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I had a bad experience a few years ago. I don't remember what happened 
exactly to cause the accident, but my helmet was cracked a few inches up 
the center of the back. It saved my life. I remember thinking "Oh, good. 
He's going to settle." and then I woke up in Nancy Gooch's car on the 
way back to base-camp. My mistake was never having ridden him in the 
dark during training. I was a "basket case" for a while. What helped me 
was going back to basics for both myself and my horse. It was a long 
time before I would ride anywhere faster than a walk or go out on trail 
by myself. We  worked on lateral flexion, one rein stops, backing up a 
few steps, getting him to yeild to the slightest cues, playing "games" 
on the trails AND going out on trail at endurance rides, asking friends 
and granddaughters to ride with me. Going back to the basics is the best 
way. Now we get out and really go when we want to, or we go slow and 
that's OK too. I can put my grandchildren up on my gelding and he takes 
care of them. It took going back to the basics and lots of repetition 
for bothof us.
Lucie Hancock


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