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I have a Flex Rider vest.  Bought it for training youngsters, did wear it at one ride when my ribs were a little tender from a recent fall.  Didn't want to re-injure them.  It was not expensive, $90 at Dover Saddlery.  I bought this one because it is ASTM and SEI approved.  As far as I can tell, none of the Tipperary are either ASTM or SEI approved.

 

Carolyn Burgess

Cheryl Charlamagne <charlamagne40@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I wear tipperary eventer vest. I bought it regional at a shop. Love it,
won't ride without it.


>From: "Jennifer Adam"
>To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [RC] safety vests for riders?
>Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:02:41 -0600
>
>Hello ridecamp-
>Two people nearby recently had nasty falls from horseback. One was barrel
>racing in a practice arena - her horse slipped and fell on her, crushing
>four or five ribs. She's in the hospital now and not very happy. The other
>was a guy saddle breaking a stud - the horse bucked him off into a rail
>fence, but he had a safety vest on and only suffered a couple minor
>bruises. He said he never does anything around horses without a vest. He's
>been kicked in the chest, had a horse fall on him, and has been thrown I
>don't know how many times.
>
>My husband has been nagging me to wear a vest around the mustangs but they
>look uncomfortable to me. I don't have much padding of my own so I can see
>they would help prevent bruised or broken bones, but I spend *a lot* of
>time on the ground with my horses trying to prevent any situation that
>would make a vest necessary in the first place. However, I know the
>unexpected can always happen, so I"m wondering...
>
>Do any of you wear vests? What is the correct way to measure for one?? Are
>they hot?
>
>Thanks -
>Jen Adam
>
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