Got bucked off yesterday

[Elno]

Feeling a little sore and sorry for myself since being bucked off yesterday after my horse, who's apparently been feeling a little too well lately got "scared" and threw a major buck (with a fart ) which had me flying Air Equine out the side window and landing right on my ass.

Tell me your best and funny "hastely dismounted" stories to cheer me upp while I wallow in self pity and beat myself up for having shit balance

 

[FinnishLapphund]

This is not me, but when looking for memes to post on one of my Monday memes threads recently, I came across this gif which I think you might enjoy to see:

Sorry don't know why I can't make the gif to work so it's visible to others than myself, click the link

https://i.gifer.com/5an2.gif

 

[poiuytrewq]

Years ago my daughter had a great little 13.2 mare.
She was brilliant for everything but a bit mad at jumping, used to tank into jumps head like a giraffe flat out.
One day we were sat watching her and her friends from the yard jumping in the field and I said hop off I’ll make her trot over a few and just calm her down a bit.
Got on, flat out over the jump, jumped huge, stopped dead on landing to have a head down coughy snorty fit at something and guess who sailed over her head
The kids thought it was hilarious

 

[Poppy+MrDarcy]

Last spring I got chucked off in such a hilarious way I dug out the security footage from the farm near by . I was riding Bizzy, and him being unpredictable, but mostly lazy, I decided to take him hunting. Wasn't the most brilliant idea of mine , so let's skip to the good bit, had set off about 15 minutes ago and all was going well... Untill our first jump came up, we went very steady in to it, then all h*ll broke loose, we fly bucked then I was left clinging onto the martingale whilst Bizzy f*ckd off with me. Bizzy being very, well... Unpredictable, stopped dead in his tracks next to a large muddy ditch and parked me in it, I belly flopped in there and the mud went in my mouth, ears, nostrils, eyes and down my top and in my boots. That was a fun day

 

[Poppy+MrDarcy]

Last spring I got chucked off in such a hilarious way I dug out the security footage from the farm near by . I was riding Bizzy, and him being unpredictable, but mostly lazy, I decided to take him hunting. Wasn't the most brilliant idea of mine , so let's skip to the good bit, had set off about 15 minutes ago and all was going well... Untill our first jump came up, we went very steady in to it, then all h*ll broke loose, we fly bucked then I was left clinging onto the martingale whilst Bizzy f*ckd off with me. Bizzy being very, well... Unpredictable, stopped dead in his tracks next to a large muddy ditch and parked me in it, I belly flopped in there and the mud went in my mouth, ears, nostrils, eyes and down my top and in my boots. That was a fun day

Just going to say I had a LOT of laughs that day

 

[ArklePig]

About two years ago, my (very non horsey but long suffering) husband gave me a leg up and one or both of us got distracted and I got a concussion. Didn't actually get my arse on the horse before it and the rest of me hit the deck.

 

[Barton Bounty]

Not technically a fall off but….. may 2021… new broadband being installed at the yard…. Guys up the poles… all ok.. I asked him to stay up there till I got on.. that was fine, he said yeah… Q the moment just as I was mounting… his footing slipped, he swung from the top of the pole. BB got a massive fright. Went up.. I tried to save myself and jumped off , my fingers caught round the reins and I broke my finger.. the middle one as well…. Its still like a bloody richmond sausage… it actually crushed my bones inside completely, it will never heal.

 

[Poppy+MrDarcy]

Not technically a fall off but….. may 2021… new broadband being installed at the yard…. Guys up the poles… all ok.. I asked him to stay up there till I got on.. that was fine, he said yeah… Q the moment just as I was mounting… his footing slipped, he swung from the top of the pole. BB got a massive fright. Went up.. I tried to save myself and jumped off , my fingers caught round the reins and I broke my finger.. the middle one as well…. Its still like a bloody richmond sausage… it actually crushed my bones inside completely, it will never heal. View attachment 111666View attachment 111667View attachment 111668View attachment 111669View attachment 111670

Ah, that looks dreadful, guessing it was pretty painful

 

[Barton Bounty]

Ah, that looks dreadful, guessing it was pretty painful

I have never broken a bone before. Blinking finger it was sore

 

[Poppy+MrDarcy]

I have never broken a bone before. Blinking finger it was sore

I've been lucky enough not to have ever broken anything, but I've pushed two babies out

