Daughter had a fall today :-/

EKW said:
Failing that you could always get a her a Shetland to show in-hand :D Not as frightening as showing a Welsh against Welshie people and much, much friendlier and they generally have their own Young Handler Classes :D

Basically I think everyone should have a Shetland Pony :D :D :D

At least she is young and will heal quickly and well, she has that on her side :)

We had a girl fall off at work a few years ago and she broke her elbow. Whilst she is still galloping the same sort of horses she used to she can no longer straighten her arm completely. She did this when she was 18/19 but she also has arthritus all over, not a result of the accident she has been like it since she was born.
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I love Shetlands, but I can't be doing with the whole restricted grazing lol XX
 
Poor thing. Her confidence may take a dive short term, even for a year but kids do bounce back in time. A friends daughter had just reached the point she was cantering of lr on a hack, with mum on foot when a tribe of adults from a local yard appeared & decided it was ok to gallop past. Pony did one as you would expect when its sedate canter was overtaken by a group of galloping horses. Kid fell of when pony stopped dead at a log the others jumped. Understandably she was a nervous wreck at first & went back on the lr for a year but 2yrs after it happened was cantering & jumping my 14.2. So don't think her bottle has permanently gone, kids deal with stuff better than adults ime. And hopefully elbow better soon too.
 
I have full sympathy. I broke my elbow falling of my loan horse when I was 10 and had to have it put back together in surgery so know how scary it is! Unfortunately I have no feeling in the arm now because of it but it has it uses. I was one of those horse insane 10 year olds and so didn't put me off riding for 1 second and I don't remember recovery time being that long. Unfortunately my loan pony Paddy was sold after he was deemed dangerous after this accident and I was gutted beyond belief. I wish your daughter a speedy recovery back to riding :)
 
Thanks all!! Still no news from the hosptial and my daughter has told me off for using a posh voice when I speak on the phone, she thinks I am talking to the hospital hehe
 
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