RE: [RC] jumping/accidents and horses - Tracey Lomax
Jackie
wrote:
>>I
posted that accidents do occur; jumping and otherwise. I was referring,
as well as others have to, that it is a highly unusual accident for a horse to
have >>broken it's neck at a 2'6" course.
It’s unusual for a horse to break
its neck jumping, period, generally they have a much
stronger sense of self-preservation than we give them credit for.Having said that, most of the bad falls I’ve
seen have been over little fences, usually because of one of the following:
-inexperienced rider who unbalances the horse:
-horse takes
the piss over small fences (I used to think that was nonsense til I got a good horse who unpended
himself and me over a 2’6” fence because he didn’t try over
that height.Now I don’t jump him
over anything under 3 foot unless it has a big filler to make him pay attention
-young or
unbalanced horse.
I once knew an A grade horse who broke its
neck on a TROTTING POLE.
Tracey (who likes XC
because the horses LOOK at the fences and JUMP them).
