Can you list every time you fell off your current horse?

[Natch]

I was wondering if anyone or everyone kept a mental note of every time they fell off? I fell off today and was trying to remember the last time I did and that made me think about all the times I have fallen off Frankie. I don't think its too bad, considering the mischief we get up to...

Fall no.1 - 1 year into riding him - My fault for riding in gale force winds. He was never bothered about the winds, but the yard gate slamming into the menage fence and snapping it was a different story!

Fall no.2 - 6 months later - I don't class this as a fall - only technically! F's owner was trying to get the yearling through a tiny stream and he was refusing point blank, so she called in the reinforcements! Cue an hour of everybody trying everything apart from the yearling who had not budged an inch. I took yearling's leadrope, walked F onward through the stream, yearling didn't follow - and with F going one way and yearling not going anywhere there was only one thing left to give - Me! The saddle slipped with comical slowness and with certain inevitability so did I around to Frankie's belly and into the stream! God I stank after that

Fall no.3 - another 6 months later - Xmas
My fault entirely for wrongly assuming he wouldn't mind looking like an idiot i.e. a Xmas tree. He spooked at the tinstle in his tail. That was a hard landing - ouch!

Fall no.4 - Today (so 6 months again)
Through no fault of either his or mine we were doing some lovely canter work (I can hear the olympics selection team calling) and the ground gave beneath his feet and he fell on his side

Brilliant pony managed not to fall on me or tread on me when he was getting up, bless him

neither of us hurt, although I do have a really pretty graze all down one arm!

What's your record like?

 

[RachelB]

I have had my horse for two years and two months, and have never fallen off her

I only rode her for eight months before she was injured though, so I suppose I am cheating a bit!!

I have been riding Berlin for nine months and have fallen off once... I was quietly trotting a 20m circle before a lesson (very nicely actually) when he disappeared from under me and that was that! He looked sufficiently embarrassed though and behaved in the lesson

I lost count of the number of times I came off my first pony - although I could probably do it by counting the number of scars on my body

 

[Eaglestone]

I have not fallen off my old boy for over 16 years and I have been fortunate to own him for over 17

.... but in the first year he fell over twice, once it was my fault .... he was over exhauberant, but we mastered each other in the end

Sadly I fell off my friends 28 year old, about 3 months ago, when he lost a leg and I went flat on my face .... my neck caused me problems for weeks and had to go to a specialist

 

[madhector]

Fall no.1

First time in an indoor school, J refused to turn in canter and hit the wall and then fell over with me underneath

Fall. no.2

Second time in indoor school, first jumping clinic, J got legs in a muddle over a jump and fell over, with me underneath

Fall. no 3

J went up and over backwards, landing with me underneath

(think there is a slight pattern emerging...

)

Fall no.4

First time XC schooling, J did a huge buck on landing and I went flying, landed on one leg and shattered both bones in my leg

Fall no. 5

Warming up at NH for the ride and relax challange, J jumped the wing instead of the pole, and landed funny and sent me flying, landed on recently healed ankle and did all the ligaments in it.

I have managed to stay on since

 

[LankyDoodle]

Yes. I have fallen off 4 times and have owned him 6 years.

1) In the first few months of owning him, in the school and he ducked out at a jump.

2) In the XC field and he, again, ducked out at a jump. Also first few months of owning him.

3) In the school at the local EC, having a lesson and he spooked majorly at birds nesting in the sides of the indoor arena, which I was not expecting. I'd owned him about 15 months.

4) In the school at home, I had managed to get him to canter and he decided to spin round half way up the long side. I tried my damndest to stay on. This was about 3 years into owning him.

I always come out the side door and always onto my hip.

 

[Llwyncwn]

The one and only time I have come off Cass was Sunday June 1st 2003, her 6th birthday

We were going through a gate which closed on us. The spike catch went into my long boot, cassy tucked her tail under and hurried through and I was deposited in a bank of rather vibrant stinging nettles, minus my boot which was hanging from said spike ! I try never to come off, even when the point of no return has been reached. Teeth, nails or anything I can find at hand will do if it means I dont hit the ground

 

[Eira]

Yes

1- Sol bronced round the arena leaving me on the floor

2- At the beach she slipped , I went out the side door

 

[howengold]

I haven't fallen off any of my own in fifteen years! Up until that point prob only three times......

