A true 'Sods Law' moment

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As i'm not working this weekend for once I decided to make the most of the nice weather and take Chico out for a solo hack.

Put his over reach and brusing boots on and my body protector and hi-viz, make sure we were both safe.

When we got out the roads were icier than i thought so we stayed on the grass verge. We went for a fast canter/gallop over the field, such good fun, blew away some cobwebs.

Had a lovely time, got back to the yard gate and.....

Threw my leg over to dismount and as I did the front of my body protector got caught on the saddle which threw my top half backwards.

My feet hit the floor but I had so much backward momentum I, in what seemed like slow motion, just fell like a board.

Cue landing flat out on my back with my bum slap bang in a filthy muddy puddle!

Sods law, i wore my body protector to protect me and it was due to wearing it that I had a fall! Although it did protect my back when i hit the floor :rolleyes:.

And i can comfirm that there is nothing worse than mucking out with a cold wet bum, lol! :D:D

Has anyone else managed a not so elegant dismount??
 
Did it a few times as a child, before I started wearing a racesafe bp.

Also got hooked by my jods on a safety stirrup while dismounting. Luckily they were old and tore so I wasn't stuck for too long, but I laugh at the fact it was a safety stirrup that stopped me from dismounting.
 
Hacking with my daughter to a show many years ago I had a backpack full of show gear. Went to get off to do a gate, the backpack was heavier than I thought, horse taller than I thought. Gravity took over, I ended up on my back like a stranded tortoise. Cue daughter howling uncontrollably with laughter :D
 
Not me but someone I know who had *ahem* a large bust (:o) got her bra caught over the saddle horn of a western saddle when dismounting, apparently she was dangling above the ground until someone came to rescue her :D
 
Threw my leg over the front to get off a big 17.2hh youngster after hacking out and the back of my full length drizabone got stuck over the cantle. I'm only 5'5" so I was a fair way off the floor. Fortunately he was as cool as a cucumber and just watched me as I dangled there trying to undo it. My friend came round the corner and nearly wet herself but didn't actually help me from nearly strangling myself.
 
I'm 5'9 and I had a ride on a friends 12.2 last week, feet down to his fetlocks! Threw my leg over to dismount and fell straight on my arse, as there wasn't enough "down" time to get organised! V embarrassing.
 
I used a plastic picnic chair to get on my just backed, 17.3hh youngster. I put one foot in the stirrup, went to push myself off the other, and it went straight through the seat of the chair. Left foot stayed in stirrup, right foot was firmly stuck in the chair, and I sort of sat down - but didn't quite reach the ground due to chair stuck to leg - bit like a Russian Cossack dancer...

Just backed youngster turned his head to see what was going on, gave a deep sigh, and stood there like a donkey until people picked themselves up off the floor, where they had been rolling around laughing their heads off, and came to our rescue!
 
My best fall was from a stationary horse.

I checked the girth was tight as I left the stable, lined her up at the mounting block, put my foot in the stirrup...

Saddle ended up upside down attached to horse's undercarriage and I'm flat on my back gasping for breath, with horse looking down at me wondering what the hell I was doing.
 
A few years ago I was getting on my TB, using an upturned recycling box as a mounting block.

As I bounced to spring elegantly into the saddle, the box went ping from under me, I flew backwards with one foot still in the stirrup and ended up flat on my back with my TB looking down at me as if to say 'Mum you're SO embarrassing!'
 
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