Re: RE: Trail Riding Safety

["Karen Sullivan" <greymare@jps.net>]

Marv,

I totally second this.....another thing must be proper saddle fit, then, of
course, horse conditioning....
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>
To: "Marv Walker" <Marv@MarvWalker.com>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 12:29 PM
Subject: RC: RE: Trail Riding Safety


> Marv:
>
> You cannot stress enough the importance of wearing a helmet designed for
> equestrian activities. All of us, especially my wife and I, have had
> accidents out on the trail where a helmet has saved our lives. If nothing
> more than this one safety item is stressed it will be of great benefit to
> all riders.
>
> For more information and the best contacts in the US go to
> http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/dawson/amea/amea.htm.
>
> Bob Morris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marv Walker [mailto:Marv@MarvWalker.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 1:25 PM
> To: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC: Trail Riding Safety
>
>
> I have been contacted by Fox Network Television about doing a segment for
> one of their programs.  The premise is going to be "Surviving On The
Trail."
>
> Of course, the producers know little about horses other than they "rode a
> little
> when they were a kid," but in researching segment possibilities they were
> stunned by the horse injury / death figures.
>
> And television being what it is, it could go anywhere from dropped where
it
> sits
> to becoming Fox's Horse Authority Talking Head (stop laughing, it's TV,
for
> Pete's
> sake).
>
> What I'm looking for are safety dos & don'ts, ideas, examples and stories
of
> things that have gone bad on *your* trail (any ride outside of an enclosed
> area)
> rides and the rides of those you are personally aware of who have had bad
> experiences trail riding.
>
> Marv "Well, yes, galloping down that slope while wearing my one man band
> outfit
> and doing 'Stars & Stripes Forever' would be a spectacular example of a
> trail ride
> gone bad.  Make up!!!" Walker
>
>
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