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Last year, about this time, I learned the hard way that letting go of reins is
a damned good reaction to cultivate!
After years of riding green, spooky horses, I got pulled UNDER a horses feet when
I hung onto the rein while falling, and had the panicked horse STEP on my chest,
directly on my left breast, with a HIND foot that was engaged in a canter-depart.
Thank God I am:
a) small busted - and the horse has big feet!
b) saw the foot coming and was able to keep it from landing directly on
my sternum - where it was heading.
I broke 2 ribs, one of them had multiple fractures, and had trouble getting
out of bed for over 3 months. I was extremely sore - my recent hysterectomy was
easier by a long shot!
Stacey Berger and Helen (from the list) were with me when it happened, and were
heading for their rigs to get a shovel and just plant me where I lay; but I
was too damned mad at Kadance to give it up. Like an idiot, I got back on him
and rode for a short 5 mile loop before loading him in the trailer and heading
home. I could just barely shift, and holding the steering wheel was painful.
I've come off of horses enough that I usually never got hurt, but this was painful
and traumatic. I was very, very lucky that I wasn't hurt worse. And Kadance is
lucky his name isn't Alpo.
I practiced releasing the reins for weeks!
Linda
Gilroy, California
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