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Re: [RC] scary ride - cschiroI have fallen off my horse in a huge state park before, but luckily my horse made a huge circle and someone caught him for me. But not before I had tried my best to keep my hands on the reins. I wasn't wearing gloves, so my fingers were bloody for hanging on for dear life - I didn't want my horse to be yet another loose horse lost in the woods. However, the last (!) time I fell off I was three miles away from home riding around the "neighborhood". My horse spooked and spun, I was tossed off but tried my best to keep hold of the reins. Because of this he spun around again and leaped right over me. I remember the big dark body and feet over me I just about hit the ground. I recall falling but it seemed like forever and still hadn't hit the dirt. I was thinking "when am I going to land?...am I still falling?" So I decided to find out and opened my eyes. I saw grass everywhere. I guess I had finally hit...and in the process knocking my self out (I was and always do wear a helmet). Freaky! As happened to me before, I couldn't move, not because I was in pain, I just couldn't move! After a few minutes I could move my legs but my shoulder felt crunched and compacted. I layed there until a car saw me and called 911. Yeah, my first ambulande ride. Well the story ends that Cody galloped 3 miles homes (according to eye-witnesses), I had a fractured collarbone, and I couldn't wait to get back on and ride again! Christina From: Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 2004/07/31 Sat PM 01:50:33 EDT To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [RC] scary ride Please Reply to: sue sue_jamaica@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== I know I've herd of riders falling off their horses and the horse taking off-never to be found again. Well, it almost happened to me! Riding in the state park we (my horse and I) got caught in the cold rain,she was spooked by this and veared off to the side of the trail during a trot. I must have been pulling back on the reins because I felt her loose her balance, I fell off and in the process let go of the reins. As I hit the ground all I could see were feet trotting off down the trail! I stood up and yelled for her to stop. She did but only because her front leg was caught in the reins-they had gone over her head when I fell.Otherwise, for that slpit second on the ground I felt the same way someone would if the locked themselves out of the car with the engine running! I don't know how I'd feel if she had run off-or if she would make it back to the trail center. It would have been a LONG walk back for me! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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