 

[Barton Bounty]

I've been lucky enough not to have ever broken anything, but I've pushed two babies out

Ive had two babies.. sections

I was gutted at 44 to have had my first broken bone lol

 

[daffy44]

Ok, my best falling off story is from when I was a teenager, working at a dealing yard, and I worked incredibly hard, no complaints, I absolutely loved it. One day had been especially busy and I was riding my last horse of the day, it had gone well and I was just walking it off on a long rein.....the next thing I knew I was flat on the floor with the poor perplexed horse standing still looking down on me. I had simply fallen asleep! Fallen asleep so completely that I fell off, and only woke up when I hit the ground, obviously this meant I was utterly relaxed when I fell and didnt even have a bruise, just a very confused horse.

 

[sassandbells]

The most stupid fall I have ever had was the first time I took my ex racer cross country schooling, we were warming up and there was a particularly spooky trakehner jump that she kept shying away from, I had no intentions of jumping it but it was getting a bit awkward trying to ride around it. Decided to do the sensible thing and walk around it and show her the jump so she’d stop spooking. We were stood facing it quite happily for a few moments, me just chilling with loose reins, when all of a sudden she decided to leap over it from a standstill. It was about 2’9 so not small, and I was promptly launched into the air and onto the floor. Took me a few moments to realise what happened and my mare just stopped and stood next to me looking quite pleased with herself. My dad then emerged from round a corner to lecture me on how I shouldn’t jump on my own and didn’t believe me when I said I wasn’t intending on jumping it. The rest of the session was fab and she flew everything, but I did feel very stupid..

 

[Boulty]

Oh I’ve got a few…

Doing a pairs class on a borrowed RS cob. The horse in front was going too slow for his liking & he showed his displeasure at this by bronking on the landing of every fence whilst I screamed at my partner to go a bit faster (he was on a shire x whose favourite pace was halt so that wasn’t really going to happen!). I think I got about 3/4 of the way around before he finally got rid of me & proceeded to jump the rest of the fences without me. Apparently we were still disqualified

Then there was a different borrowed RS cob who I was doing a rather tight jump off indoors on. He turned a LOT tighter than I was expecting, flung me out the side door & landed me right in front of his feet! (Luckily he did stop & didn’t trample me!)

Oh & then we have the time me & the orange one we’re practicing bending poles at canter & had a disagreement about which way to turn after the last pole. He “won” by ducking his way at the last second & throwing me into the arena fence!

 

[HollyWoozle]

I got rocket-launchered off a quiet and generally ploddy NF pony on Sunday. The path was flooded and we were wading through… I guess something touched her leg

Got fully submerged up to my neck, including 2 iPhones, but have never stood up so quickly in my life. The reins snapped and I had to tie a knot in the rubber, mount up and ride back sopping wet. Including through another flooded stretch (I held the mane that time!).

Hope you are feeling OK after your tumble!

 

[smolmaus]

Most recent is bringing pony to our first ever dressage comp and her being an absolute saint right up until she saw her own shadow as we went into the warmup. Huge buck, I hit the deck, she stands on my hipbone then just stands quietly 6 feet away and waits for me to get up again. Came home with a frilly and a very interesting bruise.

 

[HollyWoozle]

Now uploaded for your viewing pleasure https://streamable.com/kcq1by

 

[Cherryblossom]

My favourite fall was the first time I took my childhood pony out hunting. Usually I’d have my horsey mum helping out, but this time I had my rugby player dad. I explained what a leg up was, but he clearly decided it was similar to a line out because he launched me up in the air and straight over the top of the pony without ever making contact!

 

[smolmaus]

Now uploaded for your viewing pleasure https://streamable.com/kcq1by

There was definitely a monster in that water.

 

[Elno]

I got rocket-launchered off a quiet and generally ploddy NF pony on Sunday. The path was flooded and we were wading through… I guess something touched her leg

Got fully submerged up to my neck, including 2 iPhones, but have never stood up so quickly in my life. The reins snapped and I had to tie a knot in the rubber, mount up and ride back sopping wet. Including through another flooded stretch (I held the mane that time!).

Hope you are feeling OK after your tumble!

