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Re: [RC] [RC] what do I think when coming off? - Dyane Smith

Even with all my falls lately (nothing succeeds in breaking a person quite like old age), Dawn Carrie reminded me of one in particular.  Not that I was hurt very bad, but the "oh, sh****" factor.  When I got my middle horse, he has come from bad circumstances and was very thin, but (I thought) rideable.  I had put my older, much more portly gelding's saddle on him.  I was about to get on, not thinking about much except whether the girth was tight, and the boy took off, as only an ex-racehorse can, heading straight for a block wall with me mounted behind the saddle.  I knew he would make the requisite hard right, I just did not think I would make it with him.  I figured I would be paint on the wall.  I've ridden through a lot of storms in my day, but I had never before bailed.  I can't say I remember the process, but I ended in a heap at the foot of the wall.
 
Before I fell, I remember this feeling of absolute calm as I assessed my options.  However, since then I have broken bones and I don't have the same equanimity I had that day.
 
Dyane

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[RC] what do I think when coming off?, Heidi Vanderbilt
Re: [RC] [RC] what do I think when coming off?, Dawn Carrie