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I will second this - in spades.

I lost my previous horse, Shadow, whom I had for his entire 25 years,  
to a kick by a bad-tempered mare.  It was a forearm fracture too.  I  
had no idea the mare was a kicker.  The situation was not that unique  
-- we were riding in a group, and Shadow was at the back.  The group  
was cantering, the leader went around a curve, and pulled up (lunch  
spot).  However, there was no warning, so when we cantered around the  
curve, here was the whole group of horses -- stopped.  We pulled up  
as soon as we could, but we were very close to the horse in front of  
us -- the mare.

Since I had no idea the mare was a kicker, I wasn't as fast as I  
could have been.  I sat there a moment trying to figure out which way  
was best to move:  to the side, or back up.  Before I did -- wham.   
Butterfly fracture of the radius, which fractured all the way through  
one week later, and I lost my Shadow.

If the mare had had a red ribbon, I'm pretty sure I would have done  
an immediate back up to get out of range.

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On Dec 27, 2007, at 6:27 AM, Sheila A. Walsh wrote:

> Kicking is anti social in any situation.  If you even think your  
> horse is
> going to kick out of excitement, fear or jubilation, put a big red  
> ribbon at
> the top of it's tail and keep that thang pointed in a safe direction.
>
> Thank you.

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