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RE: [RC] [RC] Learning from Riding Accidents - Chris PausWell, doing LD is no way to protect yourself from accidents! You can just as easily come off your horse in 25 miles as in 50!! Both groups generally ride the same trails, the 50s just do it twice... so don't hold back on doing 50s for that reason! I've had a couple of wrecks on AERC rides, but most of my wrecks have been at home or on training rides. I'd venture to say that most people here would have the same set of statistics to share! As everyone else said, think of safety with your tack and equipment, be smart, know your horse and how he'll react in different situations. One reason I do not start with the pack and always give the hotshoes a head start is because I almost got in a bad wreck at the start of a ride with all the horses going at once.. My horse and another started really egging each other on, then hooves started flying... I got out of it with just a blow to my foot from the other horse, but it could have been much worse... and this was on a 25! A couple of times I've parted company with my horse because he saw a monster I didn't see and the next thing I knew I was airborne...He zigged, I zagged, and that was it...don't know what could be done to prevent something such as that other than ride a different horse, LOL.. chris and the Starman who zigs and zags... From: "Kristen A Fisher" <kskf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [RC] Learning from Riding Accidents Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:29:57 -0500 I have been wondering about this for some time. Ihave heard many of youmention riding accidents you have had, whether ontrail or at a ride, andwondered if you could identify a reason and hencetake steps to prevent arecurrence. Sometimes these stories frighten me (maybe THAT'Swhy I do LD haha), but Idon't recall seeing anyone say "So to address that,I will..." Eg, thelast time I came off on a ride it was going from awooded trail into aclearing; the trail went left and he veered rightand we parted ways. Now Iam alert to this trick and make sure to have betterrein contact in thoseinstances. So what steps have you taken to preventaccidents fromhappening? Kristen in TX _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page ? FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ ============================================================ It is how we "feel" deep inside that matters, cause each of us knows the truth, regardless of how we try make it complicated. It just isn't. ~ Frank Solano ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus ============================================================ The air of heaven is that which blows between a horse`s ears. ~ Arabian Proverb ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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