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    Re: [RC] Helmets and fear - Colleen Egleston


    Seven years ago I went out to check out a horse for a friend who was
    considering buying it.  I told the owners that the horses needed to be calm
    and well trained for the friend's purpose ( a school horse).
    
    The horse was a six year old Arab and I should have known better. I mounted
    the horse with 2 of his handlers holding on to him.  They asked me if I was
    ready for them to let him go, that should have been a clue right there.
    They let go and he took off towards the barn like a bat out of
    hell...bucking the entire way.  He got me off and managed to kick me in
    mid-air.
    
    I laid on the ground and moved all my limbs to make sure I wasn't paralyzed
    or dead.  The people just kept begging me not to sue.  I didn't.
    
    Ever since I am way more timid than I used to be, that was the fall of falls
    for me and it imprinted on my brain.  I still have the fear, but when I'm
    getting a little nervous on my spooky gelding I start singing Jimmy Buffet
    songs and I find that helps, keeps the brain occupied and confuses the
    horse.
    
    C. and Pete ( who knows all the words to 'A Pirate Looks at Forty')
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Dolores Arste" <darste@xxxxxxx>
    To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 7:53 AM
    Subject: RE: [RC] Helmets and fear
    
    
    > So, since so many of you have taken some pretty big spills. Do any of you
    > have fear left over?
    > And, how do you deal with it?
    >
    > I was a fearless rider and then had a nasty spill on the road with no
    > helmet. unconscious for a day and unable to work for 8 months my brains
    were
    > fried. I didn't ride for 2 years maybe more. Then a fox hunting friend
    took
    > me foxhunting and scared the daylights out of me and got me riding again.
    >
    > But, there is a residual fear a tightness that I did not have before. Its
    > there every ride, every time. I am successful most of the time in fighting
    > it and going on anyway. After the first 10 miles its gone. Doesn't have
    > anything to do with the horse or horses I should say. I'd like to be a
    > better rider even though I've bee riding most of my life.
    >
    > Someone suggested bareback riding to get balance really improved. I am
    short
    > with short legs so I don't have mush weight to weeble wobble on:) Any
    > thoughts?
    >
    > Dolores
    >
    >
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