[RC] My daughter is safe at home laughing at the TV instead...... - Karen Sullivan
of being rushed to the emergency room at the local
hospital.......because she was wearing her riding helmet!!!
Brenna and I did a very little ride today up Boot
Hill at Highland Springs and back down the little trails. We rode bareback, and
I rode Breeze, she rode Coyote. Both horses were extremely well behaved
and relaxed, and we went up and down hills with no problem.
Brenna was first coming into the parking
area. When she went by a friends trailer; Coyote kind of gave it a funny
look...then when the dog popped out from behind it, she startled and did
an incredibly fast spook that unseated Brenna...Brenna tried to stay on, but the
horse was moving out of control and scared, and Brenna was flung off in front of
the horse. She does not feel like a saddle would have helped her stay on.
Anyway, the horse galloped off but came right back. Brenna landed on her
rump, rolled to her back, and thumped her head on the ground pretty hard; all in
the blink of an eye. She had no way of controlling how she fell.
Upon scrutiny; the helmet showed a huge ding in the back from a rock...that
probably would have gone into her skull.......the parking area was extremely
hard ground with sharp rocks.....
Here is my lecture.....being a good rider is no
guarantee of staying on a horse; horses trip and fall; and even old seasoned
horses spook and unseat riders.....and heads are not always fixable.
This sort of thing is why it is ALWAYS a good idea
to wear a helmet!!!
Even though my daugher was probably embarassed; she
was encouraging me to post this to friends.....she was SO
