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My accident was one of those freak things. The trail I was on has a lot 
of smaller pines - maybe 2 to 3 inches around. I normally turn my toes 
into to the horses shoulder and they slide right off over the outside of 
my foot. I'd been riding that trail - pretty fact - for years. That day 
one of the pines managed to slide off the cage toward the inside and 
slid right under my leg. You know those times where things happen in 
slow motion and you know when it is over - it won't be pretty. Well this 
was one. Since the pine was about 12 feet tall, it just peeled me right 
out of the saddle and flipped me to the other side. Solid cages would 
have not made any difference since it wasn't a stick in the cage thing. 
I've seen that also - but not that day.

Basically my feet with the shoes I ware are way too big to go through or 
get stuck easily in my stirrups so I don't worry about it. My leather 
will come off pretty easily if necessary. One reason I much prefer 
English saddles. However, it is probably a good idea for all juniors to 
have cages. It's also I think a good idea for someone with small feet - 
heels or not.

When I was a kid, I got my foot caught in a stirrup when my pony spooked 
and bolted when a tractor backfired - and I had boots with heels. I was 
drug for about 100 yards. The only saving grace was it was on freshly 
disc ground so it was soft and the pony could not run too fast or two far.

Truman



Cindy Collins wrote:
> That's why I ride with a solid cage. I lost an entire stirrup and 
> leather in the middle of the BH ride one year when a tree branch 
> caught my woven type cage. I still love the cages and believe in them, 
> I just went with the solid ones.
>
>
> Cindy Collins
> c_collins@xxxxxxx <mailto:c_collins@xxxxxxx>


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