But, I fell off an old boyfriends 18.1hh horse called Arnie and split my hat about 5 years ago....I always thought it would put me off as I was badly concussed for days and ended up going to hospital the following day when I returned home...

 

[Honeypots]

I've had my boy 9yrs and came off him about a month ago, for the first time, at a walk!!!

We were ambling along on a long rein near the end of our ride when he sniffed something on the ground, spooked at it and bucked me clean out of the saddle then jumped 6 foot in the air at the sight of me on the floor...

In the 8yrs I had Ellie before she died

I never came off her.. she was far too polite.

 

[Blaise]

Have only fallen off my current horse once

However, i have only had her for 3 months and have had another couple of near misses since

It happened in the 1st week of having her, think it was the 4th time i'd rode her and she spooked & ran forward whilst i was mounting. At the time it only felt like a daft little fall as i just kind of rolled over her shoulder (having never actaully managed to get onto her back) so got up, got back on & carried on as normal. A few days later i still couldnt move my neck so ended up with a short stay in hospital with a suspected broken neck

Turns out it was tendon & ligament damage but being strapped to that flippin spinal board for lord knows how many hours wasnt amusing! LOL

 

[Natch]

*sigh* so many people they haven't come off in donkey's years!!

 

[JoBo]

Yeap only had the one fall (tempted fate now). Tried to jump a 3ft3 ramp XC jump that was just way to optimistic and we parted company! Me getting cocky again and forgetting I was riding a 5 year old cob!

 

[badgerdog]

I've fallen off my oldster once in 6 years when he decided to take off miles away from a jump and I slid off his neck, I was horrified!
I've had the new boy for 6 months and I haven't come off him yet.

 

[cobden99]

Yes I remember all mine !

Had him from a foal though so not bad considering he is now 9 ..
1) Bucked off in small outdoor when he was 4 - landed on my head, knocked myself out and had concussion.
2) Bucked off in large outdoor school when he was 5 - a sheep moved so he did 0-60 whilst broncing - hit the side of the school and broke a small vertebrae in my neck ..
3) Bucked off (yes there is a trend here) whilst out hacking - we went on to the grass verge as there was a car coming and as soon as his feet touched grass he squealed and did the most enormous buck. This time I landed on my feet though so no injury

4) Bucked off in the indoor 2 years ago - my own fault for not paying attention and spotting the warning signs as he sneaked the reins longer and longer ...
5) Bucked off in the field a couple of weeks ago - he did an enormous leap over a tiny puddle which unseated me slightly, then as soon as he landed he put in a buck which finished the job. I did hang under his neck like a limpet for a while then eventually realised there was no way I was getting back on from there so I slid down his front legs !

 

[The Original Kao]

i haven't fallen off my current ned, she's a yearling so i don't ride her

i'm sure i'll have plenty of falls due to me when she's ready to back etc tho

 

[SpottedCat]

Yep, had my boy 2.5 years now - first fall was the first summer I had him, XC clinic, he launched off a step into water, I was jumped out the saddle, clung on round his neck until we reached dry land and then let go because he was panicking - if he hadn't been I would have stayed on. Second time was last August when we were doing our first novice BE, he hit a fence and shot me out the side door.

Both were just unfortunate greeness on his part, just life really.

 

[Flame_]

Fell off the mare I bought last year nearly every time I got on for the first six months of owning her. Rode her at re-hab and for a couple of months after she came home, then she showed up lame so I get a break from trying to stay on for the foreseeable future.

I can honestly say I have never fallen off my current horse but I've only had her since Tuesday.

Still, its an improvement on the last one already.

 

[seabiscuit]

Never fallen off Woody or Harry which is a complete absolute miracle **clutches wood frantically ****

last time I fell off was when I was bucked off a 4 year old....

that was last spring!

 

[Maisy]

I've only fallen off mine once when doing pairs XC. I went behind at this particular jump (had been in front on several earlier occasions as was helping a friend with a youngster) and she took off as the one in front did.....course, it was about 8' too early and we clattered down into the fence!!

Probably my fault (!)

Managed to break my coccyx though so had a sore back for about a month afterwards!

 

[arwenplusone]

Ok - I am reading this and going

(<<< my face actually looks like this. )

I actually can not list the times I have fallen off my current horse because there are too many

Having said that in the last 3 months I have only fallen off her once!

I must be rubbish!

