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> Was the saddle horn dangerous? (I
> personally don't like them) Some will argue yes and an
> equal number will argue no...Was her bra dangerous???
> guess it's best not to go there...lol
Another one of those "risk-benefit" questions....  If you don't rope,
where's the benefit?  Cowboys who have died of ruptured spleens when horses
have fallen on them could attest to the risk if they were still alive....

I work with kids in therapeutic riding, and one of the things that we REALLY
make a BIG DEAL about is the combo of saddle horns and any loose clothing
that can catch on them.  I had one gal whose jacket invariable caught on the
horn--and it was one of those that is almost form-fitting around the hips.
Being below freezing in the arena some days, I couldn't make her ride
without her jacket--fortunately, she was riding an Aussie stock saddle with
a horn, and we had one almost identical in the tack shed that didn't have a
horn, so the "fix" was pretty obvious...  As a kid, I lost all the buttons
on a nice shirt one day, thanks to a saddle horn and leaning forward to be
balanced up a steep hill.  Note that endurance saddles, even those that are
otherwise pretty much "western", don't have horns....

Heidi


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