Ridecamp: Re: [RC] when a horse trips...

The third kind is a blind horse that trips because the rider was not watching 
closely enough.  Sometimes when I fail to tell her to step up she will trip 
momentarily, I always pull up briefly and try to get my wait back also.  She is 
just a excellent horse to ride and I can't see retiring her.  She loves to go.  
I try to avoid any trials that are real uneven. 

/s/ Frank (reporting from Seffner Florida)



> <<<what is the best thing to do?  Support them with the reins or give away 
> the reins?>>>
> 
> Pamela:
> 
> Your going to get all different answers on this one.  It also depends on the 
> reason for the trip.  In most cases, you want to allow them enough room in 
> the reins to catch themselves if they can, but not enough so that if they 
> need help you can't balance them.  You also have to change your seat when 
> they trip too, to put yourself behind their center of balance to help them 
> beable to catch themselves.
> 
> I have two trippers, both Standardbreds.  One trips because of lameness 
> issues.  She would usually catch herself, but I always sat back when she 
> tripped and would be right there to catch her if she needed it.  My other 
> tripper is new to under saddle work.  He doesn't know yet, how to balance 
> the two of us. He also is still in the mindset that he is on a perfectly 
> groomed, flat sand track, he doesn't pick his feet up and has been know to 
> trip on uneven ground. He is the kind of tripper that can get you killed 
> because he can slam you on the ground or roll over on you.  When he trips, I 
> always catch him.  I have actually pulled him up off of his knees and his 
> face.
> 
> Carolyn Burgess
> 
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