Re: RC: Funny bailout stories

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

I was riding one of the Quicksilver rides about 20 years ago using
a Stonewall saddle, no crupper, no chest strap.  I also had the
flu.  Was approaching the last vet check going north, had a short
but steep hill to go down, one horse wide with very dense, tall brush on
either side.  The girth was loose, it was hot & the mare was
sweaty, so the saddle kept creeping forward.  I was just feeling too
crummy to get off the horse and before I realized it, the saddle was over
her withers & the pommel was on her neck.  My efforts to get her
to stop kept making the saddle slip more - she knew where she was &
nothing I could do was going to change her mind about getting to that vet
check.  So I just decided to slide right on down her neck & over
her ears to get off.  I landed right in front of her and she & I
just kept walking down the hill as if nothing unusual had happened. 
Unfortunately no one was there to witness my trick riding!  Lif

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