i fell off *PIC*

galaxy23 said:
Hope you recover quickly.

I personally wouldn't be happy to jump that fence. Even if there is a filler one side those rails on the side you landed are wide and I don't think a horse would be able to judge it properly.
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I really do not think this is the case. The trough on the other side makes it very solid, and it is slightly slanted anyway - you cannot see the slant on the landing side so I don't see how it would affect the horse judging the jump.

It is not a very wide fence either - the horse would literally have to climb over it to be in any danger of catching a leg, and at a good xc canter you would be nowhere near - IMO its no more dangerous than a normal tiger trap style fence which would cause similar problems if you ended up climbing all over it.

As for the question about boots - surely that is just personal preference? Very few people boot up for hunting - are they all irresponsible too?
 
Honey08 said:
Yuk. Looks nasty. Hope you're feeling better.

Suspect you will get lots of comments I'm afraid. Do you know that you were jumping it from the wrong side? Was this a fun ride? They really ought to flag fences to show you which way to jump it.
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Isn't it a tiger trap? In which case it's a pyramid shape..

Looks like she just misjudged it. Glad you're both ok though pony will probably enjoy a few days off to recover!
 
xspiralx said:
I was pointing out that tendon boots offer very little in the way of protection when going XC - so not much use in wearing them.

And I personally will boot up when hunting as do a lot of people. I was at Liphook a long time ago and a young horse came in - very highly bred and had effectively sliced through its tendon while hunting. It was only ever going to come back as a light hack and not the high level competition horse they had hoped it would be.
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xspiralx said:
As for the question about boots - surely that is just personal preference? Very few people boot up for hunting - are they all irresponsible too?
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I was pointing out that tendon boots offer very little protection when going XC so not much use. As for hunting - I personally choose to boot up as do a lot of people. I was at Liphook hospital a long time ago and a highly bred youngster came in who had sliced his tendons while out hunting. He was only going to come back as a hack and not the high level competition horse that his owners had hoped he would be.

Point is, if you putting protection on your horses legs, then use the right level or choose not to!
 
Luci07 said:
I was pointing out that tendon boots offer very little protection when going XC so not much use. As for hunting - I personally choose to boot up as do a lot of people. I was at Liphook hospital a long time ago and a highly bred youngster came in who had sliced his tendons while out hunting. He was only going to come back as a hack and not the high level competition horse that his owners had hoped he would be.

Point is, if you putting protection on your horses legs, then use the right level or choose not to!
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True, but that could happen in the field too - horses are swines for injuring themselves! Also you can get dirt/thorns stuck in boots while hunting, and also its a long time to have pressure on the tendons all day.. There are arguements each way. Tendon boots would have protected the tendons at the back from injury, so why would no boot be better? Don't think even the right boots would have helped here.

Point made though.
 
horses jump double the height of a jump in width, so a 2 ft jump is jumped 4ft wide by the horse taking into account take off and landing.
So a small slant like that wouldn't make any difference to a horse jumping that fence. Although I must admit looking at it I would rather jump it going the other way, but other HHOers have been there and said it is fine to jump either way anyway.

Hope you are ok apart from the broken collar bone and your horse is unharmed. These things happen unfortunately xx
 
'brighteyes', your question was answered earlier in the thread, which is a reason to read it all!

that fall looks nasty, i know how horrible it is when your horse is out of control, must be horrible coming into a jump!
 
It actually looks to me like she hit it with her front legs, rather than left a leg behind (which I would class as a back leg....)....However, I dont use boots for anything.....(I have a cob with nice big legs though).
 
Maisy said:
It actually looks to me like she hit it with her front legs, rather than left a leg behind (which I would class as a back leg....)....However, I dont use boots for anything.....(I have a cob with nice big legs though).
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It's perfectly possible for a horse to leave a front leg behind the fence, especially when, as is the case here, approaching at speed. A tendon boot will not protect the front of the leg, but WILL still do its job, which is to protect the tendon from strikes from the hind hoof, so in fact they ARE better than nothing.
 
Ouchie! Bad luck girl. I also jumped this fence, following an actual racehorse going at maybe 4th gear (several gears more to go!) and my horse was fine. In fact, he jumped it beautifully *smug* with no boots, no dodgy legs getting caught moments etc. The ride was 7 1/2 miles long over private land- I dare anyone to walk the course, I barely made it home with borrowed legs!

Fact is, yes it probably would have been better to slow a bit but I have been bolted with towards a jump and there is little you can do, in fact I would prefer a xc fence on a bolting horse any day, may even teach her more respect.
 
Yowch, looks nasty. Sorry to hear you've hurt yourself, but at least Ebs is ok :) (we tend to heal better than them, sometimes, I think). Hope you have a speedy recovery.
 
Honey08 said:
Yuk. Looks nasty. Hope you're feeling better.

Suspect you will get lots of comments I'm afraid. Do you know that you were jumping it from the wrong side? Was this a fun ride? They really ought to flag fences to show you which way to jump it.
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I have never evented so would just like to know how can you tell which side to jump it from, and how can you tell from this photo which side she is jumping from? Thanks
 
Quartz said:
I have never evented so would just like to know how can you tell which side to jump it from, and how can you tell from this photo which side she is jumping from? Thanks
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OK, just re-read and now feel v. stupid. Realise you mean jumping towards the slope, not if she was coming from the left or right!!! Its been a long long day!!!!!
 
Looks like a tiger trap type to me so jumpable from both sides :)

Hope the pony's ok any you make a quick recovery OP :) Lesson learnt re approaching jumps too fast I'm sure and fwiw my horse wouldn't have been booted at all, I've seen awful injuries caused by boots out hunting!
 
Quartz said:
I have never evented so would just like to know how can you tell which side to jump it from, and how can you tell from this photo which side she is jumping from? Thanks
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Oh bugger, just did a reply that got lost!!!!!!!!!!

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The horse is jumping TO the ascending side of the fence not FROM it. I can't tell if it is a tigertrap type of fence (ascending spread on both sides)from the photo but it doesn't look to be.
If a rider/horse thinks they are jumping a fence with no spread then the take off point and arc over fence will be different and not allow for extra room on the landing side (for a hidden spread), meaning they could land on the 'hidden' spread on the landing side.
The rider is coming toward the photographer with the spread on the landing side..........

Hope you are both okay. Scarey moment, eh?
 
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