Re: [RC] My daughter is safe at home laughing at the TV instead...... - Frank Tenter
Whoa! Sure glad Brenna is OK. One of
those totally unexpected and uncontrollable mishaps. The Kim's know what I
mean.......
Interesting that today at Boggs, I forgot to put my
helmet on.....we were heading up Macs Trail when I realized I still had my
baseball cap on. I have to admit that I did not return to the trailer to
get it, but continued the ride. Not a smart thing to do.
I guess Karen was shook up enough to mistake
Riley's drink for hers....
Subject: My daughter is safe at home
laughing at the TV instead......
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
