Thank you Micki for your kind words. I have been to many
endurance and CTR rides. I have owned horses my entire life (including
breeding stallions/mares, etc.) and have witnessed my share of accidents.
I am affectionately known as "Safety Suzie" because of my cautious approach to
situations on the trail and in general handling. We can all
lapse, DIMR, etc. This was my first ride since April 2007 because of a
famliy illness/death and I was not "in the heat of competition" so not generally
distracted. I was riding a 25 at a leisurely pace to have a fun
day.
I learned a valuable lesson from this experience and that is - go to the
head vet or RM immediately to document the event. The only reason
that Susan and I felt it necessary to come forth is that we couldn't help but
think what would happen if it was a child that was the recipient of that type of
unprovoked attack. The bruise that Susan sustained is 4" wide and 6" long
and that was through a jacket, sweatshirt and a t-shirt. What would have
happened to a child's face which would have been roughly at the same
height? There I go being Safety Suzie again.
I would feel horrible if someone else was unsuspectingly bit by this horse
- complicit in it happening by not proceeding.
