All of the cars stopped realising there was an horse with no rider at the bottom of the road. She then crossed the road when she saw OH approach but he managed to catch her at the other side of the road.
Gina’s mum was more relieved that OH caught Gina than she was concerned about herself bless her.:o
It was a good 15min walk back home. OH led Gina and Gina’s mum pushed the bike as she was able to use it to lean on like a crutch. She was very sore.
We all got back to the yard in one piece.
Phew.
Lessons from today – too many to think of………..
1. Horses are v. unpredictable and never bomb proof (well I knew that anyway).
2. Always wear body protector
3. Glad Cooper is a stay with the rider sort of horse and did not gallop off after the other one (so far anyway). When I fell off him when he napped on the first night he just stayed still.
4. I assist in training others in Advanced Trauma Life Support. However, I was a bit stuck for what to do to make the environment safe if I had to do anything to treat Gina’s mum.
Firstly, OH had my phone and had just run off with it – make a mental note to carry it on me.
Secondly, when I felt it was safe to dismount and Cooper was a bit excited I would not have known what to do with him if I had had to treat Gina’s mum. :confused:
I thought about tying him to a tree with his reins but knew that was wrong. Fortunately, she just needed my words of support until she got her breath back and got up.
Mmmmmm. We hope to do le Trec when Cooper grows up a bit. Le Trec rules insist you carry twine, headcollar, leadrope and other emergency equip. If I had have had those I could have easily and safely tied up Cooper and concentrated on the rider. Mental note to do that in future. I have some lovely saddle bags for him so might try and start riding him with them on to get him used to them.
We took him back to the accident spot the next day on our own to make sure he was ok.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f270/Whatanejit/coopergolfcourse.png
Any other advice on what I should do with Cooper in the event of something like this happening again would be very much appreciated.
Bank Holiday Monday.
RI was riding Cooper at 1300hrs. We asked her to school him for just 35mins as we wanted to then hack him out afterwards.
She concentrated on straightness and then lateral movements – trying to get him to move away from the leg and not just go faster. He is better moving away from the Left leg than the right at the moment.
A bit of turn on the forehand too.
http://www.clipshack.com/Clip.aspx?key=E856161A936EA276
Canter is still an effort for horse and rider at the moment and he always stops. We are going to let RI keep working on this for the meantime and we will canter him out when hacking eventually. He was a good boy.
http://www.clipshack.com/Clip.aspx?key=285C41BECD6024CA
Then Gina and her mum came along and we headed out on a hack with them.
OH had left his bike at the stable and took ages to catch up.
By the time he caught up we had gone up the track, through the scarey big field down the next bit of track, crossed the road and into the park.
We had a few stops along the way. Gina saw something in the field and wouldn’t go forward – took a lot of effort from her Mum.
Cooper just waited to see what she was up to. He was alert but forward going. Ever since we walked him in hand and let him graze in that field he just keeps looking down at the grass. He is like one of the kids being taken through Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory!
He wasn’t too keen on entering the park. The evil bright yellow flag was bothering him.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f270/Whatanejit/Flag.png
He eventually walked on but was beginning to feel insecure that no one was behind him. Fortunately, his daddy showed up bright red in the face with the exertion of trying to catch up on the bike. OH said hello to him gave him a pat and he was happy to move on. No whinnying yet!
On into the park and we had lots of long trots. I can really feel his trot smoothing out as he is becoming more balanced and stronger – still bouncy, though. We passed a field full of horses and he called out to them – got a bit nappy there but I pushed him on and he was a good boy.
His head was down most of the way and he was very relaxed. On the way back we had a bit of a disaster, though.
Going passed the golf course on the sand track Gina did a massive spook. We couldn’t see anything but we think it must have been the crack of a golf ball being hit because a golfer appeared on the green near us only a few minutes later. It could have been that blooming yellow flag.
Gina jumped sideways, unseated rider onto her neck, then 'corkscrewed'.
Rider slid sideways over shoulder and sort of fell under mare. This was the first time rider had fallen off Gina since she bought her 2.5 years ago.
Gina then freaked at rider on the floor and cantered off - over the top of the rider. :eek:
I witnessed rider getting two heavy boots to the torso by Gina's back feet
It all happened so quickly yet in slow motion if you know what I mean.
Poor rider was on her side making funny breathing noises - at least she was breathing! Cooper remained startled but still, OH checked out rider who asked him to catch her horse.
Once I was sure Cooper wasn’t going to leg it after Gina I dismounted. Cooper was a little upset – more so that his daddy had run off it would seem.
Gina's mum lay for a while. She was very winded and shocked as you may imagine but was speaking in full sentences.
Her kidney area had taken a huge kick and also her bottom.
Having seen the whole thing - I can't imagine what would have happened if it had been her face that was kicked. Or how severe the injuries would have been if her kidney area was not protected by the body protector.
Apparently, Gina had ran out to the road and stopped at the traffic lights.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f270/Whatanejit/Trafficlights.png
All of the cars stopped realising there was an horse with no rider at the bottom of the road. She then crossed the road when she saw OH approach but he managed to catch her at the other side of the road.
Gina’s mum was more relieved that OH caught Gina than she was concerned about herself bless her.:o
It was a good 15min walk back home. OH led Gina and Gina’s mum pushed the bike as she was able to use it to lean on like a crutch. She was very sore.
We all got back to the yard in one piece.
Phew.
Lessons from today – too many to think of………..
1. Horses are v. unpredictable and never bomb proof (well I knew that anyway).
2. Always wear body protector
3. Glad Cooper is a stay with the rider sort of horse and did not gallop off after the other one (so far anyway). When I fell off him when he napped on the first night he just stayed still.
4. I assist in training others in Advanced Trauma Life Support. However, I was a bit stuck for what to do to make the environment safe if I had to do anything to treat Gina’s mum.
Firstly, OH had my phone and had just run off with it – make a mental note to carry it on me.
Secondly, when I felt it was safe to dismount and Cooper was a bit excited I would not have known what to do with him if I had had to treat Gina’s mum. :confused:
I thought about tying him to a tree with his reins but knew that was wrong. Fortunately, she just needed my words of support until she got her breath back and got up.
Mmmmmm. We hope to do le Trec when Cooper grows up a bit. Le Trec rules insist you carry twine, headcollar, leadrope and other emergency equip. If I had have had those I could have easily and safely tied up Cooper and concentrated on the rider. Mental note to do that in future. I have some lovely saddle bags for him so might try and start riding him with them on to get him used to them.
We took him back to the accident spot the next day on our own to make sure he was ok.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f270/Whatanejit/coopergolfcourse.png
Any other advice on what I should do with Cooper in the event of something like this happening again would be very much appreciated.