Do you always always wear a hat?

Yes..... I watched a friend fall off and land on her head. Thankfully this took the brunt and she walked away with a mild concussion.....

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Dry Rot said:
I only work my horses from the ground and at 74 have never broken a bone in my body in my life. I don't wear a hat either and sometimes it scares me handling youngstock! But that's my problem and maybe better to be killed by a horse than rot away in an old people's home! But if you are young and have your whole life before you, it is lunacy not to use what protection is available.
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I would love to be killed by a horse - fatal blow to the head, instant loss of consciousness followed swiftly by clog popping. It would be the second best way to go after dying peacefully whilst asleep. Friends and loved ones could console themselves by saying "at least he died doing what he loved" and they would be right. Definitely better than rotting away. However... there is a distinct possibility that an injury to the head leaves a person alive but brain damaged, a fate arguably worse than merely rotting away. So even at my semi-advanced years, I think head protection is a good idea. For riding, always - there are times when falling is unavoidable. For ground handling, sometimes - most of the time I am relying on thinking about safety, contingency moves (where would I go if the horse does x?), and constant vigilance.
 
I always wear a hat, it's just instinct to do so.

Actually, the only time I have ridden without a hat was when on holiday and the only reason I didn't was because the hats available looked like they would have done more damage than protect. It did feel very strange not wearing one.
 
i wear a hat 9 times out of 10 , my husband never does as he rides/trains western
hes the odd one out but if we lived in america id be the odd one out !!
 
I went for a helmet-less hack including a canter up a beach in north-east Malaysia with a real, but non-radical Mujahideen. That just felt wrong! (For head protection, not religious reasons.) However, when it came to taking an ex-racehorse out for a gallop in the scrublands behind the University of Pertanian's (as it was then) vet field station, I insisted on wearing a hat.
 
99% of the time always have a hat on.

when i was on a livery yard and schooled alot, i would occasionally ride with no hat as i suffer for very bad migraines and a hat just finishes me off. Id only ever do flat work. But could tell YO didnt like me doing it- which me being me probably made me do it more.:)

You may think well just dont ride if your head is sore.... But that would mean riding about once a week if im lucky.

Also if it was a horse i didnt trust i would never ride without a hat.
 
Nope, never do unless required by circumstances (show or venue rules, young horse, hacking). Hat wearing is considered the norm in the UK, not so in other cultures. My job is mostly doing stunt/film riding or historical display work which requires historically accurate costume and head wear, don't wear a hat at home either, never have.
 
These days yes (apart from muppet moments where I confuse my cap with my hat) as I won't be covered on insurance if I don't. I don't use one for handling horses though unless I feel they need it or the owner of the horse has requested it. I used to work with a dressage rider who insisted hats were awful etc and would only wear her ear warmers. She'd been riding professionally for well over 30 years but one day her 'safe as houses' horse tripped on the road. She came off, he panicked and trod on her head. Her skull was very badly damaged and although she survived she certainly didn't recover and now has limited speech and mobility.
 
Always. My head is far too important to risk it. If it's too hot for me to ride with a hat I consider it too hot for my horse to have me sat on their back. Therefore I don't ride
 
fburton said:
I would love to be killed by a horse - fatal blow to the head, instant loss of consciousness followed swiftly by clog popping. It would be the second best way to go after dying peacefully whilst asleep. Friends and loved ones could console themselves by saying "at least he died doing what he loved" and they would be right. Definitely better than rotting away. However... there is a distinct possibility that an injury to the head leaves a person alive but brain damaged, a fate arguably worse than merely rotting away. So even at my semi-advanced years, I think head protection is a good idea. For riding, always - there are times when falling is unavoidable. For ground handling, sometimes - most of the time I am relying on thinking about safety, contingency moves (where would I go if the horse does x?), and constant vigilance.
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My acquaintances would probably tell you that any brain damage could only improve me!:D Yes, as I get older, I am more and more conscious that I won't just break but will shatter! Gaffer tape and super glue isn't going to help much.

But for the young not to wear a hat is just plain crazy, and doubly so if the insurance is also rendered invalid.
 
I always wear a hat without fail and have never been on a horse without one. Mainly because it was so driven into me as a kid, I don't think it would be possible for me to forget :)
 
Yes, always have, bar one time when I went down the lane and just felt something wasn't right to realised I had completely forgot to put it on. I am always riding other peoples horses so I think its the least I can do, don't think they would be too happy with me not doing
 
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