Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Kickers/body dents

Which leads me to suggest that we also don helmets while handling difficult
equines from the ground.

Barbara

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl Shelton" <toltallyice@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Kickers/body dents


> I had a hoof shaped dent in my skull for a couple years, may still be
there.
> Working with my instructor trying to clip a horse in crossties with a
twitch
> on real tight (she held it for a good while, to let it go numb she said,
> HUH??). Told me to hold on to the twitch with my life, if I let go it
could
> hit us in the head and kill one of us. Horse rears, yanks dumb (obedient)
> student off her feet and horse comes down hitting me in the head with both
> front feet. I really expected to feel my skull crushed in. I was truely
> shocked that it still felt nice and round!!
>
> Cheryl
>
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