How do you dismount?

Paint Me Proud said:
Generally number 2, but occasionally number 3, however as i swing over i also push away from the saddle, do this after i had an unpleasant incident between the saddle and my body protector.

After a long hack I slither off onto a high wall to avoid the excruciating pain on landing on cold stiff feet!
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Haha, yes this for me too, mostly 2 but sometimes 3, I tend to push away more too as my body protector gets stuck on the saddle otherwise. And I definitely try and dismount a lot more carefully with older more painful joints! As even though I am only approaching 33 I certainly feel it way more than I did!
 
Gosh, none of the above.

I need a really high block to get on......or off! My horse knows to side over to whatever and allow me to keep my left stirrup and step over my right leg onto whatever (ramp, fence, block, bollard, street furniture, garden wall....... so I am standing on that next to the horse. Then I sit on my bum and slide off said object.

For both on and off I need the horse well up so my left foot can stay facing forwards at all times, to twist left hip is excruciating.

I can get off with nothing, but I end up resting both hands on the withers/ shoulders and "dismount" without losing any height, then extend both legs down, shake a bit, then allow myself to slide down.

Fortunately Jay is well accustomed to a creaky mother!!!!
 
I use 2 and make sure I land away from the horse, BUT I make sure I land on my right foot first, as the ankle and knee on the left leg are somewhat dodgy.
 
Cragrat said:
I know someone who dismounted recently, in the normal way, whilst out hunting, but close to a hedge so she slithered down the saddle.

Saddle had peacock 'safety' stirrups.

The upper hook caught in the worst place imaginable. There was LOTS of blood and an emergency trip to hospital :( stitches required.

So even though I don't use peacock stirrups, I dismount the usual way, but make sure I push away from the horse. (Tbh, usually tried to avoid the slither anyway, becuase if the horse moves, you can end up underneath them, but I make extra sure now!)
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Oooooooooooooooooffff >_<;; don't envy!!!
 
I have to say these responses have gave me a chuckle. I use all three methods, i try not to use no.3 but i have difficulty with no.2 (usually hit the poor horses bum) and no.1 scares me as i did it once and the saddle slid around as the horse has sucked in a bit. I have had times where i have just sat there not wanting to get off lol
 
Only ever get off re number two. Must admit that I am always put off riding large horses because of the drop and jolt of the dismount!
 
Gave up on 3 after someone I knew broke her neck by landing very awkwardly...

I tend to dismount to the right, it's just easier, my left hip flexor is a bit rubbish. Horse doesn't mind, head comes straight around for a treat whichever side I'm on!
 
Normally 2, although last summer I did scramble off a shetland I had been riding bareback over his neck as he was about to roll! I have also been thrown right over the saddle when given a leg up!
 
I sometimes get off via the right side if he decides to that side of the block but he doesnt care which side I scramble from as long as the end result is the same. Usually I will only ever dismount from the left through habit though anyway as with everything I do with them on the left it's just natural.
 
Wagtail said:
sometimes forget that I am on a 17hh occasionally and the ground isn't always where I expect it. I did once fall over due to this. Thankfully I was on my own so no one saw it! :redface3:
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Its just as bad when you are used to 17hh, and then ride something smaller and the ground is suddenly a lot closer than you were expecting.

I always try and get off on the soft looking grass, and not on the concrete or the gravel.... that just hurts more when I fall over on it
Kx
 
Now to entertain you all - we went to the Beach at Waihi today, my mounting block isn't high enough so we took.........

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a stepladder -I so love my darling horse she stands like a rock as I clamber on and off.

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First sight of the Pacific Ocean - they were both a bit stunned at the size of the puddle!
 
Tnavas said:
Now to entertain you all - we went to the Beach at Waihi today, my mounting block isn't high enough so we took.........

Waihi02.jpg


a stepladder -I so love my darling horse she stands like a rock as I clamber on and off.

Waihi08.jpg


First sight of the Pacific Ocean - they were both a bit stunned at the size of the puddle!
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Now that is what I call a good hacking area ! going green with envy. Just my sort of mounting equipment.
 
trottingon said:
Anyone on this forum for the first time might think they've made the mistake of clicking on "geriatrics r us" rather than a site for active fit horse riders.....I'm option 2 by the way, but have to push myself away from the saddle on my descent due to an over-zealous body protector which like to help me go flying backwards off-balance.
What are we all like, there's not a creak-free response on this thread ha ha!! :) :) :)
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Ha ha, and there was I just taking comfort from not being alone in dreading the dismount and getting off as painlessly as possible, never mind any elegance!!
 
2, have been known to do 3. The rouble with riding little equines is that the floor is always nearer than you thought.

bendy stirrups help but endurance stirrups-the ones with the wide, cushioned tread were a revelation :) I have always suffered with bad knees and these mean no ankle or knee pain.
 
MotherOfChickens said:
bendy stirrups help but endurance stirrups-the ones with the wide, cushioned tread were a revelation :) I have always suffered with bad knees and these mean no ankle or knee pain.
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I've got bendy stirrups but I have been wondering about getting the endurance stirrups with toe cage, after they were recommended in another thread.

Are these the ones you use?

http://www.performance-equestrian.com/cat/catitem.asp?pc=SSTC&d=2&s=5

I like the look of them for hacking, but wondered how unwieldy they are for schooling.

I dismount by method 2. The slithering down bit is getting more and more inelegant as I age, especially if I am wearing a BP.
 
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