WishfulThinker
Well-Known Member
My mate emailed me today with her report from her dressage comp at the weekend.............seems all REALLY did not go to plan!! Too long to rewrite and Im pants at summarising so email below:
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Well, Sunday was a terrible day! We got to the show fine and I got on him to warm him up. He was a bit hyper but nothing unusual for him, then all of a sudden he went nuts! He reared, then bucked then launched himself vertically into the air and kicked out. I lost my balance at this point and had no hope
of controlling him and I figured that I prob wasn't gonna manage stay on much longer (and it was probably gonna get worse) so I bailed out the side. Unfortunately I didn't realize I was beside the fence and I managed to land head first on the fence post and flip out of the school and into the field! Once I came off W he hit the ground running and went straight out of the school (no one had closed the gate) and went flat out gallop onto the icy concrete. He hit the concrete and fell onto his side, skidded along the ground for 10ft until he crashed into G's car and got his leg stuck under it. Some how they managed to get him out and get him upright again. There
was blood pumping out of his leg (there was actually a stream of it running down the yard) and he went into shock.
While all this was going on, I apparently flopped like a fish along the ground until I got back under the fence and into the school. I didn't know what had happened to Will and all I could hear was people screaming. I couldn't get up for a bit cos my head was swimming and I felt a bit like I'd been stabbed in the side. Apparently I kept trying to get up but my friend E kept pushing me back down cos A (owns my yard with H and he took me to the show) had seen W fall and thought they were gonna have to shoot him there and then. He didn't want me to see that so E pinned me on the floor.
I eventually screamed at E to take me to will and when I got to him he was near collapsing on the floor and people were running round with blood soaked sheets and bandages trying to get the blood to stop coming out of his leg. I freaked out and apparently I called the nearest vets (new Deer) and screamed at them to get to me now and fix my horse. I threatened to hit the paramedic person who was trying to examine me - I figured that as I wasn't bleeding to death there was no need to fuss over me. Vet arrived and fixed W up! Got my vet out today and he is gonna be on box rest for at least two weeks. Stupid horse, can't believe he did that, or that he survived with out breaking anything!
Oh and I have had a headache ever since and I can't actually turn my head cos I pulled muscles in my neck and shoulders!
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If it was me I would have SERIOUSLY freaked out!!! So Hugs to my mate and her poor pony!!! He is a wee mischeif maker but really outdid himself this time!!
And what Do you sent a sick pony and bruised owner along with their get well soon card??
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Well, Sunday was a terrible day! We got to the show fine and I got on him to warm him up. He was a bit hyper but nothing unusual for him, then all of a sudden he went nuts! He reared, then bucked then launched himself vertically into the air and kicked out. I lost my balance at this point and had no hope
of controlling him and I figured that I prob wasn't gonna manage stay on much longer (and it was probably gonna get worse) so I bailed out the side. Unfortunately I didn't realize I was beside the fence and I managed to land head first on the fence post and flip out of the school and into the field! Once I came off W he hit the ground running and went straight out of the school (no one had closed the gate) and went flat out gallop onto the icy concrete. He hit the concrete and fell onto his side, skidded along the ground for 10ft until he crashed into G's car and got his leg stuck under it. Some how they managed to get him out and get him upright again. There
was blood pumping out of his leg (there was actually a stream of it running down the yard) and he went into shock.
While all this was going on, I apparently flopped like a fish along the ground until I got back under the fence and into the school. I didn't know what had happened to Will and all I could hear was people screaming. I couldn't get up for a bit cos my head was swimming and I felt a bit like I'd been stabbed in the side. Apparently I kept trying to get up but my friend E kept pushing me back down cos A (owns my yard with H and he took me to the show) had seen W fall and thought they were gonna have to shoot him there and then. He didn't want me to see that so E pinned me on the floor.
I eventually screamed at E to take me to will and when I got to him he was near collapsing on the floor and people were running round with blood soaked sheets and bandages trying to get the blood to stop coming out of his leg. I freaked out and apparently I called the nearest vets (new Deer) and screamed at them to get to me now and fix my horse. I threatened to hit the paramedic person who was trying to examine me - I figured that as I wasn't bleeding to death there was no need to fuss over me. Vet arrived and fixed W up! Got my vet out today and he is gonna be on box rest for at least two weeks. Stupid horse, can't believe he did that, or that he survived with out breaking anything!
Oh and I have had a headache ever since and I can't actually turn my head cos I pulled muscles in my neck and shoulders!
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If it was me I would have SERIOUSLY freaked out!!! So Hugs to my mate and her poor pony!!! He is a wee mischeif maker but really outdid himself this time!!
And what Do you sent a sick pony and bruised owner along with their get well soon card??