First fall today :(

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AmiRobertson

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Off of dizzy not ever haha! Usually I have a notoriously sticky bum but this one caught me out massively! We were going down a bridle path in walk and she was a little fresh but listening however and this is my fault for bad positioning my friend was on her pony in front and dizzy has such a big walk I think she was getting a little fustrated! We got to the end of the bridle and by this point we were doing very collected shoulder ins in trot of her own accord. I keeping the reins very soft and just pushing her on gently with voice and leg when all of a sudden her head disappeared my thought was she was going to buck so I braced myself for that and then she reared and spun so quickly I went out the side door on the second plunge :( I got up and she had run into the bush (daft mare) and got herself more tangled and fustrated and trying to get her out was ridiculous because she wouldn't stop rearing! She was terrified and trembling when I got her out and she seemed to calm down while I rubbed her ears when all of a sudden she reare AGAIN it was huge and pulled me off of the ground and I had to let go and she obviously thought stuff this and galloped off in the direction of home! I have never ran so hard my life she was heading straight for a busy roundabout and all I could think was I was going to find her down in the road!!! Then a little miracle happened some incredibly brave man pulled over and caught my horse ( he must of been 70) and was walking back down the bridle path with her he had even rolled the stirrups up! I have never been so relieved in my life. Dizzy was still in a state but we walked back to the end of the bridle path and I jumped back on (this is not easy with a 16.3 fizzed up tb) she did calm and I rode her on the buckle on the way home. We have such a long way to go but how cuddly she was in the stable after makes it worth it :)
 
I know I can not believe how incredibly lucky that was! He was amazing and genuinely helpful and concerned. I think I said thank you about 50 times!!
 
Well done for getting back on and keeping calm so that you COULD ride back on the buckle!
Also, thanks v much to all the Horse Angels on duty, and who provided sensible elder that caught her and brought her back! Phew!!
 
Yes they are out there and they always appear at the right time! If he hadn't of been there and she had got to that roundabout this would not of been a happy post! So thank you thank you thank you!
Haha I don't know about calm. The fall didn't bother me it was the terror of her running towards that road. But yes the way back she was lovely still slightly wired but I think me falling off shook her up a bit. So tomorrow we will go for a little plod around the block tomorrow to remind her hacking is still fun! She is usually so sane but today reminded me that she is still only 4 :)
 
Yes she is a superstar who has been through so much! She is my accidental baby haha I bought her as a 6yr old 8 months ago and after some issues we discovered that she was actually 3 and a half (still has one baby tooth now) so we are slowly working our way through baby horse education if not slightly blindly haha while undoing the damage and sorting out health problems! She teaches me so much but on a positive note I got her to walk through a trailer 3 times :) seeing as she has been petrified of them this was a massive wahoo :) she is rather pretty as well!
 
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