Re: Helmets

[Leigh331@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/20/98 1:58:07 PM EST, sshaw@pacbell.net writes:

<<  personally have never had, yet, a problem on a horse that I would have 
 wished that I had a helmet. In over 20 years of riding hard, in tough 
 competition, and in a variety of horse sports, I cannot recall one 
 incident that a helmet would have been worth it.
  >>
I don't know if you remember my post earlier on this subject, but I could have
said the exact same thing as you did above.......until Greenway Gallop '97. My
horse fell from under me FAST & HARD, I landed on my forehead. Didn't have
time to break my fall, never saw the horse dissappear! I was very glad I had
on my helmet! I hope you never experience needing a helmet and it not being
there. OH, the price we pay for feeling immortal.
Leigh