Do you wear a hat?

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I always wear a skull cap apart from once I went out hacking and forgot!
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I don't replace it if I fall off - I fall off too often and do not have enough dollar!
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I wear a hat 99% of the time, but am not about to slate anyone for not doing the same.
I think it's a bit like cycling, it really is up to the individual, unless they are children of course!
How many people who are so insistent about hats when riding, yet don't wear one whilst cycling?
Someone has already mentioned the US and the lack of hat wearing out there, it would be very interesting to see statistics regarding head injuries wouldn't it?

People take thier own risks, and I don't think it's fair to have a go at people who choose not to wear one. It's personal choice, and the only person it directly affects is the rider.
 
It's a shame that pictures of damaged heads can't be posted here!!
The sight of a dead un or two, or even just the big space where the skull used to be complete.....
may just....make everyone consider wearing protection all the time every time!!!

And how I wish the event organisers, would pull the finger out and insist EVERYONE who competes/handles or rides MUST wear head protection all the time every time.

Life would be so much easier and the members of the family could keep on smiling....instead of mourning!!!
 
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Someone has already mentioned the US and the lack of hat wearing out there, it would be very interesting to see statistics regarding head injuries wouldn't it?


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I was reading some medical reports recently; had to search around to find them again but I have now. Hope these are of interest to you.

One study in the US was done over a 3 year period 2001 - 2003. Out of around 15 million riders, there were over 102,000 non-fatal horse injuries between 2001-2003. About 66% were injured while riding a horse - due to falling or being thrown off. Most injuries were to head/neck (23%), lower extremity (22%) upper extremity (21%). About 25% were fractures of some kind. For each year approx. 11,500 people sustained brain injuries.

The next one I read showed this; Bicycles injuries; amount of injuries from bicycles in the States for 2004 was 151,024 and the amount of people hospitalised in this year was 10,769. For the same year the amount of horse riding accidents was 14,218 and the amount of riders hospitalised were 2,434.

Another study was performed by the US neurosurgical body and covers the year of 2006. The amount of riders in the States each year is approximately 15,000,000 and in 2006 number of patients admitted into American ER hospitals for head injuries was 9,260.



I don't know what the stats are like in the UK. Perhaps someone has read some recently to give a comparison?
 
Now- Always, skull cap, havent needed to replace
when I was a kiddy, didnt always, velvet hat, and didnt replace
 
This was interesting; not all about head injuries but also spinal injuries. The study was done for the US and UK, so some comparisons and interestingly the overall picture shows that horse riding in the UK is much more dangerous than in the US, mainly attributed to the amount of on-road riding done in the UK, whereas riding on roads over here is very rarely seen as people almost always ride off-road here.

ETA; oops forgot to post the link - be back in a minute.
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Edited again; here's the link http://www.nature.com/sc/journal/v40/n6/full/3101280a.html
 
I even wear a hat to turn out and bring in. Its not funny with an 18hh and 17.2 and me in the middle! Its just not worth it, i hear soooo many stories of head injuries not whilst riding but by handling fromthe ground.
Bit of a pain with flat hair syndrome afterwards though!!
 
could have done with a "depends on the fall" option on the last question.
e.g. didn't replace hat when i landed on my behind in a bog last weekend, but did when i landed on my side on the road and there was a dirty great mark on the side of my hat!n
 
The only time I dont wear a hat is on my Welsh A, if I needed a new hat everytime I fell off when I was a teenager I would of needed a new one every couple of months!! My parents would have banned me from being around them!!
 
Thank you to everyone who took part in this little poll. Its refreshing to hear that most of us wear a hat at all times and that the old faithful skull cap is the most commonly used hat.

Happy and safe riding
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I always wear a hat whenever I am on my horse. Fell off not so long ago when my horse was cantering and tripped and I fell off and landed on my head. My head hit the floor with a right crack and makes me shudder to think what might have happened if i hadn't had my hat on. A broken arm will fix but your head = well lets not even go there !! Really annoys me when I see people riding out especially on the roads with no hat even when they are nothing to do with me, just think it is down right stupidity. Horse riding is dangerous enough so why make it even more dangerous by not wearing a hat ?
 
I was extremely well trained by a strict fire breathing dragon instructor - funny I turned into one myself -though I teach proper stuff in a school (no disrespect). I wouldn't dream of riding without a hat and even though all those years ago it was optional we always wore a hat REGARDLESS. Last year my friend got flung off at high speed when his horse put her leg in a hole that newly appeared in the bridleway. He was cantering and as I approached I thought he had been killed - I saw "The Beast" crash to the ground and he flew through the air ( well done bent leg irons) landing on the back of his head, elbow, hip etc not moving for what seemed like an eternity. With a bit of tlc and " I'm alright" we returned home - the horse was fine too - phew. He saw stars for days and the hat was binned silly S*d said it will be okay but I just threw it away and he has my brand new spare gpa type. ( Kind like that). Without that protection he would have not survived. Need I say more?
 
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