pepsimaxrock
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Tonight we hired the big indoor arena 3 of us for jumps. One was teenager with her new pony. The other two were me n my usual great riding buddy both older v good friends
All going well teenager a bit crazy fast but everyone shouting out - at my insistence - which jumps they were aiming for. So far so good.
Until - my mate turned for a diagonal line jump about 2/3 the way down the school shouting her direction
I turned momentarily later on the same angle for a jump about 1/3 down the school again shouting which jump I was heading for.
So if you get it, we were both aiming for diagonal jumps across the school at the same time.
She didn't make it. Her horse refused turning left and into the path of mine who was mid air!! How I missed her I don't know. But the result was a yanking stop for my horsy and a crashing fall for me. Head crash (brand new hat I can't afford to replace it) back twist bust lip face full of sand broken finger I think the works. Sore and can hardly walk. And angry.
She says she wasn't there. Her horse refused thejump for sure she agrees also agrees he turned left but was nowhere near me. Obviously that could be true. Onlookers won't be drawn.
I could have misconstrued her position as being right in front of me when in reality she was to the side and I only saw her out of the corner of my eye. I concede that. But she will only say that her horse refused the jump. Not that she failed to end up where she said she was going and turned into mh path. She says Its not her fault. But it's certainly not mine.
I left after jumping a couple of little crosspoles upset and miserable. She stayed with the mad teenager.
Having thought for ages I said to her it's possible I misunderstood where she was exactly but was convinced she was right in front of me. Hence screaming at her hauling horse up and being thrown over its head
She just said it was nobody's fault. I don't really think that's good enough. After all who is left broken with knackered confidence?
All going well teenager a bit crazy fast but everyone shouting out - at my insistence - which jumps they were aiming for. So far so good.
Until - my mate turned for a diagonal line jump about 2/3 the way down the school shouting her direction
I turned momentarily later on the same angle for a jump about 1/3 down the school again shouting which jump I was heading for.
So if you get it, we were both aiming for diagonal jumps across the school at the same time.
She didn't make it. Her horse refused turning left and into the path of mine who was mid air!! How I missed her I don't know. But the result was a yanking stop for my horsy and a crashing fall for me. Head crash (brand new hat I can't afford to replace it) back twist bust lip face full of sand broken finger I think the works. Sore and can hardly walk. And angry.
She says she wasn't there. Her horse refused thejump for sure she agrees also agrees he turned left but was nowhere near me. Obviously that could be true. Onlookers won't be drawn.
I could have misconstrued her position as being right in front of me when in reality she was to the side and I only saw her out of the corner of my eye. I concede that. But she will only say that her horse refused the jump. Not that she failed to end up where she said she was going and turned into mh path. She says Its not her fault. But it's certainly not mine.
I left after jumping a couple of little crosspoles upset and miserable. She stayed with the mad teenager.
Having thought for ages I said to her it's possible I misunderstood where she was exactly but was convinced she was right in front of me. Hence screaming at her hauling horse up and being thrown over its head
She just said it was nobody's fault. I don't really think that's good enough. After all who is left broken with knackered confidence?