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To avoid rope burns, I always wear gloves!  Right now I'm partial to 
cheap roper's cotton gloves - very disposable and easy to find at Stateline.
Laney

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> With me it's almost lays the trotting 90 mph, slam on the brakes and
> break left that gets me. I'm just cruising along and I suppose my first
> thought is, "Where's my horse?" Strange feeling when you're still hanging
> in the air and he's suddenly gone. My most common injury is the rope burn
> between the fingers where I hang onto the reins. I generally fly over his
> head and land squatting facing him in the trail. He runs backwards
> because a person just flew out of the sky and landed in front of him and
> that's shocking. I get a rope burn because I hang onto the reins when he
> does it. I know I'm kinda known for breaking the collarbone but those
> aren't from me falling off. Those are from him flippin with me. That's
> when I think, "Where's my horse's head?"
>
> Angie
>
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