 

[embonaught]

Oh my god, you lot have hardly fallen off! Although, to be fair, I've only had one genuine fall (after a rather dirty stop), the rest (we're talking double figures) have been down to the naughty pony broncing after fences/general broncing whilst bolting/falling over out hunting and rolling straight over the top of me. She's a real find

 

[The Original Kao]

[ QUOTE ]
Ok - I am reading this and going

(<<< my face actually looks like this. )

I actually can not list the times I have fallen off my current horse because there are too many

Having said that in the last 3 months I have only fallen off her once!

I must be rubbish!

[/ QUOTE ]

that's not true, just you're mare has perfected the art of removing her rider

off topic but did you manage to sell your gorgeous yearling yet?

 

[arwenplusone]

PMSL Kao! The yearling has not found a new home yet & is now going for a song

 

[MagicMelon]

My current 2 competition horses I have been very lucky, only come off one once and the other twice which isnt bad considering Ive had them 5 years!

Fall of one of them was in the first 2 months I had him when he was a very green 5yo, was hacking him out, cows spooked him and he spun round and bolted straight through a barbed wire fence (yes THROUGH it) into a very marshy/boggy field in which he then started to try and bronc his way through it. I lept off mid-buck. He had blood on his chest and down his legs from the barbed wire and still bears some scars on his hind legs. And the wire ripped chunks out of his breastplate (rather than that him).

On other horse the first fall wasn't his fault at all, we were cantering round a corner in a BSJA warm up but the surface had gone slippy just there so we ended up sliding flat over, poor boy was rather shook up after that. The second fall Im still unsure what happened. It was last year and I was just mounting up (as in leg just going over saddle stage) when he suddenly lept forward. I ended up being flung off his rear and ended half way under the back of our trailer. My GPA's rubber had scraped down the side of it too so thank god I had my hat on. He refused point blank to let me on after that so we gave up and went home, later on that day I got on him and he was fine thankfully, obviously just scared himself. We're still unsure what caused it.

 

[The Original Kao]

i'm very surprised she hasn't gone yet. she's a cracking filly

i've decided to hang onto mine for a while longer
well i've just gone and ordered new winter rugs for her so i am obliged to now

 

[RunToEarth]

I have fallen from Oshk five times, and owned him three years. Fallen off twice out hunting (both from the meet at kennels- so that place is jinxed!!) twice in the arena and once out teamchasing. The only serious one was when I broke my nose and tooth, and the one out teamchasing would have been taken more seriously if I hadn't been a little pissed (landed on my head- got straight back on

)

NEVER fallen off Bertha- ridden her since I was 12, had her since I was a baby, proud of that

Toppled off of Wills once, and Bertie once, and I am ALWAYS falling off of the youngsters at work

 

[equichoice]

been pretty lucky - twice in 8 years!! First time was cantering around a field, no clue why but she just stopped and bucked me off... then was promptly sent off to a dressage trainer to be educated.

second time was back in April, cantering a circle in the school, saddle slipped right round her belly! No-one's fault, she looked a bit bewildered to see me on the floor. Wouldn't mind but that flippin' saddle cost me nearly £2k to have made for her! Fits perfectly now she's a bit more built up again though, fortunately so fingers crossed it'll be another 6 years to the next fall!

 

[DiablosGold]

In 2 1/2 years I've fallen off twice.

Once we we cantering in a small arena and he found the turn too tight and we both fell over sideways!

The second was the only time he ever bolted, because he bit his lip, we arrived at the end of the path and he skidded to a halt and I flew off the front.

Into the mud in front of a whole football team!

 

[Ottinmeg]

had sophie 10 months and so far havn't fallen off her, but we don't go much faster than trot!

 

[Ginger_Thing]

My current horse I have fallen off 6 times, all whilst jumping (I was just learning , and used to throw myself over the fence before realising he wasn't coming with me, lol!)

1. refusal in the school (nice soft landing but bloody nose!)
2. refusal in the school again, but no bloody nose, hurrah!
3. refusal at tyres xc schooling
4. refusal at practice jump at show (made OH take him in class!

)
5. disagreement over steering near jump wing in field
6. last minute

stop at water tray at show

My other horse (who OH now rides) bucked me off 3 times on the flat and once after a jump

I've been riding them for 8 years and 6 years, so not too bad, and not had a fall since I learned to jump properly and not volunteer to go over first