Hehe, maybe it was something in the air on Sunday I'm okay, still a bit bruised up since it was a loooong fall (horse is roughly 17 hh and she fly bucked me off) but at least I no longer believe my coccyx to be broken like I did yesterday

Will pop a Acavallo gel out seat saver next time I ride her for extra safety and a neck strap. Apparently all the horses in the yard are feeling a bit frisky at the moment, but I still decided to err on the cautious side and have removed all feed except hay, water and a salt lick for a week or two in case I accidentally have overfed and underworked her lately.

 

[Barton Bounty]

Now uploaded for your viewing pleasure https://streamable.com/kcq1by

When I watched that, I got that feeling… falling into freezing water fully clothed feeling hope you were ok

 

[Gloi]

Young stallion in a line up at a show. Welsh cob next to him grunted at him and he reared straight up. Stirrups came off the stirrup bars and when he came down I was left standing in the stirrups behind his tail still holding the reins.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Feeling a little sore and sorry for myself since being bucked off yesterday after my horse, who's apparently been feeling a little too well lately got "scared" and threw a major buck (with a fart ) which had me flying Air Equine out the side window and landing right on my ass.

Tell me your best and funny "hastely dismounted" stories to cheer me upp while I wallow in self pity and beat myself up for having shit balance

1. bucked of a Shetland 1970's = broken wrist
2. bucked off in boarding school 1970's - eve activities = result bad back which over the years led to back issues and sciatica and slipped disk
3. 1987 ish mare with vision problems galloping up hill veered to the left to be closer to her mare and collided with horse track sign result, = collar bone broken, and shoulder blade he injury and my visit to hospital
4. 1990's mare went to jump a jump but fell (her back was out) result= skiers' thumb left now with disability
5. 2005 ish gelding bucked me off in school and I landed on fence post on my back then fell onto jump poles,= badly bruised ( should have been 6 ft under chiro said) (cause - horses back was out)
6. mare got too close to a tree result= swollen ankles which led to planters fasciitis week ankles eventually collapsed arches need supports
7. 2013 gelding bucked me off onto concrete( yard accident caused by a livery) result me broken humerus
8. 2015 new mare slipped on road result= permanent dislocation of the shoulder and rotary cuff( disability for life)

picture 1 2 ands 3 was Number 7 accident though more bruises were apparent
picture 4 5 and 6 was not a fall per say but a livery faceplanted me from behind and trod all over me- i was in agony for weeks
picture 7 is of broken humerus.

wow I amazed I am still here and can still do what I do, this is the worst ones I have had. I have video footage of number number 7 but it will make u cringe as you can hear bone break.

Why do us horsey people put up with these dangerous animals

 

[Quigleyandme]

I got launched off my 18 hands and still bum high four year old yesterday. I landed really heavily on my backside and I’m very sore and jarred up and have a black eye and swollen cheekbone. The horse had a three hour physio session today. I had half an hour laying down with a hot water bottle.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Touch wood my most recent ones over the years have been stupid, simple ones where I land on my feet or knees.

 

[Fjord]

This is one of my favourite pictures. I was having a lesson with Carol Mailer, this was the second jump we tried.

 

[Honey08]

This is not me, but when looking for memes to post on one of my Monday memes threads recently, I came across this gif which I think you might enjoy to see:

Sorry don't know why I can't make the gif to work so it's visible to others than myself, click the link

https://i.gifer.com/5an2.gif

What a silly place to put a tree (or owl hole - whichever was there last!)

 

[Barton Bounty]

When I was 11 , my RI used to tell me all the best riders fall off at some points this was in between putting a brush shaft through my elbows or tying them with bailer twine , with no stirrups .. brutal

 

[mariew]

I have bucked off more times than I can remember, not many funny ones though.

However I borrowed a stocky grey cob job for a sponsored ride a long time ago. He was in hindsight not fit enough for a sponsored ride so the pace was fairly slow. However at one time on that ride he tanked off in trot and set his neck and proceeded to trot under a chunky branch off track, just about skimming the saddle and promptly swiped me off his back. I swear he knew what he was doing. There was no way I could alter his pace or direction, little ....

 

[claracanter]

It was my husband’s birthday and I had guiltily abandoned him to go eventing( it was a championship final). Anyway, he decided to take his horse out hacking. The horse spooked at a pheasant flying up and he came out the side door. Unfortunately the horse had only been with us a few months and my husband spent the rest of the morning trudging around the 2,000 acres of fields behind our house trying to catch it! A memorable bithday