tonitot
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Was meant to post on Tuesday but forgot 
I work with racehorses, and obviously we ride up a gallops, I thought I'd mention this incase people get confused
1st fall - a horse kicked out at my filly, who's a wimp and whips round if the horse in front swishes their tail, so she spun round and ended up half on/half off the bank at the side of the gallops. She was rearing and going backwards, I knew I had to give her her head, send her forwards and we'd have probably been alright ... but I froze. I was gripping onto the reins, which I'd somehow shortened so they were really short, and nearly pulling her backwards I was panicking(sp?) so much. I came off and she fell over, about three times as the rein went under her leg and she lost her balance, she then cantered off and I ran after her. She kept going up the gulley and I followed, 10 mionutes later we found her. I was crying where I was so worried she was badly hurt and because it was my fault she ran off and had fallen over etc. We found her on the footpath, standing with her tail stuck in a tree, with cuts on her legs which now means she on the walker, not being ridden. She was entered for a race next week and has been going well until I broke her
2nd fall - On my favourite boy who was being good. Cantering back down a horse ahead of us shot off the gallops, dropped his rider and galloped off, causing all the other horses to get excited and silly. Horse in front near enough stopped, but mine shot forward, realised horse in front had stopped and slammed on the brakes, jibbed to the left and I came off down his shoulder. As I fell, horse in front bucked and kicked me in the head. I remember being worried because I thought I was going to be trampled by horses behind me, and then being on my feet at the side of the gallops trying to catch my horse and realising I had some major nosebleed. I don't remember getting up off the gallops, and everyone was shouting at me to sit down but I didn't know why (I didn't realise I'd been kicked in the head and thought I was running in a straight line, but apparently I was all over the place) Long story short, got back on my horse and went home, with a face covered in blood hoping I didn't meet anyone on the way home
I refused to ride my next lot as was fed up of riding and falling off and, to be honest, I lost my nerve a bit. I rode three lots yesterday, but was terrified the whole time, and rode today and wasn't so bad, but still froze when I thought my horse was going to do something.
So, yeah .. Tuesday was a bad day ....
I work with racehorses, and obviously we ride up a gallops, I thought I'd mention this incase people get confused
1st fall - a horse kicked out at my filly, who's a wimp and whips round if the horse in front swishes their tail, so she spun round and ended up half on/half off the bank at the side of the gallops. She was rearing and going backwards, I knew I had to give her her head, send her forwards and we'd have probably been alright ... but I froze. I was gripping onto the reins, which I'd somehow shortened so they were really short, and nearly pulling her backwards I was panicking(sp?) so much. I came off and she fell over, about three times as the rein went under her leg and she lost her balance, she then cantered off and I ran after her. She kept going up the gulley and I followed, 10 mionutes later we found her. I was crying where I was so worried she was badly hurt and because it was my fault she ran off and had fallen over etc. We found her on the footpath, standing with her tail stuck in a tree, with cuts on her legs which now means she on the walker, not being ridden. She was entered for a race next week and has been going well until I broke her
2nd fall - On my favourite boy who was being good. Cantering back down a horse ahead of us shot off the gallops, dropped his rider and galloped off, causing all the other horses to get excited and silly. Horse in front near enough stopped, but mine shot forward, realised horse in front had stopped and slammed on the brakes, jibbed to the left and I came off down his shoulder. As I fell, horse in front bucked and kicked me in the head. I remember being worried because I thought I was going to be trampled by horses behind me, and then being on my feet at the side of the gallops trying to catch my horse and realising I had some major nosebleed. I don't remember getting up off the gallops, and everyone was shouting at me to sit down but I didn't know why (I didn't realise I'd been kicked in the head and thought I was running in a straight line, but apparently I was all over the place) Long story short, got back on my horse and went home, with a face covered in blood hoping I didn't meet anyone on the way home
I refused to ride my next lot as was fed up of riding and falling off and, to be honest, I lost my nerve a bit. I rode three lots yesterday, but was terrified the whole time, and rode today and wasn't so bad, but still froze when I thought my horse was going to do something.So, yeah .. Tuesday was a bad day ....
