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Post by wabuska on Dec 21, 2012 11:04:10 GMT 1
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Post by mandal on Dec 21, 2012 11:57:07 GMT 1
I do agree Kanga but I'm not sure if competence is the right word.  So many say just get on and push through it... Another dreadful tragedy that seems very familiar .  |
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Post by wabuska on Dec 21, 2012 12:23:49 GMT 1
Probably right.. I know just what you mean. I've ridden unsuitable horses, we all have. I remember getting smartly down off a 16.1 TB ex-racehorse after it did all it could to fly buck me off on the road. The owner... a male 'friend' called up the road to me .... 'gut-less!'
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Post by mandal on Dec 21, 2012 12:38:17 GMT 1
Horsemanship is so much about ego. Be that our own or someone elses.
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Post by kafee on Dec 21, 2012 13:04:58 GMT 1
Very sad. That could be any horserider but for luck and/or the grace of God. Sunny having a hoon around made me go looking for the hat, that I should, of course, have been wearing!  |
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Post by jen1 on Dec 21, 2012 13:11:05 GMT 1
Poor lady, and poor everyone really, i have had multiple fractures to my skull despite wearing a hat , the whole think shattered into 3, it was the latest approved skull cap,
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Post by mrsfields on Dec 21, 2012 13:30:03 GMT 1
god how awful! poor girl! a friend of mine here, quite an inexperienced rider, had an ex-racer bolt with her - i remember her saying to me how freaked out she was because when she tried to stop the horse in the only way she knew how (pulling on the reins) it just kept accelerating... she was absolutely terrified and doesn't hack out any more... she had a very lucky escape though - she never EVER wears a riding hat, despite my nagging- she did come off, but luckily she didn't hurt herself too bad as she was in the woods and not on tarmac at least, so had a fairly soft landing... she is also a black belt in judo and knows how to fall... |
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Post by bertie666 on Dec 21, 2012 13:38:59 GMT 1
Terrible - am I right though that with was back in June?
I will never ever trust ex race horses - having hacked one out and its front feet touched grass and it just took off, went across a main road and through an electric fence, wouldnt be turned or slowed etc.
They are bred differently, treated differently and trained to go no matter what.
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Post by cheekychops on Dec 21, 2012 14:41:07 GMT 1
Oh this is so sad, and again brings home what a high risk activity we take part in, yet we all carry on doing it, hopefully with our eyes open as to what can happen.
It's really difficult that it was a share, and the owner must feel distraught.
I used to be Cheeko's sharer, and after his owner had a couple of scares out riding him, called me up and said they felt responsible for my safety and didn't want me to ride him anymore. They were talking about sending him off to be reschooled and everything. I had no idea what was going on and was heartbroken, especially as I'd never had any issues with him.
2 months later I got a call out of the blue saying they'd decided to sell him and would I have him? I said yes and the rest is history...he has been absolutely golden ever since.
I'm not really sure how that's relevent but it came to mind so I thought I'd shrare!
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Post by holi on Dec 21, 2012 14:42:56 GMT 1
I know this case as it happened about half a mile from my home back in the summer. Very tragic but she was a very very nervous rider often seen out of control. Its awful and affected a lot of us around here but for me the greatest sadness was that she didn't ask for help as people I know had offered. It affected the family greatly and a shame its surfaced again now.
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Post by specialized on Dec 21, 2012 15:19:34 GMT 1
A tragedy, but interesting to hear she was a nervous rider as she did not look confident or comfortable on that photo of her sitting on the horse. Sounds like another unfortunate incident of wrong rider for the horse.
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Post by wabuska on Dec 21, 2012 21:31:54 GMT 1
Yes... the smile is a very tight one isn't it. It's awful as she was probably living out a fantasy having such a beautiful horse under her.
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Post by gwenoakes on Dec 22, 2012 8:42:33 GMT 1
That is terrible, but even if she was the best, most experienced rider in the world, when the fear set in, which it would do, all previous experience would have gone out the window unfortunately and she definitely wouldnt have been thinking in a clear manner, imho anyway.
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Post by jennyb on Dec 22, 2012 9:07:30 GMT 1
I don't think anyone knows how they will react in a truly scary situation. Thankfully, when it happened to me and Gazdag went over backwards with me on board, yes I was terrified but I was almost clinical about it. It must have been over in seconds, but I processed what was happening, realised he couldn't right himself and was on his way over, and I bailed out as best I could whilst pulling his head round to try to make him fall away from me. I still don't know how I did it, but I credit judo for a lot of it, you get used to falling in a judo class, it becomes a non-event, so you can then process how you are falling, where the ground is and how best to break your fall. I always bang on about judo training for horse riders but I honestly think it saved my neck that day. We were on hardcore and Gazdag weighs 500kgs - freezing and having him come down on top of me just doesn't bear thinking about..... :-(
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Post by bramblesmum on Dec 22, 2012 14:50:01 GMT 1
Jenny you are right its so hard to judge, she may be like me and hate being in photos (most of my photos come out with that type of smile!) ex racers are for experienced people but if the owner was happy she was doing ok then she should know. Its very very sad and has made me think twice about hopping on my girl until have someone there to hold her for the first time, but tragic accidents do happen
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