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Make safety rules- and stick with them.=20
We were shoing a wild running quarterhorse filly years ago, and I was =
assigned to stand by her hip while the other back foot was worked on. =
She didn't like it at all, and let us know rather violently. After every =
explosion that came when her foot was up too long, we'd quietly regroup =
and try again. At one point she jumped straight up on her back end, came =
down squarely on my foot, leaped back up when I hit her and squalled, =
and launched me into the air. I had a beautiful, parabolic tragectory =
that landed me right in front of the shoer on my feet, who caught me by =
the elbows. Although the technique was spectacular, at that point in my =
life I considered the shoer to be something of a prophit and I was very =
embarrassed. I would rate the whole incident at least a 9.5.=20
Moral: because I had my leg squished right up next to hers, I wasn't =
hurt when she kicked. I just got to experience a little less gravity =
than normal for a moment.
It's nice when you can have the sense to get off when you need to, stay =
on when you have to, and keep a hold on the horse when you do decide to =
bail. However, let's face it: we're blessed each time we and the horse =
make it out of a wreck or near- wreck. My advice is to think about the =
worst that can happen, try your best to prevent the worst, and visualize =
how you can get through the worst intact.
And most certainly, get a good laugh out of it later.
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